I played these same irons I inherited them from my father it was the last set of blades he purchased and he barely played them because they were so pretty. So when I got them they had less than 20 rounds on them. That dang Hurricane Katrina took these clubs away from me but I survived the storm.
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It’s been a while since I’ve got to the range. Dark around 4:30 now, so no sneaking out after work.
I have been doing some impact bag work at home, so was pleasantly surprised at my ball striking today.
There’s a hint of tripping the shaft, which is cool because I wasn’t thinking about it. Drills work!
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Changes are dramatic at this point… fun stuff for sure!
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Here’s a comparison from July this year to now
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Wow huge difference 
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Here’s a fb post from a friend in Australia.
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Yes indeed it’s one of the first things you learn when you delve into golf biomechanics and kinetics. I tell my clients that I want them to create friction with the feet by having them feel the pressure is always going in opposition of each other.
A good drill to do is put a towel on the floor and stand on it. Then move your feet where one foot goes up while the other foot goes back. Sorta like shuffling your feet while keeping your soles of the shoe in constant contact of the towel.
Cheers
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When you first start trying to trip the shaft, it seems so counter to what we all have been taught. Most think it’s just cocking the wrists more… or just going flatter.. but then they find out that doesn’t work… they come even more over the top… and lose distance as well. Once I learned to combine that with the lateral move, it was like discovering how to split the atom. Physics really starts to make sense, and you quickly learn why the lightweight clubs are nonsense if you are chasing Hogan. Hogan was right… Moe was right… Knudson was right.
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It’s been at least a 2 1/2 month break from hitting balls. Busy with home and work life, I’ve not done as much drill work as I intended over the winter, and it shows.
I got to the range finally, and put some swings on camera. I tried to just swing without thinking too much, just to see where I’m at. Although I was hitting it well, my Hogan Module work has regressed a little. Back to the drills and tripping the shaft.
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Try to finish with the upper left arm parallel to the ground… not above it. That will help things for sure.
Shaft tripping will come back with some work. It’s not easy stuff… but as Moe would often say, it is “the feeling of greatness”.
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Back to tripping the shaft.
It’s hard work. Feels like the club-head is getting dropped behind my butt and I’m going to swing a foot above the ball.
My better attempts I felt like I was going to block the shot way right. Also my right elbow moved slightly up and out in front of me as I transitioned (it doesn’t, just a feeling)
Lots more work to make this stick.
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As much as I try to have a “frozen” right arm through impact and into P4, I always throw the right arm a bit. At the range yesterday I imagined throwing the club away to the left post impact, grip end first. Kinda like trying to skip a stone across water and putting a clockwise spin on the stone. It resulted in a full swing version of the magic trick drill, and some of the best struck shots I’ve hit in a while. Penetrating dead straight, great feeling.
The shot here is a 5 iron. My swing thought was exactly like I described above. It’s amazing how feeling v’s reality can be so different
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Looks good Paul!
Back to tripping the shaft.
It’s hard work. Feels like the club-head is getting dropped behind my butt and I’m going to swing a foot above the ball.
My better attempts I felt like I was going to block the shot way right. Also my right elbow moved slightly up and out in front of me as I transitioned (it doesn’t, just a feeling)
Lots more work to make this stick.
Nice Progress!
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What I am seeing here is a big pick up of your post impact pivot thrust… and that is really what enables the right elbow to be locked up through the strike. What’s fun about the Hogan Modules is really understanding the protocols and appreciating how Hogan’s action worked and how amazing he was at doing all these things.
What I have found is that the closer I get to mastering those motions.. the better I strike the ball. It’s not really all that complicated once you get a basic understanding of the methodology. How well we apply it depends upon our own ability to assimilate, strength, speed of the forearm rotation into the strike, the post impact pivot thrust that helps us hold shaft flex into the strike and take out the problematic right elbow in the golf swing… and of course learning how to trip the shaft.
At this point in time I am 100% convinced that this is the best methodology to strike a golf ball with great control and good distance as well.
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There are at least two ways to think about this. 1) feel the orbit pull that I have found works for about 1/3rd of my clients and 2) feel you are dragging the handle towards you which works for about 1/3rd also. From my experience of coaching, some players will be a throw and follow type player no matter how hard they try not to be. With those players I work hard on improving how they interact with the ground getting them to understand foot friction the trail foot moving back and the target foot moving forward simultaneously which improves face stability and rotation throughout the strike. We start with 50-100 yard shots focusing on the footwork with a single focus. They see an immediate improvement in rotation and clubface stability and their frustrations disappear.
Cheers
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Swinging & turning flatter creates better footwork & straighter shots
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