Ted Fort's Golf Channel Instructor Search Video

Yoda
Our very own Ted Fort has also submitted an entry. For those not familiar with Ted (YodasLuke on the forums), you can read his bio here:

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/index.p...-gseb-pga.html

A couple highlights include Lynn Blake Certified Master Instructor and 2006 Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year.

Enjoy!

Daryl
You're a great Teacher Ted and you've made a very fine video application. I'll be rooting for you.
YodasLuke
Thanks Yoda.

I hope this basic version of TGM doesn't offend all of you TGM aficionados.
gmbtempe
Originally Posted by YodasLuke Thanks Yoda.

I hope this basic version of TGM doesn't offend all of you TGM aficionados.
I really liked it, and don't tell anyone else on this site but I liked it best

Can I ask a question? In my own swing among many of the faults I don't think there is a roll as you state with the left wrist through impact. Did I understand that correct? What happens to the wedge alignments if you don't do this?
KevCarter
Awesome Job Ted!!!

YodasLuke
Originally Posted by gmbtempe I really liked it, and don't tell anyone else on this site but I liked it best

Can I ask a question? In my own swing among many of the faults I don't think there is a roll as you state with the left wrist through impact. Did I understand that correct? What happens to the wedge alignments if you don't do this?
Everyone on this site (team) has the common goal to help people learn to play G.O.L.F. So, I believe that any of us would be happy if someone was able to arrive at an idea that they previously didn't understand, no matter which video was able to do it. I really believe this to be the truth, or I wouldn't be on this site. That's not just politically correct, pageant speech.

Although my video was targeted at "Joe Schmoe" in the general population, No Roll of the Clubface is different than the No Roll Feel of Angled Hinging. If the Clubface remains square to the target (Steering, 3-F-7-A), you get The Bent Left Wrist and Clubhead Throwaway.

Here are some things that Homer said with regard to your question...

There's should be no change in the Flying Wedges:

6-B-3-0 THE THIRD POWER ACCUMULATOR
Power Accumulator #3 is formed by the angle established between the Clubshaft and the Left Forearm. Accumulator #3 should never be “Out-of-Line – instead, it seeks to MAINTAIN its radial alignment with the Left Arm and Left Wrist vertical to its associated Plane. So, basically, Accumulator #3 Hand Motion (4-D-0) is “Clubface Control,” “Rhythm Control,” and “Roll Power Control” of the Right Elbow (7-3). Study 2-G and 7-20.

6-B-3-0-1 THE FLYING WEDGES
The Clubhead may appear to move in a an arc around and outside the Hands when related to the Left Arm – the very basic Left Arm Flying Wedge. But when related to the Right Forearm, it appears to move “On Plane” with the Right Forearm, at its normal rigid angle (Bent Right Wrist) – the Right Forearm Flying Wedge. So – except in Sections 1 and 3 (Chapter 8 ) the entire Left Arm, the Clubshaft and the back of the Left Hand are ALWAYS positioned against the same flat plane – the Right Forearm and the Clubshaft are, in like manner, positioned on the plane of the Right Wrist Bend AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LEFT ARM PLANE. That is the precision assembly and alignment of the Power Package structure and is mandatory during the entire motion. Hitting or Swinging. Study 4-D-1 regarding “Grip” and “Flat Left Wrist”. Also see 7-3. Then, ideally, the Left Wrist is always Flat and the Right Wrist is always Level (4-A-1, 4-B-1).
drewitgolf
Nice job as always Ted. Golfers are always looking for more power. This will certainly generate interest .
BerntR
Great video, Ted,

What excellent translation of TGM's power accumulators to layman's terms.
O.B.Left
Originally Posted by YodasLuke Although my video was targeted at "Joe Schmoe" in the general population, No Roll of the Clubface is different than the No Roll Feel of Angled Hinging. If the Clubface remains square to the target (Steering, 3-F-7-A), you get The Bent Left Wrist and Clubhead Throwaway.

Great video Ted and the post above is awesome too. So the cure for a bending left wrist is a flat, ROLLING left wrist? As in "DELIVERY LINE ROLL PREP" maybe?

Now where have I heard something like this before ................... Oh ya Yoda's Swivel video....."Why? Because thats where the Golfing Machine lives , thats why!"

Thats like finding the cure for the common cold or something.

The song remains the same but each voice brings new perspective. So true.

Which reminds me where's the fourth tenor's video? .......Jeff Hull and you guys going head to head in the final four would be awesome.
innercityteacher
Originally Posted by O.B.Left Great video Ted and the post above is awesome too. So the cure for a bending left wrist is a flat, ROLLING left wrist? As in "DELIVERY LINE ROLL PREP" maybe?

Now where have I heard something like this before ................... Oh ya Yoda's Swivel video....."Why? Because thats where the Golfing Machine lives , thats why!"

Thats like finding the cure for the common cold or something.

The song remains the same but each voice brings new perspective. So true.

Which reminds me where's the fourth tenor's video? .......Jeff Hull and you guys going head to head in the final four would be awesome.

"That ball will act a whole lot differently!"

That is so cool!

It does, esp in little tournament competition, which is the only kind I have played in so far!




Ted, can I take this water bottle off my head now?

YBGF
YodasLuke
Originally Posted by O.B.Left Which reminds me where's the fourth tenor's video? .......Jeff Hull and you guys going head to head in the final four would be awesome.
Jeff has a voice for radio...No, I didn't say face!

If we start singing, I'll promise you he's on bass. His voice carries for miles.
Yoda
Originally Posted by gmbtempe
I really liked it, and don't tell anyone else on this site but I liked it best
"Vive la difference!"

The way I look at it, Ted, Rick and myself are individual voices in the same choir. We each are capable of 'soloing' at any time and enjoy that challenge. But, we also are perfectly content serving as 'backup' in any given performance.

Using another analogy, there are eleven men on a football team. Fielding only one, whether a quarterback, tackle or tight end, leaves the 'team' at a serious competitive disadvantage.

With the addition of Ted's and Rick's videos, our system of Alignment Golf gets three times the exposure it would have otherwise. And you guys get a triple dose of Lynn Blake Certified Instructor training, each rendered in a unique way and from a different perspective.

Score?

Lynn Blake 1
Ted Fort 1
Rick Murphy 1
Lynn Blake Golf.com 3
Alignment Golf 3
TGM 3
Golf World 9
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Total Score 21!
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Just the way I like it!

innercityteacher
Originally Posted by YodasLuke Thanks Yoda.

I hope this basic version of TGM doesn't offend all of you TGM aficionados.
If I could just speak with a Southern accent!

Really, terrific instructional video!


Thanks!


Patrick
golfguru
You can talk to me.
You can show me.
To get it for sure Involve me.

Loved the, "Get off your chair."
YodasLuke
Originally Posted by innercityteacher If I could just speak with a Southern accent!

Really, terrific instructional video!


Thanks!


Patrick
Thanks to everyone for the kind words.

As far as the accent goes, my 11th great grandfather arrived at the Isle of Wight, VA in 1635 on the ship the Globe of London. My ancestors have been in the South since then. So, 375 years is a long time to get something right.
dodger
All three of these videos are so well done that any golfer will improve by following the advice provided. What a fallacy that the golfing machine is complicated. When taught like this it is awful simple. Great job, I will be watching these for a long time.
alex_chung
Nice vid Ted! Simple but yet effective, the best thing about these 3 videos is that you pick up something each time you watch it. There are 3 different types of presentation but the message is the same
Picked up the little nugget about the right elbow which is nice!!
Alex
airair
Originally Posted by YodasLuke Thanks Yoda.

I hope this basic version of TGM doesn't offend all of you TGM aficionados.
Your 4. source to gain more clubhead speed - the rolling of the forearms (horisontal hinging?) - does that also apply for a hitter? (Does'nt a hitter use angled hinging?). (You are a hitter, aren't you?). If it isn't used like what a swinger does - does that mean that a hitter loses speed compared to a swinger?
KevCarter
Originally Posted by airair Your 4. source to gain more clubhead speed - the rolling of the forearms (horisontal hinging?) - does that also apply for a hitter? (Does'nt a hitter use angled hinging?). (You are a hitter, aren't you?). If it isn't used like what a swinger does - does that mean that a hitter loses speed compared to a swinger?
The context of the video was explaining the Power Accumulator #3, not horizontal hinging. Common mistake in getting them confused. #3 PA is a tough one to describe, but there are many threads here where it is very well done. I'm on my way out the door or I would do the search for you...

Ted is a 4 Barrel Hitter (utilizing all 4 power accumulators), as is one of YODA's patterns that I enjoy studying as my personal model. Done correctly, utilizing the pivot as YODA and TED both explain can be very powerful. In it's simplest form, hitting may be done using only 1 power source, i.e. the right elbow, making it very precise for the short game as well. I marvel at the speed Ted generates with the dowel when showing all 4 power accumulators used together in his video.

There are so many options within the machine! ...

Kevin
airair
Originally Posted by KevCarter The context of the video was explaining the Power Accumulator #3, not horizontal hinging. Common mistake in getting them confused. #3 PA is a tough one to describe, but there are many threads here where it is very well done. I'm on my way out the door or I would do the search for you...

Ted is a 4 Barrel Hitter (utilizing all 4 power accumulators), as is one of YODA's patterns that I enjoy studying as my personal model. Done correctly, utilizing the pivot as YODA and TED both explain can be very powerful. In it's simplest form, hitting may be done using only 1 power source, i.e. the right elbow, making it very precise for the short game as well. I marvel at the speed Ted generates with the dowel when showing all 4 power accumulators used together in his video.

There are so many options within the machine! ...

Kevin
Complicated.

I thought there were only 3 hinge motions and therefore 3 ways to move the forearms. But can the rolling of the forearms happen in other ways too (as the 4th source of getting greater clubhead speed as shown in Ted Fort's video)? How does the left forearm roll (as shown in the video) without a horisontal hinging? (Does a hitter even have horisontal hinging?)
KevCarter
Originally Posted by airair Complicated.

I thought there were only 3 hinge motions and therefore 3 ways to move the forearms. But can the rolling of the forearms happen in other ways too (as the 4th source of getting greater clubhead speed as shown in Ted Fort's video)? How does the left forearm roll (as shown in the video) without a horisontal hinging? (Does a hitter even have horisontal hinging?)
All your answers are found in:

6-B-3-0 THE THIRD POWER ACCUMULATOR

Kevin
dlam
Very well done Ted. Enjoy the presentation along with Rick and Lynn's.
I like your no nonsense approach.
Especially the tip for properly addressing the at the toe when the club is on the ground.
gmbtempe
I hope my post was taken as a positive rather then a negative, all three video's were great, and I should add there are some other really good TGM material in other video's that were submitted, I take it as a win whenever more information can get to players.
KevCarter
Originally Posted by gmbtempe I hope my post was taken as a positive rather then a negative, all three video's were great, and I should add there are some other really good TGM material in other video's that were submitted, I take it as a win whenever more information can get to players.
Absolutely!
joe curtis
great job, ted.
david sandridge
Great video. I do think in the last few seconds of that video a great finale would be for you to hit a real ball with that water bottle on your head !! That would clinch the deal.
Burner
Originally Posted by david sandridge Great video. I do think in the last few seconds of that video a great finale would be for you to hit a real ball with that water bottle on your head !! That would clinch the deal.
Factor in that unique pivot action that Ted does so well and the winner could be assured.
Rick Murphy
Nice backdrop for the video. Didn't mention that last year! There you go...I see something different every time I look at it.
YodasLuke
In my future videos, I wish I had that backdrop as a file that I could use and shoot on a green screen. It really worked out well. I've been so busy that I've been absent in here. But, as the weather gets colder, I'll have a little time to surf.

Good luck with the upcoming LBG Cert. School.