I just ordered my yellowbook today, introduced myself yesterday in another thread.
I did not have much of a clue about the PP's prior to reading here, I was just looking for a way to hit more solidly.
Today I had my second mental breakthrough, first I had with the left shoulder stuff, today with the PP#3.
Probably my grip with the right hand is a bit more under the club that's why I feel pp3 is tiny below 1rst joint of the right index finger. I start to feel the load I put on the shaft there and once I feel the load, I can predict a good hit on the sweetspot. Unluckily that happend in my backyard hitting into a net, so I can't make any testimonials about the ball flight, but solidly I start to hit clean shots.
After a while experiencing this feeling I couldn't resist to try it on the lawn, and et voila, nice divots, rather thin, I think that comes from the extensive mat practise, but none of the divots was deeper then a quarter of an inch, from 8 iron to 5 iron. My first impression is "shake it baby"
I hit the backyard tomorrow again every now and then to inhale more of this feeling.
Thanks to all of you, this is really great help here.
Cheers
Frank
PS: does anybody now the book "Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine: The Curious Quest That Solved Golf"? i thought it would be good to something on a higher level as well.
Welcome Frank!
I really enjoyed the Curious Quest as it gives a lot of insight into why the book was written the way it is. I also really like some of the things written in the foreward by Steve Elkington, a real testament to the validity of the book.
It helped me a lot to spend time in Lynn's section here, the chapter by chapter breakdown of discussions. It really personalized Homer's work for me. Take it slow Frank, there is a LOT to learn, it's a journey, not a crash course...
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,
thankx alot for your insight and the journey hint, which reminds me of the most valuable words a singer used IMHO Life's a journey not a destination.
Back to golf, I am absolutely in it. All I am looking for at the moment, and I start to beleive this will be enduring, is hitting good shots, which means first of all having good contact, crisp striking. The scores will be what they will be, I am not worried this time anymore. That reminds me of this other thing I read some years ago, maybe it was from Jack Nicklaus or Arnie, not sure anymore: I play golf and count only the good strokes no score at all, so everytime I hit a course I want to make more good shots. The first time he did this kind of counting he said he hit 12 or 13 good shots, with some remark by a commentator, that it was still a 69 or so.
I am into it, and want to foster my first enlightings
I really enjoyed the Curious Quest as it gives a lot of insight into why the book was written the way it is. I also really like some of the things written in the foreward by Steve Elkington, a real testament to the validity of the book.
It helped me a lot to spend time in Lynn's section here, the chapter by chapter breakdown of discussions. It really personalized Homer's work for me. Take it slow Frank, there is a LOT to learn, it's a journey, not a crash course...
I have started to love the Right Forearm Takeaway and I have been watching Lynn and Ted Hit like crazy on film. If I understand them correctly, the RFT will achieve the entire backswing time and time again given a correct grip.
In order to Hit well, a golfer must use their front heel to shift the hips shallowing the club and bringing the right arm close to the body and allowing the golfer not to run out of right arm and maintaining the Flat Left Wrist through Impact and the Forward Swivel. As Kevin has observed, without that shift of the hips, the club comes in too steeply IMHO.
My pattern is "elbow bend/RFT, left heel, elbow bend" after the slight Impact Fix I learned from Lynn last Spring. Make sense?
ICT
BTW, the School District has been exposed as the train wreck it is, and my school has about 20 fights a week. Currently, half my school has been suspended. I am teaching my brains out as a form of self-defense and can't wait for golf-season!
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I have started to love the Right Forearm Takeaway and I have been watching Lynn and Ted Hit like crazy on film. If I understand them correctly, the RFT will achieve the entire backswing time and time again given a correct grip.
In order to Hit well, a golfer must use their front heel to shift the hips shallowing the club and bringing the right arm close to the body and allowing the golfer not to run out of right arm and maintaining the Flat Left Wrist through Impact and the Forward Swivel. As Kevin has observed, without that shift of the hips, the club comes in too steeply IMHO.
My pattern is "elbow bend/RFT, left heel, elbow bend" after the slight Impact Fix I learned from Lynn last Spring. Make sense?
ICT
BTW, the School District has been exposed as the train wreck it is, and my school has about 20 fights a week. Currently, half my school has been suspended. I am teaching my brains out as a form of self-defense and can't wait for golf-season!
Yup. Makes sense. I'll give it a spin in the dungeon.
Just yesterday I was directed to a web site that turned out to be the Phil.newspaper. After a quick peruse I clicked on "education." Oh, my. Looks like very poor leadership at the very least. Blessings to you.
Thanks Gerry! I've come to the realization that kids who did not have our advantages growing-up cannot handle our academic expectations. My average student reads at a fourth grade level in high school and is so damned reactionary due to a constant anger about a destroyed home life. In many ways, my classroom is the calmest, friendliest, most rational place they have each day apart from grandparents perhaps. You remember I'm sure that "No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
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Thanks Gerry! I've come to the realization that kids who did not have our advantages growing-up cannot handle our academic expectations. My average student reads at a fourth grade level in high school and is so damned reactionary due to a constant anger about a destroyed home life. In many ways, my classroom is the calmest, friendliest, most rational place they have each day apart from grandparents perhaps. You remember I'm sure that "No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
That is precisely it, Patrick. Even in the school where I worked, at the end of the day we often wished we could just keep them at school.
They are lucky to have you in their corner.
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