Another great year at The Barclays! They really know how to put on a world class event and this year was even better than before.
A long marathon of lessons, but so rewarding to get the right information out there and see students really compress the ball, many for the first time.
Ted/Jeff - we missed you this year, but it sure was great to have Curt and Rick there. Top quality instructors, and a ton of fun to spend time with! Best of luck to both of you at the section championship!
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This was our fifth year at The Barclays, and I'm proud to say that my team once again knocked it out of the park. We operated from 8 AM to 6 PM each day of the tournament, and as usual, were totally jammed. As in years past, we filled every available slot and ultimately delivered more than 400 lessons. Whew!
Each Barclays guest who registers at our Golf Academy receives a private lesson and a CD with a golf stroke analysis and summary. Here's an example of the work we do. I had filled in for EdZ during his lunch break, and he returned just in time to assist with the screen graphics. My student Jim and I are now looking at the same screen as you.
This was our fifth year at The Barclays, and I'm proud to say that my team once again knocked it out of the park. We operated from 8 AM to 6 PM each day of the tournament, and as usual, were totally jammed. As in years past, we filled every available slot and ultimately delivered more than 400 lessons. Whew!
Each Barclays guest who registers at our Golf Academy receives a private lesson and a CD with a golf stroke analysis and summary. Here's an example of the work we do. I had filled in for EdZ during his lunch break, and he returned just in time to assist with the screen graphics. My student Jim and I are now looking at the same screen as you.
Enjoy!
I don't think I ever really grasped the importance of the flat left wrist, though I had my right arm on plane (mostly). Kevin and Jerry showed it to me and are great instructors, but we covered a heck of a lot of stuff (my muscles ached for days) and I have to hit shots with something before I grasp the concept! New thread to search; FLW,
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Last edited by innercityteacher : 09-22-2010 at 11:02 PM.
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I don't think I ever really grasped the importance of the flat left wrist, though I had my right arm on plane (mostly). Kevin and Jerry showed it to me but we covered a heck of a lot of stuff! New thread to search; FLW,
I talked of many alignments in this analysis, innercity, but only once did I mention the Flat Left Wrist (Horizontal alignment), and then only as an inferior Address alignment. Your post reveals you are now focused on this Wrist Condition, and that focus colors everything you see and read. This tendency to hyper-focus on what we are currently working on is human, but it should be recognized and controlled. This is especially important for instructors whose responsibility it is to teach others.
Perhaps you noted Jim's visually Flat Left Wrist at the Top of his Backstroke in the introductory still-frame. On the other hand, are you sure you do not mean the Level Left Wrist (Perpendicular alignment), which was a major point of emphasis?
Either way, you're excited and learning, and that makes me happy.
Remember though, whether you were talking about a Flat Left Wrist or a Level Left Wrist or whatever . . . Over time, each thing we work on -- no matter its self-endowed importance at the moment -- recedes into the framework of our Total Motion and becomes subconscious. Only then will it be truly integrated and display its full value.
Meanwhile, listen for the many 'nuggets' contained in this lesson. Examine them one by one and ask, "Does this apply to me?" If so, then add each noted item to your golf "To Do" list and set to work as time permits.
You are right about the subconscious activation, Lynn.
Originally Posted by yoda
I talked of many alignments in this analysis, innercity, but only once did I mention the Flat Left Wrist (Horizontal alignment), and then only as an inferior Address alignment. Your post reveals you are now focused on this Wrist Condition, and that focus colors everything you see and read. This tendency to hyper-focus on what we are currently working on is human, but it should be recognized and controlled. This is especially important for instructors whose responsibility it is to teach others.
Perhaps you noted Jim's visually Flat Left Wrist at the Top of his Backstroke in the introductory still-frame. On the other hand, are you sure you do not mean the Level Left Wrist (Perpendicular alignment), which was a major point of emphasis?
Either way, you're excited and learning, and that makes me happy.
Remember though, whether you were talking about a Flat Left Wrist or a Level Left Wrist or whatever . . . Over time, each thing we work on -- no matter its self-endowed importance at the moment -- recedes into the framework of our Total Motion and becomes subconscious. Only then will it be truly integrated and display its full value.
Meanwhile, listen for the many 'nuggets' contained in this lesson. Examine them one by one and ask, "Does this apply to me?" If so, then add each noted item to your golf "To Do" list and set to work as time permits.
Thanks, you mentioned a "level" left wrist, Lynn. I substituted "Flat" since I have looked at that wrist swivel and FLW a lot in an effort to throw the cocked left wrist DOWN to China, not away (as you mention in the Address Routine videos). Jim's awesome position on plane, FLW precisely on plane, simply through the level wrist improvement, helped me see (from the down the line view) how much greater my power and precision might be if I really incorporated that level left wrist into my set-up.
The "Down" and a good Pivot, I hope, will help me make a good showing in our "A" flight championship in a couple of weeks. The "Moe Norman Hands and Arms," and his good swing, helped me in another event, though I only understood the Down and Pivot parts at the time, not the level left wrist.
Thanks again.
YBGF
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Last edited by innercityteacher : 09-21-2010 at 11:37 AM.
I had been doing several other things incorrectly!
Originally Posted by Yoda
I talked of many alignments in this analysis, innercity, but only once did I mention the Flat Left Wrist (Horizontal alignment), and then only as an inferior Address alignment. Your post reveals you are now focused on this Wrist Condition, and that focus colors everything you see and read. This tendency to hyper-focus on what we are currently working on is human, but it should be recognized and controlled. This is especially important for instructors whose responsibility it is to teach others.
Perhaps you noted Jim's visually Flat Left Wrist at the Top of his Backstroke in the introductory still-frame. On the other hand, are you sure you do not mean the Level Left Wrist (Perpendicular alignment), which was a major point of emphasis?
Either way, you're excited and learning, and that makes me happy.
Remember though, whether you were talking about a Flat Left Wrist or a Level Left Wrist or whatever . . . Over time, each thing we work on -- no matter its self-endowed importance at the moment -- recedes into the framework of our Total Motion and becomes subconscious. Only then will it be truly integrated and display its full value.
Meanwhile, listen for the many 'nuggets' contained in this lesson. Examine them one by one and ask, "Does this apply to me?" If so, then add each noted item to your golf "To Do" list and set to work as time permits.
Instead of starting with a level left wrist Mid-body or at Adjusted address, my left hand had creeped to flat, past or even with my left thigh and a severely bent right wrist!
I also had not observed Impact Fix from down the line and so I did not understand the proper Impact Fix start-up in 3 dimensions (so far away from the body).
I don't lift my left heel at all despite the shorter left leg, not a smidge! Is that wrong? My shoulder plane has also never been that steep or TSP! But, with a level left wrist and a little left heel rise, I bet that TSP is doable!
Thanks, Lynn!
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Last edited by innercityteacher : 09-23-2010 at 12:29 PM.
Instead of starting with a level left wrist Mid-body or at Adjusted address, my left hand had creeped to flat, past or even with my left thigh and a severely bent right wrist!
I also had not observed Impact Fix from down the line and so I did not understand the proper Impact Fix start-up in 3 dimensions (so far away from the body).
I don't lift my left heel at all despite the shorter left leg, not a smidge! Is that wrong? My shoulder plane has also never been that steep or TSP! But, with a level left wrist and a little left heel rise, I bet that TSP is doable!
Thanks, Lynn!
How the heck did Jim get from almost falling over to being on plane?
YBGF
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
My shoulder plane has also never been that steep or TSP! But, with a level left wrist and a little left heel rise, I bet that TSP is doable! 
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