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Date Posted: 21:06:26 10/12/01 Fri
Author: BDW
Subject: Clarification, explanation from a puller ....
In reply to: Remington 's message, "Not exactly" on 08:21:49 10/04/01 Thu

>
>By the way, the BDW version of the swing is a puller's
>swing; not an inertia puller, but a pure puller. This
>idea is usually coupled with taking the club back on
>plane (Moe took the club back inside to the downswing
>plane). Nothing wrong with this approach; most NGCIs
>use it, I believe...no fact to back that up; just
>observation.
>
>I will never understand the logic of teaching this
>swing as puller, when they teach the exercise of
>holding your driver vertically opposite your right
>shoulder, and, then, swinging the right hand and arm,
>with a club, underneath it...which, I think, is the
>primary exercise; the "fundamental" exercise of the
>swing. However, that is just my opinion. But then,
>again, I will never understand the logic of taking
>the club back on plane, if you want to swing like Moe.
>
>
>Remington

Remington,

You are right ... I believe in a feeling and applying a strong left hand/arm pulling feeling on the downswing. Let me explain why.

I realize that the majority of the power in golf swing is generated by the unhinging the RIGHT forearm and wrist (for righthanders, of course) just prior to impact. The FEELING of pulling does not change this truth. However, regardless of method, power and square contact comes from a LATE HIT. Look at Moe, look at any tour player, look at anybody with a handicap under 5. When hands are waist high on the downswing (on whatever plane they have it), you will see that they have fully retained the angle between wrists and shaft ... commonly called "getting in deep." If you saw your average 15 handicapper or above when hands are waist high on the downswing, again using any method, you would see that they have to some degree or another released the angle too early with the right wrist. This leads to short, inconsistent golf shots.

My point here is that the FEELING of pulling (and yes, the Spaghetti image facilitates that feeling because it removes torque and right side resistance on the backswing), allows players to better retain the angle on the downswing, get a later hit, and stop casting and sapping power before the club reaches the ball! Try the spaghetti image and see how you hit it! Void your mind of theory, swing planes, and think about pasta.

The problem with right-sided imagery (NG "hammering") is that regardless of good intention it seems to cause people to slap AT the ball with the right hand and arm instead of swing THROUGH the ball. I can't see how it is possible to imagine hitting through a golf shot when the image in your mind is one of "hammering" the ball with one's right forearm and hand! One doesn't hammer THROUGH a nail, one hammers the damn nail and the head of the hammer STOPS! Is this an image we want? The clubhead stopping at impact? I hope not. Hitting through the ball is one of Moe's images, no?

In all honesty, I don't think it matters a hill of beans if you take the club back on the same plane as your downswing, a little inside or a little outside. It's irrelevant. You don't hit the ball with your backswing. The only thing that matters is the position you are in when your hands are waist high on the downswing. If you are "in deep," you're in position to deliver the club powerfully and squarely.

I really think the feeling of pulling leads to this optimum pre-impact postion, whether you are doing NG or CG.

Cheers ...

BDW

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