There are actually two ways that I teach the Cut Shot.
The first is with the Cut Shot Therapy per 3-F-7-A using a 10-5-E plane line. This is usually taught to students with a Bent Left Wrist and Clubhead Throwaway.
The Student will be made to trace the plane line first with a shaft, then a regular club and finally with the club and ball.
The focus as always is to monitor the Hands and identify a feel that the mechanical exercise gives to the Hands. All the student needs to do to replicate the mechanics is to reproduce the feel that the Hands went through.
The other cut shot that I teach is per 2-C-2..."a cut shot is any Stroke using Vertical Hinging (10-10) through Impact regardless of Plane Line (10-5) or the preceding Wrist Action (10-18 )."
Please note that this shot has the same underlying principle as that of the Cut Shot Therapy.
I teach this exclusively as a special application of the Acquired Motion (12-5-2) although it can also be applied to the Basic Motion (12-5-1) and Total Motion (12-5-3)
Procedure:
1. Aim the clubface at intended target and then grip the club.
2. Without taking the hands off the grip, rotate the grip clockwise so that the grip becomes a 10-2-D grip, "which is very compatible with Cut Shot procedures."
3. Now the target line is way right while the plane line and stance line is still square to the original target line.
4. Rotate the target, stance and plane lines to the left until the target line is pointing back at the intended target. You now have a 10-5-D Open Open Plane Line.
5. Simply trace the new plane line with a vertical hinge - while swinging or hitting.
Use this shot around the greens in place of the more risky Lob Shot per 2-C-3 and see if you don't save strokes around the green.
Some students of mine love the results and the simplicity so much that they use this as their main short game stroke.
10-5-E is a "closed-closed" guide line. So the target line would be facing left of the plane/stance line. And wouldn't a cut shot procedure require a vertical hinge? That's why cut shot therapy has always confused me.
CG
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There are 3 lines...The Plane Line, Stance Line and the Target Line.
Per 1-L-19: "Stance Line, Plane Line and Flight Line are normally parallel." That is your 10-5-A Square Square Plane Line. I would like to direct your attention to the pictures.
The one closest to Diane is the Stance Line. The next closest is the Inclined Plane Line and the farthest is the Target Line.
The target line can and must be rotated to be in line with your intended target. It is moveable. I believe this should clarify your doubts.
But remember, the Plane Line and Stance Line must be rotated in tandem with the Target Line otherwise a new plane line (10-5) will be established.
The Inclined Plane Line is the line that you trace and per 3-F-5, the "Plane Line (10-5) must be verified before every shot as long as the game is played."
There are 3 lines...The Plane Line, Stance Line and the Target Line.
Per 1-L-19: "Stance Line, Plane Line and Flight Line are normally parallel." That is your 10-5-A Square Square Plane Line. I would like to direct your attention to the pictures.
The one closest to Diane is the Stance Line. The next closest is the Inclined Plane Line and the farthest is the Target Line.[/b]
help at hand in unexpected places!...the above helps answers my question in:
These should be made a sticky at the top of the drills section
Great information and a wonderful 'map' to improvement!
Originally Posted by comdpa
Looking through the book, it seems that there are only 5 drills that Mr. Kelley speaks of. These drills are the foundation of what I use to teach.
I have taken the liberty of assigning names where none existed. Please correct or add to this list if there are in errors and/or ommissions of such drills described by Mr. Kelley.
1) Hinge Action Education
Per 2-G: "For a Practice drill, Educate the Left Hand (5-0) to reproduce - with Zero Pivot - the three Hinge Actions, distinct and separate, while swinging continuously back and forth. First without a Club, then with a short Club, then with both Hands. Then with increasing Pivot motion using the Right Forearm per 7-19. Learning only one Action isn't so helpful because you won't know their differences.
2) Cut Shot Therapy
Per 3-F-7-A: "A very successful anti-steering therapy is an exaggerated "inside-out" Cut Shot per 10-5-E...You always Swing along the Plane Line but not always along the Flight Line. So learn dismiss the Flight Line. Depend on Clubface alignment for direction control (2-J). In fact, learn to execute all Plane Line Variations (10-5) to remove all uncertainty from your Computer (14-0)."
This coincides with 3-F-6: "MASTER'S level of execution. That is - with and without Wristcock, with and without #3 Accumulator, with any Hinging, with any Plane Line Combination (10-5) from any Ball Location, Hitting or Swinging, with Right Forearm Takeaway (7-3) and with a motionless Right Wrist."
Ben Doyle told me in Carmel last summer that when I master this, I will be "very difficult to beat".
3) The Release Motions Drill
Per 4-D-0: "Construct an Inclined Plane such as shown in 10-5, or find a low bench, fence rail or anything providing the Clubshaft with a straight edge or flat surface - and swing the Clubshaft back and forth along that edge or surface while executing the above Wrist and Hand Motions until you thoroughly understand their relation to 10-5."
I use this drill to teach the Release Motions as well as teach a proper Follow Through (8-11 and 6-H-C) and a Straight Plane Line per the 3rd Essential (2-0-B-3).
4) The Flat Left Wrist Drill
Per 4-D-1: "Take a very "short" Grip and practice swinging back and forth with the top of the Clubshaft against the inside of the Left Forearm until you can hold the Wrist steady with a normal Grip. So - there must be the Flat Left Wrist. Or its equivalent (10-2-G). Or a compensation (6-D, 7-19, 6-C-2-E).
5) The Rhythm Drill
Rhythm is holding both Lever Assemblies to the same basic RPM throughout the Stroke while overtaking all other Components at a steady, even rate. (because of the Flat Left Wrist) (Glossary)
Per 7-10: "For a very basic drill, practice all Hinge Motions - by moving the Left Arm (only)0 back and forth - on their normal Plane AND on the Inclined Plane, without a Club and with the Wrist Flat and Vertical to learn the Feel of the Rhythmic motion required through Impact per 2-G."
Originally Posted by Yoda
Good job, comdpa. Here are a few more, either specifically stated or implied:
1. Right Forearm Flying Wedge (2-F). "Learn to hold the Forearm in the Feel of the same Plane per 7-3, dynamically in-line." I recommend using dowels or headless Shaft to learn this through the Twelve Sections of the Stroke. Especially make sure you have the 'sense' of the Right Forearm Flying Wedge at The Top as well as at Impact Fix.
2. Anti-Shank (2-F). Practice Start Down Waggles with Clubface 'Turned' on Plane (Clubshaft and Sweet Spot aligned).
3. On Plane Clubshaft (2-F). Practice the "very simple but very accurate checks for being 'On Plane.'" That is, the Clubshaft either points at the Line or is parallel to it at all times. Also per 2-N-0, a "STRAIGHT LINE RELATIONSHIP TO A STRAIGHT LINE -- POINTING AT A STRAIGHT LINE."
4. Hinge Action With Open Hands (2-G). "Practice these motions first with open Hands per Chapters 4 and 9."
5. Hinge Action Check at Follow-Through (2-G). "Stop at the end of a short Chip Shot -- the Club at about 45 degrees." The Toe of the Club will point along the Line with Horizontal Hinging; 45 degrees across the Line with Angled Hinging; or 90 degrees across the Line (Clubface Square) with Vertical Hinging.
6. Rhythm (2-G). At end of Follow-Through, keeping Hands in same location, rotate through the three Hinge Actions and observe the difference in the 'In-Line' Clubhead travel of each.
7. Total Motion (3-B). Execute the Full Pivot Stroke at one half and one quarter speed as smoothly as at full speed. Inability to do this "indicates a flaw in the full speed procedure."
8. Start Down Waggle (3-F-5). Practice the Start Down Waggle to train Educated Hands to 'get through' the Start Down (3-B). Take it "through the Address Waggle area. Check for On Plane Clubshaft and Right Shoulder, for Right Forearm tracing the Delivery Line and for 'Clearing the Right Hip.'"
9. Wrist Positions (4-0). "For a firm Grip and flexible Wrist action practice all Wrist positions and motions with a firmly clenched fist as well as with the open Hand."
10. Finish Swivel (4-D-0). Go to the end of the Follow-Through (Both Arms Straight position) with the Left Wrist vertical to one of the three Basic Planes (Horizontal, Vertical or Angled). Slowly rotate the Wrists into their "parallel to the Plane" position for the Finish. The Finish Swivel is a key element of the Total Motion and is indispensable as a bridge from Follow-Through to the Finish. Sadly, it is completely missing from the Stroke of most players, and they are left only with a bending Left Wrist to enable the Club to 'pass the Hands.' You 'prepare' for the correct Finish Swivel (by making a compatible and correct motion earlier in the Stroke). Similarly, you also 'prepare' for the dreaded Chicken Wing (by making a compatible but incorrect motion).
11. Right Arm Straightening (4-D-1). "Learn to straighten the Right Arm Arm without flattening the Right Wrist. Practice doing just and only that -- diligently -- with and without a Club. Then learn to 'float' from The Top through Impact, an inert, unstressed Right Wrist with its Impact Fix degree of Bend."
12. Plane Line Tracing (5-0). Trace the Plane Line with the Right Forearm and #3 Pressure Point "as though a flashlight were lashed to the Right Forearm with the #3 Pressure Point as the lens causing its beam to move along the Reference Line." This is Delivery Line (of the Clubhead) practice.
13. Aiming Point (6-E-2). "At the top of the Backstroke -- even at the End -- mentally construct a line from the #3 Pressure Point to the Aiming Point. Let a careful Downstroke direct the thrust precisely along this line. Hitting or Swinging, direct the #3 Pressure Point strongly downward to insure the 'Downward' element of Three Dimensional Impact. That is TRY TO DRIVE THE BALL INTO THE GROUND, NOT INTO THE AIR." This is Delivery Path (of the Hands) practice.
14. Magic of the Right Forearm (7-3). From Impact Fix (and with Zero Pivot), practice using Right Elbow Action to "RAISE and LOWER the Left Arm and to COCK AND UNCOCK the Left Wrist without Bending, Flattening or Cocking the Right Wrist."
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Simplicity buffs, see 5-0, 1-L, 2-0 A and B 10-2-B, 4-D, 6B-1D, 6-B-3-0-1, 6-C-1, 6-E-2
The target line can and must be rotated to be in line with your intended target. It is moveable.
The term Target Line always refers to the Flight Line, the straightaway direction of Aim. The term Flight Path refers to the total ball behavior (including any curve) on its way to the Target (7-3). The Target Line is dictated by circumstance and is immoveable.
Stance Line and Plane Line are moveable and can be aligned (in relation to the fixed Target Line) to produce any one of the nine Plane Line - Stance Line Combinations (three Stance Lines to each of the three Plane Lines per 10-5-0). The Plane Line - Stance Line Combination selected will reflect the player's Basic Stroke Pattern or its Variation, psychological preference, the intended Ball Behavior (Flight Path) or all three.
As a special note to those who have gone nuts trying to crack the code of CCW and CW in 10-5-0, the terms mean Counter Clockwise and Clockwise.
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