Social Experiment

[Hacker James]

I may regret this, but mostly for my own self indulgence I have made a couple of attempts at creating articles relating to golf.  My purpose is mostly to put on paper in an editorial format my thoughts and understanding(s).  Many will more than likely disagree with my assessments, some may even go out of their way to rebut, or even scorn; but that is not the point, but more in the vain of my wanting to see if I can impart my understandings in a manner that is understandable by others whether or not they are in agreement. I am not so thin skinned, that any derogatory comments will bother me in the slightest and if any find them helpful, that is okay too. I might also point out that there is certainly nothing new here as the techniques are relatively basic.  In any event, here is a link to one of these articles:

 

https://1drv.ms/w/s!Ai4ErI93IDVshHfWliIxpzv_AyHc

[Rainmaker]

Interesting . . . I sometimes post in the practice thread my random thoughts (about my practice) - figuring nobody will read it,lol.  It's helpful to organize my thoughts and, for some reason, keeping a journal or something is just way too hard for me. 

I did write a book on Golf, though - here it is:

Everything I know about building the Perfect Golf Swing

-----------------by Rainmaker --------------------------

 

The End. 

 

I'm still working on the middle part, lol. 

 

Edited August 12, 2016 by Rainmaker

[Hacker James]

4 minutes ago, Rainmaker said:

Interesting . . . I sometimes post in the practice thread my random thoughts (about my practice) - figuring nobody will read it,lol.  It's helpful to organize my thoughts and, for some reason, keeping a journal or something is just way too hard for me. 

I did write a book on Golf, though - here it is:

Everything I know about building the Perfect Golf Swing

-----------------by Rainmaker --------------------------

 

The End. 

 

I'm still working on the middle part, lol. 

 

Thanks, it appears that you understand my motive perfectly. I have others, but this I chose as the easiest, and one that has been discussed and debated in detail in the past.  Do you have a link to your book?

 

EDIT.  OOPS, just got what you meant!

 

Edited August 12, 2016 by Hacker James

[Rainmaker]

1 minute ago, Hacker James said:

Thanks, it appears that you understand my motive perfectly. I have others, but this I chose as the easiest, and one that has been discussed and debated in detail in the past.  Do you have a link to your book?

No - that's the whole text of the book right there, lol. 

[Hacker James]

1 minute ago, Rainmaker said:

No - that's the whole text of the book right there, lol. 

Yah, I know, I read it too fast....well done!

[RandallT]

There is a blog area here where you'd likely get a lot more viewership of your ideas. https://thesandtrap.com/blogs/ Look around and you'll see others who publish articles from time to time as it strikes them.

I believe anyone can create their own blog here (I see the "Create Blog" button), and you can publish each of your articles as a separate blog entry.  This site gets pretty good coverage in google searches, so you'd likely get more viewership and feedback, since that's what you are looking for.

That link you posted appears so spammy with all the wacky characters that I bet a lot of folks wouldn't dare click on it. I never click on stuff like that, as a rule. But I gotta admit, I'm curious as to what you're writing about.

[Hacker James]

1 minute ago, RandallT said:

There is a blog area here where you'd likely get a lot more viewership of your ideas. https://thesandtrap.com/blogs/ Look around and you'll see others who publish articles from time to time as it strikes them.

I believe anyone can create their own blog here (I see the "Create Blog" button), and you can publish each of your articles as a separate blog entry.  This site gets pretty good coverage in google searches, so you'd likely get more viewership and feedback, since that's what you are looking for.

That link you posted appears so spammy with all the wacky characters that I bet a lot of folks wouldn't dare click on it. I never click on stuff like that, as a rule. But I gotta admit, I'm curious as to what you're writing about.

Thank you for the suggestion. I did the one drive link in order to not impose on people, but I see what you mean by some might think it spam (it is not).  I thought the blog area was reserved for "vetted" participants.

[natureboy]

It's a worthwhile exercise just to help you remember things you've learned. If it's for you and some friends looks fine.

If not, some critiques:

Spoiler

 

There are some details off (like the ball starts mostly toward the face direction (max is usually ~80%).

You're also a bit ambiguous in your reference points in the procedures for setting up to shape the ball. Phrases like 'to that line' isn't clear if you are referring to the target line or the body/shoulder line. It's good to be explicit, because you can do something line drop your right foot back and still leave your shoulders and hips square to the target line.

 

 

[Hacker James]

14 minutes ago, natureboy said:

It's a worthwhile exercise just to help you remember things you've learned. If it's for you and some friends looks fine.

If not, some critiques:

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There are some details off (like the ball starts mostly toward the face direction (max is usually ~80%).

You're also a bit ambiguous in your reference points in the procedures for setting up to shape the ball. Phrases like 'to that line' isn't clear if you are referring to the target line or the body/shoulder line. It's good to be explicit, because you can do something line drop your right foot back and still leave your shoulders and hips square to the target line.

 

 

Points noted. Thanks.

[Hardspoon]

4 hours ago, Hacker James said:

Thank you for the suggestion. I did the one drive link in order to not impose on people, but I see what you mean by some might think it spam (it is not).  I thought the blog area was reserved for "vetted" participants.

Nope!  Seems like anyone can create a blog.

I didn't click on the link just because I'm usually surfing TST on my phone, and won't really "go outside" the site...if you did this as a blog on TST, I'd probably read it...my commute gets pretty boring.

 

[iacas]

3 hours ago, natureboy said:

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There are some details off (like the ball starts mostly toward the face direction (max is usually ~80%).

[natureboy]

16 hours ago, iacas said:

Thanks. Was remembering the ~ average across all clubs. Forgot it got up to 90% with driver. Still the point was that for shaping shots initial direction is partly influenced by the path - particularly relevant for recovery shots where you're trying to bend it a lot and using a relatively extreme path.

Who was the sample population? Those high 80's% 9i seem like they were mightily delofted. Pro or scratch data?

Edited August 13, 2016 by natureboy