[Sydneyfonzi]

slight arc

[CKDIWEQ]

Selected the wrong answer. Doh. I'm an arc guy all the way. Stan Utley is the man.

[Qutlsilh]

SBST, but I think we all have somewhat of an arc to our putting stroke.

[usaguedriedax]

I picked arc, because I am assuming SBST is the "closed to open" method?? And the arc would be the "open to closed"??

[Qutlsilh]

I picked arc, because I am assuming SBST is the "closed to open" method?? And the arc would be the "open to closed"??

With SBST the putter should stay pretty square all the way through the stroke.
IMO, there is still somewhat of an opening and closing of the clubface because its almost impossible to keep it perfectly square simply because your body acts as an axis and its natural for the clubface to open and close a little bit.

[usaguedriedax]

With SBST the putter should stay pretty square all the way through the stroke.
IMO, there is still somewhat of an opening and closing of the clubface because its almost impossible to keep it perfectly square simply because your body acts as an axis and its natural for the clubface to open and close a little bit.

Square being relative to what?? your body or the line, if it is the line you would have to close the club face on the backswing(in relation to your body) and open it through impact for it to be square to the line.

Watch the first minute of this video, I am assuming the first example(first two putts) is the arc and the second example is the SBST
[YOUTUBE]1TDSWxBHVOY[/YOUTUBE]

[Qutlsilh]

Square being relative to what?? your body or the line, if it is the line you would have to close the club face on the backswing(in relation to your body) and open it through impact for it to be square to the line.

Watch the first minute of this video, I am assuming the first example(first two putts) is the arc and the second example is the SBST
[YOUTUBE]1TDSWxBHVOY[/YOUTUBE]

Square to your body and the line. Im on dial-up here, so watching that video aint gonna happen.

[xanaxonlinexanax]

60% of my weight on my front foot - straight back - straight forward so the head of my putter follows thru to my mark.

now it's al about read and speed!!!!!

[fgfblog]

Good post Craig. That's exactly what I was asking. I use the SBST and the guy in the video is correct. It does require movement in the shoulders to swing the club in that line but...I can't putt for ****. It seems the arc would require massive practice to be square at impact consistently. anyway...I'm on a mission to learn how to get it down! Ha!

[ashleyjoseph]

I prefer the arc method. To me putting is more of a visualization method. I put a “movie” of the ball rolling to the location I am hitting to in my mind, then play the movie in my mind and let the swing take care of itself. I know it probably sounds crazy but with a little practice your imagination can become very accurate in swinging the putter and putting the ball in the hole.