I’ve read this 4 times. I’ve thought of my mental abilities as quite good, but as a golf professional teacher, I think it’s very difficult to understand you explanation of the need to move the apex of the arch…And would require too much back and forth to explain. I think I understand your post, for general use though, it needs Simplification! Respectfully, Gig Hilton
Hi Gig. The bottom of the arc doesn’t move with the ball position. It is determined basically by your spine in putting. The base of the neck. When it is not we know you have variables in the radius of your stroke. Sorry for the confusion. I know it does not match conventional thinking, but it matches the exceptional strokes we have researched.
So? When you test or measure someone and their ball position is not at the bottom of the arch and opposite of the base of the neck, do you mover their ball position to match where their bottom of the arch is? Or do you move their setup to change the bottom of arch to match the ball position? {In the full swing, the swing bottoms out opposite the center of the sternum at impact, which is on the same vector as the base of the neck. ( generally the center of the upper torso). And in most all of my experience it tends to be behind the ball, causing fat and thin miss hits.}
It seems that their release( right hand top to under) and eye positions could counter a poor ball position to zero out the effect of ball position... Is that your experience
Rarely if ever. We will change the distance of anchor point to ball by adjusting the width of the stance, but always trying to preserve the best position visually. We have found the bottom of the arc in putting matches the anchor point on the ground, which matches the position of the base of the neck. Weight to the front foot moves the base of the neck, as does a neutral set up or a trail foot set up. Since your head is the heaviest part of the body the anchor point follows the head. I would encourage you to remember that the bottom of the arc moves with the body in the full swing, where we want it to be static in putting. As for the using the release to counter the ball position, we think that is a recipe for disaster.
The most fascinating thing to me is when we find a balcned set up a player will aim and see the line more accurately.
I’ve read this 4 times. I’ve thought of my mental abilities as quite good, but as a golf professional teacher, I think it’s very difficult to understand you explanation of the need to move the apex of the arch…And would require too much back and forth to explain. I think I understand your post, for general use though, it needs Simplification! Respectfully, Gig Hilton
Hi Gig. The bottom of the arc doesn’t move with the ball position. It is determined basically by your spine in putting. The base of the neck. When it is not we know you have variables in the radius of your stroke. Sorry for the confusion. I know it does not match conventional thinking, but it matches the exceptional strokes we have researched.
So? When you test or measure someone and their ball position is not at the bottom of the arch and opposite of the base of the neck, do you mover their ball position to match where their bottom of the arch is? Or do you move their setup to change the bottom of arch to match the ball position? {In the full swing, the swing bottoms out opposite the center of the sternum at impact, which is on the same vector as the base of the neck. ( generally the center of the upper torso). And in most all of my experience it tends to be behind the ball, causing fat and thin miss hits.}
It seems that their release( right hand top to under) and eye positions could counter a poor ball position to zero out the effect of ball position... Is that your experience
Rarely if ever. We will change the distance of anchor point to ball by adjusting the width of the stance, but always trying to preserve the best position visually. We have found the bottom of the arc in putting matches the anchor point on the ground, which matches the position of the base of the neck. Weight to the front foot moves the base of the neck, as does a neutral set up or a trail foot set up. Since your head is the heaviest part of the body the anchor point follows the head. I would encourage you to remember that the bottom of the arc moves with the body in the full swing, where we want it to be static in putting. As for the using the release to counter the ball position, we think that is a recipe for disaster.
The most fascinating thing to me is when we find a balcned set up a player will aim and see the line more accurately.