[dkerby]

I was on the back of the range when a real friendly guy comes up
and asked for help. He had been though a series of lessons and
said that he could not do what a pro wanted from him. The guy was
approx 65 years old with bad Knees, very stocky and and no flexability.
At one time he had played football for Alabama. He had big forarms
and big hands. His two sons one from the PGA Tour and one from
the Nationwide tour told him to forget golf. He was hopeless.
He told me that his average score was 106 to 110. If he could
just get into the high 90's he woould be happy. The pro that gave
him lessons did the standard, drop the right foot back, get more hip
turn and try to swing more through the ball. i said forget it. Lets
use the right forarm and punch the ball out 175-200 Yds. I showed
him how to get beside the ball and use radial acceleration with a
slow start down. Then I found prictures from the Falcons Fire get to-
gether where one of YaiasLuke students put dowes on the ground
to get the backswing/downswing planes with clubface positions
as a guide. In a month, my new friend shot 84. He said that he
could not hit the ball far but could hit it straighter than anyone that
he played with.