starting down for swingers

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I deal with this issue with Swingers all the time. Your "Intention" should be to take your stroke to both Arms straight at Follow Through (6-A-4, Section 8-11). Only then will you be able to "swing through the ball, not at it" as Ken Venturi always stressed. To break a board in half karate style with your fist, you must take your force through the board, not at it.

When the player’s intention is to hit at the ball, the Pivot stops moving, the right arm (third side of the triangle assembly) straightens too soon, and low point bottoms out before the club gets to the ball. If you tried to break a board that way, you may as well call the emergency room and tell them to expect you shortly.

The computer between the ears won't allow you to continue to hit the ground behind the ball so a) the center must move away from the ball (getting to really know your Goat) or b) excessive Throwaway is employed.

Takes a few old golf clubs and hurl them down the range when no one is around and there is nothing that can break behind you as Jack Burke Sr. and more recently Fred Shoemaker use as a corner stone to their teaching. If you have a video camera, record your motion. You will be amazed when your intention changes from "at" to "through". Your Pivot keeps moving, your Right Arm remains bent at Impact, your acceleration improves and you now comply with 1-L-15. All this just because you changed your intent.

Nice stuff Drewit.

The concept of Thrusting all the way Down and Out, cross line to Both Arms Straight, Follow Through is lost on a lot of people I think. At best most people start steering the Thrust towards the hole at Low Point at worst from End.

Folks there is more down and out to be had post Low Point even when the Hands and Clubhead are traveling Up and In! See 1-L-15. Although it even states "but the Thrust continues Down Plane during Follow Through"!!

Drew, I love that bit about the intention of hitting at the ball and how it effects the pivot. The club throwing thing. Got to try that sometime.