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You have the Alignment Golf DVD? There is some good stuff about the push basic stroke in there. A toyed with the push basic for a year or so. I love the simplicity of it, I was also experimenting with a hitting procedure for my full strokes. I struggled with distance control, especially from the 10 ft range. Then I learned to preposition the right shoulder for the desired precision destination ...namely the follow through (also the finish for putts) Yikes! If I got the shoulder gauged correctly the hole started to look a lot bigger. At the end of the day I am a swinger, so I use #4 to power my stroke, but I think the push basic stroke is scary accurate. Two things to focus on:

1. Make sure the right forearm is pointed at the plane line
2. Make sure your right shoulder allows you as much right arm as you need to power the stroke.

Push basic with the right forearm parallel to the plane line is great for swift downhill putts because of the automatic vertical hinge it produces. As I have said before I use ALL THREE hinge actions on the greens. I reserve the horizontal hinge for uber-long St. Andrews type putts, or if I have fringe to go through. The intent of selection is a big piece of the mental game in my opinion. Results are secondary...execution is primary!