Bagger's Dad

[YodasLuke]

Bagger had me give his dad a lesson. Don't let that first photo fool you...it's not Start Up...it's approaching Impact. In fact, the photos are all during the Downstroke (Release Interval) sequenced Before/After...Before/After, etc. I was very happy, to say the least, to see these changes.

Yes, it's the same person.

[YodasLuke]

It's the same guy, again.

[YodasLuke]

Finish swivel? What's that?

[12 piece bucket]

Where are the boots?

[mrodock]

Yodasluke,

This is very impressive, needless to say! I am curious what measures you took to encourage such a drastically improved impact position in such a short amount of time.

Thanks,

Matt

[YodasLuke]

Yodasluke,

This is very impressive, needless to say! I am curious what measures you took to encourage such a drastically improved impact position in such a short amount of time.

Thanks,

Matt

First, I started with address and alignments. We started in 3-F-5, 6-B-3-0-1, and 7-3 with the right forearm alignment. His shoulders began 45 degrees open, but in the end they were square. His relationship to his baseline wouldn't allow him to trace or roll.

Once he got his relationship to the new, straight baseline, we started in 12-5-1 & 2. Basic and Acquired Motions are the keys to the kingdom. If you can't keep a flat left wrist with the smaller strokes, you won't be able to do it with a Total Motion.

He was a true champion of 3-F-7-A (Steering). The changes really came when he understood the feel of a Finish Swivel. I asked him to have the feeling of an exaggerated Swivel (most importantly, not executing impact as a Swivel).

I find Delivery Line ROLL Prep (12-3-0, #22) to be just as important as Homer stated.

I love what Yoda says about teaching Tour players: "I love teaching fish how to swim." But, it's just as rewarding to turn a gopher into a fish.

[mrodock]

Thanks Yodasluke, very much appreciate your reply.

Matt

[YodasLuke]

I had a question in PM that led me to believe that the pictures were assumed to be Basic Motion. The pictures were cut out of Total Motion to save room in the thread.

I'm sure I didn't make that clear.

[Bagger Lance]

Baggers Dad is fired up!

In case you are wondering, the photos above are before/after shots. Not sequenced motion.

He's a 67 year old Oregon boy with a home grown swing. I flew in from Austin and met him the night before in Atlanta. Prior to the lesson that morning, Dad and I went out and hit a bucket. I looked at his divots and they were pointed about 30 degrees left of his target line. His 7 iron was around 135 at best. I knew he was going to see Ted that day, so I kept quiet.

I witnessed the lesson and Ted is being gracious. He was fixed in 15 minutes. The rest of the lesson was grooving the motion based on the new alignments that Ted showed him. I could hear the compression 50 feet away from my chair back in Ted's covered studio. Dad was making 50 percent full swings and getting at least the same distance than earlier that day. His only concern now is recalibrating his distances on his home course.

Ted and Dad were literally jumping for joy.

Yoda has told me on several occasions that mature men finish lessons with tears of joy in their eyes. Seeing Ted in action has made me a believer.

Way to go PapaBagger!