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Kostis doesn't say much in this video, so he doesn't get as much wrong as he often does. 🙂

The point I'd like to make here is that THIS is about the only foot slipping you occasionally see with rubber or plastic spikes instead of the "nails" (ceramic or metal spikes) we used to wear on the golf course. A few PGA Tour pros still wear 'em.

Mike would rate himself at about a 7 or so out of 10. He loses the wedge, sometimes flips under a bit at P2, and has a few other tiny issues, but overall it's really, really good.

Filmed at the Country Club in Cleveland, OH when I attended a session to observe, work with, and photograph Mike Bennett and Andy Plummer a few months ago.

This video isn't meant to demonstrate anything except the very simple idea that the right (or rear) knee straightening allows your hips to turn. If you "maintain the knee flex" your hips can't turn properly.

This is related to this post on Phil Mickelson's swing as analyzed by Peter Kostis.

This story made news recently: No Pay, No Spray Firefighting Case.

Basically, a guy didn't pay the $75 fee for rural fire coverage, and as such, firefighters did not put out his trailer or house on fire. It is what it is, and the policy has apparently been in place for a long, long time.

But it raises the idea of "pay to play government." What government services are essential? What government services should you be able to "opt out" of?

Frankly, I can't think of many, but it'd be interesting to see how things break down. How much of our taxes go to the USPS? To supporting local libraries? Fire fighting? Road work?

I wonder. I don't know that I'd opt out of much, but again, maybe there are a lot of things people could opt out of without upsetting the balance too much. Would I pay to belong to the library if that was a possibility? I think I might.

I could brake faster (I prefer to do this drill with softer hands and wrists so that you can't fake maintaining the flying wedge), but this drill combines two into one:

• Pre-setting impact position with the hips shifted laterally forward to put in secondary axis tilt.
• "Hit fast, stop fast" to check that the flying wedge is maintained well into the follow through.

The problem I later fixed in this swing is that the right shoulder "shrugs up" and the right arm stays a bit too straight a bit too long, leading to the shoulder "flattening" around P3-ish.

But still, if you can hit golf balls with a driveway marker in your belt, it's a great way to make sure that your hips are not only rotating on the way back but staying closed long enough on the downswing (too many people spin prematurely on the downswing).

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.

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.

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.

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. 😉

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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.

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.

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.

Our YouTube can be found at http://youtube.com/thegolfevolution. Subscribe to them today if you want to be notified of new videos. We have a few we'd like to shoot this fall.

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.

Our YouTube can be found at http://youtube.com/thegolfevolution. Subscribe to them today if you want to be notified of new videos. We have a few we'd like to shoot this fall.