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Homer Kelley's Most Important Swing Thought

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View Poll Results: What Swing Thought did Homer Kelley deem most important?
1. "The Flat Left Wrist. It is the First Imperative." 106 42.91%
2. "Hands! Hands! Hands!" 50 20.24%
3. "Load the Lag. Without this, nothing much matters." 35 14.17%
4. "The Right Forearm Tracing down the Delivery Line." 36 14.57%
5. "The whole purpose of the swing was to get you in position to apply a Hinge Action through the Ball. Make sure you do!" 20 8.10%
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Old 04-23-2005, 08:54 PM
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A quick thought
Some of the research that I've read (and it may be wrong) got me thinking:
It takes 1/3 of a second for your hands to translate a feel up to your mind, a 1/4 second to process it, and a 1/3 of a second to send it back. (If anyone knows any better data please feel free to correct me). Your golf swing only takes 0.8-1.2 seconds from start-up to impact. What can you really think about in that amount of time? I think we would all agree that Homer was a smart guy but I think another reason it is hard to have downswing thoughts is that the ball is at least 20 feet off your club before you can't do anything about it.
In having this discussion with Joe Daniels, he stated that one of the many reasons Tiger is so good is that he has created a wider freeway lane from his hands to his brain compared to the small alleys that most of us have developed thus being able to save shots with unbelievably educated hands.
Maybe this should go under swing thoughts but as a G.O.L.F. instructor I try to build good address posture, get them to the top with precision and watch'em pose as they finish. I do use the right forearm tracing drill but I try to stay away from downswing thoughts unless that is the only thought they have during the stroke. Tracing works phenomenally with putting too!
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