Is there more to the #3 pp than even HK writes about?
Vertical hinging with a push basic stroke-seems most natural to this hinge- would place the second joint of the right index finger behind /under the shaft then rotating to first jount at low point and then on top shaft at follow through?
I have had, a couple of decades ago, extensive practice and training with mainly the EPEE (fencing- rapier) and control is all pressures and feel in the right hand. Primary the index finger. Just think about how exact the brain places the point on a moving object from a moving system and without a thought beyond being alert? You know, golf should be so simple if we could get our brains around the game. BUT alas (sigh) we can't
Is there more to the #3 pp than even HK writes about?
Vertical hinging with a push basic stroke-seems most natural to this hinge- would place the second joint of the right index finger behind /under the shaft then rotating to first jount at low point and then on top shaft at follow through?
I have had, a couple of decades ago, extensive practice and training with mainly the EPEE (fencing- rapier) and control is all pressures and feel in the right hand. Primary the index finger. Just think about how exact the brain places the point on a moving object from a moving system and without a thought beyond being alert? You know, golf should be so simple if we could get our brains around the game. BUT alas (sigh) we can't
The Bear
Its been reported that Homer tried at first to assign Hinge Action to the right side but ended up placing it under the left hands job description.
Bear you sound like a very right sided kinda guy. Like myself. I can Hinge quite well with my right hand but only when my left is off the club, one handed. With both hands attached Im back to executing them with my left hand. Not really sure why this is but it is. Its is also inline with what Homer finally advocated.
PUsh basic is normally said to promote Angled Hinging, Vertical being a reverse roll of the left hand, a trained thing (intentional or otherwise). Cut shots are sort of natural for me too so I do tend to get a little vertical hinging going on short ones, without even thinking about it. Im guessing that its the way in which the club bounces off the ground , an anti chilli dip contact with the turf that I have learned over time and employ subconsciously. Im playing up north so the grass here allows you to kind of vertical Hinge a little sand shot like intentional fat shot. Not sure if bermuda would kill it or not. Never figured that stuff out to be honest. It just loves to grab hold of the leading edge and bring the whole parade to a stop.
By the way , have you tried the Bat? I like it a lot. A right sided thing but without the throwaway tendency that Push Basic chipping has for me anyways. Fanning and Bending, its blends quite nicely from Basic Motion to Total Motion. It can be used when Hitting , axe handle or Swinging , rope handle, right arm swinging.
O.B. You are right. I do think more right than left. Golf , to me is like rubbing my stomach and patting my head in a lot of different ways. My left hand is something I attempt to have vertical at impact and sometimes do a little extra #2 uncocking to get the belt going. BUT, the right hand knows all, where the shaft is where the plane is where the hands are headed, how they will get there, what their relationship is to the plane.
So in general I make sure I'm rubbing my stomach with my left hand then I can pat my head or touch my nose or scratch my ear or post this comment with my right hand. Just have to check that The left arm continues around the left shoulder and the swing is around the head/center and doesn't get centered at the right shoulder or elbow or some other disruptive place.
So for me right is right. Not for power, unless that is chosen, but for the most important things.
Well maybe you're a good fit for Homer's stuff then. He thought the game was best relegated to right side control, hitting or swinging. Right side centric thoughts so to speak. Something you dont get in popular instruction despite the fact that right handed golfers are for the most part........right handed. Trail handed.
I see my little girls taking their first golf swings and showing..........right side, hitting. My wife ......hitting. First time golfers ......hitting. Maybe Im just seeing things.
Damn they're beautiful.
David Toms and K.J. Choi are doing pretty well at the Masters today. Im sort of wondering about Phil too, he has some right side in there too to my eye.
A very wise man once told me that " All the pro's are trying to figure out how to get their right sides into their action". Make of that what you will. Certainly there are some who dont, but ...........the right side has to my mind been under rated by the golfing public , to say the least. We are not alone! Damn we might even be the majority. Be you a swinger or hitter, the right side can be boss.
Hybrid Mode
