Ritchie3jack,
I know you spent some time in the Morad camp.
I assume that laying the shaft off through transition is not something recommended from their angle.
yet we see some of the greatest players of all time doing this, Hogan, Player, etc.
Any thoughts on that?
The Super Slotting Module and forum area are finished and online. The SS module is a ball striking module, along with an extra Supplementary Video with additional drills to aid in properly learning the required protocols.
Due to the advanced nature of the work here, the Super Slotting Module will initially only be made available to Module #8 students at this time, and or students who have committed to the ABS course in itās entirety.
This is an elective module offered in addition to the ABS core modules. SS does work seamlessly along with other module workā¦ meaning, there is no conflict of interest in muscular participation.
However, this is not a required module to learn top tier ballstriking skills.
Instruction will start after the Holiday season (Jan 3, 2012)
Nice swing John, the club looks like its coming down very nicely at a 90 degree angle to your spine. Is the main advantage to super slotting the fact that youll be better able to drive the club through impact with the pivot, and cut it left postimpact? It seems that the deeper you slot the club with the face more open, the more level and aggressively you can pivot through the shot, and not worry about hitting it left. It seems like it would be very difficult if not impossible to rotate level and cut it left through impact if you were approaching steeper into the ball with the face more closed.
That is correct. Itās a very different way of transitioning the club into the downswingā¦ itās not created by extra wristcock as most tend to believe. The advantages are all that you mentioned, and itās also a very powerful move. Iām still in a transitional phase with it, in that I find myself still going back to the old way if I donāt stay on top of itā¦ and my brain doesnāt like anything in between. However, on the days I feel the club slotting I have easily picked up 15 yards on my drives. Iāve consistently been finding my drives in places I have never been before with shorter iron approach shots.
You can cut it left post impact not super slotting, but you need more upright gear to do that, and of course you lose both the shaft - torso relationship, and you open up the left side of the course more, and particularly long and left on approach shots into the greens. I donāt think I have missed a green long and left in the last 6 rounds I have played.
Itās an interesting worm hole to go down into and explore. Iām looking forward to where my swing will be a year or two from now once I really incorporate this stuff, and have time to play and feel it into my game properly. It takes me a bit longer these days because I donāt hit balls and I am lucky to get out and play 3 or 4 rounds a month.
I was pretty shocked to have stumbled across the biomechanics of how to do this. Itās not what I would have ever thought.
I would confidently say itās one (of many) of Hoganās secrets. Certainly miles away from anything TGM ever taught me or even remotely discussed.
Iām still missing more shots that I would like, but the good stuff is really goodā¦ and I have had a few rounds that really do confirm this is a noble path to pursue regarding the golf swing in general. Shooting 30 for nine holes and hitting 17 greens with 13 birdie putts inside 15 feet is good ballstriking.
The quality of the good strikes is extremely seductive. Itās such a different feeling striking the ball this way, I would almost say that itās a major paradigm shift in the overall sensation of striking a golf ball. Everything at times feels absolutely perfect and correct.
You have to really work at it though.
Exciting stuff! Looks very powerful! I cant wait to learn this once i get the other modules down.
I will show some pics of a forum friend (different forumā¦), who is taught by Mac O Gradyā¦
Not bad at allā¦ I like it as wellā¦
How about a vid Lag?
Love the picsā¦
Chris
I made a vid for the abs super slotting fansā¦
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZxKkvBK78E[/youtube]
Chris
Great video of Hogan. Thanks for that.
Iāve watched a lot of Hogan swings and Mac swings, and though a frame capture like this may not be totally accurate, I do feel that Hogan slotted the club much earlier than Mac ever has. Iāve never seen Mac in that really laid off position at transition the way I have seen Hogan do in many of his swings. Mac uses more of a right arm straightening to slot it on the downswing, while Hogan uses greater forearm rotation.
Iāve seen Mac play in tour events and I have seen him miss long and left more often than I thought he should have. My opinion is that Hoganās method is more of an insurance policy against that.
Neither of these methods are easy to do or to learnā¦ but both certainly have their merits. But knowing what I know now after experiencing both methods internally within my own swing, I think Hoganās method is a more advanced applicationā¦ not just in compression of the golf ball or under swing analyzing technology, but more with and eye toward tournament play and holding up under pressure and creating misses that are going to be more playable on the next shot.
With the shaft working at right angles to the spine earlier, as Hogan did exquisitely, this enabled him to really turn on the pivot rotation, turn harder, more level, and work his gear into flatter lie angles. He was also able to do this into his later years, 70ās and so on. No doubt heavier gear promotes this also, and Hogan used heavy gear.
Lag,
What a beautiful swingā¦ It looks so powerful like Hogans. At what stage or module do you recommend a student be at before attempting the Superslot Module once available?
Thanks,
Brandon
The Super Slotting Module is available. I have it as an elective module at this point. Itās a fact this is not something you have to do to win golf tournaments.
Nevertheless, it is a very interesting method to explore.
For the time being I am only releasing it to Students into Module 6 or beyond. I think it is important to work through module 6 before attempting it.
The other reasons being that it is going to take a considerable amount of guidance from my end I would suppose to work a student through it properly, because it is a ball striking drillā¦ but I also added two other drills in a supplementary video I did that showed how I arrived at this.
Weāll see how the students goā¦ and I may have to break it into two modules if it becomes too much to chew on all at once. I do think some of the guys will get thisā¦ so that is very exciting to ponder as an instructor.
It certainly has radically changed my own golf swingā¦ and the quality of my best strikes is no doubt at another level. I wish I had time to hit 500 balls a day like I did when I was 25 
Over the holiday I played in Sedona and hit 16 greens at Oak Creek CC, all nine greens on the front, hit it inside 15 feet 7 times and hadnāt touched a club in two weeksā¦plus two days of driving. Made a couple decent putts and shot 69. No pin sheets or yardages eitherā¦ just sighting everything on a course I donāt play often.
Had a 30 on the back nine at Mare a few months ago, and shot 66 up at Northwood hitting 17 greens thereā¦ and quite a few other rounds in the 60ās in the last 6 months.
But it has been a bumpy ride at times. When the club isnāt slotting for whatever reasonā¦ I feel lost between two nightmares at transition, and have had a few rounds where I really did not strike the ball wellā¦ but less and less of that all the time. Iām interested to see where I will be in a year from now. I want to be in a place to where I donāt know how NOT to do this. That will take some time.
[youtube]John Erickson Golf Swing Using ABS Super Slotting Protocols - YouTube
The nice thing for me is that there is no more speculation about it. Itās a done deal. There is a learnable technique to this. Absolutely. Itās funny to look at some of the stuff people post on youtube about Hoganās secret, and allā¦ cupping the wrist, laying off the shaft and so on. Itās not a secret to me anymore.
Iāll take some footage the next time Iām out at Mare, wearing golf shoes that will allow me to really pivot properly post impact and see if that helps.
Excellent stuff! I cant wait to reach that part once i get there. I have something to look forward to!
Ill be keeping an eye out on other students comments and their progress who takes this course to see how they progress. It will be very interesting!
There is always something new to learn and to further develop! Even you, John, is still developing into a better/perfected golf swing. Thats the nice thing about golf, you can always develop and perfect it better! There is no end. Im not sure if Hogan ever got to a perfected swing. I think he mentioned he was darn near CLOSE though in one of his interviews.
Thanks for the insight!
-Brandon
Its hard to tell just based on these pictures, but im pretty sure that Hogan had the clubface MUCH more open than Mac in that second picture. This probably allowed Hogan to have more forearm rotation and pivot through the shots more aggressively.
Is it the PIMP [Post-IMpact Pivot 
] that will rotate that ball flight back towards your stance line? It looks rotated right a little but that, of course, may be by design.
Bent left knee through impact looks great, by the way. I was looking through some old threads where you note that your TGM days had you snapping that knee very habitually. Itās a good example how changes occur incrementally over time.
Awesome video Lagā¦very impressive.
Looks tighter than a brand new wide mouth pickle jar lid just waiting for a pressure release. Your own private driving range with goatsā¦doesnāt get any better than that.
Is that module alone available to weak feeble rats from the underworld, using RatPal as payment. 
As my Module 3 and 6 improved, I slowly worked out the snapping left knee that Doyle and McHatton had me doing since I was 14. Tough stuff to overcome, but that action for me is dead and buried now. Goodbye!
Straightening the left knee is fine, but it really acts as a crutch to a torso that is not rotating properly. But if those internal muscles are not trained or developed, then better to straighten the left knee than have the whole thing stall post impact.
From an idealist standpoint, firing the left knee is not the best way to do itā¦ if you learn the proper action and protocols to go with it.
Better be careful or youāll trigger the San Andreas fault line. Great stuff and assume by end of module 6 we have all the musculature in place to understand how to execute this. Looking forward to it.
Heyā¦just joined the site read this threadā¦my question is what are the musclar strengthing exercisesā¦and what is Module 1 and 2 and 3ā¦thanks, Kenny
