Symple Putting "The Putting Track Method"

Normally a "putting track" is a metal or plastic track that you slide your putter along in to ensure you have your putter "on-track" on the back stroke and during your actual putting stroke.

With Symple Putting you can set up with your own built-in putting track. With this method you use the top of your thigh as a putting track. To do this requires some changes from the standard Symple Putting set up.

The "Putting Track" set up may not be for everyone. We're all have different physical builds and different needs. This is a method that is worth testing. Try this and compare it against the standard Symple Putting set-up method. See for yourself which one works best.

The Putting Track Method

Grip
The idea of the the "Puttting Track" set-up is that you take your set up first with your top hand so that the back of all your fingers are right against the top of your thigh. (see picture below)

Different Anchor Point
Your anchor point or hinge point is the knuckle at the base of the little finger of the top hand. (This is different than the normal wrist hinge of regular Symple Putting. )

Bend Your Front Leg So It's Parallel To the Shaft
You will have to BEND YOUR FRONT LEG SLIGHTLY SO IT'S PARALLEL TO YOUR THIGH. You'll probably want to bend the back leg the same amount. (see picture below)

The backs of all the fingers touch the thigh.
The putter shaft runs up the middle of the wrist.
The whole thumb and thumb pad of the top hand is on the top of the putter.

SLIDE THE FINGERS OF YOUR BOTTOM HAND RIGHT UNDER THE SHAFT.

Now all (or almost all) of the fingers of
both hands should slide along your thigh.

View from front (with oversized grip)

Now all 10 fingers can slide along your thigh

 

VIDEO CLIP OF HAND ACTION USING
SYMPLE PUTTING'S PUTTING TRACK METHOD

Note the following in the video clip:
1. All the fingers are touching the thigh at address
2. The knee is bent until the thigh is parallel to the putter shaft
3. The hinge is done on the knuckle of the little finger of the top hand
4. All (or almost all) of the fingers slide right on the top of the thigh giving you the feeling of a putting track. 
Obviously on longer putts the backs of your fingers will slide across your thigh only on the beginning of your backstroke then again through impact.

 If you have trouble viewing the flash video above right click this link and choose "Save As" and save to your computer. Then to view the AVI video just click on the file name to play.