The snow has cleared and the ranges and courses are beginning to wake up.
I've been trying 12-5-1 Basic Motion for a while. I decided to take it to the range and hit balls with it. I would take a short swing back and through the ball, about two feet on each end. All the while trying to feel pressure points #2 and 3, watching my hands, watching and feeling for a flat left wrist all with very little lower body motion.
After a while, I could hear a nice sharp crack and the ball would fly. I then seemed to want to add the follow through ( like 8-11). I was using my 9 iron and occasionally my 7 iron.
My questions: Am I doing it correctly? How long should I do it? And I'm assuming 12-5-2 Acquired Motion is next?
I spoke too soon .... THe weather man is telling us that we are going to get 8 to 12 inches of the cold white stuff starting this afternoon. Maybe I can sneek out of work this morning and get some range time in before it gets to deep.
The 'Two feet past the Ball' of Stage One of the Basic Motion Curriculum is the Follow-Through of Stroke Section 11. So, make sure you reach this point. If you can't, it's because you have not 'pre-positioned' your Right Shoulder (down On Plane) to allow a Follow-Through of this length. If not, then do so.
I also suggest 'Arms separate' practice. Focus on your Flat Left Wrist with the Left Arm motion and the Bent Right Wrist with your Right Arm motion. Then, put them together, and as you go through the Ball, make sure there is absolutely zero interruption in your Rhythmic Motion through Impact. Remember, you swing through the Ball, not at the Ball. The Basic Drill is without a Ball and with continuous 'back and through' and 'back and through' and 'back and through' motion. Periodically, stop at the end of the Stroke, and look, Look LOOK to verify that your Wrist Alignments have been maintained. Then, resume the 'back and through' continuous motion. This is the only Train out of Hackerville.
Finally, as you are learning, the 'sound' of Impact is diagnostic. A true 'Three Dimensional' Impact will sound like hitting a stone -- especially with these Basic Motion Chips and even with Putts. The more 'mushy' the sound, the greater the Compression Leakage.
Your instruction about the bent right wrist has been a golf lifesaver, and I can't begin to thank you enough.Sorry to bother you with another one of my questions. When performing the right arm only version of 12-5-1 and 12-5-2, what type of hinging is used? Since clubhead is controlled by the right wrist and clubface is controlled by the left hand, should the hinging for a right arm only swing be dual vertical or vertical?
Also, since I am trying to learn to be a swinger, I am assuming that thrusting or punching my right forearm at the ball is incorrect, which would be a hitter's motion? I am not exactly sure how to hit down on the ball without the right arm thrust.
Cheers
1. Use Angled Hinging for the Right Arm Only Stroke. Feel the On Plane Paddlewheel nature of the Right Forearm action from Release (8-9) to Both Arms Straight (8-11). The is the 'Underhand Pitch, Motion and Feel' (2-N-0) that keeps the Clubshaft On Plane.
2. There is no 'dual' Angled Hinge Action because the one Angled Hinge governs both Clubshaft and Clubface. For all practical purposes, Horizontal and Vertical Hinging will always be 'dual.' That's because you need two hinges: one to control the Clubshaft and another to control the Clubface.
3. In the shorter Non-Pivot Strokes, Swingers should use the Magical Right Forearm Takeaway (7-3) on the Backstroke; then, on the Downstroke, use the Minor Basic Left Arm Pull Stroke (10-3-D) to Pull the Club through Impact. In the longer Strokes -- from the Top -- they should emphasize the Right Shoulder Turn thrust of the #4 Accumulator (6-B-4-0/A/B/C) to 'crank up the gyroscope' of Centrifugal Force.
Hitters -- with or without Shoulder Turn Thrust -- should use the Right Arm Throw (10-20-B) to Trigger the Release, and then use Right Elbow Drive (6-B-1-0/A/B/C) to Push the Club through Impact. If you are more comfortable with this latter action, then use it and learn The Joy of Hitting. A technique that emphasizes Right Arm Power is more 'natural' to most of us, and because of the active sensing of Muscular Thrust -- as opposed to the passive sensing of Centrifugal Force -- it is the best way to learn to use the Right Forefinger #3 Pressure Point. The key to the effective use of the Right Arm is learning to straighten it without Flattening the Bent Right Wrist. Experiment and see which way works best for you.
Hybrid Mode
