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In a solid stroke, the left shoulder works down and then up – just like
the handle of the putter.
Hands remain neutral on the grip and passive throughout the stroke, enabling you to maintain this controlling unit while developing good tempo with the gentle rocking of the shoulders.

How the Zen can help you develop your feel for the stroke, and a sense of true ‘release’

Hitting at the ball with the putter is often the cause of poor ballstriking on the greens (and likewise in the full swing). You see it everyday: flicking at it with the putter-head can cause a player to pull a putt, while hitting at it with the hands (i.e. ‘driving’ a putt) can result in a block. Either way, the ball’s not going to drop. The key to long-term consistency is that (1) you learn to develop a repeating pendulum-type stroke that is controlled by the upper body and (2) that you then fine-tune that stroke to produce the smooth upstroke that (as far as is physically possible) eliminates the ‘hit’.
And that’s where this putter really comes into its own. With its unique design, when you work on ‘holding’ and then releasing the ball from within the aperture of the

Zen Oracle putter there is no impact, and so immediately you get a true roll towards your target.
To get accustomed to the feel of the head and the sensation of rolling the ball back and forth, we kick off with what we have termed the ‘Reflex’ exercise (above).
This involves simply holding the ball within the aparture of the putter as you move it just a few inches gently backwards and forwards under the line of string (and whatever putter you play, practising with a taut line of string like this is a no-brainer; all of the best putters do it). Tour players who use the Zen repeat the Reflex drill for a couple of minutes and then move on to releasing the ball and rolling it into the hole.