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Originally Posted by JPsuff
OK, this is getting spooky, dude.
I did the EXACT SAME THING! And I am absolutely not kidding you when I say that. As soon as I got the balance thing figured out, slowing down the backswing just seemed like the natural "next step". Now it feels like I'm slowly ratcheting back the arm of a catapult; "Click... click...click... then... POW!"
This whole thing has made me realize just how far forward I was tilted and that I was leaning over the ball waaay too far. That was causing me to pick the club up even thought it seemed like I was turning. I knew I wasn't turning correctly because my angle of attack always seemed too steep and I'd either end up leaving my hands open (push, slice) or try to release them at the last second (pull, smothered hook).
But as soon as I set up this new way, it was like a door opened and a light came on and someone said "Glad to have you back!"
I can't believe that simply leaning back a bit could solve so many problems -- even my posture is better ( I was a sloucher) and the weird thing is it doesn't feel strained or forced. It just feels natural.
I'm just amazed. There's no other way to describe it.
-JP
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This is getting spooky, because I could have posted the same thing about myself, word-for-word.
I'm doing it with pitching the ball now as well, and that has turned around, too. I've
always been a somewhat poor pitcher of the ball (ok, to be honest, I've always stunk at it - it's the worst part of my game), and the other day I picked one off a fairway lie from 40 yards or so, hit my spot dead-on 5 yards short of the pin, took one big hop and SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETCH - dead stop, 3 feet right of the pin, hole-high. On Saturday, I shot 82 with 2 lost balls and 33 putts, but I got up and down over and over again - I parred the first 6 holes, and mind you, my index is 15.1.
I really feel like this is that one piece of the puzzle you have to have right in order for everything else to fall into place. Like before, I used to take the club back too far inside and hoist it up to the top, and I could keep myself from doing it if I thought about it, but since this change, I'm dead on plane without even thinking about it.
This has indeed been
eureka!
