LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - 12-1-0 or bust? Thread: 12-1-0 or bust? View Single Post #6 06-19-2005, 10:52 AM densikat Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 28 Ok there are some things in your post that would definately suggest mixing. First of all do not trust feel, you must get this on video or get an AI to help out hands on. First off the pivot motion for hitting, imagine this: tip over into your normal golf stance, point your right fist at the golf ball, pull the arm back and drive it forward as if to punch the golf ball. This is not meant to demonstrate the arm motion of hitting, rather the pivot motion... The right shoulder pulls back and gets into that backstop position you have probably seen people write about, it then drives down in a straight line at the ball. Now you say that your hands get above your shoulder height, this is quite dangerous territory to go into when trying to hit, to be able to drive the club with the right arm, the hands must first drop back down to shoulder height, instead of doing this, most people pull the club down from the get go, once the pull has started there can be no push/drive. So basically you have setup to hit, gone back with a no roll type feel in the backswing, yet there is a pull to start down, and all of a sudden more closing is being added to the face on the way down and the ball goes left. Hitting can be so simple and effective, but it is imperative you actually make sure you are hitting and driving that arm, not mixing motions. To recap: Take that onplane right flying wedge straight up plane (no roll) to a position where your hands are around the height of your right shoulder, right shoulder should now be in a backstop type position. From there the right shoulder drives down at the ball providing the initial thrust, this thrust is transferred into the right arm which continues to DRIVE down and out. From there on it is happy days There is probably some more that can be added, but I am sure the masters of the HIT Yoda and Ted can add some good info on top of this and fill in my mistakes densikat View Public Profile Send a private message to densikat Find all posts by densikat