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Oneil
http://oneill-luxem.blogspot.com/2013/04/thats-relief.html?showComment=1365088420436#c1114501702047620762

Ethan
http://erbcinematography.blogspot.com/2013/03/whats-up-guys-as-you-know-i-have-been.html?showComment=1365097624911#c3165827090324183759

Hassan
http://dj-minor.blogspot.com/2013/04/post-7-ted-talk-before.html?showComment=1365097954563#c454387669168915157

Vlog

What's In Between?

What you do in between one lesson and the next is very, very important. I learned a plethora of new skills that I must remember. My posture, stance, and positioning is quite horrendous and Mr. Young is trying to fix it. 

This is the first drill called the "Ball in Between the Arms." This drill goes as followed: Get a ball that is the size of an "ole fashion dodgeball" or a schoolyard kickball. Place the ball in between your biceps as you align yourself to the ball. Keep the ball steady as you go backwards and then through the ball. Don't drop the ball and don't let it move. This will help force my body to move in a certain way to hit the ball in a better fashion.

Over the past week I have mainly focused on the grip. The grip of the club is the most important thing of one's golf swing. It is one fundamental that most amateurs can't conquer. The grip has the most impact on the position of the face and the face of the club has the greatest impact on the flight of the golf ball. The positioning of the fingers can be the difference between a dipping ball that gets you nowhere or positioned nicely in the middle of the fairway. It is proven that approximately 90% of the golf ball's flight is based off of the grip on the club.

A few mistakes that beginners make when trying to fix grip is looking at it from the playing position. They attempt to hold it in the correct fashion while their club is on the ground in position to strike the ball. It is very difficult to see a few key points while in that position.

Instead, you should pick the club up and hold it directly in front of your face. This makes it much easier to correct errors and you can see straight on what the problem is.

There are a few key things to look for once you have the club up out of playing position. The first one is you want to develop this cup in the left wrist. You do that by gripping the club with the heel pad of the left hand more on top. Once you get the cup you then have to get the crease. The crease is in between the thumb and the pointer finger. You must push the two fingers together so the skin in between doesn't just hang there, rather it is pushed together. The knuckle of the thumb and the knuckle of the index finger should be pushing together. Once the left hand is placed on the club properly it is now time to do the right hand.

One main key is to get the heel pad and the thumb pad to create a pocket for the left thumb to fit into the right hand. Again you want to create a crease in the right hand with the pointer finger and the thumb. The creases should be set up parallel to each other pointing up to the left shoulder.

One of the biggest debates in golf besides Tiger or Jack, is how many fingers in the grip? Should it be ten fingers, lined up next to each other. Or, the overlap, where the pointer finger and pinky are stacked on top of each other. Or, should it be the inner lock grip? The inner lock grip is used by both Woods and Nicklaus. The inner lock is where the pointer finger and pinky lock together in the grip creating one giant hand.

Aside from focusing on grip and and doing the ball drill, it is all repetition. I have taken many putts over the course of the week and a few rounds at the range. I am prepping myself for next Saturday with PART TWO golfTEC!!!

Comments #3

The links are invisible! It's amazing and I seriously don't know how to fix it. (Wait, I think I fixed it…)

Mr. Ethan

http://erbcinematography.blogspot.com/2013/03/work-work-work-third-post.html?showComment=1363550198210#c3900347617457326525

Mr. John
http://16jabrams.blogspot.com/2013/03/lessons-3-and-4-blog-post-4.html?showComment=1363631379004

Mr. Noah
http://igotthemagicdansmoi.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-video-blog-vlog-of-319-magic-from.html?showComment=1363695931769#c9188334901292942214

COMMENTS #2

Here are some comments/criticism that I have for my fellow colleagues.

HASSAN
http://dj-minor.blogspot.com/2013/02/blog-post.html?showComment=1363005365266#c1496947477105103821

BENJAMIN
http://the-bluegrass.blogspot.com/2013/03/due-to-technical-difficulties.html?showComment=1363005874984#c4221282997980914716

ETHAN
http://erbcinematography.blogspot.com/2013/02/material-list-second-blog-post.html?showComment=1363006301218#c3857930669311625146

Golf TEC

Who knows John Brenkus? He hosts the television show Sport Science. On Sport Science they view different athletes, hook them up to machines, and show some fancy numbers to show how amazing they are. Over the weekend I had a near identical experience. For one, I didn't get to meet Brenkus or get on national TV. Instead I met PGA professional Chris Young and got a chance to really break down my swing.

From the outside of the building you would see a dilapidated Mexican restaurant and a nail salon that looks rather shady. But once you get inside, it's a golfer's paradise. A putting green to the right with different lies, and if you walk back a little further there are four rooms with nets, turf, and an extensive amount of equipment.

Three camera angles to film my swing and help me visually see where it is going wrong. Not only did I get to re-watch my swing but Chris Young broke down my swing analyzing every bit of it while comparing me to Ernie Ells and Anthony Kim. In the above image it shows two different angles of my swing. If you're wondering what those packs are on my hips and shoulders they are battery powered swing monitors. They help calculate shoulder turn, shoulder tilt, hip bend, and more. If the number is highlighted red it needs work and is off from what is necessary. If it is yellow it is moderate but still needs a little fixing. Finally, the numbers in green are all good. That is what I already do correctly and do not need any help with.

Mr. Young focused on three main things to help me improve my golf game. The first is the hip bend. As you can see my hip bend is very low. The B next to the 1 stands for back. My hips are too far back and need to be tilted in a downward fashion. The hip bend calculated for the most accurate and proper swing is somewhere around 16. Chris Young gave me a tip to help me remember how much hip bend to have. He said to point the head of my buckle directly at the ball. That increases the hip bend and makes for a more accurate shot.




The below images help to show the next aspect Chris Young worked on with me. If you are not familiar with the side and behind angles of professional golfers, the top image is Ernie Ells (left) and the bottom image is Anthony Kim (right). My shoulder turn is rather lame. I have about a 53 closed shoulder turn and Ells who is a freak has about 105 closed. I need to boost this to at least an eighty, so that the tork can help create power. Young gave me a drill to help with not just lifting my arms straight up but instead, taking them back in more of a sweeping motion. This helps overall with the shoulder turn. The drill is setup with a piece of plywood and your golf club. Set up at the ball and take your golf club back pushing the wood backwards and then lift. This will also help to increase my hip turn.

I had a very successful week progressing greatly to reach my goal. I now can visually see where I can improve and what I need to do to help it. I have a follow up meeting with Chris Young in twelve days to see my improvement and give me more footage of what I need to work on.

I recently received the news that I will be down in North Carolina at the end of March and I will be playing a few rounds of golf. I will be playing at Hasentree and my dad is trying to pull connections to get into Pinehurst #2. Thus wrapping up this week's blog post.