Jack Kuykendall s E2E (Elbow-to-Elbow) OPTIMUM MECHANICS (OM)

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1 (patent pending) Jack Kuykendall s E2E (Elbow-to-Elbow) OPTIMUM MECHANICS (OM) The Basic OM drills consist of hitting 40 balls each practice session. The second drills are hitting 4 balls with each club with a full shot, two partial shots and one open stance shot. You should perform the basic 40 ball drill a minimum of three times a week to consistently reinforce brain patterns. With OM mechanics, you should experience excellent results with the first session. It will only take about 30 days to establish very useable brain patterns. Within 90 days, you should be a consistent ball striker with dramatically improved distance and accuracy. Single-Axis Right Hand Grip: The right hand grip is taken in the palm. Push the grip firmly into the thumb pad. Wrap the fingers around the grip. The shaft and grip are in line with the bottom of the right forearm. Stabilized-Wrist-On-Plane (SWOP) left hand grip: Grip is taken inside the red lines. Grip using the LPG Trainer. Grip using the LPG Trainer & club. Grip with fingers closed 1

2 Start by taking the grip between the two fingers shown. Move the index finger to the position shown. Left hand pisiform bone. (pi'si-form) Wrap the thumb around the grip. Back of hand is pronated on top of the grip. The pisiform bone (red circle) is outside the grip. Both hands on the grip. Pisiform bone (green arrow) One stroke method is proving to be the most effect for distance, accuracy and trajectory. I am calling it the E2E-SWOP-BASEBALL stroke. (Elbow to Elbow)-(Stabilized wrist on plane) Baseball position of hands at the top of the stroke. Distance is created by four methods: The left arm becomes a flail. The right arm is a fast pitch softball pitch. At waist high in the downstroke, there are two shortenings of a radius; left elbow moves back and right hand moves toward the target. The combination of the four produce unbelievable clubhead speed with the appearance of no effort. Accuracy: The SWOP grip allows the left wrist to remain stable and on a Single-Plane from address to impact. The back of the leading hand remains on plane from address to impact. At the top of the backstroke, it will look like a good baseball stance. Trajectory: Because the hands are higher in the backstroke, the clubhead is on a steeper descending path and produces a higher ball flight with greater backspin. 2

3 E2E-SWOP-BASEBALL Hands are inside the left thigh and ahead of the ball. Body is balanced with even distribution of weight on both feet. Start the backstroke by pulling the right elbow backward. Keep the left hand on plane Baseball position at the top Start the downstroke by moving the right hand down on the same arc as the backstroke. This ACTION is balanced by the REACTION of the body sitting into the knees and moving slightly to the left. There is NO lagging of the clubhead behind the hands. The hands are passive in E2E. Clubhead speed is produced by the physics principles of right arm thrust, left arm flail and shortening-of-the-radius by the right hand and left elbow. The head is over the right knee. The hips and shoulders face the target line and both feet are FLAT on the ground After impact, the left elbow continues to move around the body. Left elbow even with the left side. Head still over right knee. Both feet still flat on the ground. The knees are in the same position as they were at the start of the downstroke. Chase after the ball with the right arm. The hands move naturally up on plane. Keep the eyes focused in the impact zone. The body is a stabilizer. The arms produce the clubhead speed. 3

4 DRILL #1: Hit 10 balls off the Alignment/Practice mat with a wedge using the E2E trainer and MGNS. Swing at 20% clubhead speed. This drill is to train your elbows to move around your body. DRILL #2: Hit 10 balls off the Alignment/Practice mat with a wedge using the LPG and MGNS trainers You can obtain 90% of your distance with these two training aids. DRILL #3: Hit 10 balls off the Alignment/Practice mat with a wedge without training aids. Arm Action Body Reaction Drill #4: Hit 10 balls off the Alignment/Practice mat with a wedge sitting on a stool. This is an extremely important drill; it proves that clubhead speed comes from the arms and that the body is just a stabilizer. You should hit the ball within 5% of your standing up distance. 4

5 Four-Ball Drills With Wedges Full Shot 9 O clock 11 O clock 45 o Open Flop Shot Two-Ball Full Shot Drills With Remainder Of Clubs Top Downstroke Impact Extension This is Jack Kuykendall s chart at age 73. Basic Stance Full Shots Distance Partial Shots Distance Distance Club Club 9 O clock 11 O clock Driver Degree Open Stance Full Shots Distance Club You must know your club distances to have confidence to execute shots on the course. 5

6 Wall Sponge Trainer: Using the E2E Trainer, take the SWOP left hand grip. Pull the right elbow back and up to a baseball batting position. Retrace the backstroke on the downstroke! This is extremely critical. Alignment Practice Mat: I have many students who hit the ball as-good-as or better than I do on the range. When we do a playing lesson, they play very poorly. The majority of the time, the reason is alignment. The majority of golfers line to the right and pull their arms back across the body. This is a vision problem that can only be corrected with a training aid that allows your vision to continually observe correct alignment. Again, a training aid is needed to assure correct alignment. The brain has to build patterns for correct visual alignment. Watch tour players warm up before a tournament. They practice alignment and tempo. Correct alignment is a continuous training of the brain s visual patterns. 6