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Date Posted: 10:55:39 01/01/02 Tue
Author: Ed Laskody
Subject: Re: Pulling to the left.
In reply to: Steve 's message, "Re: Pulling to the left." on 18:36:04 12/30/01 Sun

>> The last fellow is on the right track. The ball is
>>going
>>to move parallel to your shoulder line.
>> Always check set up first. Arms extended head
>>over rear knee and keep it there.
>> Actually in any golf swing you want to initiate
>>your swing with a back and downward movement of your
>>hands and let your body react to support this movement
>> But how are you going to actually do this. If you
>>keep your eye on the ball for as long as you can it
>>will force your shoulders to stay parallel to the line
>>longer and this
>>in turn will force your arms back and down. Then
>>simply release your arms towards the target. It also
>>helps to get
>>your hands as close to your rear shoulder as you can.
>> So its really simple, set up right, take your
>>hands back to their proper position ( feel it hit that
>>slot every time) and then look at the ball and hit
>it.
>> What you are probably doing is initiating the
>>swing by
>>opeining your front side. You don't want that to move
>>until
>>your hands and arms coming through force it to move.
>> Look for the simplest sollutions first for any
>>problem. Ed Laskody
>
>
>I too have problems pulling to the left from time to
>time. Ed, I agree that the proper setup, with
>shoulders parallel to the target line is important,
>but it isn't necessarily the cure. What video tape,
>as well as others who watch me, tell me is that
>although I may set up with shoulders parallel, on my
>down swing I slightly rotate the right shoulder (I am
>right handed) around my spine axis, which can result
>in a dead pull, a pull slice or a slice which starts
>on the target path and then moves right. This
>rotation can occur even when there is little lower
>body rotation. So, when doing this, I can feel as if
>I am keeping my head over my right knee with my right
>foot planted and still pull. It is frustating and has
>been the main thing I continually fight since changing
>to SA golf 2-1/2 years ago.
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve
The reason that I believe that you have "right shoulder
disease" ( see Scene in Hell in the Country Where Golf is King) is that at one time you did not understand release and
so your right shoulder turned in order to try to square up the clubhead. Solution: learn to swing your arms and release. Once you learn this a whole lot of things are going to start making sense. You could try the waist to waist release drill. Learn to swing the club with the right hand and arm only ( this is the only moving part everything else is a reaction as your center of gravity moves to accomodate the motion of your arm)
Once you learn how to do this you are going to experience a shift onto your lead side and it will also "feel like" the left side is initiating the swing.
You could try narrowing your legs slightly so that the
wieight shifts more easily. So take the club back and in and
get your bands as close to your rear shoulder as you can, then just release. This should clear up that shoulder problem.
For more drills see golfisking.com and then link up to
my instructional site for more drills.
Ed L

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