Since I bought NHA my golf game has steadily improved, and I get more excited about the game every time I play. This summer I broke 80 for the first time; yesterday, I came down to the 18th hole needing a par to do it again (I didn't succeed-my nerves won out).
Before I found this website, I had spent some time trying David Lee's gravity-golf. It never worked for me (though I was awfully impressed by his videos). What initially impressed me about the NHA pattern was its similarity to gravity golf (counterfall and drop of the arms, "shake the sugar," drop and rotate, etc). Whatever Lee was trying to get at, NHA has and does so in a way that is actually useable by ordinary golfers.
With that said, here is my question: BManz has said that a pure swinging motion will generate only 85% of possible power, and that to generate maximum power, one has to apply force against the shaft at the last point that the shaft is parallel to the ground (or perpendicular to the ground, I cannot remember exactly). This notion of FATS is contrary to gravity golf, and I am trying to figure out how to do it in the NHA pattern. Can any one who is familiar with the NHA pattern explain to me how to apply FATS when you are "shaking the sugar"? Intuitively, it seems to me that dropping the arms on the ball is incompatible with FATS, but I want to generate as much power as possible using the NHA pattern.
Thanks in advance for any insights.
RP
Before I found this website, I had spent some time trying David Lee's gravity-golf. It never worked for me (though I was awfully impressed by his videos). What initially impressed me about the NHA pattern was its similarity to gravity golf (counterfall and drop of the arms, "shake the sugar," drop and rotate, etc). Whatever Lee was trying to get at, NHA has and does so in a way that is actually useable by ordinary golfers.
With that said, here is my question: BManz has said that a pure swinging motion will generate only 85% of possible power, and that to generate maximum power, one has to apply force against the shaft at the last point that the shaft is parallel to the ground (or perpendicular to the ground, I cannot remember exactly). This notion of FATS is contrary to gravity golf, and I am trying to figure out how to do it in the NHA pattern. Can any one who is familiar with the NHA pattern explain to me how to apply FATS when you are "shaking the sugar"? Intuitively, it seems to me that dropping the arms on the ball is incompatible with FATS, but I want to generate as much power as possible using the NHA pattern.
Thanks in advance for any insights.
RP