The left thumb and the outside left of the left foot, who would have thought the secret would be found in the digits and the tootsies, a bit and byte, a 0 and a 1, the tiniest of quanta makes the universe inside of a golf swing so sublime.
I am amazed that Luther does not attract a much larger audience given his obvious depth of knowledge and his referencing of the works which he has relied on to build his own contributions on. I follow a lot of online golf teaching videos largely in an attempt to validate the information contained. I have an Explanar and have used it intermittently. It really only became relevant when I began to follow Luther's in depth tuition on swing building i.e. neutral thumb, shoulder to the throat and release of the right hand in the down swing, along with carrying on down the line hinging on line or holding shaft under the plane depending on draw or fade. Have added 30 yards to my drives without speed training using his techniques. Long way to go but am indebted to Luther's teaching.
Thank you “alh disco” ! I am very flattered by your encouraging remarks. Also, I’m equally thrilled that you understand my principles so clearly and thoroughly. Feedback like yours is what gets me out of bed over the last 50 years as a golf coach. Keep using Explanar for just a few minutes every day - it’s also the best strength and mobility apparatus anywhere. Keep me and our subscribers up to date - in a few weeks I’ll do some pieces to camera and answer any questions personally to you, God bless, Luth
Hi Tony - I had not heard that before. Certainly I can imagine Mr. Hogan recognising Trevino’s incredible extension through impact. When measured in the early 70’s, Trevino kept the blade square through impact longer than anyone. Thanks for your feedback and subscribing, Kind regards, Luther.
Gosh, i didn't know you were the inventor of the explanar Luther. Ive yet to use one, but they have one out here in Agadir, Morocco, at a practice centre. I tried the short thumb recently in practice, and i finally made a wrist cock in my swing. Hard to believe I'd played 30 years with no real wrist cock, explains my lack of distance. But i got down to a 5 handicap nevertheless. Look forward to working with you in the future.
One thing I’m trying to understand about hogan’s book is the downswing plane vs. the backswing plane. I just read the book for the 1st time and can’t quite picture how the book describes the difference between the two planes. Could you use explanar help with this?
Hi Andres - Hogan felt he went back in plane and shifted to a slightly flatter plane, hence the ball starting a bit right of intended target. I feel he went back slightly above plane and shifted “to the plane” at impact. Don’t worry about it when playing - key thing is starting the ball on your intended line. Thanks for your feedback and interest, Luther.
Ive never used an Explanar but i do imagine Im in one for the 1st move in my swing! as i have a tendency( caused by 2 bad lessons,my last! when i started golf) to move laterally,rather than push down and rotate in a more circular motion at the start.
Hi Graham, thanks for your comment. A number of years ago, Dr. Paul Hurrion who designed the state of the art QUINTIC putting laboratory, took pressure plate readings of every European Tour Pro’s weight distribution during their swing. Every single Pro’s weight was linear, toward the target before rotational clearance. The better the player the longer they were linear! I’m happy to report that pupils in Explanar mirror that same weight distribution as the Pros. I was pleased, and relieved that Explanar encouraged the same movements as the best in the game demonstrate. Thanks for your comments and continue to enjoy.my videos - tell your friends! Kind regards, Luther.
@@lutherblacklockgolfcom Hi Luther,I agree every great ball striker in at least the last 40yrs does this,but most golfers dont! But i was talking about the 1st move in the backswing! not transition and through swing! Most golfers dont achieve this due to lack of athletic ability and poor teaching.They start with a ball position that demands athletic ability/lateral movement to get ahead/through the ball.They then make it nearly impossible by going for width/lateral movement/widening the arc on the backswing! reulting in throwing/hitting the clubhead at the ball and/or heaving the right side to get back/past the ball.
You have to remember when reading Hogans great book he was left handed playing right so could get away with/benefit from a weak left hand. Speith is the only top player i can think of with a weak top hand apart from Phil Mick who is right handed playing left ! Colin Mori is prob left handed! but i think at least %90 of top pros have a strong top hand,its easy to check this!
@@stephenmascari950 Probably, as Hogan states at the bottom of page 30 in his MF book "I was born left handed" The point i was trying to make is that if you copy Hogans grip and are right handed you are going to have to work extremely hard on strengthening/coordinating your left arm/side.Realising this,i have strengthened my grip slightly, i managed to get my left thumb to 1 oclock not 12 but have struggled to get my heel of hand to match.I have done a lot of left arm only swings and still hit a cpl in the nets warming up But be careful strengthen and work up to this or risk injury!The outcome is that i now have the ability to bounce a ball on a wedge 10 times left handed and can hold a rally left handed at table tennis! (B4 golf i would have missed every time) but more importantly im down to my lowest ever Hcp, 3.2 at the age of 61.
It took me over 10years to"get" Hogans plane/pane of glass!But for me it hardly ever points at the ball! Its resting on the shoulders,its a shoulder plane the arms are nothing to do with it! So where it points depends on physique,posture length of club,distance from ball etc But its a great image feel for how the shoulders work and should dominate to halfway back ,9oclock to through to at least 4 o'clock Get them moving early, fast and on plane!
Hi Graham, you are correct that the arms are not the swing plane - as irrelevant as the “shaft plane” that moves through 5 different planes. Like wise there is no such thing as “shoulder” plane as they are lifting and rolling and twisting continually. Hogans plane of glass is the optimum journey of the clubs sweet spot around the hub of the upper sternum - this in turn needs to be aligned closely to the target/plane line. Hogan knew on Page 79 that the true plane was a few inches lower than the pane of glass. Hogans plane would vary according to the height and proportions of the golfers physique and vary according to the length of club AND according to the type of shot ie Draw, Fade, High and Low. I refer you to Seymour Dunn 30 years before Hogans Modern Fundamentals: he understood the plane as the journey of the club face around the body.
The left thumb and the outside left of the left foot, who would have thought the secret would be found in the digits and the tootsies, a bit and byte, a 0 and a 1, the tiniest of quanta makes the universe inside of a golf swing so sublime.
I am amazed that Luther does not attract a much larger audience given his obvious depth of knowledge and his referencing of the works which he has relied on to build his own contributions on. I follow a lot of online golf teaching videos largely in an attempt to validate the information contained. I have an Explanar and have used it intermittently. It really only became relevant when I began to follow Luther's in depth tuition on swing building i.e. neutral thumb, shoulder to the throat and release of the right hand in the down swing, along with carrying on down the line hinging on line or holding shaft under the plane depending on draw or fade. Have added 30 yards to my drives without speed training using his techniques. Long way to go but am indebted to Luther's teaching.
Thank you “alh disco” !
I am very flattered by your encouraging remarks. Also, I’m equally thrilled that you understand my principles so clearly and thoroughly.
Feedback like yours is what gets me out of bed over the last 50 years as a golf coach.
Keep using Explanar for just a few minutes every day - it’s also the best strength and mobility apparatus anywhere. Keep me and our subscribers up to date - in a few weeks I’ll do some pieces to camera and answer any questions personally to you,
God bless,
Luth
Excellent analysis! Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Great stuff, thank you.
My pleasure!
Thanks guy's,great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Legend says, Hogan had Trevino hit his irons to make sure they were built correctly. That was massive respect for someone's game.
Hi Tony - I had not heard that before. Certainly I can imagine Mr. Hogan recognising Trevino’s incredible extension through impact. When measured in the early 70’s, Trevino kept the blade square through impact longer than anyone.
Thanks for your feedback and subscribing,
Kind regards,
Luther.
Gosh, i didn't know you were the inventor of the explanar Luther. Ive yet to use one, but they have one out here in Agadir, Morocco, at a practice centre. I tried the short thumb recently in practice, and i finally made a wrist cock in my swing. Hard to believe I'd played 30 years with no real wrist cock, explains my lack of distance. But i got down to a 5 handicap nevertheless. Look forward to working with you in the future.
is this Five Lessons (the book you're talking about) ?
One thing I’m trying to understand about hogan’s book is the downswing plane vs. the backswing plane. I just read the book for the 1st time and can’t quite picture how the book describes the difference between the two planes. Could you use explanar help with this?
Hi Andres - Hogan felt he went back in plane and shifted to a slightly flatter plane, hence the ball starting a bit right of intended target. I feel he went back slightly above plane and shifted “to the plane” at impact.
Don’t worry about it when playing - key thing is starting the ball on your intended line.
Thanks for your feedback and interest,
Luther.
Ive never used an Explanar but i do imagine Im in one for the 1st move in my swing! as i have a tendency( caused by 2 bad lessons,my last! when i started golf) to move laterally,rather than push down and rotate in a more circular motion at the start.
Hi Graham, thanks for your comment.
A number of years ago, Dr. Paul Hurrion who designed the state of the art QUINTIC putting laboratory, took pressure plate readings of every European Tour Pro’s weight distribution during their swing.
Every single Pro’s weight was linear, toward the target before rotational clearance. The better the player the longer they were linear!
I’m happy to report that pupils in Explanar mirror that same weight distribution as the Pros.
I was pleased, and relieved that Explanar encouraged the same movements as the best in the game demonstrate.
Thanks for your comments and continue to enjoy.my videos - tell your friends!
Kind regards,
Luther.
@@lutherblacklockgolfcom Hi Luther,I agree every great ball striker in at least the last 40yrs does this,but most golfers dont! But i was talking about the 1st move in the backswing! not transition and through swing! Most golfers dont achieve this due to lack of athletic ability and poor teaching.They start with a ball position that demands athletic ability/lateral movement to get ahead/through the ball.They then make it nearly impossible by going for width/lateral movement/widening the arc on the backswing! reulting in throwing/hitting the clubhead at the ball and/or heaving the right side to get back/past the ball.
LB you got distracted and never showed the Watson release!
Hi Graham - thanks for letting me know; it shows we are real time and unscripted!
I’ll try to cover the point next time we film, Kind regards, Luther.
You have to remember when reading Hogans great book he was left handed playing right so could get away with/benefit from a weak left hand. Speith is the only top player i can think of with a weak top hand apart from Phil Mick who is right handed playing left ! Colin Mori is prob left handed! but i think at least %90 of top pros have a strong top hand,its easy to check this!
I believe that Hogan was Right handed. His first clubsthat were given to him were left handed...I could be wrong ....
@@stephenmascari950 Probably, as Hogan states at the bottom of page 30 in his MF book "I was born left handed" The point i was trying to make is that if you copy Hogans grip and are right handed you are going to have to work extremely hard on strengthening/coordinating your left arm/side.Realising this,i have strengthened my grip slightly, i managed to get my left thumb to 1 oclock not 12 but have struggled to get my heel of hand to match.I have done a lot of left arm only swings and still hit a cpl in the nets warming up But be careful strengthen and work up to this or risk injury!The outcome is that i now have the ability to bounce a ball on a wedge 10 times left handed and can hold a rally left handed at table tennis! (B4 golf i would have missed every time) but more importantly im down to my lowest ever Hcp, 3.2 at the age of 61.
It took me over 10years to"get" Hogans plane/pane of glass!But for me it hardly ever points at the ball! Its resting on the shoulders,its a shoulder plane the arms are nothing to do with it! So where it points depends on physique,posture length of club,distance from ball etc But its a great image feel for how the shoulders work and should dominate to halfway back ,9oclock to through to at least 4 o'clock Get them moving early, fast and on plane!
Hi Graham, you are correct that the arms are not the swing plane - as irrelevant as the “shaft plane” that moves through 5 different planes.
Like wise there is no such thing as “shoulder” plane as they are lifting and rolling and twisting continually.
Hogans plane of glass is the optimum journey of the clubs sweet spot around the hub of the upper sternum - this in turn needs to be aligned closely to the target/plane line.
Hogan knew on Page 79 that the true plane was a few inches lower than the pane of glass.
Hogans plane would vary according to the height and proportions of the golfers physique and vary according to the length of club AND according to the type of shot ie Draw, Fade, High and Low.
I refer you to Seymour Dunn 30 years before Hogans Modern Fundamentals: he understood the plane as the journey of the club face around the body.