[innercityteacher]

If you play Golf like you Jack Threads, then although I know we'll start Playing at Cuscowilla, I'm not sure what Golf Course we'll finish on.

Do they have cart service at Cuscowilla? Perhaps a Minty Julep? Or do we get permission for a cooler and BOOR (Bring our own refreshment)?

But to continue with this excellent post, I think I understand what BerntR has written above:


If the club were release without any application of linear force the clubhead would have the same swing speed as before, measured in MPH. The rotational speed would be reduced since the swing radius was increased. But this is only a hypothetical scenario. By the time of the release, the pivot and the hands already have worked themselves up to certain speeds. The golfers has no intentions of quitting, but rather to fight against the slowdown. So you push and pull hard. Linear forces delivered from both hands.

It is linear forces delivered through the hands that produces all the swing speed. The L in G.O.L.F. Centrifugal force and Centripetal force only optimises the geometrical conditions for an efficient linear thrust.

Even the purest of swings use linear force to produce speed. And even the most hardheaded hitter is "forced" to benefit from a significant amount of throwout and Centripetal force in the stroke.

And the rope - the left arm pulling - carries linear force and centripetal force for hitters and swingers.


So if I understand what BerntR has written, no one, save Deity (who uses Chaos Theory perhaps (though, it's only chaos to us) to golf his ball, planets, sub-atomic particles, butterflies and earthquakes in forests with falling trees that no one hears), can simply pull with their left hand and generate sufficient force or precision to G.O.L.F.

A sound golf swing (hit, swit, swing (HSS)) ALWAYS NEEDS A PIVOT, LINEAR LEFTHAND PULL, AND RIGHT HAND PUSH. ACHTUNG!!

PIVOT, PULL, PUSH.

Now, I believe this is what JerryG was trying to say:

City,
I'm kind of a simpleton and have barely noticed what I am actually doing. I am trying to keep my weight over my left hip/leg/foot, turn back, then as my hands start down I drive my right hip, shoulder and arm and Push through the ball.
For me, it has been a long time since I have been this excited to play.

My problem has been that when I'm on my left side, unlike most people, I haven't begun to Pivot or pull, BUT WHEN I PULL, I HAVE TO PIVOT AND THEN I SHOULD PUSH. What are the TGM more technical designations? I'm not sure.

But I'm sure Jerry G is not simple. Like Kevin and most all of us here, he is highly reflective, which is way cool.

I'm also sure of Daryl's advice to slightly "take up the slack" of my left leg by bending my right knee a bit, like hitting down hill, makes sense. PIVOT, PULL, AND PUSH! For most people with normal bio-mechanics, pivoting is essentially pulling to their front. For me,pulling is pivoting always downhill, so I could be adding a push for HSS.

That PIVOT, PULL, PUSH is the feeling I have on my most successful passes with any club. Only with TGM terms, am I able to learn how to do it continuously.

YBGF