Very coincidental that this question would come up as I have been messing some with my putting.... also trying to go to more of a hitting protocol. There is something about it I like when putting.
I'm finding the use of ONLY the right elbow to power the stroke to be a bit tricky. I know that both VJT and Yoda clearly state that "the mix is not the fix", but when experimenting with it today I simply ignored my putter head path (my tendency also seems to be to get a tad loopy outside going back as I think I get a little shoulder rotation involved) and focused my intentions solely on lag pressure and face orientation at impact. Sure felt like more consistent contact than my attempts at using a "pure" push-basic stroke with a cross-line approach.
Back to the original question..... if face is the defining factor regarding ball direction, should we not get too wrapped up in the path of the putter on the backswing? I realize there may be some loss of precision, but I wonder if the benefit of being more "instinctive" (it feels that way to me) outweighs it.
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