The Kelley Five

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."
12 piece bucket
C,

How do you teach the Cut Shot?

Thanks!

B
Martee
Don't know if you would classify these as drills, checks or methods of illustrations

5.0 - The flashlight to trace

2-F - On-Plane (probably a check)

2-G - Three Hinges alignment at follow-through to Plane Line (probably part of your first one) This identifies each.

6-C-0-2 - Lag Pressure in 5 yds increments

I think there are a few other references as to what to practice and/or check.
cometgolfer
Comdpa,

I'd like to hear more about cut shot therapy. I understand the plane line is closed in relation to the target line and that cut shot implies we'll be using vertical hinging. Are we essentially just setting up with a clubface that is facing the line-of-flight at impact fix and then executing a vertical hinge while swinging on the plane line?

How do you use it with your students? Is it simply to get the student to trust their alignments and keep a straight plane line?

Comet
mb6606
Use a square square stance. Cut shot therapy teaches one to use the right forearm angle of approach. The hands go down and out dismissing the flight/target line. The clubhead goes in to out. The cut comes from using an angled hinge.

Use your dowels to practice pitching. One dowel each for toe line, target line and angle of approach.
cometgolfer
Originally Posted by mb6606 Use a square square stance. Cut shot therapy teaches one to use the right forearm angle of approach. The hands go down and out dismissing the flight/target line. The clubhead goes in to out. The cut comes from using an angled hinge.

Use your dowels to practice pitching. One dowel each for toe line, target line and angle of approach.
MB,

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
Yoda
Originally Posted by cometgolfer
I'd like to hear more about cut shot therapy. I understand the plane line is closed in relation to the target line and that cut shot implies we'll be using vertical hinging. Are we essentially just setting up with a clubface that is facing the line-of-flight at impact fix and then executing a vertical hinge while swinging on the plane line?

How do you use it with your students? Is it simply to get the student to trust their alignments and keep a straight plane line?
That's right, Comet. The Plane Line is Closed and the Clubface is aligned Square to the Target. You then ignore the Target Line and swing along the Plane Line while utilizing Vertical Hinging through Impact. The student learns in the most dramatic way that the Ball goes on the Line of the Clubface, not on the Line of the Clubhead travel.

This training is especially effective with Putts and short Chips. Here, there is insufficient 'air time' for the Venturi Effect to produce a curve in the Ball's Flight Path. For example, demonstrate a radically In-to-Out Putting Stroke with the Clubface aligned to the Hole. The Ball goes toward the Hole, not well out to the Right as did the Clubhead. The same holds true for a radically Out-to-In Stroke. We've all known guys who could Putt the lights out Cutting every putt into the Hole.

Personally, I'll never forget my boyhood friend, Bobby Teague. He cut everything... from Drive to Putt. He was short off the Tee, but boy, could he Putt!
cometgolfer
Originally Posted by Yoda That's right, Comet. The Plane Line is Closed and the Clubface is aligned Square to the Target. You then ignore the Target Line and swing along the Plane Line while utilizing Vertical Hinging through Impact. The student learns in the most dramatic way that the Ball goes on the Line of the Clubface, not on the Line of the Clubhead travel.

This training is especially effective with Putts and short Chips. Here, there is insufficient 'air time' for the Venturi Effect to produce a curve in the Ball's Flight Path. For example, demonstrate a radically In-to-Out Putting Stroke with the Clubface aligned to the Hole. The Ball goes toward the Hole, not well out to the Right as did the Clubhead. The same holds true for a radically Out-to-In Stroke. We've all known guys who could Putt the lights out Cutting every putt into the Hole.

Personally, I'll never forget my boyhood friend, Bobby Teague. He cut everything... from Drive to Putt. He was short off the Tee, but boy, could he Putt!
Yoda,

Thanks for the clarification. I can see how it would clearly show the student the clubface/clubhead travel relationship and the benefit that would have for someone who "steers".

Comet
comdpa
Originally Posted by 12 piece bucket C,

How do you teach the Cut Shot?

Thanks!

B
Hi Col,

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.
Doug
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.

Justin

Great post...

I am out the door to work on cut shot action.......
comdpa
Originally Posted by Doug Justin

Great post...

I am out the door to work on cut shot action.......
Thanks...that is our little secret there Doug, the "Thousand Dollar Lesson" like you mentioned!
Yoda
Originally Posted by comdpa
Please correct or add to this list if there are in errors and/or ommissions of such drills described by Mr. Kelley.
Good job, comdpa. Here are fourteen 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 a dowel 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."
comdpa
Originally Posted by Yoda
Good job, comdpa. Here are a few more, either specifically stated or implied:
Thanks Yoda...greatly appreciated, wow !!
EdZ
Wonderful 'executive summaries'.

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."
jr33
The slinger is back to his old self and starting to sling.
birdie_man
Great thread guys....really.
comdpa
Originally Posted by jr33 The slinger is back to his old self and starting to sling.
You bet buddy...the past three - four days have been awful. There were times when I was not even sure what day it was.