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Cookjam wrote:

The snow has cleared and the ranges and courses are beginning to wake up.

I've been trying 12-5-1 Basic Motion for a while. I decided to take it to the range and hit balls with it.
I would take a short swing back and through the ball, about two feet on each end. All the while trying to feel pressure points #2 and 3, watching my hands, watching and feeling for a flat left wrist all with very little lower body motion.

After a while, I could hear a nice sharp crack and the ball would fly. I then seemed to want to add the follow through ( like 8-11). I was using my 9 iron and occasionally my 7 iron.

My questions: Am I doing it correctly? How long should I do it? And I'm assuming 12-5-2 Acquired Motion is next?

I spoke too soon .... THe weather man is telling us that we are going to get 8 to 12 inches of the cold white stuff starting this afternoon. Maybe I can sneek out of work this morning and get some range time in before it gets to deep.



The 'Two feet past the Ball' of Stage One of the Basic Motion Curriculum is theFollow-Through of Stroke Section 11. So, make sure you reach this point.If you can't, it's because you have not 'pre-positioned' your Right Shoulder(down On Plane) to allow a Follow-Through of this length. If not, then do so.

I also suggest 'Arms separate' practice. Focus on your Flat Left Wrist withthe Left Arm motion and the Bent Right Wrist with your Right Arm motion.Then, put them together, and as you go through the Ball, make sure there isabsolutely zero interruption in your Rhythmic Motion through Impact.Remember, you swing through the Ball, not at the Ball. The BasicDrill is without a Ball and with continuous 'back and through' and 'backand through' and 'back and through' motion. Periodically, stop at the end ofthe Stroke, and look, Look LOOK to verify that your Wrist Alignmentshave been maintained. Then, resume the 'back and through' continuous motion.This is the only Train out of Hackerville.

Finally, as you are learning, the 'sound' of Impact is diagnostic. A true'Three Dimensional' Impact will sound like hitting a stone -- especiallywith these Basic Motion Chips and even with Putts. The more 'mushy' the sound,the greater the Compression Leakage.

You're on the right track now. Stay with it.