The Washington herald., 1922-02-13

pressed Pupil of Par, Il have a
feeling of real power when / hit
the ball. But fot the greater part
of the time I miss this feeling.
and the harder l seem to hit, the
less power l seem to feel as the
club head reaches the ball. Just
what gives this feeling of power,
anyway"
Any extra effort. on the part Of
the average golfer at least, to get
this feel of power is the best way
in the world not to get it. The
feel of power" referred to above
is. of course, nothing but right
timing
The club head happened to meet
the ball when the hands were in
the right place and the club head
was at its top momentum.
And this happens most frequently
to most golfers when they are hit
ting within their control and not
reaching beyond it.
\ The Feel of Power.
Leaving out the few top-line
stars of the game, conscious efforts
to get power leads to many forms
of trouble in the loss of the in
gredient so keenly desired.
Bill Jones, average game 81. de-
cides he is going to put little
more punch in this next one.
What happens?
The odds that he will grip a lit
tie tighter than usual and swing
back a little faster. Having done
this he will then likely try to hit
too quickly, with the result that
the snap has been lost before he
hits the ball. If he doesn't COM
nit these faults the chances are
that in this conscious effort he
will start his body in ahead OF the
swing and that means a loss of all
power.
Or he may very easily sway out
of line and thus lose his balance. or
with equal ease duck in his right
shoulder as he lifts the left. The
main trouble with this matter Of
extra effort is that the average
golfer too often puts the effort
into the wrong part of his body at
the wrong part of the swing.
If he could be content to keep
this normal back swing and his
balance in place and then lash
through a little faster with the
right hand at the right place he
might get his extra distance with
out trouble. But extra effort rare
ly comes TO him that way.
The Advance Touch.
There are certain things in golf
that are hard to explain in writing,
even in personal instruction.
But the feel of power will come
if one can visualize the right sort
Of motion in advance-that Is, a
light grip. an even back swing and
then the snap of the right hand
into the ball.
To get this feel one must let the
club do more of the work. 1t is
all well enough for the pro or the
crack amateur to give his hands
and body most of the work. for he
knows where and how and when
to apply them.
But for the average player 1t is
much safer to let the club in on
the arrangement to a greater eX-
tent, to be surer that the hands
don't get in too far ahead on the
down swing
An earnest effort to hit with
power. as applied by the hands and
arms. is fairly sure to result in this
very thing happening, which ac-
counts for most of the slicing.
The hands, once started in ad-
vance Of the club, have a way Of
holding that same position all
through the swing. -.
That Right Hand.
When golfer Is sllcing badly
you frequently hear this advice
given:
You didn't get in enough right
hand-or, you didn't get the right
hand in quickly enough"
The right hand might come in
very quickly and still bring about
a bad slice-if 1t comes in ahead
of the club head.
And the harder one night try to
get the hight hand in faster, the
more he might slice IL he was
using the right hand to pull the
club across the ball.
Pulling Together.
The fact that the United States
Golf Association and the Western
Golf Association are planning to
pull together is one of the great
est things the new season has to
offer the game.
The main thing to be considered
is to have the same set of rules
for all.
1t doesn't make much difference
to most golfers what these are. as