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Date Posted: 01:04:32 07/07/00 Fri
Author: GeneO
Subject: Re: Whose Swing?
In reply to: Peter 's message, "Whose Swing?" on 18:10:49 07/06/00 Thu

My goal is to have a consistent, repeatable swing that I can use TODAY to improve my scores and gain more enjoyment from the game of golf. To that end I have been working for over 2 years to come up with the simplest basics of the golf swing that work for me, then use them as a foundation. When I first read about NG, Jack, and Moe, it seemed exactly what I was looking for.

I don't have the time or commitment to hit all the balls that Moe hit in order to ingrain his swing if it requires me to incorporate motions that I know right now I can't repeat consistently. There are many aspects of his swing that I CAN repeat. If I suddently hit the lottery, or some previously unknown relative dies and leaves me a fortune so that I can retire in comfort and send my daughter to college, then maybe I can make the commitment to be Moe.

Until then, I have to be me -- trying to improve my golf swing while at the same time living a normal life with a job, family, and other personal commitments. I rarely get to the range twice a week, and I often go a month without hitting the range. In a good month I get on the course once a week or more, in a normal month I play once or twice, or less. Most of my golf "practice" is pretend -- indoor "playing" with a club or two, or any long stick (eg, a broom or andiron) just to see what happens when I make certain motions and to remember my tempo.

GeneO.

> Excluding LPG and HSS (maybe) the other 3 SA swings
> here all have Moe Norman as their icon. At least in
> the case of NG there seems to be quite a bit of
> instruction that would have people swing in a way that
> to me is not like Moe.
>
> A number of people have reported they look for an
> extended period where the face is square to the target
> line yet Moe has a VERY forceful release and the face
> seem to only be square through maybe 2 video frame
> (impact + 1). A number have reported that NG is an
> 'arm' swing (this does need a definition) but I see
> Moe make a significant use of his body in the swing.
>
> Although we (and Moe) might ascribe certain 'feelings'
> to Moe's swing, the one objective reference for me is
> what can be seen in video. My goal is to swing like
> Moe/Scott so I refine my movements to look more like
> theirs.
>
> It is not clear to me that others here have that goal.
> Is your goal to have a swing that looks (and works)
> like Moe/Todd/Scott... or does it not matter?
>
> Peter

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