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Purehitter,

What kind of teacher would in clear conscience teach an individual (presumably with money changing hands) over a span of 14 years and NOT share the key ingredient that his entire career was built on ... POWER! It seems like built-in obscelescence to me. Keep the lemmings coming back for more! I am not sure if it was mentioned already (I think Pistol) mentioned it but I agree that a key to Mike Austin's length off the tee was an extended left arm, thus as wide of a radius as possible, a radius with a normal force in support (Extensor Action.) It has been around for a long time. Joe Norwood was probably the first teacher to emphasize it, but Homer Kelley coined it and explained it best. Joe Norwood has a drill where he asks you to stand facing a wall, then to raise you left arm to the horizontal plane so that your middle finger tip is 2-3 inches away from the wall, then take your right arm and pull the left arm without moving the left shoulder forward. It will magically touch the wall. For the math buffs out there what does 3 inches more radius give me if I can maintain it? Apprently Hogan worked on his left arm for several years. Some say he was "the long right arm through the ball" but Hogan thought it best to be the long left arm!