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Putting
stroke. pa01
(Changed - 07/02/2009)
The
Shoulder/Arms-unit must be strictly maintained as a compact unit
throughout the putting movement and the arms must be held so that
the elbows remain as close together as is physically possible, but
importantly the right elbow must be firmly held firmly against the
side of the body to give stability to the putting stroke.
Whilst carrying out the putting
stroke, the "upper body unit " is simply rotated back
and forth.
The difference between the upper
body posture whilst performing the putting stroke, to that of the
the full swing, is that during the putting stroke your legs are
straighter, the upper body is bent over the ball further than normal
and the back is arched in a forward manner so that the eyes are
positioned directly over the line of the put.
With the ball being positioned adjacent to the
heel of your left foot, the position of the head is such that if
you dropped a plumb line from your left eye, the centre of the plumb
weight would be directly over the centre of the ball.
The arms are held in a 45` angle
with the elbows just brushing the waist line as it rotates back
and forth, but with the right elbow firmly held against the side
of the body.
So on to the putting stroke:-
During the putting stroke the
shoulders and the arms are held firmly together as a compact unit
with the left arm kept perfectly straight -- therefore it is important
to hold the Shoulder/Arms-unit firmly together as a one piece unit
so that the arms follow every movement of the shoulders,
whilst keeping the putter face square to the target line.
I grip the putter with an overlap
grip, with the left hand at the top .
I wrap the thumb of the right
hand around the grip, this stops the putter from turning off-line
as I carry out the putting stroke.
Using only the large muscles
of the back, I begin to rotate the "Shoulders/Arms-unit"
As I rotate the upper body unit
away from the ball, the clubface remains square to the "Target
Line" throughout the back swing movement.
It does not matter how fast or
slowly that you take the putter back, as long as you keep the clubface
square with the "Target Line".
Using the large muscles of the
back, I again ensure that the clubface remains square with the target
line at all times, so that by the time I reach the impact position
the clubface is still square to the "Target Line".
Once the ball has been struck,
I continue to rotate the upper body unit towards the target area
and ensures that the clubface remains "Square to the Target
Line".
To practice this method of putting,
rotate the "Shoulders/Arm-unit" back and forth with a
pendulum action, using only the large muscles of the back as the
prime source of power until the precise moment the putter makes
contact with the ball and watch the club head very carefully in
order to keep the clubhead square to the target line.-- Simply watch
the clubhead moving through the contact area.
You must keep you head in the "Fixed Frontal"
condition and position directly over the ball.
After a short while of practising
this method, you will soon find it easy to maintain the putter face
square to the "Target Line" for the duration of the complete
putting stroke, whilst at the same time moving the putter
on a perfectly straight swing path.
Once you have learnt this method
of putting you will never go back to the old way of putting, but
the important aspect of the putting stroke is that you must totally
focus on the ball, whilst the putting stroke is performed.
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