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Rolling
Your Forearms Keeps Your Hands Quiet, by Rick
Hendershot
In a previous article ("The Significance of Hogan's Rubber Bands") I
discussed the position of the hands and arms in the downswing, and suggested
that keeping them "tucked" as Hogan suggests ("rubber bands") is important to
prevent your hands getting too far away from your body — sending the club
head outside the line. But there are problems with this...
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The Significance of
Hogan's Rubber Bands, by Rick
Hendershot
Most golf instructors would agree that Ben Hogan's book Five Lessons, The
Modern Fundamentals of Golf (1957, Simon & Schuster) has been one of the
most important and most influential golf instructional books ever written.
And one of the more striking and enduring images presented in the book has to
be the "rubber bands" concept... READ THE ARTICLE
Do You Hit Down, Dammit?,
by Clive Scarff
Golf is a difficult game. Yet to so many of the
uninitiated it might seem incredibly simple. The objective is to strike a
ball... that is just sitting there. After all, how tough can it be? It's not
like baseball, or tennis, where the ball is moving as we attempt...
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You're
one lesson away from Better Golf,
by Rick Hendershot
One thing I've noticed is that Golf Instruction books, manuals,
videos, etc. all get bogged down in details. It's way too much for the
beginning golfer to absorb. So "One Lesson" will be a straightforward
presentation of how to hit the ball.
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GolfLessonsOnline.com
Online video lessons. by theWEG.com
This is a well done, simple to navigate, quality site that gets straight to
the point — it's about the videos, and that's all it's about...READ
THE REVIEW
David Leadbetter discusses the Ben Hogan
grip,
by Rick Hendershot
In this article I look at David Leadbetter's
commentary on Ben Hogan's famous Five Lessons.
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Mike Weir's Magic
"Waggle",
by Rick Hendershot
Something has to account for Mike Weir's impressive success
in 2003.
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Another Ben Hogan Swing Secret,
by Rick Hendershot
Another equally (or more) important Hogan insight revealed
in Five Lessons has to do with the position of the left (front) wrist...
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Yes you can hit it
out of the water,
Bobby Jones / Dave Pelz
In this classic 1930s video Bobby Jones demonstrates
hitting it out of the water. Dave Pelz goes into more detail...
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Pelzian Pendicular
Putting,
Dave Pelz Putting Bible, by Rick Hendershot
Here is a very brief summary of the main points of what I
call the "PPP" — the Pelzian Pendicular Principle.
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How I Play Golf,
Bobby Jones Video Series, Warner Bros / Jack Nickalus Prod.
This video series is an absolute classic and should be in every
serious golfer's library... READ THE ARTICLE
How
I Play Golf, My 30 second analysis,
by Rick Hendershot
I have the audacity to comment on Jones' swing. Mostly I just want to
knock current instruction theory, especially the silly "coil" theory...
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