[BerntR]

I actually tried to change the title of the thread. Referring to stubborn middle aged men with plenty of ideas and mediocre motoric skils - like myself. We are possible the most difficult case for a teaching pro. But maybe it should have been renamed to BerntR's golf stroke blog instead.

I'm bringing a quote in from the "tracing the plane line thread". This comment was very fitting as to where I have been with my golf the last days. And since it was addressed to me, I take it as a token of empathy (Thank you Yoda).

Time spent actually THINKING about your golf alignments and procedures is ALWAYS time well-spent. Time spent WRITING about what you THINK is worth ten times more.

In lieu of that thinking and writing, most people just 'hit balls'.

It takes someone special to make 'hitting balls' meaningful.

I have spent quite a few days now, searching for the true meaning of a level left wrist and an on-plane right forearm. It is not easy. The stroke I posess is not really a sea of compensation. It is a symphony with a few compensations that keep everything together. Compensations are a good thing. They are the band-aids and the glue that separates a 35 HCP-er from a 5 HCP-er. The difficult part is to change the parts that calls for compensation.

I started in the mirror. Used real time video too. To check the fix position. Basic motion at the brickwall outside. That was a piece of cake. After one week I took it to the driving range.

The range was great fun. After an hour's struggle I was able to reproduce the pressure point monitoring as per 12-1 and 12-2 - something I've never been able to do before. For the first time I could feel the basic patterns in the book somehow. After two hours I could even hit with angled hinging and dual horizontal hinging. And I could swing with and without PP#1 driveloading. I was able to do all kinds of stuff. But the lag pressure I achieved with my usual low hands was far greater than with hitting and swinging. And to tell the truth, that was a bit of a downer.

I have learned that my symphony has driveloading as well as pivot driven Accumulator #4 loading. I think I am using a 4 barrel stroke. Lots of swinging components but also a significant portion of pp#1 driveloading. More for shotmaking and control than for power really.

Today I made further progress. I was able to find good balance and more power with the on-plane right forearm and level left wrist. The chips that I hit at the brick wall today was top notch as far as lag pressure control is concerned. It was "inside 1 yard lag pressure control". And the full stroke started to feel better too.

I'll produce a video when things have settled a bit. This is still a bit of trial and error, but a lot of fun still.