I'd have to check in TGM to refresh my memory as to what exactly a Push Stroke is. I'll post when I have access to the book.
Definitely comes closer to "keeping it low to the ground."
Definitely. There is no conscious "hit down" anyway. Not CONSCIOUS...although it may be there. My impact is at least "level" (bottom of the circle impact). It is just a stroke with the ball getting in the way....so ball position it the determining factor as to how much I hit down. Tap into that swinging force....however subtle it may be.
I think that, besides the seemingly increased precision of my right arm in tracing the plane line, this "subtle swinging force" is one of the things that is helping me with my distance control.
i.e.- you can really feel the clubhead SWINGING on a longer putt. But on the shorter ones you still want to have it....but you don't want it to get outta control (you don't want to knock it by or anything). I have found my sensitivity and touch and distance control (AND precision to be better) now that I'm using the RF.
Right wrist remains Level and Vertical and Bent.
Very natural....the putter is an extension of my right forearm in a way it has never been before. Like I'm rolling the ball....with my hand- without a putter. I feel the impact so purely and clearly in my right hand. Very solid and stable. Like my right wrist was made to stay bent. Locked in place.
EdZ quote: "Hmmmmm.....so the further I slide my right hand down the shaft the more the motion becomes exactly like an underhand toss"......but with the right wrist remaining bent, of course.
Wow that turned into a long post. I'm very optomistic about this.
Last edited by birdie_man : 09-13-2006 at 03:56 PM.
Birdie Man, have to totally agree with you about the right forearm style of putting. Have been using it all year with great success...thought it was really weird when I originally learned it from Yoda last February but I stuck with it.
My putting is the one area of my game that is well ahead of my current handicap level all thanks to this style. I now have a lot of confidence with it. What is totally different than my old style is with the short putts...before I had very little confidence with putts less than 5 feet. I now lineup and just focus on keeping the left wrist flat and vertical and I have only missed 1 putt of less than 4 feet since I started recording putts early in the summer.
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