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Seriously, for those of you with extra limbs, putting is about all you can do without "hurting" your game using two hands.
I wouldn’t advocate putting with just the right hand unless you are left-handed. Too bad dude didn’t hurt his right wrist instead since there are a number of good drills a righty can do with just the left hand. I feel sorry the guy. Online sex must suck now, huh?
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Re: Attached and "Be sure not to slap the Palm – just use a bent wrist through the entire stroke and "roll the hand over the ball" through impact." George, thanks for the suggestion. I will probably do this. Over the past 15 years I’ve actually played more tennis than golf (20 year layoff from golf ending this year). On my ‘re-entry’ into golf I found myself with a very "on-plane forehand in tennis" and a very "off plane golf swing". After research, lessons, and the realization of my error, I was immediately struck by the similarity between the proper right hand position in hitting a tennis forehand (top of the backswing) and the proper right hand position when hitting a golf ball (which was considerably different than my earlier golf habits). My sense is that the ‘proper release’ is similar for both sports as well. If there are any tennis nuts out there my tennis grip (FHand) is only slightly western – nothing like some of the extremes that you see on occasion. But I didn’t understand your statment regarding "be sure not to slap the Palm". Could you elaborate?
"Slapping the right palm" is my wording for actually bending the right wrist during the release – or even before it – an action which moves the clubSHAFT FORWARD itself – as opposed to the fulcrum of the club – the axis of the angle between left arm and clubshaft. Don’t move the "blade" of the L: move the intersection point of the angle between the two sides. The blade will catch up of its own accord if you don’t mess with IT. The mistake is to move the blade prematurely, and the right handslap is the nearly universal culprit that does just that, dissipating "release" early and wasting its mechanical advantage, leaving a spent clubshaft and decelerating clubhead at the time of impact.. Notice in the Whippy instructions the "right hand off" drill – same idea. It is designed to have you push the left hand thumb with your right WRISTBONE without "holding on" – because the wristbone (One of Homer Kelley’s pressure points!) is needed TO push the left hand to keep IT from slowing down as much during the release interval. Finally I may try to incorporate some ‘whippy tempomaster’ training. I borrowed one once and have viewed the associated video. My wrist may be able to tolerate some of the suggested ‘early exercizes’ which involve pretty slow swings (maybe).
The same is the approach I advocate in my own shorter video…. Easy, precise, details correct… And then build from perfect, slow, easy, and as you DO build and grow, eliminate ‘viruses’ as they show their ugly heads: correct what is wrong at the core before it gets built in. GH – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – dave I’ve got an appointment with an orthopod tomorrow (left wrist problem) and am expecting doctor’s orders of ‘no golf’ for a month (or quite possibly longer). Other than putting (or VERY short chip shots) is there anything else useful that can be done with only the right hand/arm (I am right handed) to keep your game in shape (or even improve at least something)? Thanks. dave Swinging a short club with right hand alone "like a tennis racket" but using the base of the wristbone and keeping the right hand "cocked" through the entire stroke, that is a great r.h. only drill. Pretend you are hitting forehand tennis shots; drive your right knee, hip, shoulder, and wristbone through "impact" of an imaginary ball (or whiffle balls) a few inches above the ground. Great drill for involving the right side of the body ala Hogan as it is meant to be used. Be sure not to slap the Palm – just use a bent wrist through the entire stroke and "roll the hand over the ball" through impact. Other great, absolutely great, drills are putting rh alone, and chipping r.h. alone: they develop touch, some sensitivity, and it is a great time to study "pendulum" stroke tempo (vs. hitting or contriving motions that are muscular as opposed to "swinging"). Since we are born "wired" for handedness, these rh drills tap into instincts and get us in touch with natural gifts that tend to get blurred in twohanded golf. Hope it helps. George Hibbard www.perfectimpact.com
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I’ve got an appointment with an orthopod tomorrow (left wrist problem) and am expecting doctor’s orders of ‘no golf’ for a month (or quite possibly longer). Other than putting (or VERY short chip shots) is there anything else useful that can be done with only the right hand/arm (I am right handed) to keep your game in shape (or even improve at least something)? Thanks. dave
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I’ve got an appointment with an orthopod tomorrow (left wrist problem) and am expecting doctor’s orders of ‘no golf’ for a month (or quite possibly longer). Other than putting (or VERY short chip shots) is there anything else useful that can be done with only the right hand/arm (I am right handed) to keep your game in shape (or even improve at least something)? Thanks. dave
Swinging a short club with right hand alone "like a tennis racket" but using the base of the wristbone and keeping the right hand "cocked" through the entire stroke, that is a great r.h. only drill. Pretend you are hitting forehand tennis shots; drive your right knee, hip, shoulder, and wristbone through "impact" of an imaginary ball (or whiffle balls) a few inches above the ground. Great drill for involving the right side of the body ala Hogan as it is meant to be used. Be sure not to slap the Palm – just use a bent wrist through the entire stroke and "roll the hand over the ball" through impact. Other great, absolutely great, drills are putting rh alone, and chipping r.h. alone: they develop touch, some sensitivity, and it is a great time to study "pendulum" stroke tempo (vs. hitting or contriving motions that are muscular as opposed to "swinging"). Since we are born "wired" for handedness, these rh drills tap into instincts and get us in touch with natural gifts that tend to get blurred in twohanded golf. Hope it helps. George Hibbard www.perfectimpact.com
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Seriously, for those of you with extra limbs.
ROFL! Good way to put it! Do you take a left-hander’s stance and "pull" or visa versa? Doing too much can lead to a right hand dependence after rehab, and you don’t want that.
My pro told me that using a right hand only drill was good for timing the coordination of the arms/shoulders/body (for a right hander)–but your point about overdoing it is well taken. Dave Clary/Corpus Christi,TX Home: http://home.stx.rr.com/dclary Never Forget: http://www.politicsandprotest.org RSG Roll Call http://www.rec-sport-golf.com/members/?rollcall=claryd
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Re: Attached and "Be sure not to slap the Palm – just use a bent wrist through the entire stroke and "roll the hand over the ball" through impact."
George, thanks for the suggestion. I will probably do this. Over the past 15 years I’ve actually played more tennis than golf (20 year layoff from golf ending this year). On my ‘re-entry’ into golf I found myself with a very "on-plane forehand in tennis" and a very "off plane golf swing". After research, lessons, and the realization of my error, I was immediately struck by the similarity between the proper right hand position in hitting a tennis forehand (top of the backswing) and the proper right hand position when hitting a golf ball (which was considerably different than my earlier golf habits). My sense is that the ‘proper release’ is similar for both sports as well. If there are any tennis nuts out there my tennis grip (FHand) is only slightly western – nothing like some of the extremes that you see on occasion. But I didn’t understand your statment regarding "be sure not to slap the Palm". Could you elaborate? Finally I may try to incorporate some ‘whippy tempomaster’ training. I borrowed one once and have viewed the associated video. My wrist may be able to tolerate some of the suggested ‘early exercizes’ which involve pretty slow swings (maybe). dave
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve got an appointment with an orthopod tomorrow (left wrist problem) and am expecting doctor’s orders of ‘no golf’ for a month (or quite possibly longer). Other than putting (or VERY short chip shots) is there anything else useful that can be done with only the right hand/arm (I am right handed) to keep your game in shape (or even improve at least something)? Thanks. dave Swinging a short club with right hand alone "like a tennis racket" but using the base of the wristbone and keeping the right hand "cocked" through the entire stroke, that is a great r.h. only drill. Pretend you are hitting forehand tennis shots; drive your right knee, hip, shoulder, and wristbone through "impact" of an imaginary ball (or whiffle balls) a few inches above the ground. Great drill for involving the right side of the body ala Hogan as it is meant to be used. Be sure not to slap the Palm – just use a bent wrist through the entire stroke and "roll the hand over the ball" through impact. Other great, absolutely great, drills are putting rh alone, and chipping r.h. alone: they develop touch, some sensitivity, and it is a great time to study "pendulum" stroke tempo (vs. hitting or contriving motions that are muscular as opposed to "swinging"). Since we are born "wired" for handedness, these rh drills tap into instincts and get us in touch with natural gifts that tend to get blurred in twohanded golf. Hope it helps. George Hibbard www.perfectimpact.com