[KevCarter]

Mr Kelley, I think, would want you to find your own best method Kev. The more axe handle method that sees you going to both arms straight accomplishes much the same thing as the Pause Stroke. Maybe a little less intentional wobble , a little more sweet spot feeling as there isnt quite as much lay back but not that different. Especially if you open up the face really wide.

But if in your journey from swinger to hitter to what ever, you want to go back to a more rope handle method (you dont necessarily need to leave active thrusting, hitting to achieve rope handle to my mind) by all means, explore the lagging, sweeping intentional throwaway flop shots. Managing throwaway is what its all about as Lag is the secret to good golf.

Im thinking that often a TGM'r will learn the impact alignments in a more wooden manner but then sometimes maybe graduate to a more free flowing stroke, hitting or swinging. The free flow being a natural Lag producer that reproduces the impact alignments he or she learned previously. But of course Homer would say there is no one way or one journey. To each his own. Arnie was King after all.

Thanks very much for that OB. There is NO best! I'll stick with what makes me feel all warm and fuzzy for awhile. Maybe later when I get some of that confidence back I will experiment. Nice to know I have you guys here to help sort things out!



Kevin