LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Advice on Horizontal Hinging Thread: Advice on Horizontal Hinging View Single Post #56 02-07-2011, 12:27 PM innercityteacher Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,900 Decoder Ring? Originally Posted by Yoda I'm proud of this video, Patrick, and the Part I that preceded it (from the same presentation). I did it on an impulse, knowing there was a need. Just set up a camera -- thanks for your help, Ted Fort! -- and rolled. Didn't even have a mike. The night before I'd thought to myself: "Hinge Action is one of the three most important concepts in golf. Almost nobody knows it exists, and most of the few who do don't understand it. It must be explained, and if not by me, then who?" Remember the time: Few had this information then. Sure, plenty of aficionados owned "the book", but you simply cannot learn this concept from the book alone, and there was no "guide" around. The concept, if discussed at all, was the stuff of chat rooms, not in depth explanation. Then came Lynn Blake Golf: I wear proudly the derisive star of "book literalist". And when the worthy pioneers attempted an explanation, it was done only in terms of the Feels: Roll, No Roll, and Reverse Roll, with zero discussion of the underlying Mechanical Concept. Even then, they often got the Feels mixed up with the Clubface Motions. The few who attempted the Mechanical Concept almost always got it wrong. That's strong stuff, I know, but that's the way it was -- a great void. Now many thousands understand. All over the world. Lynn Blake Golf has made a difference, a big difference. Yay!! The principles I demonstrate are timeless. Other younger men and women may do a better job in the future -- if so, my purpose has been served -- but for now, this gets it done. Thanks for the 'front and center' bump. If I get to understand some important things and use them correctly before April, Lynn, I hope to take the super-secret "Decoder Ring Exams." That's the cherry on top of the ice-cream sunday of SHOOTING PAR WHEN I WANT TO BECAUSE I CAN! Seriously, in reference to Par, the Horizontal Hinge is something I must do on command to have any hope of real compression and distance and I know that. Even trying the HH has increased my driving distance by 20 + yards though it is Pull/Push as Daryl has aptly explained so I must be flashing my hands. Nevertheless, with a little open stance, it is controllable. And considering my lack of knowledge and being on this great site, I will get better. If I hit more down, the flashing of the hands won't matter right? (Just an idea.) if I start my Sweep right away, when the club face (left hand) rotates, it'll be the natural consequence of a vigorous down thrust!!!! I just don't get how smoothly the pro's perform! I stood behind BG at Aronimink for 30 minutes watching and I pet my dog with more vigor than he uses in one Swing! Anyway... Cuscowilla will be a blast after the Masters. ICT __________________ HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day! innercityteacher View Public Profile Send a private message to innercityteacher Find all posts by innercityteacher