Always thought this style of putting was weird.....I mean, who uses their right forearm to putt, right?
Um.....
Have never putted so damn well in my life.
Pretty-well has been an instant change. No- transformation.
Actually, I had been working on it with chipping and pitching previous to using it with putting so....I'd say it could take a week to really get used to- tops.
And I'm a swinger, not a hitter either.
I used to rock the shoulders but this works MUCH better for me. Just set the right forearm on plane, take it back, and return it to the same point it was at address.
Distance control is intuitive (you use your right hand for everything else touch-related), and there seems to be more sensitivity too. Everything is just so intuitive.
So don't dismiss it like I did for a while....I now use it in my chipping and pitching game too- with similar success.
I also use RFP in the rest of my game BTW.
I used to think using the shoulders for the full swing was THE ONLY WAY for me...despite what Homer said. Wrong. After that, I still wouldn't give it a chance with my short game. Ahem- wrong.
It's good stuff yall.
[EDIT] BTW, I'm now leaning to more of a STT for everything but putting (I still use the r. forearm for putting)....flip-flopped again....you guys know how it is.
Last edited by birdie_man : 10-26-2005 at 09:34 PM.
I'm pretty sure Dimarco did one of those "Playing Lessons with the Pros", on The Golf Channel. I think there is a way to watch old shows on their website, but there probably is a fee of some kind to access them. I believe it's called Video Vault. Anyway, I think he explained his putting on that show. Can't remember which arm he said he emphasizes.
Always thought this style of putting was weird.....I mean, who uses their right forearm to putt, right?
Um.....
Have never putted so damn well in my life.
Pretty-well has been an instant change. No...transformation.
Actually, I had been working on it with chipping and pitching previous to using it with putting so....I'd say it could take a week to really get used to- tops.
And I'm a swinger, not a hitter either.
I used to rock the shoulders but this works MUCH better for me. Just set the right forearm on plane, take it back, and return it to the same point it was at address.
Distance control is intuitive (you use your right hand for everything else touch-related), and there seems to be more sensitivity too. Everything is just so intuitive.
So don't dismiss it like I did for a while....I now use it in my chipping and pitching game too- with similar success.
I also use RFP in the rest of my game BTW.
I used to think using the shoulders for the full swing was THE ONLY WAY for me...despite what Homer said. Wrong. After that, I still wouldn't give it a chance with my short game. Ahem- wrong.
It's good stuff yall.
birdie_man
My experience is exactly like yours, I'm a swinger, but I use RFP for the full swing. Recently, I did two sessions on the putting green using right forearm to putt along with extensor action before I tried it on the course.
I have never nailed so many 10 to 15 footers since switching to this method. Also, my lag putting has been more consistent. Surprisingly, I was comfortable with this procedure after my second practice section.
I'd have to check in TGM to refresh my memory as to what exactly a Push Stroke is. I'll post when I have access to the book.
Definitely comes closer to "keeping it low to the ground."
Definitely. There is no conscious "hit down" anyway. Not CONSCIOUS...although it may be there. My impact is at least "level" (bottom of the circle impact). It is just a stroke with the ball getting in the way....so ball position it the determining factor as to how much I hit down. Tap into that swinging force....however subtle it may be.
I think that, besides the seemingly increased precision of my right arm in tracing the plane line, this "subtle swinging force" is one of the things that is helping me with my distance control.
i.e.- you can really feel the clubhead SWINGING on a longer putt. But on the shorter ones you still want to have it....but you don't want it to get outta control (you don't want to knock it by or anything). I have found my sensitivity and touch and distance control (AND precision to be better) now that I'm using the RF.
Right wrist remains Level and Vertical and Bent.
Very natural....the putter is an extension of my right forearm in a way it has never been before. Like I'm rolling the ball....with my hand- without a putter. I feel the impact so purely and clearly in my right hand. Very solid and stable. Like my right wrist was made to stay bent. Locked in place.
EdZ quote: "Hmmmmm.....so the further I slide my right hand down the shaft the more the motion becomes exactly like an underhand toss"......but with the right wrist remaining bent, of course.
Wow that turned into a long post. I'm very optomistic about this.
Last edited by birdie_man : 09-13-2006 at 03:56 PM.
Birdie Man, have to totally agree with you about the right forearm style of putting. Have been using it all year with great success...thought it was really weird when I originally learned it from Yoda last February but I stuck with it.
My putting is the one area of my game that is well ahead of my current handicap level all thanks to this style. I now have a lot of confidence with it. What is totally different than my old style is with the short putts...before I had very little confidence with putts less than 5 feet. I now lineup and just focus on keeping the left wrist flat and vertical and I have only missed 1 putt of less than 4 feet since I started recording putts early in the summer.
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