Wednesday, June 6, 2007

The Head Centered Tripod

1-L #1 The Stationary Post (player's head) accurately returns the Clubhead through the ball (Centered Arc)

1-L #2 The Post may turn (Pivot) but does not "sway" or "bob"

In the before picture, the student has swayed (horizontal motion) past his center. He now has to move back the same amount if he were to hit the ball effectively thereby adding an additional compensation to his downstroke.

In the after picture, we have kept the student centered. Here all he needs to do is to bring initiate the downstroke by bringing his hands down plane which will bring the clubhead back to the ball.

Again, the Principle of Exaggeration was used to help the student stay centered. And no, I did not tell the student "don't move your head".

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