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Camilo Villegas: Pulls and Cuts

Camilo demonstrates how much he shifts this plane line to the left - I would say far too much - in order to hit his pulls and pull-cuts or slices.

Camilo has a lot of talent. It'd be nice to see him get this under control.

Michael Breed on Ball Flight Laws

This is the time I got on The Golf Fix. I'd submitted a question on Facebook and Michael Breed answered the question.

In truth, the full question was:

I'm curious about something, Michael, and I hope you can address this in Monday's show.

What determines where the ball starts? Nick Faldo gave advice in Hawaii that says aim the clubface at the target, and swing towards the opening to curve the ball out of trouble. Do you agree or disagree with that advice?

This video makes you wonder if he truly believes that the ball flight laws are correct, as he doesn't seem to teach based on those ball flight laws:

More information both here and here.

Peter Kostis Analyzes Phil’s Swing

Phil does not maintain his "posture" and he does not keep the same flex in the left knee.

You can see at impact how much across the ball Phil hits this ball. Believe me, there are things Phil can fix in his swing, but "maintaining the flex in his left knee" is not among them.

Charlie Wi, Driver, FO

Fax is "stackin' a little bit" at the end. Elk is an information gatherer and has basically moved on. Wish Johnny didn't draw that line in there. ;-)

S&T: Extension into Finish

I shot this video with a Canon 5D Mark II and a mic setup for Golf Evolution, at which I've served as an apprentice this year.

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S&T: Toss a Rock (Extension into Finish)

I shot this video with a Canon 5D Mark II and a mic setup for Golf Evolution, at which I've served as an apprentice this year.

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P.S. This video is one I'm glad I was able to convince Dave to shoot: we get a lot of feedback on it and it's a nice drill. We use a variation of it (without a rock) frequently in our schools.

Golf’s Misunderstood Ball Flight Laws

For decades, the vast majority of those teaching (and playing) golf have misunderstood the ball flight laws.

This video shows, clearly and concisely, how even major champions like Nick Faldo are provably wrong.

FWIW I hit the pull-hooks and Dave managed to hit the push-slices. Each of us had a harder time doing the opposites.

This article at The Sand Trap contains more.

S&T: Proper Release to Hit the Draw

I shot this video with a Canon 5D Mark II and a mic setup for Golf Evolution, at which I've served as an apprentice this year.

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S&T: Inclination to the Ground

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Religious Knowledge

A recent survey shows that agnostics and atheists know more about religions that religious people.

Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10271/1090895-84.stm.

Lynn Blake’s Alignment Golf

I watched - to my wife's dismay at the number of times the word "cock" was used in varying forms1 - the first of the three discs in Lynn Blake's Alignment Golf DVDs.

95% of the stuff Lynn says is simple fact and dead on accurate. He's probably right that it's "simplest" to set the right forearm on plane at setup as well, but that's one of the things I don't particularly care to see done in the golf swing. I also don't care for the left arm being "blasted off the chest" (completely losing pressure point four) just past impact at the follow-through position.

But those are in the 5%. Call the disc TGM 101 and you'd be somewhat close to accurately describing it, I suppose.

Footnotes

  1. cock, uncock(ed), re-cock(ed), cocking

evolvr Sample Analysis

Our evolvr service for online golf instruction is going pretty smoothly. Here's a sample analysis from the service early on. This particular student went from shooting in the high 90s to shooting in the high 70s and low 80s pretty quickly this year.

Pens Reality TV, 1960 World Series

I'm looking forward to this.

There will be coarse language, raw emotions, maybe a bit of gore if there is an injury.

That might be off-putting to those whose uncensored moments would be beamed into people's living rooms, but the Penguins see great benefit to participating in an HBO "24/7" reality miniseries in December and January that will chronicle them and the Washington Capitals as the rivals approach and play in one of the NHL's premier events, the outdoor Winter Classic.

I'm also looking forward to the re-airing of Game Seven of the 1960 World Series, recently discovered in Bing Crosby's media room.

P.S. Pens fans sometimes call Sidney Crosby "Bing" as a bit of a joke. And that's how I made the leap from one Pittsburgh team to another.

iTunes Ping a While Out

So iTunes with Ping has been out for awhile now. Do you use it?

iTunes Ping: Use it or Not?
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I don't. I did at first - I added five or six people - but I have two major issues with it:

  1. No tabs. I see the list on my Ping home page and I want to command-click ten things to check them all out. Navigation without tabs in Ping is t-e-d-i-o-u-s.
  2. I'm pretty much done expanding my musical taste. I don't buy many songs, I don't check out new artists, and I'm turning into the younger version of my parents only listening to Neil Diamond songs or, when something new comes along, it's Michael Bolton. :-P I just have more important things to do in my life than listening to music, and my music collection stage is over, probably permanently.

I do use iTunes daily, but it's to listen to a few podcasts here and there.

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