[12 piece bucket]

Oh come on guys! Spill your guts!

Zilla,

I'll take a stab to get things started. I'm by NO MEANS AN EXPERT . . .

But anyway, here's what the book says:


6-J-0 INTERPRETATION Power Package Delivery is presented so as to apply to the Circle Delivery Path as well as the Straight Line types but it must be interpreted to apply to the selected Stroke Pattern.

6-K-0 PIVOT STROKE DELIVERY In a “Pivot Stroke” the Power Package is held in a fixed relationship with the Body Turn and no independent Arm motion occurs until – or unless – the requirements of the selected Pivot are met. Then Arm Motion, independently or not, Continues Delivery per 10-19 until the selected Trigger occurs (10-20).

6-L-0 NON PIVOT STROKE DELIVERY In a “Non-Pivot Stroke” the Arm motion begins immediately and proceeds toward the Release Point as independently as possible of any incidental body motion. Monitor slow shots for “Clubhead Sag”, i.e. dropping Below Plane in either direction. See 2-N. However, for a Zero Pivot Sroke see 10-12-D.


I may be totally wrong here, but I would assume that Mr. K may be talking about less than full-power shots here?? Anyway . . . this is the section in 10-19 that I found relevant to this discussion:

The above characteristics apply to Strokes of any length. If you cannot handle both Short and Full Shots with the same Lag Loading procedure, you really do not understanding Hitting or Swinging. Master first the Short Shots – where you have time for careful Monitoring per 3-F-6. Two Procedures - presented in 6-B-1-D – will help reduce excessive Arm Motion in the search for the Feel of Lag Pressure. For Hitters – substituting Extensor Action for Acceleration in both directions. For Swingers – the “Bending Right Wrist” and/or “Extensor Action Takeaway” will – more or less, as desired – snap the Clubshaft into its In-Line condition (with Left Arm) with little or no Arm Motion except what results (intentionally) from Clubhead momentum

Yoda has advised that Mr. K was particularly keen on short shots in developing precise alignments and execution. There is another particularly useful procedure that is referenced above but further explained in 6-B-1-D:

This action of Extensor force can be substituded for Downstroke Acceleration of the Arms and Hands – in part or wholly – for “less than full Power” shots calling for the precision execution of a heavy, constant Hand Speed through Release and Impact. Lag Pressure then can be the artificial pressure of a tight right forefinger grip – which, actually, can serve the same function for Backstroke guidance (6-C-1).

Eddie Cox showed me this shot for short shots chips and short pitches. You basically PINCH the grip with your right thumb and forefinger. This will become the FALSE lag pressure. It is amazing how much THRUST you can employ using this FALSE pressure and how SOFT the shot comes off. I was amazed. After hitting the first few shots this way I figured based on the feel of impact I had blasted the ball across the green, but the ball comes off the club dead. Very effective and deadly weapon!

That's my take . . .