In his book "Let me help your game", Lee Trevino writes...
"...take the club to the top of your backswing. At this point, AND BE CERTAIN TO KEEP YOUR HEAD IN ITS FIXED POSITION, start your downward motion by SLIDING the left hip laterally forward towards the target.
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Your lateral movement should never be an exaggerated one. It should simply be a sliding of the hips out towards the intended line of flight.
To me this lateral movement is the name of the entire game. If your turning, instead of giving it what I call the hula shift, then there's no way you can drive the clubhead through the hitting area...
... hula it and you'll knock hell out of it"
His capitals, my bold.
Published in UK in 1972
Hula hoops are a common toy...but to describe the hip action as hula is unusual...anyone else know if it was mentioned by anyone other than Homer and Lee?? Not saying Lee read TGM...like I said...Hula hoops are common...
Not read all the book yet but it is very interesting read so far... so much to learn from him and his action. Clearly a very bright guy!
As a side issue, wouldn't it be great if you could fix a 1-on-1 interview - Yoda discussing technique with the classic players of the past - especially the self taught guys... they tell us what they think is important in their games and then Yoda introduces TGM concepts to them...kicking a few ideas around...just a few imperatives and essentials...
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