Today's comment stems from a question raised recently by Gerry Fedele, of Montreal, Canada, who wrote:
"Surge, my name is Gerry and I live in Montreal Quebec. I have to be careful with my back, age is creeping up on me . I am 65 years young and I can't thank you enough for introducing me to that fantastic swing, which I practice diligently. I am a 'lefty' like a lot of my friends up here in Montreal due to our National sport which is hockey.
Don, if you can remember us lefties when you give those fabulous lessons of yours, it really would be great. Keep those lessons coming, and many thanks ,Don, or MERCI Beaucoup, as we say up here in Quebec ."
Gerry, when I am demonstrating a point, whether it's on an instructional video, in my manual or as part of this blog, I try to make references that will be helpful to lefties like you. For example, as you know, I'm a right-handed golfer so when I am talking about my left hand/arm, I also try to say "forward" to give southpaws a point of reference. The same is true if we are talking about my right [rear or back] arm or hand. I'm not 100% perfect but hopefully I do it often enough to be of help to you.
Now, the last part of your email seems to ask if there are additional things that lefties need to do in order to be successful with the Peak Performance Golf Swing. If so, the answer is an emphatic "No!". As with many things about the golf swing, the ball doesn't know what club you have in your hand or what side you swing from. It will play the same way because the laws of physics and physiology (the underpinnings of the Surge Swing) apply equally to righties and lefties. Even though I have never played hockey, I've watched it often enough to get the feeling that the puck behaves in the same fashion and that the basic hockey swing follows the same path regardless of which hand one places at the top of the hockey stick. Now that I think about it, it seems to me that the Surge Swing shares a number of things in common with a slap shot. Straight back with the blade toe-up and then lift to a vertical position. From there it's straight down and through, with a controlled release of your hands at impact before finishing with your shoulders facing your target. So, Gerry, you and your fellow Surgites north of the border ought to come to this swing quite naturally!
Keep it vertical!
The Surge
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