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(patent pending) Jack Kuykendall’s E2E (Elbow-to-Elbow)
OPTIMUM MECHANICS (OM)
The Basic OM drills consist of hitting 40 balls each practice session. The second drills are hitting 4
balls with each club with a full shot, two partial shots and one open stance shot. You should perform
the basic 40 ball drill a minimum of three times a week to consistently reinforce brain patterns. With
OM mechanics, you should experience excellent results with the first session. It will only take about
30 days to establish very useable brain patterns. Within 90 days, you should be a consistent ball striker
with dramatically improved distance and accuracy.
Single-Axis Right Hand Grip:
The right hand grip is taken in the palm. Push the
grip firmly into the thumb pad.
Wrap the fingers around the grip. The shaft and
grip are in line with the bottom of the right
forearm.
Stabilized-Wrist-On-Plane (SWOP) left hand grip:
Grip is taken inside the red
lines.
Grip using the LPG
Trainer.
Grip using the LPG
Trainer & club.
Grip with fingers
closed
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Start by taking the
grip between the two
fingers shown.
Move the index
finger to the
position shown.
Left hand pisiform bone. (pi'si-form)
Wrap the thumb around the
grip. Back of hand is
pronated on top of the grip.
The pisiform bone (red
circle) is outside the grip.
Both hands on the grip. Pisiform
bone (green arrow)
One stroke method is proving to be the most effect for distance, accuracy and trajectory. I am calling
it the E2E-SWOP-BASEBALL stroke. (Elbow to Elbow)-(Stabilized wrist on plane) – Baseball
position of hands at the top of the stroke.
Distance is created by four methods: The left arm becomes a flail. The right arm is a fast pitch
softball pitch. At waist high in the downstroke, there are two shortenings of a radius; left elbow
moves back and right hand moves toward the target. The combination of the four produce
unbelievable clubhead speed with the appearance of no effort.
Accuracy: The SWOP grip allows the left wrist to remain stable and on a Single-Plane from
address to impact. The back of the leading hand remains on plane from address to impact. At the
top of the backstroke, it will look like a good baseball stance.
Trajectory: Because the hands are higher in the backstroke, the clubhead is on a steeper
descending path and produces a higher ball flight with greater backspin.
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E2E-SWOP-BASEBALL
Hands are inside the
left thigh and ahead
of the ball. Body is
balanced with even
distribution of weight
on both feet.
Start the backstroke
by pulling the right
elbow backward.
Keep the left hand
on plane
Baseball
position
at the top
Start the downstroke by moving
the right hand down on the same
arc as the backstroke.
This ACTION is balanced by the REACTION of the body sitting into the knees and moving
slightly to the left. There is NO lagging of the clubhead behind the hands. The hands are passive
in E2E. Clubhead speed is produced by the physics principles of right arm thrust, left arm flail and
shortening-of-the-radius by the right hand and left elbow.
The head is over
the right knee.
The hips and
shoulders face
the target line
and both feet are
FLAT on the
ground
After impact, the
left elbow
continues to move
around the body.
Left elbow even with the
left side. Head still over
right knee. Both feet still
flat on the ground. The
knees are in the same
position as they were at the
start of the downstroke.
Chase after the ball with the
right arm. The hands move
naturally up on plane. Keep
the eyes focused in the
impact zone. The body is a
stabilizer. The arms
produce the clubhead speed.
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DRILL #1:
Hit 10 balls off the
Alignment/Practice mat
with a wedge using the
E2E trainer and MGNS.
Swing at 20% clubhead speed. This drill
is to train your elbows to move around
your body.
DRILL #2:
Hit 10 balls off the
Alignment/Practice mat
with a wedge using the
LPG and MGNS trainers
You can obtain 90% of your distance with
these two training aids.
DRILL #3:
Hit 10 balls off the
Alignment/Practice
mat with a wedge
without training aids.
Arm Action –
Body Reaction
Drill #4: Hit 10 balls off the
Alignment/Practice mat
with a wedge sitting on a
stool.
This is an extremely
important drill; it proves that clubhead
speed comes from the arms and that the
body is just a stabilizer.
You should hit the ball within 5% of your
standing up distance.
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Four-Ball Drills With Wedges
Full Shot 9 O’clock 11 O’clock 45o Open Flop Shot
Two-Ball Full Shot Drills With Remainder Of Clubs
Top Downstroke Impact Extension
This is Jack Kuykendall’s chart at age 73.
Basic Stance 45 Degree Open Stance
Full Shots
Distance yards
Partial Shots
Distance yards
Distance yards
Club Club 9 O’clock 11 O’clock
60 75 60 30 50
54 90 54 40 65
48 105 48 50 80
42 120
36 135
30 150
24 165
18 180
18+ 195
Driver 240
Full Shots Distance yards
Club
60 60
54 80
48 100
You must know your club distances to have confidence to execute shots on the course.
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Wall Sponge Trainer:
Using the E2E Trainer, take the SWOP left hand grip. Pull the right elbow back and up to a
baseball batting position. Retrace the backstroke on the downstroke! This is extremely critical.
Alignment Practice Mat: I have many students who hit the ball as-good-as or better than I do on the
range. When we do a playing lesson, they play very poorly. The majority of
the time, the reason is alignment. The majority of golfers line to the right
and pull their arms back across the body. This is a vision problem that can
only be corrected with a training aid that allows your vision to continually
observe correct alignment. Again, a training aid is needed to assure correct
alignment. The brain has to build patterns for correct visual alignment.
Watch tour players warm up before a tournament. They practice alignment
and tempo. Correct alignment is a continuous training of the brain’s visual
patterns.