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Date Posted: 16:49:03 01/11/02 Fri
Author: Steve
Subject: Re: An indoors drill
In reply to: Ed Laskody 's message, "An indoors drill" on 16:29:12 01/08/02 Tue

> This is a good drill for the feeling of the
>setup and the swing.
> Extend your arms directly in front of you with
>your palms together as if praying.. Lower you arms to
>waist height and then turn your hands 90 degrees so
>that your trail hand faces the sky. ( This should give
>you the feeling that your rear shoulder is lower and
>your weight is on your rear foot.) Take your hands
>back to the oath position ( you know promise to tell
>the truth, the whole truth etc)
> Your front shoulder should turn 90 degrees or
>so in responce to the above movement. YOur rear
>shoulder should also turn along with your rear hip. Do
>not twist your shoulders against the resistance of the
>hip. YOu should not feel any torgue in this position
>but you may feel some tightnesss across your rear
>shoulder. If so, you will have to do stretching
>excercises to minimize this.
> Then just release everything through the
>hitting area and as your hands move back down and then
>across your body your weight should shift in responce
>to this. If you do this long enough you will not be
>able to tell exactly what is moving first as it all
>feels like its happening simultaneously. There is no
>conscious body movement, that is something that should
>just happen.
> I hope this helps with setup and the feel of
>the swing.
> Ed L. of golfisking.com

Ed,

I especially like the "taking the oath" position of the right hand at the top of the backswing. I tried it out on the range, and it seems very useful.

Thanks,

Steve

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