As a recovering "handle-dragger", including for many years teaching "lag and drag", I have never seen a more instantaneous and immediate improvement in my ball striking than with the information that both Kevin Shields has shown me personally and that I've gleaned from this forum via BM and MJ. I am indebted to all of you for sharing this information and for allowing me to pass on the information to other "handle-draggers." There should probably be a Handle Draggers Anonymous Meeting every Thursday night. "My name is Eric and chunk a lot of pitch shots..."
But I digress...I, like most other players and teachers that have digested this information, I am always looking for creative ways to teach the New Release and I have an anecdotal observation for someone to analyze. The courses in Philadelphia have serious elevation changes and its not unusual to end up with severe uphill and downhill lies in a round of golf. As a former handle dragger, I found that serious uphill lies gave me fits. It was difficult, if not impossible to pivot like crazy on a 45 degree upslope and usually led to mishits, big pulls and the occasional fan to the right. Since I've been working on this release since August, my severe uphill lies have not only improved, but its not unusual for me to hit a shot 5 or 10 yards further than off a flat lie.
My question is...knowing what we know now about going normal at impact (hands moving up and in) as well as limiting an overactive pivot, would having a player hit shots off an extreme upslope be a good way of getting a player to "feel" a better line up...or is it just me?
But I digress...I, like most other players and teachers that have digested this information, I am always looking for creative ways to teach the New Release and I have an anecdotal observation for someone to analyze. The courses in Philadelphia have serious elevation changes and its not unusual to end up with severe uphill and downhill lies in a round of golf. As a former handle dragger, I found that serious uphill lies gave me fits. It was difficult, if not impossible to pivot like crazy on a 45 degree upslope and usually led to mishits, big pulls and the occasional fan to the right. Since I've been working on this release since August, my severe uphill lies have not only improved, but its not unusual for me to hit a shot 5 or 10 yards further than off a flat lie.
My question is...knowing what we know now about going normal at impact (hands moving up and in) as well as limiting an overactive pivot, would having a player hit shots off an extreme upslope be a good way of getting a player to "feel" a better line up...or is it just me?
