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always tell myself, I have adopted the simplest swing and stick as much
as possible the shooting is to play with the same movement. Now that I
have outlined the idea of teaching by feel, you will better understand
why I attach such importance to this point.
Now these four points together make up the top of the swing, and I was
talking about the waggle—, which is the bottom of an imaginary swing!
Because unless you feel the whole of the swing in your waggle, your
waggle is failing in its purpose.
This controlling feel is built up through the constant repetition of
the correct movements. Also, and this is most important, it is highly
desirable that the memory should not be confused by the frequent or
even occasional introduction of other and different movements—as
happens when the swing is fundamentally changed for certain shots.
Of course in the drive the movement is both more extensive and bolder
than for the shorter shots, but fundamentally it is the same. The
result must be a feeling of "in-to-out" stroking across the face of the
ball—played not at the ball, but through it. The only shots in golf
which I have been unable to play or to teach as sections of the
fundamental "in-to-out" swing are certain shots which call for cut
pulled under and across the ball.
But for ninety-nine out of every hundred shots a golfer must play, the swing is the movement necessary.
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