I've been put on notice that I have at least two readers and they are hungry for content. So I'll do my best to pass along more content in what is happening in my golf journey.
One bad habit I have is to look at the golf content on youtube when the sun has gone down and Barb has the TV displaying the latest in Zombie adventures.
I ran across an interesting one by Jim McLean. He has a lot of content there and he is a thoughtful guy and I enjoy his analysis.
The one I'll talk about today is about getting the club into the "groove" or "slot." He discusses this in length. There are three schools of thought. One is to loop it like Jim Furyk. Jim is a bit extreme, but to take the club outside and then reroute it back to the groove on the way down.
The second is to take the club back on the line you would like to come down on. It seems in practice that this is a bit hard to do. But seems simple, but, as explained in the next item, might be a mechanical issue, id est, it doesn't feel normal to us humans.
The third way is to take the club back inside and then reroute back to the slot. A lot of very good golfers do this to some extent. Jim McLean mentions that this is never taught. Ok, all is well and good, but the next bit is what I found quite interesting.
Jim M. mentions that the inside then reroute path shows up in other activities. One of which is the stroke that is used by guys who drove railroad spikes and those who use a sledge hammer for a living. Jim reports that these guys deliver a lot of power and "never miss."
Young kids, if learning the game by themselves, gravitate to this motion. It must provide some leverage to get a heavy object into a good position to hit with it.
My driver stroke has some of this in it. I'm not sure of my loop to get it on to the proper plane. I want to look at this on the next trip to the range. Maybe tomorrow, so stay tuned!
Jim reports that they never teach that inside then back over move, but as mentioned some very good players use it. Including some who never had to practice - Bruce Liztke was mentioned as was Bobby Jones. I'm guessing the "don't teach this" is from tradition rather than any technical reasons.
If we admit that the human system is capable of remarkable problem solving, then the fact that this method of swinging a club shows up in a number of areas, would suggest that it cannot be discarded out of hand.
I'll close with a summary of an article I ran across a number of years ago. The article reported that a study suggested that the human brain would seek a new solution to repeated problems -- even those that were "solved." I clipped this to pass on to a golf teacher, to suggest that he and I and all labored in vain to create a new motion/swing/activity as the mind would instantly and constantly look for another solution. That makes it tough to learn and store and move on to the next item or to become the golfing machine.
Bill asked for more technical numbers including greens in regulation, putts and such. I don't usually compile them. I can recall them for the last few rounds. I'll add them as they were asked for. Is there anything else? Feel free to add the first comment to the blog!
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