[Bagger Lance]

OK - So everyone wants to know, "how do I get there?". This assumes you understand the vertical hammering action of the left wrist down plane. I'll try to keep it simple but there is always a danger in that.

Start with chip shots - When you've mastered chipping with a flat left/bent right wrist move to step two. No need to roll the hands just yet. This will train your hands to feel compression. Hit down and through with a forward leaning clubshaft, hands well ahead of the ball at impact.

Pitch shots - Insert a little clubface roll and left wrist cock into your total pitch motion and finish your swing at follow through (both arms straight) with the right wrist still in it's bent/level condition. Here you can uncock down plane and roll through impact. Down and out with both motions. Feel like you are going to drag your left hand knuckles through the dirt in front of the ball. The hands must be leading the clubhead well past impact and into the end of the motion.

Focus on a forward leaning clubshaft at impact. To do this your hands must be in front of the ball at impact. Remember that the clubface is rolling so use your pivot to carry your hands to both arms straight. Always hit down and out, drive the ball into the ground and take a divot in front of the ball. The check point is at both arms straight. Is your right wrist still bent and left wrist slightly rolled??? Start at 15 yards and move up to 60 yards with your pitching wedge. At the pitch finish with the left wrist slightly recocked, the right wrist should still be bent. Make sure on your backswing that your right forearm doesn't go past parallel to the ground and at the finish your left forearm doesn't go past parallel to the ground. It's a pitch shot, or better yet - Acquired Motion.

This should take you a few months to master unless you are close to having your flip cured.

Full shots - Once you have mastered acquired motion without flipping, move to the full swing. It is simply a notch above a pitch shot feel with a full roll finish. Don't swing hard or you will likely flip. You can begin swinging harder when your pivot is trained to actuate the downstroke and set up enough momentum to pull your hands and the dragging clubhead through impact. You can also focus on the left hand karate chop, frisbee throw into the inside quadrant of the ball imagery. Go ahead and uncock/hammer downplane and full roll into the finish. The right wrist will feel bent well into follow-through but in reality the speed and weight of the clubhead will pull the right wrist flat at both arms straight.

One of the things that stuck with me was a comment that Ted made one day on the lesson tee. He said "As long as you keep your hands rolling through impact, it's very difficult to bend the left wrist."

I applied that to my 16 year old daughters swing one day when we were out playing 9 holes. She was flipping off the tee with the driver and hitting it about 130 yards so I gave her a quick drill.

Had her stand straight, extend the driver straight out in front of her, and swing it right to left while rolling her forearms. A full clubface roll. I told her to use the same motion, just bend over the ball. She made the most beautiful soaring 180 yard drive I've ever seen. (OK, it was my daughter). Put it through the fairway on the ladies tee. Told her she needed less club next time.