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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.