Squat Pull Equals Powerful straight shots

Question 1

On August 12, 2017 at the range I experienced a huge epiphany. The mysterious “Squat” for power people were referring to was finally realized by me on the driving range.

It is actually a squat pull way of delivering the leading edge of the grip straight into my ball without pulling and hooking. Also it takes very little strength from me as I am hitting with my large hip and glut muscles and only using my hands for structure.

As an overview, I use the Squat Pull to uncock my hands and pull the triangle into the impact of the ball.

See flip side for rules and comments.

Answer 1

Rules:

1. Match leading edge of clubface with your spine on TA. Before the leading edge was closed at impact, resulting in hard pulls.
2. TA stays outside of your hands then straight up and back. Most amateurs TA back behind their body and open the CF which is a huge slice waiting to happen.
3. Good shoulder turn, hands high and cocked slowly. Shaft points to target behind me.
4. Do not assist Right arm with uncocking of hands. Instead let it gravity drop until your Right arm has unfolded about one third of the way to Leveled Out position. Your Right arm is basically passive and only used as a structure in the squat pull.
5. At this one third point several things are happening.

• Club is leveling out
• Grip is leading into ball
• Golf shaft is tracing target line to ball impact
• Hands are uncocking slowly at same speed they cocked on BS.
• Squat Pull begins!

The Squat Pull is the master key to the entire swing! It will finish pulling your right arm open and into the Level out slot. It also will finish uncocking your hands and transfer all of your weight to the left side.

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Question 2

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Remember the squat pull is a rope “pulling down a shade”. It is pulling the triangle down, under and around the swing arc with your arms locked into the “V” formation.

Feels like you squat to pull down, then bump to pull under, then weight into left heel to pivot to achieve “Ground Force Reaction”.

It feels like you are dipping down, shifting left then pushing back up with weight fully transferred into ball. Of course you do not want to pop up on your left leg and top the ball, so think of it as popping weight into the ball.

Answer 2

As you are popping into the ball, just drive the shaft squarely into the ball hitting it with CF. No guiding hand rotation because you are driving the grip into the ball and with the Squat Pull your left hand will already be slighly bowed for a perfect straight hit.

Try to do a normal high finish, but no Arnold Palmer anti-hook FF is necessary at the time of this writing.

This method works on all my clubs, driver to PW. PW goes straight thanks to matching leading edge with my spine. Will not pull left!

Remember, legs move faster than arms, so Squat and delay the shoulders a fraction of a second. Remember belt buckle SB facing target on FF.

7 Iron going 150 with range balls.

4 Iron and 3 wood about 180 with range balls

PW, 9 and 8 go straight with normal high FF.

Looks like a winner