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There is an endless ‘Global Variation’ in specs. Then there is a consistent variation between the manufacturers for a myriad of reasons, including just wanting their #6 Iron to go farther, to generate more ‘Carry’ than the other guy. Oriental manufacturers are notorious for ‘Strong Lofting’ … #7 Irons that carry as far as most #6 Irons! It could include powdered deer antler or bear claw?

We hear golfers telling fellow players how they “Replaced their #3, #4 and #5 Irons” with a #3 (21 Loft), #4 (24 Loft) and #5 Hybrid Irons (27 Loft). What is the difference between standard Irons and Hybrid Irons? Are they the same Length, Loft and Lie? Seldom if ever! Hybrid Irons have similar ‘Sole Length’ and thus ‘Bounce’ characteristics as ‘Fairway Metals’. They appreciate some ‘Down Force’ or ‘Pinch Tendency’ to launch the ball. You do not want to strive to ‘Lift The ball Off The Grass’ with Irons, Hybrids or Fairway Metals’. “There Is No Up In Your Front Swing unless you like thin or topped!”

You have heard your ‘555 Team’ discuss an interesting topic … ‘What and Where Is The Source of the Mighty Mississippi River?’ This is a good Google task. Enter the question in your Task Bar and see what comes up. You will very likely have to search multiple watersheds and rivers to get from genesis to the Caribbean and Gulf Of Mexico end of this massive drainage system.

How does this relate to ‘The Golf Swing’? From the most micro Putt to the biggest driver rip, the motion and energy has to start from some very small yet well defined, three-dimensional point in Earth’s space. The ‘Golf Swing’ has it few ounces of energy which evolve and expand into ‘Foot Pounds and Horsepower’, which is delivered to ‘The Bottom Inside Cheek’ (BIC), the Ballistic Point of the Golf Ball. Today’s technology enables this happening to be observed, evaluated and quantified. There have been some discoveries!

The Source of the Human Golf Mississippi River is the Brace Big Toe. This governs the loading and unloading of ‘Rotational or Pivot Pressure and Energy’.

QUALITY OF LIFE
Golf Contributes Predictably

1. Get healthy both Mentally and Physically
2. Good Strong Heart … Cardio-Vascular (Fitness)
3. Breathing – Pulmonary (Fitness)
4. Eyes – Ocular Acuity improves your ‘Golf Game’ (Fitness)
5. Eat a Good Meal every day – perhaps more than one? (Nutrition)
6. Secure a Reliable Clean Water Source (Hydration)

We know that the Clubhead and Shaft ‘ORBIT’ like the moon around Earth. The Earth revolves around the Sun. We might feel that we are our own ‘Golf Solar System’s with 14 moons or clubs in our bag?

It is useful to think of the ‘Clubhead’s Orbiting’ around our ‘Sternal Spinal Core’ somewhat as a gyroscope does around its North South or vertical axis? Our 555 Golf ‘Tetherball Concept’ is properly envisioned and referenced. The Tether Ball is our ‘Clubhead’. The Club Shaft is our ‘Tether Ball Rope’. The fixed or stationery Pole is our ‘Stable Human Spinal Column’ or ‘Pivot Axis’. I suspect you might be familiar with the commonly referred to ‘Hoola Hoop’ inclined orbital analogy (training aid) placed over our shoulders on an ‘Inclined Plane’. Useful!

Our shafts have a ‘Plane’ at all times, especially at The Top Of Back & Up Swing’. (TOB) If you shoot a laser beam out of the Hole in the Butt of the Grip, it will strike the ground at a certain point. The line created is called the ‘SS #5 Shaft Plane’. It is created by the ‘Human Sternal Axis’ along with the attachment of the two ‘Lever Assemblies’ (Hands, Wrists, Arms & Club’).

AN OVER THE TOP OPTION
As simple as ‘Under The Bottom’?

Your ‘555 Team’ gets it! … Just a tricky play on words? … More than that as you shall see!

Why attempt to deliberately get ‘Laid-Off’ or the current fad of ‘Shallowing Out’? These words convey an EFFECT, but not so much about ‘The Cause or Cure’. In modern golf, very much due to our ‘Cause-Oriented Video Expertise’ combined with the likes of an almost unaffordable Trackman genre of electronics, gets us in poor places and golf mechanical predicaments. You have better things to invest your time and money in? ($15,000 cost range?)

Make some ‘Slow Motion Drills’ with a mid #8 Iron ‘Over The Top’ … Casting … Above Plane. Pay attention to the poignant feel! It is no mystery! Like throwing a high ‘Steelhead Lure’ well out into the river … overhand! Works for catching those amazingly powerful ‘Silver Bullet Aquatic Creatures’, in most instants, but not in controlled, ‘Down-The Line’ golf shots!

We certainly know how important your ‘Orbital Core or Spinal Vertebral Stability’ is in making predictably successful golf strikes. Our ‘Lever Assemblies’ are very dependent on our ‘Spinal Configuration’. As we ‘Forward Incline or Aft Tilt’, our ‘Hands & Golf Club’ perform around the human ‘North-South Polar Axis’. The ‘Lever Assemblies’ are not usually at 90 degrees to the ‘Spinal Engine’ but are definitely, consistently affixed or oriented! Set-Up for success!

‘Time For A Feel’? Stand up and ‘Set-Up’ to Address Ready (Neutral, Tap Tap Tap). You can also assume the very important ‘Impact Fix Configuration’. Pay particular attention to your ‘Lever Angles’ to the ‘Spinal Axis’ … varies with ‘Shaft Length’. This relationship remains quite stable during the entire ‘Back & Front Swings’. (see ‘Back & Up and Down & Out’)

Additional to ‘Core Stability’, ‘Scapular Stability’ is a primary goal. Your ‘Brace Hitting Shoulder Assembly’ provides the stability necessary to make that all-important ‘Bend & Straighten Action’ so responsible for ‘Clubhead Speed’ and delicate ‘Component Control’.

if you do not master your game
it shall master YOU!

Master Inching or Micro Stroke Length

As you are well aware, your ‘555 Team has created what we refer to as ‘The Progressive Golf System’. This synopsis is created to respond to ‘Global Queries’ in many flavours and dimensions … ‘From Micro To Macro’! This is how smart golf actually works - systematically!

The ‘Progressions are ‘Putting, Chipping, Bump & Run, Knock Down, Punch and Pitch, which is scientifically a ‘Stage 3 Full Swing’. (Wrist Cock Lever Action & Core or Pivot Action)

Keeping this facet as simple as possible, the ‘Transition’ is a point, sequence or segment in a golf swing wherein or during which we ‘Change Directions’. An example is reaching the Top Of Back Swing’ (TOB - Swing Sequence #5), stopping and then shifting human transmission gears into ‘Forward’! It is a busy, complex moment and event!

It is where our ‘Accumulate, Load & Store’ (ALS) changes its ‘Mission’ through ‘Zero Velocity’ and into the ‘Front Swing’ during which we ‘Deliver & Release Potential Energy’ (DR) into its Kinetic Form’! Just food for thought! (see ‘ALSDR’ - The Powerline Delivery Sequence’)

Especially in ‘Putting & Chipping’ (Short Game), what if we eliminated the ‘Sweeping Back & Up Swing’ and just started our ‘Front Swing’ from a ‘Pre-Selected Top Of Back Swing’ (TOB). This TOB is functionally our ‘Body Clocking “&” Point’. All procedures have a TOB!

We must ‘Set-Up For Success’. That means being sensible and efficient. The human body actually works in that manner! ‘Great Golf Strikes’ are amazingly simple and relatively easy! A key discipline is that we should not try to kill the golf ball, but to ‘Swing Through and Release It’. Strive to not become ‘Ball Bound’! When developing your ‘Swing Characteristics’, do so at ‘Less Than Full Speed’ and throttle. The most efficient manner to learn a ‘Movement or Motion’ is in ‘Slow Motion. A suggestion? Stand up and it is ‘Time For A Feel’.

See if you can embrace this golf mechanical truth? ‘During the entire golf swing, one end of the golf club is always pointing at the “Base Line Of The Plane (Target Line). Two Exceptions’ that you will already know! If not, ‘Just AskUs’!

During your Set-Up embrace the ‘Impact Components’ … as simply as you can make them. Once understood, transition to grasping ‘Impact Fix’. This is where and how one might make an efficient ‘Impact & Separation’ happen. It is a major ‘555 Golf’ process!

FITNESS & REST
MAKE IT A PRIORITY!

Many of us have families and other responsibilities outside of our primary business ventures. Some of us have active passions on the side. Are there enough hours and energy in the day? It is important to set boundaries that give us flexibility where and when needed. Golf is a ‘Home-Run Life-Long Leisure Activity’! Put ‘IT’ to good use!

One of our first priorities must be to our general health! Sleep? Nutrition? Hydration? Exercise for our balanced health and managed stress? Stretch and Strengthen (Range Of Motion - ROM )? If we do not run our lives, they shall run us … into the ground! When health fails it is a gravely abused and lost opportunity, often with no readily available recovery modality!