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    A question for the Summit panes...Where should the swoosh be?

    Bear with me since I myself am trying to dumb down some concepts to my level, based on science or not, to get an idea of the current thinking on this subject... I remember my kids learned to grip the club head side of the driver and made swoosh sound while swinging the "lighter" club. They were...
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    Of bomb dropping and golf ball landing.

    Gladwell remains to be that adorable, witty storyteller. In this video he talked about outcome of tech advances, which reminds me of the fast developing field of golf teaching. Now golf students have much easier access to good info, solid tech. Question: are golf students getting better...
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    Do these 2 parallel developments share the same origin?

    On one side, we have Trackman data suggesting to zero out by shallow-ing the attack angle. On the other, we have the Team here and the scientists proposing this Release, which essentially promotes a shallower attack. Are the two concurrent developments arising from the same philosophical...
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    Question on Range of Motion of Leading wrist during and after Release

    Greetings, With the current craze on Release, there are a lot to digest and experiment. For me it is more like mental gymnastics since I don't play. One issue is not clear to me, actually even prior to this Release. How does the leading wrist roll over or bend over or flip or twist or...
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    Case study on release and lag: Help This Junior, Senor.

    Well, since i just drove my older one to her PSAT exam this morning, I thought this forum can also use a multiple choice question, keeping in mind some of the debatable issues of late. The following is a multiple choice question. Choose your best answer. If you can explain your reasoning...
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    FLOGTON??? :)

    Project Flogton -
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    Top junior golfer playing this weekend in PGA:

    Junior Golfer: La Jolla high school golfer to compete in Farmers Insurance Open - KSWB
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    Stretching bad for golf? read and react :)

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    Dipping Tot,,,

    just reviewed some taping done today on my younger one. one thing that persists from day one till today is her dipping during the transition/downswing (among other issues:). at least 2-3 inches to my eyes. comparing with my older one, the younger one is clearly a dipper. i would appreciate...
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    question on high lobs that land and stop.

    would like to hear opinions on this shot in regard to weight distribution of the feet. lets say it is a shot over the bunker and the pin is in the very front and you want to take the risk of landing it close and stopping the ball. my kids would open the face with a lobe wedge, put the ball...
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    trackman/new ball flight understanding impact on your game.

    hello folks, survived couple days in maryland (whiskey creek) walking my younger kid in a junior tournament. seems that only kids play in the 30s and over 100s like soldiers while everybody else whines:) boy, was it cold! anyway, this site, thanks to brian's leadership and many others'...
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    questions from me about the D-plane (and new fun facts by Brian Manzella on p.3)

    ok, bear with me if this is too elementary, but better ask now and here before i become an older fool.:) first allow me to summarize a bit so you guys know where i am at, right or wrong. i will state some of my understanding in a broader sense for illustration purpose, so it may not be...
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    Backsping RPM on irons,,,

    in my limited golf knowledge reservoir of considerable dinky size, i think i have by now some basic numbers on rpm on the driver. my kid recently hit some irons on a machine and she asked me what each iron's rpm should be. i did not look so good. Should be? i have no idea! is there a...
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    i am a big fan of this dude: 2-glove tommy

    first saw this dude on golf channel's big break. something about him just makes my family root for him, such a character! we would chant,,,TOMMY, TOMMY... PGATOUR.COM - Tommy 'Two Gloves' Gainey travels from assembly line to PGA TOUR old link.
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    Lack of Lag in the Lass...

    dear professors and practitioners of advanced golf bio-mechanical applied theories and principles, our family desperately needs help with the upbringing of our younger one, golf wise.:o you see, she has played golf for some time, everyday with a new swing depending on the weather, where nature...
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