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sammys (no login)
Posted Feb 25, 2009 4:03 PM
Geoff ... I have viewed their videos and I come to the conclusion that this wrist action putting is a torqued putting stroke .. no or negligible gravity assistance.
I would question the use of this putting method in these situations:
1. An obese golfer with a protruding belly and spindly legs. Symple putting might present an anatomical challenge to these (60% of the population) golf attempters. (I am not obese .. more like slender you.)
2. I have a low shaft lie putter and I tried the Symple putting stroke. It works reasonably well on short putts but on longer putts it deteriorates. By stabilizing the lead upper hand on the lead leg thigh, the putting stroke geometry is not of a pendulum, but of a sweeping arcing stroke. The farther back you arc stroke the greater is your inaccuracy to strike the ball on the correct tangent. This is why Symple putting may be effective for shorter putts but not for longer putts which require more torque to move the putter head on an arc stroking path.
For longer putts, additional wrist torque is required if the stroking length is to be kept under control, and this requires exquisite wrist control.
Another way to compensate for extreme arcing and excessive torquing, is to add shoulder rotation in an unnatural sequence of (a)rotate shoulders, (b)start stroking action back, (c)rotate shoulders to ball, and then (d)initiate the downstroke with the wrists ... and all the while keeping your lead hand planted on your thigh. This requires delaying the wrist action and unduly complicating the putting stroke.
Perhaps you or the proponents of Symple putting can respond to my quick conclusions. |
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