The secret of golf - David Blair

[BrianW]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Hi C Mays

Do you agree with Blair's hand action drill in the link below?

http://www.golfinternationalmag.co.u...vid_blair1.htm

It seems to go against what Greg recommends in his Right Hand drill ie cocking the wrists up and down, as opposed to side to side.

Thanks

Rackster

He is not cocking/uncocking his wrists sideways, he is uncocking up and down (I know it gives that illusion but his wrists are not cupping sideways). He is rotating his forearms and hands sideways.

[BrianW]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Rackster,

lets make this easier to understand.

Pictures 1 to 4. Think about the face of his wrist watch.

1) face points to target.
2) face points in front of him
3) face points just left of target
4) face towards him

Wrists have only hinged up and down.

Greg's right hand drill will have only allowed the right arm to retain some flex into impact so that the right wrist remains cupped back similar to the way it was at the top. The right arm would straighten just after impact and the cupping would straighten as the right forearm rotated over the left.

[Rackster]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Thanks guys

[edshaw]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Thanks for the tip, Rackster.
We don't talk much about
the release on this site,
which is probably just as
well. It's a good thing to
know someone's out there
talking about it.

[Rackster]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

[quote=cmays]Rackster:

Go to the home page, punch in the swing ball and at the bottom of the page you will see, All about Speed and click on that.

[quote]

Hi again C Mays

Sorry I am a little lost here, which homepage?

Thanks

Rackster

[Rackster]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Go to your very 1st post and click on David's Site that you posted.

In the left hand side of the page there is a golf ball, The Swing, click on that and when that page comes up at the bottom there are 3 topics, All about speed is the top topic, click on that and you will see David in action.

Later, I must run.

Thanks got you now. I think I can see what you mean.

[tony_teetime]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Good stuff. I like his teaching methods.

Good hand action is a key component of the swing, but these modern swing instructions seem to be advocating so much on a body driven swing that they forgotten about the roles of the hands. Perhap the modern swing teaching method is geared towards teaching the mass and high handicappers and that's why they all say to have passive hands because these high handicapper tends to be hand flipper?

Anyhow it's a breath of fresh air to see Mr. Blair bring the focus back to the hands. I believe if one learns to use the hands and wrist properly , understand how they work in the grand scheme of the swing, then they can be very good ball striker.

I think Jim Flick and Bob Toski would endorse David Blair's teaching also.. Again.. very good stuff.

[shootin4par]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

i write with my hand, eat with my hands, drive with my hands, fish with my hands, throw with my hands, etc......
so whatever I hold in my hands I control with my hands, does not mean the body does not assists, but the control is in my hands, for those who dont believe try this drill

take a pencil

tape it to your belly button

write you name

ok well maybe control is not there but your shoulders so try this drill

take a pencil

tape it to your shoulder,

write you name

Ok, well taht is not really fair so maybe we try it another way

take a pencil
tape it to your elbow
write your name

Or we can
take a pencil
attach it to your wrists,
write your name

ok ok now
take a pencil,
hold it in your hand
write your name

which one came out better

and when I drive the 2000+ lb machine to work tomorrow i will try to steer with my torso and have passive hands

[edshaw]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

As the right hand crosses over the
left, the three fingers of the left hand
are seen by the golfer.
It is best seen in the far right picture
in the link that Rackster supplied:
http://www.golfinternationalmag.co.u...vid_blair1.htm

[Rackster]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Thanks C Mays for your help on this thread.

C Mays said

Now for me and I work on my hands wrist and forearms just about daily, they are strong, when I grip the club in the left hand I do not want to feel the grip next to the palm. If it touches the palm it is very light.

Its a good point you make here about working on your hands, wrists and forearms. I would recommend all golfers to work on wrist, and forearm strengthening exercises on a regular basis. Perhaps not everyday, but a few times a week I think any golfer will see their play improve. As Henry Cotton said if you are not workin your hands your only playing for fun.

Shootin your analogies are very good.

Anyhow I have found more Blair instruction on the net. Here goes:

http://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/we...lancingact.pdf

http://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/we...aminiswing.pdf

http://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/we...reatespeed.pdf

http://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/we...connection.pdf

http://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/we...emagicmove.pdf

Some of the articles may be some of what was in the first post. The last link is what Blair says, if there is such a thing, "the Magic Move"

[edshaw]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

C Mays:
Indeed, in the real swing, the fingers
of the left hand can be seen somewhere
at the place where the extended right
arm is about 30 to 40 degrees to the
fore, if that makes sense.
The point you make is important because
the Blair photo is a picture of the drill,
not the full swing.
I know the strength of the hands and
forarms is important, but I have never
been completely convinced that proper
hand action is not more of an accomodation
than a power source. An accomodation, that
is, to the stresses induced by the mechanics
of the swing. It really doesn't matter, though,
wouldn't you say, as long as the release is
present in all its componants...

[tony_teetime]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

You have 2 twins and they use the same driver, have the same swing, hit the ball dead center, both have a swing speed of 110 mph, why did the second twin get more distance in the air if both swung at a swing speed of 110 mph?

Could it be that the second twin had more "mass" behind that same 110mph swing speed ?

F=MA or force = mass * acceleration

[tony_teetime]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Cmay,

The moment of truth is the actual speed at impact. If the 2nd twin 's impact speed is 110mph at impact , then the ball has already left the clubface heading down the fairway. Therefore, it does not matter what he does after impact even if he continue to accelarate after impact, if makes no difference as the ball is already gone

Mass is what makes the difference. A heavyweigh boxer hits you with a 110mph punch hurts more than a middleweigh boxer at the same 110mph punch coming at the same angle of attack.

Having good leverage is another way of creating artificial mass. Example: If i slap someone with my fingers (not with the palm) at 10mph , it may sting a little bit, but there is not enough mass or leverage behind that force because the fingers would bend a little or flex at impact. But , If I do the same slapping motion also at the same angle of attack , but this time with the heel of my hand at the same speed, it would hurt more due to the mass and leverage behind that blow.

Does that make sense ?

[Rackster]

Re: The secret of golf - David Blair

Rackster:

Please go back and edit your post and take out the extra http://.

Thanks

Done

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