LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Path/Plane Assistance Thread: Path/Plane Assistance View Single Post #10 07-25-2010, 07:38 AM Mike O Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oceanside CA Posts: 1,398 The beginning and the end Hop on Youtube and look at a few professional golfers - I randomly looked at Charlie Hoffman, Charles Howell, and Ryo. You are definitely coming over the top at the start down and that means the hips don't need to slide forward as much on the downswing. The end result is this: In your finish position your butt is back - hasn't moved forward as much it should have. From the face on perspective, if you trace the right leg from the foot up - you see a nice curve until you get to the waist and then the curve stops and as you continue to trace - the line moves towards the target. Look at pro players on youtube and notice from right foot through the upper body it's one big consistent curve. That's because the hips end up closer to the target - because they had to slide more during the start down - for the right elbow to clear the hips - since they are on plane starting down - instead of you going off plane and the right elbow going around the right hip. Tip #1 - understand where you need/want to finish. That will influence the entire movement. Tip #2 You may notice that same lower body upper body "kink" when you look at your set-up - can you see how the lower body is straight up and down or leaning back and the upper body is leaning forward? Hips need to move forward a touch at address/ impact fix - that'll be a nice reminder for you. That's a start - you'll need to fill in the gaps (get rid of the other unseen items that make your current movement work) to make it all work together. Besides the swing - at your level it's important you play with better players, improve your course management, and most importantly begin to move away from what got you to where you are today - that is - consistency of movement. You now need to become the artist - where every shot is different, every swing is different - based on the shot at hand. By that I mean, you are hitting it low into the wind, right to left high and low when the shot calls for it, left to right high and low when the shot calls for it - all of those may require different grips, grip pressure, etc. etc. depending on what feels right for you. You have to be willing to "let go" initially, since you won't have the confidence doing that on the course compared to "one swing". Maybe you are not at that level yet - but it's an important aspect of getting to the next level when the time is right. You see - a key aspect of movement is about one predicting the future - making assumptions - based on previous experiences. That makes Memory a tool for predicting the future. The more you can diversify, i.e. enlarge your experiences - the more you expand your memories - and the better you become about predicting the future - the better control you have over your movement and movement predictions. __________________ Life Goal- Developing a new theory of movement based on Brain Science Interests - Dabbling with insanity Hobbies- Creating Quality Last edited by Mike O : 07-25-2010 at 08:02 AM. Mike O View Public Profile Send a private message to Mike O Find all posts by Mike O