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QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 19, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) If I wasn't stuck in Missouri I would play with you lol. I think if I played more I could eventually fix the slice just like you did but I just haven't played enough. Even when I go to the driving range and try to aim straight and keep my body and feet straight I still get a massive slice. Like what you said in a post above, I just face to left like I am trying to hit it there and it slices no matter what. My advice, take a lesson. Even if it's just one. They can give you 1-3 easy things to think about/work on. One of my big ones was the hips. Now I think about it, turn instead of sway a ton, and it fixed a lot of it. I never would have known to focus on that. I never saw myself swing, if that makes sense. Putting a few things on video was good.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 19, 2014 -> 03:12 PM) If they have a loss I dont think they are getting in. You have to be undefeated. Not with 4 teams, you don't.

I used to turn both my feet to the left, and hit normal, not just open up. Glad I don't have to do that anymore. Once in a while I'll slice one badly but right now it's usually a consistent fade, which is workable and doesn't require me to aim way left. A little left, like you said, is fine. I'm pretty sure I turn my wrists as soon as I take the club away. For grips, well, I've never really thought about it. Since I just "seriously" got into golf 2 years ago (hadn't played in years before that), I only have a Wilson starter set and a few other clubs, with whatever normal grips come on them. I do wear a glove on my left hand. I do grip the club pretty tight, I know I need to work on that a bit. I don't have a lot of distance, but I'm not a big guy anyway. I sort of understand why hips and lower body etc. matter, but I feel like all my swing comes from my arms, maybe? Anyway, I'm not really concerned YET about crazy distance, first thing is just hitting the ball straighter. In a few years, I will get better clubs, but no need to drop thousands when I'm still trying to rapidly improve the game. I know new clubs isn't a quick fix for swing issues.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 19, 2014 -> 01:21 PM) Yes he was a 5th year. JT Barrett will be starting. He was a highly ranked QB in the 2013 class. And it was down to JT Barrett or Aaron Bailey (our backup), weird to think if he chose OSU he may have been starting now. Saw that pointed out yesterday.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 19, 2014 -> 12:43 PM) Yeah, the thing most people with a semi-large slice don't realize is that by aiming more and more to the left, they are actually increasing the depth of the slice/fade. Opening up your stance encourages more of an over-the-top swing, which imparts more sidespin as a result of the outside-in swing path. Another great thing that has come out of the trackman is a greater understanding of ball flight laws. The data tells us (and this is somewhat up for debate still, but the data is pretty convincing) that where the ball starts is determined primarily by the club face angle at impact, but also somewhat by the swing path. Where the ball "curves" after the starting line or point is primarily a function of swing path. For several decades, the PGA believed the opposite. What this means is that the more you open your stance and encourage that outside to in swing path, the more and more the ball is going to spin right and fly right after the effects of the club face occur. If the ball is starting out at your initial target (well to the left), your club face angle is likely somewhat square in relation to your swing path. If it starts out to the left of even where you are initially aiming (left) then the club face is closed relative to your swing path. If it is starting out right of where you are initially aiming, then the club face angle is open relative to your swing path and so your ball is not only starting right of your target but then slicing right. This ultimately results in the slicing golfer continuing to exacerbate the problem by aiming more and more left. To help correct this, you need to look at what the new ball flight laws are telling you about your ball flight and make adjustments. Aim more at your ultimate target and focus on making an inside-out swing (think about swinging towards the second baseman if you are at home plate, for instance). This imparts leftward sidespin on the ball and results in the ball drawing. If your clubface is a little open relative to this inside-out swing path, you will start seeing the highly desirable "push-draw," where the ball starts out slightly right of your target and then draws back in line with it. To your first point, I wouldn't change a thing. I'd just turn to the left, and "hit it straight", knowing what was going to happen. That's just where the ball would go no matter what. May as well turn. Good info there, thanks for sharing. I've fixed it a good amount. I still have what I'd call a fade, not a slice though. I either aim straight, or only slightly left. Once in a while it will go straight. When I saw myself on video, I was swaying my hips front to back, it was awful. Didn't know I was doing it. Turning my hips has helped a lot. The other thing I need to work on is not casting the club, and doing your swing where it's inside to out. I try to do it, but I just don't think on the way down, I have the hang of keeping the club head inside that line they draw down to the ball when they do video analysis. I also don't think I know how to turn my wrists correctly (which is part of the above problem) I feel like I should be holding the club "looser" but I probably hold it super tight and don't rotate the wrist/hands through to the other side. A tip I saw the other day was when you get to the top, think of yourself pulling a light switch down to start your swing down. I think a lot of my problems come from being a hockey player/baseball player and then trying to put a club in my hands. So I'm trying to unlearn certain motions I'm used to doing.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 18, 2014 -> 11:15 PM) Played twice in the last 5 days.. It seems when I try not to kill the ball on the drive I don't have as much of a slice but it is still there. When I use my irons I have no slice.. Like a guy said before, it looks like I am aiming at streets, houses, and the other holes lol. I shot a 108 on a par 70 though. Not that bad.. I missed a lot of putts for par We should play sometime, we sound almost like the same golfer (both technique and in scoring), although I have somewhat fixed my wicked slice, and don't aim at houses anymore. Just more of a fade I can work with, and still trying to get better.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 19, 2014 -> 12:18 PM) That is correct. But once you figure out the price, they'll figure out the monthly payment, and then they'll try to lower it for you (how generous). They sell it like they're doing you a favor, but it's always for a longer term and a higher interest rate, thus you end up paying more for the car. This car can be had for the low payment of 100 dollars a month, just for the next 30 years.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 19, 2014 -> 07:19 AM) The NFL is so ridiculous. Between all the bad stuff off the field, the way players are used and abused by teams, suddenly a talented kid shows a little bit of attitude and he is treated like the devil. While I agree with you...you can't be flipping people off on the field. That's a little bit different than other things he's done.

I haven't done it, but I've always heard you just negotiate the overall price, never on a monthly payment. Then figure out the financing later.

As long as he doesn't pick up an Illinois hat and put it down, I'll wish him good luck wherever he goes. Unless it's Miznoz.

Manziel flipped off the Redskins sideline. As if he and the Browns need more media attention.

Throwing a routine pass? Strange. Well, looks like the BT is wide open for Illinois now.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 18, 2014 -> 10:10 PM) Jimmy Whitt is committing tomorrow, bmags you think you guys will get him? He's one of Illinois' CG targets, really hoping he pulls the trigger for us. I highly doubt it's ILL tomorrow. Strange to skip all the officials.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Aug 18, 2014 -> 02:44 PM) Cheryl Scott is leaving Channel 5: http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/08/16/weat...-leaving-nbc-5/ Life is f***ing cruel. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Brutal end for TX today, SS chucks an easy 2 hopper over the first baseman's head with the winning run on 3rd to end the game.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 04:09 PM) ADA playing good defense, but that throw home made no sense Yup, as he's not going to tag there as the non-tying run, and if he does and even if he scores, it makes zero difference. You just need the guy on 2nd to not move. Luckily he was throwing to a cutoff and not air mailing it.

Down 5-1 in the 2nd

Grand Salami.

QUOTE (1dog @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 01:31 PM) Exactly. And isn't that how that stupid rule is written? It might be the worst rule in all of sports, and that's saying something. No, the worst rule in sports is "the puck accidentally goes out of play in your defensive zone" and it's a penalty.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 17, 2014 -> 01:17 PM) That's legit, he should be safe. He stepped where the plate was and Nieto's leg covered it. Except Nieto had the ball when he got stepped on. On that one, you punish Reyes for not sliding, and the thing is, to me he never had the intention of doing so. He didn't give me the appearance of "Nieto is close to the plate I have to stay up." If Reyes starts his slide, you may very well have obstruction there. He may make contact and be blocked before Nieto has the ball. Nieto didn't lay his leg down until the ball was in his glove. Technically, his path was never blocked due to stupid baserunning.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 11:25 AM) I kind of blame the Blackhawks. For their last few playoff runs, I've tried watching baseball directly after a Hawks game and was just bored, I couldn't do it. Well let's face it, any baseball game is boring compared to playoff hockey.

QUOTE (The Wiz @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 11:58 PM) I haven't listened to B&B in a long time because I never found them entertaining or enlightening to listen to, but aren't they pretty harsh and blunt most of the time? I figure they have said things in the past that are worse than what Hawk has said, so is it something they really care about or do they just personally have something against Hawk and use it as a tool to use to hate on him? Also, I love Hawk, but he has been going downhill for at least the past five years, but this has been his best year he has had in a while. With that being said though, I wouldn't mind his schedule being cut down to home games only, and maybe Wimpy or a classic PBP guy being brought in for road games and emergency announcer. This has been his worst year yet.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 10:23 PM) Farmteam put this in the game thread, this is verbatim This is gonna be B&B fodder for a while if/when Matt goes back to producing them full time An easy backtrack could have been done, or not comment about it at all and just let it go, instead he attacks someone for criticizing the comment. Brilliant, Hawk. Real classy guy. It'll be B and B fodder and Abbatacola fodder regardless.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 02:15 PM) I'm loving the B&B 15th Anniversary Show. High noon and some second hand news? Epic.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 15, 2014 -> 04:07 PM) The university has plenty of integrity. Their football coach and many of they players he has brought in have none. ND has this as the #1 story on their website. It's swept under the rug at most schools. Integrity? Right. But we've been through this before. Yes, ND doesn't sweep anything under the rug. Good for you ND, good for you.