Learning Rhythm and CF without Over-Acceleration

Hey guys . . .

What is the best way/drills/Feels to allow CF to DO ITS WORK? How do you eliminate Over-Acceleration from your stroke?

Also, how would you advise someone on how to feel Rhythm? Per 2-G "The point to be learned is that the Club, because of the Flat Left Wrist, must always travel at the same RPM as the arms and reproduce the Hinging inherent in the selected Lag Loading procedure (10-19), regardless of Clubhead Extension velocity.

Thanks!

Bucket

Originally Posted by 12 piece bucket Hey guys . . .

What is the best way/drills/Feels to allow CF to DO ITS WORK?

Grab a normal sized golf towel, hold the two opposite corners together, and hit a reasonably heavy object (e.g. a half filled golf bag with legs). You learn to use your core to turn back and through. Visualise your arms as ropes, they don't contribute and muscular power whatsoever. Your hands just hold on. Tip: don't use an object where you can topple even with throwaway (e.g. a light crate like Ben sometimes uses). Also place the bag slightly in front of your left foot (i.e. forward ball position).

I have done this drill with a lot of pros, and none of them could topple the golf bag on their first go! They try harder and harder and still can't do it. It should feel effortless when done properly.

Originally Posted by tongzilla Grab a normal sized golf towel, hold the two opposite corners together, and hit a reasonably heavy object (e.g. a half filled golf bag with legs). You learn to use your core to turn back and through. Visualise your arms as ropes, they don't contribute and muscular power whatsoever. Your hands just hold on. Tip: don't use an object where you can topple even with throwaway (e.g. a light crate like Ben sometimes uses). Also place the bag slightly in front of your left foot (i.e. forward ball position).

I have done this drill with a lot of pros, and none of them could topple the golf bag on their first go! They try harder and harder and still can't do it. It should feel effortless when done properly.

Cool! Me likey.

This is something that's really become clearer to me this season. I feel as though my pivot is a massive rotor and all it does is spin. I take the club to the top with my Wedges assembled and PP3 fully loaded. From there, I feel literally nothing except my right shoulder moving downplane.

Everything else feels like it stays at the top as I start down. The left arm, left wrist, and club are all in one plane (I'm talking about the plane of the left arm flying wedge) and being dragged by my pivot. My right shoulder approaches the ball and my body is opening up to the target, and all of a sudden...wham! The clubhead automatically throws down and out. The harder I load it at the top and the harder I spin downplane the harder it throws out.

I always had trouble taking nice divots and getting enough 'down' when I was Swinging. Hitting was no problem because I could conciously 'hit down.' But I realized this year that if I let the club be "thrown" really hard into PP3 at the top that it would throw out just as hard at the bottom. My pivot spins and everything throws down and out at impact. It's really a cool feeling because it feels like so little work. But the sound of the compression definitely says it's working nicely!

Originally Posted by Matt The harder I load it at the top and the harder I spin downplane the harder it throws out.

But I realized this year that if I let the club be "thrown" really hard into PP3 at the top that it would throw out just as hard at the bottom. My pivot spins and everything throws down and out at impact. It's really a cool feeling because it feels like so little work. But the sound of the compression definitely says it's working nicely!

Matt,

Thanks man! Nice post. Could you expand a little on Loading it hard at the top? At what pace are you "spinning the rotor" at a steady deliberate speed or fast? Also what type of pressure do you have in your grip and arms?

Did you have to focus on keeping your left wrist flat and fully uncocking #2 first before getting to the point where the pivot could actuate everything for you?

Thanks again!

B

Originally Posted by 12 piece bucket Hey guys . . .

What is the best way/drills/Feels to allow CF to DO ITS WORK? How do you eliminate Over-Acceleration from your stroke?

Also, how would you advise someone on how to feel Rhythm? Per 2-G "The point to be learned is that the Club, because of the Flat Left Wrist, must always travel at the same RPM as the arms and reproduce the Hinging inherent in the selected Lag Loading procedure (10-19), regardless of Clubhead Extension velocity.

Thanks!

Bucket

I would learn to load/create the lag/resistance/heaviness (starting it down with the hands while the club is still moving backward in the middle of the backswing) first and then intend to sustain (keep accelerating/moving) that lag/resistance/heaviness throughout the (down) stroke.

It's difficult to over-accelerate something heavier.
It's easier to feel the rhythm without over-acceleration.
The lag/resistance/heaviness also keeps the (center of gravity of the) club on-plane.

No wonder it's the "secret".

So do you feel PP#3 loaded before the shoulder moves down?