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The rotation of both feet and legs from right to left against the resistance of the ground will rotate the spine and the shoulders from left to right. The rotation of the forearms from right to left will throw the clubhead upwards together with the hands and arms as well as providing a counter balance which keeps everything centred. The rotation of the right foot and leg should be intense during the latter stages of the backswing and capable of holding the shoulder turn at the top. The rotation of the left foot and leg towards the target which is a downwards diagonal push into the ball of the left foot assists in rotating the trunk, and provides the stability to stand in balance.

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oh, and its your best 3 out of the 4 games … so we all drop our worst round

Cheers

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Although I have only posted once or twice, I always call in here and have a read Weet … and a great read it is … congrats on keeping it going for so long

Your handicap for the 4 rounds will actually fluctuate. The champs are so spread out this year that we figured that they had to float. Sort of just trying something different in that respect. Not sure if its a good idea or not.

Time will tell.

Cheers

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Bix
In your thread ” no roll swing” I think I mentioned that the new method you are trying to learn is a pivot driven swing. The arm and wrist action in this method is to keep the clubface square to your natural swing arc and focuses more on direction. The power comes from a turning trunk and shoulders and clubhead lag. You will have got the drift about this from those attachments I uploaded in the drills thread that went pear shaped through the zen factor.

Anyway I am posting this because you seem to have the wrong concept about the pivot. Best advice I can give you is not to try and perform a pivot. A pivot in the golf swing is a twisting of the lower body (feet and legs) towards the target and the twist of the body from the pelvis to the neck in the opposite direction away from the target.

If you follow Foster’s advice at address to kick the right knee in towards the ball and sit back against the right hip, then you are in a perfect position. The first move in the takeaway (following what forward press is employed to start it off) is to shift the point of pressure in the feet to the inside of the right foot. This will react on the hands and arms by moving the arm assembly across the body until the hands pass the right leg. By that point the weight should have moved to the inside of the right foot and the right leg and hip locked in place in their address position.

The pivot doesn’t begin until the arms start to lift and the shoulders start to turn. The arms and club go up and around until the left shoulder stops. The right hip will twist through the right thigh muscle movement. This thigh movement can be retarded through the outward movement of the right hammy. There should be no voluntary effort to turn the hips. The weight shift is a lateral shift parallel to the plane line.

Once the left shoulder stops there will be no further movement by the arms around the body. If there is any movement by the arms at this point it will be in an upwards direction.

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Certainly makes the game hard when you are struggling from the tee.

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First round of Brisbane Fairways club championships at Gainsborough Greens Golf Club. Course was great. In great condition, not one complaint heard about the greens (except that they don’t break as much as you’d think). Weather was beautiful with some decent wind at times adding to the challenge.

Finished with a 17 over 89 for a played to 19. So not great. Was very inconsistent – between swings at the moment and I don’t swing confidently. Breaking old habits is taking some work! And some mental effort. I could hit it better with my old swing but that’s not the point so I need to tough out this transition period.

Finished 5th on the day I think, so not terrible by any stretch.

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My swing plane is well established since getting a DreamSwing training tool. I did not realise how often I used to get into the ‘flat plane’ fault during practise sessions. A DreamSwing is so simple yet effective and after that first week of getting used to the guiding effects of the tool on the club I started hitting balls with it and have not looked back since. DreamSwing practise day 8 31st jan 2013

It is literally learning by repetition. There is no way to deviate from the correct swing plane as the club is attached to the tool and keeps your swing correct every time. LoL this is not a sales pitch mate just the fact of my experience since January. Full disclosure though is that I contacted the inventor of the training tool and do have the exclusive rights to imports in Oz.

Only problem has been settling into the changes and actually realising that I can do the correct shot every time. Have to just slow down and set up correctly and all is sweet. So far on the tee has been a huge success the second shots are my failing. It is a mental fault and I am sure it will come together eventually. At the minute my approach is to relax and take the game with a far more casual approach after being intense in practise for so long.

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I have two goals when it comes to my golf practice. One is to learn the improvements I am working on. The second is to find the swing approach – the physical swing “feel”

Great goal to succeed with mate. It is so important not to get out and practice without thinking about what you are doing it for.

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Rope will do the job just as good as a belt. One of our lads is a giant so I had access to a belt.:)

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I saw! What happened on the last 5 holes – dropped off a bit. You were flying the first 13 holes – 6 over!

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6 over I didn’t well I never knew . In my mind I’m not a chopper lol… I just hit a wall, yesterday we went to my olds that’s two hours in the car then down to the g.c is another hour and a bit. The lancer doesn’t really have great seats for lots of long drives, if I’m to play gold after I get a little stiff. Next week is another week. Wantima will cop my full force…

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Weety try a half swing for your 65 and 85 m shots instead of what I presume are full shots. So instead of lob maybe 9 iron for 65 and 7 iron for 85. Just seems that your common disappointed shot was this one. Easy to try at range and easier to control.

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The 65 that In hit short was actually 3/4 sand wedge. Was bad technique. Later on took a full LW with good technique and belted it over 80m.

Do need to get back to practicing those half shots and punch shots as well. Haven’t practiced these with the new technique that Fos has been teaching me.

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Thanks mate. How’d you go at CT? Which course did you play?

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Played the River course.. It was like catching fish in a barrel..

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Great shooting Tex!!!!

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Weety try a half swing for your 65 and 85 m shots instead of what I presume are full shots. So instead of lob maybe 9 iron for 65 and 7 iron for 85. Just seems that your common disappointed shot was this one. Easy to try at range and easier to control.

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Great round and win Weety ;)

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Congrats Weetie!

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It’s a great course that…. If it was closer I would be a member..

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I set myself a personal goal of 18 before the trip but I honestly thought it would be a pipe dream. I’m planing a practice round as I’m not taking this rapid drop for granted and I don’t wont to undo all the hard work.
I think the Mt Coolum course will be a great challenge as none if us know it…..I think?

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The good ‘whatever’ or the bad ‘whatever’. Hope I haven’t caused trouble. :(
Just would love a round with the guys who have followed me on isg from basically day one. Hopefully my hcp will be closer to yours and Nodes by then.

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Node I’m aiming for October 11 & 12th at Maryborough. Social or comp rounds, or both ;) then 13th travelling to Coolumn to play with Weetbix and hopefully yourself and hopefully comp too.

http://www.mtcoolumgolf.com…

This Mt Coolumn not the Jurassic park one :)

......Node has made room on his calendar. Just saying ;)

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I’m a firm believer of communicating with the wife ;)

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Sunday October 13th at Coolumn?

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I shall see if I can get wheels in motion. Will have to check with work to see what dates I can get.

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http://www.iseekgolf.com/courses/2149-mount-coolum-golf-club

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Hey Weety. I may be reshuffling my dates to go to Maryborough which means it wouldn’t clash with the isg nationals. I noticed Coolumn is halfway between you and Node. Maybe we could organise a ‘meet you halfway’ round together?
I may be able to smuggle Node in for the trip?
I haven’t asked Node yet ir organised date change but figured it maybe a idea?
I noticed there’s a few tracks in that area without dinosaurs on them that may let us in a Sunday comp? Just a idea ATM.