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>> The problem I have is that with a three wood and >> driver I have a strong tendency to hook. An attempt >to >> stop this by using the "karate" chop feeling results >> in a severe loss of distance. > >Although Remington and I have talked about the right >hand being in a stronger position, this is still not >quite HSS (which would have the thumb on the side of >the grip). Still I have found that I had to go to a ><b>VERY</b> weak grip for this to work. At setup I >have no knuckles showing on the lead hand. This is >apx. like Moe's grip shown <A rel=nofollow >target=_blank >href="http://sites.netscape.net/themountain/moesetup">H >ERE </A>. After you swing if you bring you arms down >in front of you without adjusting you hands, the club >face should be vertical. If not either the club moved >in your hands or you set up too open (if it's facing >the sky) or too closed. Scott (IMA) refers to this as >'balancing' the club. > >You can also tinker with your ball position. Just >remenber that a release (my definition) will have the >club go from apx. toe up before impact to aps. toe up >after impact. There is only a limited period where >the club face is perpendicular to the target line and >you want the ball positioned during this period. All >else being equal, if the ball is too far forward you >will pull/hook. The reverse if it is too far back. > >> Jack K in the "Ask The Professor" section of the >SciGolf >> forum says that NG and Jerry Heard have >misinterpreted >> his teachings. He states clearly that rotation of the >> forearms is essential to good distance. > >I think Jack K. has come up with some brilliant things >but this one made no sense to me at all. There is >only very limited strength in your forearms and I have >seen many analysis to demonstrate you can not >manipulate your forearms to generate significant >speed. I can also vouch for the fact that I did not >loose distance with HSS. > >I now subscribe to a different interpretation of Jack >K's statement. When you execute a NG or IMA swing (I >think)correctly there is a tremendous rotational force >on the club causing the face to rotate from toe up to >toe up. My swing did not generate this much force >till recently and now for the first time I'm getting >calouses at the base of the fingers in my left hand >(and I practice less than I used to). Because the >club in not exactly in line with the axis of this >rotational force, the feeling is that the club 'whips >out' to the ball with a lot of speed for an otherwise >slow swing. This is not a motion your forearms create >but rather one that the swing/grip creates. I now ><b>choose</b> to believe that this is what Jack K. >meant. > >Peter

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