Having a video to look at instead of visualizing word pictures has its advantages. I have been auditioning pieces from TT's excellent video and found some pieces to be a great help. On the other hand, some pieces have simply not worked with the rest of my hitter's swing. Today I made decisions about what to leave in and what to kick out and the driving range and my results were most exciting. Wondering if someone disagrees with any my choices based on trying to dig the truth out of "the dirt".
LEAVING IN
The first homerun for me from the video is the stepped backswing suggested. I needed to transplant my angled flying wedge for his horizontal flying wedge but the rest of what he suggested works great. On the range, it happened that there was a mirror behind my stall. Doing TT's backswing while lookiing at the mirror, my plane going back was nearly exactly what I wanted and with a little practice I became very consistent with the method TT suggested.
The second homerun is my favorite move. Dropping my right shoulder at the top to move my hips slightly forward worked astoundingly well for me. It made the rest of my swing click into a higher gear.
LEAVING OUT
The suggested straight down path for the swing plane so you can "hit out at the ball, hit out at the ball" didn't work well with my angled flying wedge. I ended up shanking the ball frequently as my hitting out at the ball caused me to hit the ball on the hosel Hitting the inside of the ball also cause me to vary from my plane line and therefore didn't help. The key for me to was ride the most accurate plane I could and therefore give up on coming from the inside. In the same way, the "long right arm" "concept wasn't consistent with my effort to make a " paddlewheel hitter's motion. I also tried the horizontal flying hinge which TT used "90% of the time, and didn't feel comfortable using it with the rest of my "hitter's" motion. Finally, I thought the pivot he suggested was more active than what was necessary for a "right forearm" based swing.
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