If you (when actually hitting a golf ball) had a constant hand speed wouldnt that imply a loss of lag pressure? For Linear travel a zero pressure even? When you reach cruising speed in an airplane your back is not pushed back into the seat anymore right? Deceleration would move over into a negative lag pressure per say, as you start chasing the club, throwaway.
In other words is the constant hand speed of the Endless Belt Analogy assumed for illustrative purposes only? To demonstrate the effects of pulley size on clubhead speed?
It was Lag Pressure Homer wanted us to sustain, right? Wouldnt a constant Lag Pressure require a constant Rate of Acceleration? See 6-C-2 THE ESSENCE (of The Secret) third paragraph. Its a Rate of Acceleration not a Rate of Speed, big implications to Hand Speed there.
I know, Ive been reading about a literal application of constant hand speed elsewhere too. What do you think?
OB, I was thinking the same thing. I dont' think pressures can be created without acceleration and you can't have acceleration with a constant speed.
for a player that would be a model for the endless belt, what would be an expected ball flight? Low with a little cut?
Hey Slicer, all the best for '10.
To me the Endless Belt Analogy illustrates the effects of delayed release on clubhead speed given a particular hand speed. That maximum clubhead speed is not just about hand speed, effort etc. Each of us has our own unique ideal hand speed that if we go past adds little or even subtracts from clubhead speed given an earlier release.
A smooth, constant rate of acceleration would minimize wobble at the clubhead (the far end of the lever), maintain a constant amount of Lag Pressure and sustain the shaft bend........all good things. When HOmer was talking about "sustaining the lag" this is what he meant, I think. You have to find a RATE of Acceleration which you can sustain from Startdown to well past the ball. To start off too fast is to establish a Rate that you cant maintain and as the rate falls off, (even though you are still accelerating!) you are losing Lag Pressure. For distance, the higher the Rate the better but only at Separation not in Start Down. You must experiment with Rates, Release Points to find the right mix for the shot at hand. You probably dont want a snap release for your average every day half wedge for instance.
Next time you are out driving in your car experiment with lag pressure as felt in your back against the seat and the rate of acceleration. You'll see how even though you are still accelerating that as the Rate of acceleration decreases the pressure at your back decreases too. Constant Lag Pressure equals constant rate etc. Another good reason to put your mind in your hands.
This and Delayed Release are the stuff of "effortless power", Homers "heavy" as opposed to Quick and its best friend Jerky.
In terms of ball flight and the endless belt. The only correlation I can think of is that an earlier Release Point (bigger pulley size) will increase the shots trajectory and decrease the clubhead speed for any given hand speed. Imagine a floaty half wedge say with an early release vs a more delayed low spinner. Maybe thats the low cut you referred to above?
So the Release Point can be a Machine Adjustment, shot making tool for the better player. One of many, heck so is throwaway even. I see a lot of tour players using them both intentionally, a bending left wrist and full sweep release when they are around the greens. Swinging the clubhead instead of the hands. See 10-3-J Pause Minor Basic Stroke, but imagine a bending a left wrist and a vertical hinge instead of what Dianne is doing in the photo. You throw the clubhead past the hands, intentional throwaway for intentional compression loss and maximum clubface lay back via the addition of Vertical Hinging. Lynn teaches this shot actually. Cool stuff. Below is a photo of Jim Furyk doing one. I saw Geof Ogilvy do a little chopper from deep rough at the Memorial ..........his hands hardly moved at all he just swung the clubhead up and then threw it right past the hands with a bending left wrist. It went about three feet up in the air and landed about two feet away and trickled down the green towards the hole. What we'd call a "Pause" with a vertical hinge. How the heck Homer Kelley figured that one out in his garage, Ill never understand. I doubt anybody showed it to him.
I wish there was a thread around here for these shots the pros play. Lynn blew me away with a TGM breakdown of a little pitch shot Steve Elkington was doing. We appear to have lost the photos in the move to the new site but here is the link:
I always thought of Endless Belt to be like the conveyor belt that delivers luggage at an airport. When the bags are moving on the straight line part they are going at a constant speed and easy to lift off. As soon as the bags reach the pulley portion of the belt they speed up and are difficult to catch, never mind lift off.
The bigger the pulley the slower the bags move. The smaller the pulley the faster the bags move.
At start down the hands are moving on the straight (linear) portion of the belt. Constant and steady pressure. When the reach the pulley part (radial) they are whipped around.
In the link it looks like Mike is using a big pulley.
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I always thought of Endless Belt to be like the conveyor belt that delivers luggage at an airport. When the bags are moving on the straight line part they are going at a constant speed and easy to lift off. As soon as the bags reach the pulley portion of the belt they speed up and are difficult to catch, never mind lift off.
The bigger the pulley the slower the bags move. The smaller the pulley the faster the bags move.
At start down the hands are moving on the straight (linear) portion of the belt. Constant and steady pressure. When the reach the pulley part (radial) they are whipped around.
In the link it looks like Mike is using a big pulley.
Thats what I saw as well and my understanding is just as you describe that when the club takes that turn it speeds up but its a constant movement, not some hurky jerky motion with the hands to swing the club faster.
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