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Old 06-24-2008, 03:50 AM
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Re: You want distance?

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Originally Posted by larryrsf View Post
Just watch any really good player hit drives. When he wants to hit it farther, he simply "fires" his hips and that does it! His hips lead his shoulders, stretching his back muscles which then fling his shoulders and arms around, "popping the whip" and flinging the clubhead through the ball. Distance has NOTHING to do with using arms or hands consciously--in fact that actually slows the clubhead.
Nonsense. The idea that you can't use the muscles in your arms and hands consciously to accelerate the club is simply nonsense.

The problem isn't *whether*, but *when*. Focusing on the use of the hands and arms *can* lead to using them to early in the swing, but that's an entirely different issue.

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Watch these long drivers hit it 300+ with a Whippy driver --the shaft as flexible as a flyrod. Watch their hips!!!

http://www.tempomaster.com/videos/commercialrender.wmv

Larry
Funny. No one who competes in long drive competitions use a Whippy *in* competition. Why is that? BTW, did you really expect a commercial to do anything but say how great the product is supposed to be?
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