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 * Email conversations with Todd Trimble, No. 1 Teacher in Kentucky.**

__April 29, 2014 (Distance Control with Wedges)__

GG: Thanks for taking a look at my back swing...still working on it.

Question of the Day: How to control wedge distance.

Three thoughts here...

1) Pelz Method of Clock Face (7:30, 9:00 and 10:30). I have some trouble with this and have no rhythm or timing with the short, 7:30 swing.

2) Controlling distance with trajectory by having three follow-through position - low, medium and high. Higher it flies, the further it goes.

3) Controlling distance by making the same swing with three different hand positions - full grip, low grip (hands to the steel) and medium )somewhere in between the two). Choking down method.

All of these should produce three different distances with the same club. What do you like and what advice do you have for me.

TT: #2 is a great start.

__May 28, 2014 (How to start the downswing)__

GG: Need some help on how to start the downswing. I'm kind of lost right now.

I'm trying to make a lateral slide while attaching my right elbow to the hip bone at the same time. This is Penick's "magic move", right? At one time, I was trying to rotate my hips through the ball first and letting the upper body trail. That became a timing issue.

So how do you start the downswing? I tried to plant the left heel as a trigger but had no luck with the timing. I know you have to start from the ground up, but I have lost the sequence. I may have to send you a video for review.

Help!

TT: It is a left knee motion…. Notice the hips look like they have slid but they haven’t…the left knee has moved toward the target to transfer the weight and PULLED the hips. There is a very minimal amount of hip turn at this point.

__January 25, 2013 (Chicken Wing)__

GG: Hey, Pro, if you get five minutes, take a look at this You Tube clip on the chicken wing. You've told me in the past that my chicken wings is not an arms problem but a collapse of the left arm because my lower body stops working. I think I'm understanding now that the real problem is the lower body. Take a look and let me know what you think. Fixing the chicken wing still drives my crazy.

TT: Pretty good!!! He is right..it is all lower body and where you attach left arm

__July 22, 2012 (Tee height for Par 3s)__

GG: **Question:** On TV, the pro's always leave divots on the tee box on the par 3's. It makes you think they are not using a tee, but I think they're teeing it up low (1/4 inch or so), hitting down and making about a dollar size divot. Is that right? If so, how do you leave a divot hitting it off a tee? My home course has 6 par 3's so I have to play them better. This would be another good tip for your book :)

TT: They use a tee only to minimize the grass behind their ball. It is so low its incredible…

__July 16, 2012 (Fat Shots)__

GG: Been hitting it fat the past two rounds. I may be playing it too far back in my stance, especially with the longer irons. Any thoughts on the fat shot?

TT: Ball back is fat…ball forward is thin..always. People make that mistake all the time. Ball forward helps me turn your hips and lengthen your left arm. Ball back is a chicken wing.



__March 25, 2008 (Ball Position)__

GG: Been working on some things and I need a little refresher on ball position. As you know, I've always played it a little too far back and really want to change it this year to improve the ball flight.

Any ideas on ball position and set up would be appreciated. Even thought about buying some kind of training aid that shows ball position on the range.

TT: I like this one ball position. Feet more square as the right foot changes. (Fundamentals of Hogan Link).

__October 19, 2008 (Down swing thoughts)__

GG: Great lesson last week - thanks for getting me in.

Questions:

If the down swing begins with leg drive (left leg driving forward), how much or how far does the left leg move forward (laterally) before it straightens??

Guess the old saying hit against a firm, left side only happens after the leg drive forward and the leg straighten at the same time the hips turn into the follow through. Always scared of a lateral slide, but guess that's what I'm after, right?

TT: I think it is relative to strength in the lower body and of course flexibility. I teach until the left ankle starts to roll. Tough to straighten and turn on a rolled ankle vs a flat foot

Hope that helps