Vickie Lake's Flat Left Wrist -- The Sounds Of Silence
 

As promised, here is a four-part Silent Video wherein I take an absolute beginner -- Vickie Lake -- from The Land of Can't to the Land of Can. The Gateway, as always, was the Flat Left Wrist.

The video was shot the weekend before MJ wrote his post and was never intended for the site. Nevertheless, it meets head-on the issue of Effective Stroke Training in the earliest stages of learning Golf. You will be forced to look, Look, LOOK because, unknown to me, the battery on my external microphone had died. Frankly, I view that circumstance as providential, because your attention will not be diverted by 'words' from the visual and kinestethic process used to effect the learning.

Vickie first learns to keep her Left Wrist Flat while swinging without a ball. As you will see, that discipline immediately vanishes when she is confronted with the task of actually hitting the ball! As the lesson progressess, she gradually gains the ability to make the correct motion and hit the ball at the same time.

Near the conclusion of our time together, Vickie was hitting little pitch shots with a truly sound Golf Stroke. All was not 'perfect', of course: Like a newborn colt, her Motion was still a bit wobbly, but its character was in place. In another day and time, it was Prelude to a Champion.

And though you are unable to hear it, many of her Strokes resulted in the sound of pure Compression. A sound, I might add, produced in one hour that has yet to be achieved by the majority who play the Game in their lifetime.

You can go to The Gallery and enjoy streaming video or download them directly here.

Part 1 http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery.../Vickie1du.wmv
Part 2 http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery.../Vickie2du.wmv
Part 3 http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery.../Vickie3du.wmv
Part 4 http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery.../Vickie4du.wmv

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From A Prepared Address To A Complete Finish...Every Time
 

That's right, Bob. As is the unconscious habit of almost all beginners -- and even many who are well beyond that stage -- Vickie would 'hit and rake' ball after ball without taking a new Grip. The correct Address Routine involves verifying a new Grip, Plane Line and Balance for each Shot.

Also, she did not yet know Station Three -- The Finish -- as the precision destination it is. During the course of the lesson, she came to know and, more importantly, Feel, four key alignments at the Finish:

1. Left Wrist alignment.

2. Left Hand location.

3. Clubshaft position.

4. Body position and Balance.

The cure I used was to ask her to hold each Finish, verify her alignments and then totally release the Club.

"Shoot -- Hold -- Rest."

Yoda,

was her left hand grip on top of the club or was it in the palm of her hand (zeroed out?).

If it was in the palm when do you advise going to the left hand on top of the grip? normal grip in other words.

thanks

And then drag 'little brother.'

:D

Nice'uns
 

Man did you guys catch the legs on that litte green dude?!!??!!!?? Shazaam!!!! She would have incubated the NUMBER ONE IMPERATIVE in 5 minutes if she wasn't distracted by those calves of steel. I saw her checkin' those things out.

It would be great to have sound on this one! The MASTER of All That is Collards teaching the THREE IMPERATIVES!!!!

Can we get the shorthand or transcript or something?

Don't get me wrong the Lesson with Collin was fantastic but it looks like you covered a lot of very important ground with this one!

Great job!

B

Last Train From Hackerville
 

Vickie gripped the Club under the heel of her Left Hand. I was not teaching the Basic Motion (12-5-1) per se -- two feet back and two feet through with the #3 Accumulator zeroed out -- I was teaching her to do the two things every player must do to permanently exit Hackerville:

1. Keep your Left Wrist Flat.

2. Swing through the Ball -- not at it.

Wide Screen Illusions
 

You must have a wide-screen monitor, Colonel, cuz those legs ain't nothin' to write home about.

Trust me: If I was on trial for having calves, there wouldn't be enough evidence to convict me!

Gettin' Down without the Sound
 

Man you can tell this would have been great with audio. This is all most like a fill-in-the-blank test. What do you think Yoda said here?

I have some observations . . .

Pretty cool how her motion became more efficient when she became anchored via the steady head.

Also as you demonstrated the stance/ball position for chipping pitching and full swing, interesting how Axis Tilt would change with how the right foot was positioned away from the left shoulder.

Beginners should learn quick fast in a hurry that per 2-P The Uncocking of the Flat Left Wrist is a Perpnedicular Motion - not a Horizontal Motion. Great job teaching that as well as how all this works in the same plane that is the Left Arm Flying Wedge.

We need another beginner with sound next time. This is fantastic even without it.

Thanks again!

I can't beileve I only discovered this site 3 weeks ago !
 

These videos were great. I have one question. At one point in video #4, Yoda started lifting his right leg a few inches off the ground while keeping the rest of his body very still.

What is the reason for this ?

Is there a relationship between this and the routine for setting our feet to the ball? Right foot pigeon toed, then left foot is placed next to the right. Also, when I see Yoda place his left foot he does it very slow and controlled.

When I tried lifting my right leg like this I felt like I had to shift my head to the left, just inside my left foot.

Habit Captive
 

KnighT,

I'll have to go back and check the video to see exactly what you're talking about. For now, know that Homer Kelley advised learning the Major Basic Strokes from Impact Fix (7-3). In other words, at Address, the Body and Hands are in their Impact Positions. That is how you learn to use the Right Elbow to "...lift and lower the Left Arm and Cock and Uncock the Left Wrist." This is a major part of the Magic of the Right Forearm.

The Weight is left when the Body is in its Impact Fix alignment, and that is no doubt what you saw.

It is habit executing its discipline.

Habit Captive
 

KnighT,

I'll have to go back and check the video to see exactly what you're talking about. For now, know that Homer Kelley advised learning the Major Basic Strokes from Impact Fix (7-3). In other words, at Address, the Body and Hands are in their Impact Positions. That is how you learn to use the Right Elbow to "...lift and lower the Left Arm and Cock and Uncock the Left Wrist." This Action is a major part of the Magic of the Right Forearm.

The Weight is left when the Body is in its Impact Fix alignment, and that is no doubt what you saw.

It is habit executing its discipline.