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    open stance, weak grip = short and right, correct?

    Torque is revealing more truths about my swing. My theory is that my grip got progressively weaker and stance progressively more open over time to fight both "sustain the lag effort"-produced hooks and fats. Now I'm thinking the open/weak combo isn't doing me any favors w/ the new release...
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    Improving Hand Speed

    Having a great time "closing the gap". Worked a bit with MJ and it has proven to be money well spent. Soo, given our new found fun with torque, what are y'all doing to improve your hand speed? Can anyone recommend any exercises to improve either hand speed or hand coordination? Need to grow...
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    Ben Crane's trackman

    Cribs: Ben Crane Video | Golfing World
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    5+ years of playing and I still can't hit the little ball before the big ball

    I've done everything -compression board -tour striker -2008 lesson w/ the Manz (he had me hitting it good but I can't get it back) -lesson with a swing speed coach -Swing speed is up, tempo is improved. Contact isn't. -lessons w/ Rob Baxter (Rhody based teacher who posts on this forum)...
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    fat, short, and right

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    NSA grip question -- holding out your left arm

    In NSA, Brian holds his left arm straight out parallel to the ground. He then explains how one should align the club face with the back of the left hand/wrist/arm. It looks as if his hand is perfectly aligned with his wrist and that the club shaft is at a 90 degree angle to the whole business...
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    blister and excessive wear on right thumb pad?

    i feel the shaft hit my right thumb in transition. i've read for years that the pressure should be on my right index finger, but i've no idea how i would grip it for that to be so. any thoughts?
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    hitting it solid - drills or exercises?

    for me, if I've had a good shoulder turn on the backswing and can manage a good pivot move through the ball with proper impact hands I can hit some pretty solid wedge and hybrid shots. contact with other irons feels mushy mostly, but i get some good ones now and then. seems like it is all...
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    The felling of force behind the shaft (aft) as felt by your left hand fingers

    The feeling of force behind the shaft (aft) as felt by your left hand fingers Can what the left hand does in the golf swing be compared to what the left hand feels and does with a tennis backhand? If I have the feeling of pulling the aft of the shaft toward the target with the fingertips of the...
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    My swing.. take a look?

    YouTube - 78bonesy's Channel Often hit the ball fat. These swings are from last fall. The flip that you see is mostly gone, but I'm still having a tough time with clean "compression" style contact. Fats, shanks, and hooks are my bad shots. Would love to hear what y'all think. I'm going to...
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    Intrusive Right Hip? I've got one..

    http://www.brianmanzella.com/golfing-discussions/13314-can-hips-move-too-fast.html[/URL] There are some gems in the thread above. Love this below by Savydan, but is it real? Should one hold the right hip back whilst rotating the left open so the club can come through? I always thought that...
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    Retraining instincts - hip turn vs hip slide

    Picture this, you've made a near perfect backswing and you are at "top". From here, most will tell you that you want to slide laterally a touch and then turn your knees, hips, and then shoulders toward the target in order to "swing left". What if your instinct is to slide laterally and try to...
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    Feeding the shaft to the right index finger

    Tell me if I'm on to something. We hear so much about the #3pp and the "feeling of the load" but all too often we use the right hand in the wrong way to achieve that feeling and over accelerate. What if, instead, we think about the right index finger being forced to eat, forced to eat...
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    Right middle finger split open

    I'm learning to control the clubface better and better and hitting the ball pretty well these days. As a side effect, I've developed a pretty nasty cut on left side (if looking at it from a palm up position) of my middle finger on my right hand. This cut is on the left side of the finger tip. I...
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    I have a reverse pivot...

    looking for some drills? sometimes I can put it all together and stripe it, most other times I hit it fat, or shank it, or hit it right, or pop it up. I either lunge (tons of right side bend + left hip past left foot) or replant my foot when I try to pivot correctly. lastly, can this be...
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    the feel of swinging or releasing up

    After a couple years of trying to bash balls with downward force and a FLW/BRW, I've realized some merit in putting the pull forward in my stance and the feel of releasing upwards. Physics still dictates that the clubhead hits the ball, but I feel like having somewhere to go with the clubhead...
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    I switched to a strong single action grip and..

    -stopped shanking -stopped thinking about my pivot -started to finally feel the club in my hands -was able to hit fades and draws -my hips stopped lunging down the fairway in front of my hands -I got unstuck -I was able to get the clubface around -my short game improved Guess my old grip was...
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    Laid an egg in front of my boss yesterday. Alternated shanks and slices.

    My game had been getting ok for a while, but this spring I've started shanking and slicing in a big, big way. It came to an ugly head in front of my boss and co-workers yesterday. We played in a best ball and I contributed on exactly 2 holes. It was ugly. The strange thing is that my swing...
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    Side dominance

    Say one.. Golfs, bats righty (single and doubles hitter) Snowboards, surfs, skateboards goofy footed (right foot first) Plays hockey lefty (left hand low, right hand high) My swing is characterized by a big move towards the target with my lower body. Sometimes, I'll add a ton of axis tilt...
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    many interconnected questions on NHA, Couples, #3 PP

    After using NHA and having a nice run last fall, I think I finally overcooked it. Fore right! I'm trying to move more towards neutral. In the process of doing so, I think I discovered PP#3. I can feel the sweet spot against my finger in the backswing and to a lesser degree at impact. BUT, it...
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