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  1. 7 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

    Pushups, bench press and incline will most definitely not slow you down. Old myth. Chest, triceps and back are pretty important upper body muscles for your swing. Are they the most important things to work on? No, but definitely beneficial. See Tiger, Brooks, Rory, Jason Day, Bryson, etc

    I was unclear ... if the workout is "do a bunch of pushups," that's not going to help. Upper body strength, in a balanced approach that prioritizes length, and especially elasticity, will absolutely help. But if you only had a few minutes and wanted to do something to improve your golf swing, "do a bunch of air squats and crunches" would be FAR more beneficial.

  2. Just now, ztejas said:

    That's good to know, actually. 

    As for the rest of your comment, I don't think there's much more distance for me to squeeze out of my swing until I get in better shape. Certainly not until I have a more consistent ball flight to play with. Sure there are guys 5 inches shorter than me playing on tour that hit it past me but they actually, like, go to the gym and have hit hundreds of thousands more balls than me.

    Assuming I get in better shape and keep hitting balls 2-3 times a week then I think I could work on really REALLY maximizing rotation to knock the piss out of it. 

    All fair points, yep. Just wanted to point out that "moving your arms really fast" isn't going to translate to ball speed :).

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  3. On 9/22/2020 at 2:06 PM, ztejas said:

    Thanks. The driver in my bag I like is an older head but it's long and I like the shaft. 

    I swing as hard as I can so that's not something I can change. Sounds like I need to do some push ups if I want to get my speed up. Not that distance is the issue with my game, but man it would be fun to get my 7i close to 200 off the tee and get some drives 340-350 after the run out.

    Said very respectfully, this is pretty much all wrong :).

    "Swinging hard" doesn't mean that you're at all putting energy from your body into the club in the most efficient manner. Doing pushups isn't the best way to increase golf speed, either.

    Golf is a rotational game, played from the ground up. Watch the guys that hit it a long way, especially ones who aren't huge - Justin Thomas, Rory, Rickie. They all end up on their tippy-toes at impact, because they're starting their swings from the ground up. They also all finish with their chest AND belt buckle facing the target itself, or even LEFT of the target, because they've rotated so far and so hard. Think about a spiral staircase - you're doing mostly a rotational thing to go up, but you still gotta push up on each stair. It's a pretty good picture for how you unwind from the top of a backswing to get the most power - push DOWN into the ground, then unwind going UP. Bryson's swing has some unique technical bits, so don't start there, but go find a slow-mo of JT or Rory's golf swing. Consider Rory to be the most technically sound driver swing for the modern era - copy it, and you'll do fine (of course, your wedge game will suck, but that's not what you asked).

    In terms of workouts, it's legs, legs, legs, core, more legs, back, legs, shoulders, core, and then more legs. Push ups, bench press, incline press, all gonna slow you down.

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  4. On 9/18/2020 at 12:07 PM, slorch said:

    Made it up to Denver metro and played last night at Blackhawk.  So they  squirt the sanitizer on your hands when you walk up, each dealer has a bottle. Before you shoot first roll only, squirt again. Between shooters, they wipe down the dice with sani-wipes.  When a player leaves, they wipe down the rail and area where player was.  Not sure about the effectiveness, but it damn sure was fun to play craps again.
    Got down $720 last night.  Nickled and dimed them to death and had a good roll this morning. I only had the 12 to go on the all-tall-small bonus.  Leaving the joint up $210 for the trip. Oh yeah, 3 players max at each end of table. $10 tables whole time. 

    You wrong-way playing son of a bitch ... sarcasm aside, I hard-core miss vegas. Not going back until this thing is more stable, but I'm stoked to read some stories of people rolling again.

  5. 7 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    He is fucking FIFTEEN SHOTS OFF THE LEAD and they just showed him tee the ball off. Are there just less guys on the course than I think right now? Jason Day is just 5 over and they just showed him for the first time since I sat down an hour ago.

    *fewer.

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  6. Spent Monday and Tuesday out at Pine Dunes in Frankston, TX, with two surly-ites and one other guy. Played 36 monday (all from the tips, shot 79-87), and 18 Tuesday (blues, 84). What an amazing, incredible golf course. It's long, hard, fair, beautiful, tough, subtle, bold, big, pretty, quiet ... looks more than a little bit line Pinehurst in Texas. Quaint clubhouse and grill set in the middle of fucking nowhere, TX, with a world-class golf course. Even after three rounds I can't say I know the best way to play all the holes. All four of us hit several putts each that had perfect speed and still missed by five feet - the greens don't have huge break, but it was consistently hard to get the ball close. All the greens had areas to run the ball up, or at least a safe place to bail and chip from. Really tough visual sight lines off the tee - no blind tee shots, but lots of doglegs (lots of dogleg lefts), and a few shots that with forced carry that messed with your eyes. Liberal use of bunkers, with more than one in the fairway not as hazards but as aim points. The holes aren't narrow, per se, but with the pine trees and undergrowth so punishing, finding fairways is the key to avoiding big numbers. 4 and 17 are 460+ par 4s, and 6 is a par 3 that was playing 255 into the wind ... just sick.

    Top notch, all the way around, and a fucking STEAL at $89 (with $30 replays!). If you haven't gone yet, go. Make it a day trip if you have to - you won't regret it.

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  7. 1 minute ago, Dr. Beeper said:

    I say that as probably the biggest Duv cheerleader on this board. He may not make it, but he is VERY talented. 

    No one disagrees with THAT statement. But saying that Eagles is more talented than Colin Johnson or Duvernay is just ... a bad take.

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  8. 20 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

    AISD dad here, what the fuck is seesaw?  I know BLEND and TEAMS but I’ve never heard of Seeesaw until this thread. Maybe some thing only certain schools or grades are using?

    In any case, things are going pretty smooth in my house. Eighth grader and sophomore. An instance or two of a link not working and not being able to log into zoom but they move on, do their work anyway, and email the teacher about it and then it’s resolved by the next class.

    Our deal is always that the better their grades are, the less I get involved.  So right now I ask them if they got all their shit done, they say yes, that’s that.  
    I had to unfollow a couple of school Facebook groups because the Karen moms are insufferable with the freaking out over every little glitch or process they don’t agree with  

     

    Seesaw is the LMS for K-2nd grade. Easier to use for the little ones. Each class still has a Blend "class", but their work is all in Seesaw. With an 8th and 10th grader, you don't have to worry about it :).

     

    Agree on the general mindset of "just let this shit play out." By no means have things been perfect, but the teachers have been so awesome. They're always available, they're working their ASSES off to make quality content available with technology that wasn't even around nine months ago, and a teaching/delivery method that no one has been trained for. I've been very, very impressed with everyone, tbh. 

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  9. Kinder and 4th here. I've been REALLY impressed with the teachers - it's clear they've put in tons of hours to least have something that's engaging, makes use of Blend/Seesaw, and is age-appropriate. Zoom has worked fine, the Kinder class actually had 100% attendance this morning.

    We got incredibly lucky to have an au pair be able to join us for the school year. She's flat-out amazing, and is my eyes and ears in the learning room. We converted a play room, put in two desks, and hung a sound-deadening curtain between the kids. Seems to be working ok. 

    We're on the "do your best for a few weeks, and we'll learn all the things we don't know yet" plan. Hoping for low-stress. Our kids are in a good spot - the 4th grader is TAG, so he's ahead of the "normal" curriculum; any review/backwork they have to do he should already have down. Kinder is kinder :). 

    Sending strength and patience to all the parents, and all the kids. Just keep doing the best you can.

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  10. 32 minutes ago, ISUCyclones said:
    38 minutes ago, capnamerca said:
    I have a bottle of the Smooth AMbler SiB Select, says "distilled in Tennessee." Does that mean it's MGP juice? (I haven't opened it yet, and honestly I drink for taste, but trying to improve the learning).

    That would be dickel not MGP unfortunately

    Shit that's what I meant ("not" MGP). Thanks for the quick response. I haven't opened it yet, will report back on taste. At 94 proof, it's probably pretty mellow regardless of lineage.

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  11. I have a bottle of the Smooth Ambler SiB Select 14, says "distilled in Tennessee." Does that mean it's MGP juice? Just trying to improve my understanding of things ... 

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