The toughest thing to communicate is that all strokes on an inclined plane are three dimensional. Most folk try to go forward when ONLY down and out will do.
what do you think is the hardest thing to teach to someone. hank johnson, in his book, said it was when to teach the right arm to straighten.
Hit the ball without thinking of hitting the ball.
Hit the ball to the target without thinking of hitting the ball to the target.
Break 100 without thinking of breaking 100.
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__________________ Yani Tseng, Go! Go! Go! Yani Tseng Did It Again! YOU load and sustain the "LAG", during which the "LAW" releases it, ideally beyond impact.
"Sustain (Yang/陽) the lag (Yin/陰)" is "the unification of Ying and Yang" (陰陽合一).
The "LAW" creates the "effect", which is the "motion" or "feel", with the "cause", which is the "intent" or "command".
"Lag" is the secret of golf, passion is the secret of life.
Think as a golfer, execute like a robot.
Rotate, twist, spin, turn. Bend the shaft.
Getting to low point with the correct hinge action.Before that we need to get the rt elbow in pitch position with the magic of the rt forearm.Before that we need a flat left wrist with extensor action at the top. , We must insure they on plane with a stationary head ( turned shoulder is my favorite ) .
Oh yea they had better have a nice zone 1 pivot and train the hands to lead this symphony.But first a great grip and the coded map of this complicated movement.
But the most important is to stress that their main problem is that
THEY DONT NOW WHAT THEIR PROBLEM IS.
They say the devil is in the details I say the devil is not knowing the details
-------------MAC O'GRADY
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"The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it." - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam