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Date Posted: 18:35:54 10/13/01 Sat
Author: Tom Saunders
Subject: Re: Clarification, explanation from a puller ....
In reply to: BDW 's message, "Clarification, explanation from a puller ...." on 21:06:26 10/12/01 Fri

>
>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
I would differ from BDW with respect to the hammer image. I agree with the pull and spaghetti images, because I have had four excellent games using these images and it has given me back the feel of the club head at the top of the backswing, which when there means I will hit the ball vewy well.
But, have you ever watched a house framer use a hammer ( the old fashioned claw hammer, not an air hammer)? Or have you ever used an axe to cut down a tree? The framer aims to drive the nail through the board, so he never thinks, or more accurately images the hammer stopping at the nail head. Similarly, if you fell a tree with an axe, you never think of the axe-head stopping at the bark, but of it going into the wood as far as you can drive it. So the hammer image is not a bad one to have, unless the person has never handled a hammer or an axe.
This actually happened in my weekend school with Jack K: he was using the image when one of the students said "I've never had a hammer in my hand!" However, if you have only watched first attempts at hammering, you are correct. It also looks very awkward!
Thanks again for the wet spaghetti image.

Tom Saunders

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