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Post by rj on Jan 29, 2013 18:01:01 GMT -5
S.E. bring on board the next subject, now we are talking golf ....ahhh!
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Post by playa on Jan 29, 2013 18:12:10 GMT -5
Hi there Playa, The point I'm making in this thread is; don't fret over the angle between the left arm and clubshaft, thinking this is the lag that will allow you to hit "effortlessly powerful" golf shots. You should be concentrating on stressing the clubshaft instead. The clubhead lagging behind the opposite end of the shaft (the clubshaft bending) is the important lag to consider, and it's this lag which allows for that "effortless power". As for where did I come to learn this, the answer is from observation, personal experience, and the basic physics explained in TGM relating to the matter. But, as I said to RJ, I understand your disappointment at the lack of detail, but you're not my audience. Most of the folk who comment on this forum seem to be incredibly inquisitive and want to know the exact ins-and-out of the golf swing, right down to the microscopic, thousandth of a second, tiniest detail. And that's fantastic and I have a lot of respect for those who use modern technology to look into those things. But I'm a "teaching" professional, not an "academic" professional. The golfers who come to me for lessons don't stand on the tee box thinking "Jeez, if only I had access to a peer reviewed paper on the orientation and magnitude of the stresses placed on the clubshaft during the swing... then I'd be able to play better golf." The people for whom I wrote this thread are the golfers out there who perhaps aren't all that great, are tired of scoring in the 90s or whatever, and would like to know how to improve their game. They don't care so much for the science, they just want to know how to play better golf. So for them, and for me, going into those kinds of details aren't important. Beating your friends at the weekend, winning the longest drive and nearest the pin competitions are what's important That is fair. Often, I find it much easier to relate that type of feel when the student has a relaxed grip allowing him to actually feel the pressure of the handle onto the different parts of the hands in different parts of the swing. That way they can actually feel the "lag".
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