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I want more on this debate!





What if you believe 100% in the concepts of The Golfing Machine, but realise that there are some golfers out there who can play better without adhering to a Stationary Head, and by getting them to try to maintain a Stationary Head, they will not play to their full potential? Would you still get them to maintain a Stationary Head, or attempt some other variation, e.g. the 'top of the spine' Pivot Center.

Tong,

Those guys who "don't do the essentials" or don't do what is recommended for that matter simply have extreme athletic ability that eludes the general human population.

Case in point, I took my student out on course one fine day. On a par 5, I hit it 311 yards with a flat left wrist. He kills it 359 (this is no typo) yards with a bending left wrist, throwaway and a nice little bobbing action.

I have worked with him on a couple of things, and more often than not, he will hit VERY POORLY with what I have instructed.
I expect this to happen all the time.

One of the reasons is because the old habits are still dominant and trying to override the new ones that the player is trying to ingrain.

Sure, he will make me look good if he nails it the first time around (which happens) but then it makes me suspect if he did not use his old procedure instead.

Usually the "strike rate" is 3/10, then 4/10 until he reaches unconscious proficiency.

Can he get better? Of course. But do not expect the permanent transition in your students to be immediate. Getting from "here" to "there" is going to take some time.

"All things are difficult before they are easy."
Thomas Fuller, Physician

It is this transitory period that you have to rough it out mentally. The player will be thinking: "I was playing well with the old procedure...this new one sucks."

But when the old finally succumbs to the new habit, the player and coach will in joyous unison say: "WE did it." It is the instructor that informs and explains, the student absorbs and applies.

A transition will not take you 2 years...but it also will not take you 2 minutes. It is simply a matter of overlaying the old habit with a new one.

Want more examples? Plenty of Tour Pros do not have an onplane right forearm, stationary head, flying wedges etc...BUT they still manage to compensate and get back to impact correctly which is all that matters.

90% of the golfing population at large unfortunately do not have this ability to compensate.

Mr Kelly did 40 years of research which was validated by a Professor in quantum physics in Alabama.

If the man says any shift in planes is dangerous, it probably is. If the man says that a stationary head is ESSENTIAL, it probably is.

Don't reinvent the wheel