Recent content by fronesis

In 2010 and 2011 Tiger kept shooting lousy round after lousy round and then saying afterwards, "I'm close." He's now shot 6 rounds in a row in the 60s. He finished 3rd behind a fantastic performance by Rory last week, and this week he is one stroke off the lead in an elite 70 person field at...

Sorry to clog the forum with a new thread, but I thought it made more sense to catch a Manzella person's attention here then to send Brian an email. I am hoping a Manzella website person or instructor can PM me a link to the download of NSA 2.0. I bought the video long ago, and so my direct...

I've been around here for a few years now. Reworked my entire swing based on Brian's videos: started with NSA which was a revolution for me (despite playing golf for over 20 years, much of it competitive), moved on to take bits from SD and NHA, and finally customized a pattern that I think fits...

I know a lot of folks on here – including Brian, of course – do a lot of video work. I also know that Brian sometimes recommends cameras, as he did about 6 months ago in this thread. Indeed, I have an old Sanyo that Brian recommended long ago, but I don't know if I ever figured out how to make...

Partly to stop tinkering, and partly because I need focus when I'm not playing very frequently, and partly because my tedency is to get TOO OUTSIDE on my backswing and (relatedly) TOO STEEP on my downswing, I decided recently to just focus on the soft draw pattern completely (i.e. not a modified...

Sorry for the awful thread title. Played a round today with a good player on a tough course. I was -1 through 7 when the wind started gusting and I hit it 30 yards long on the par 3 8th and proceeded to make 5. From there, I played about 6 holes where I made a number of awful, quick, nervous...

I hope no one minds if I start a new thread, but Damon posted something in the recently-brought-back-to-life research thread that I thought was important enough to discuss independently. Here's what Damon had to say: There have been a number of debates that have flared up recently which...

I've been playing and practicing a bit more regularly, and hitting the ball a lot better (hit 17 greens once last week). My pattern is fairly orthodox - focusing on an NSA type pivot and perhaps a bit of wedding ring swivel, but with no twistaway. I'm hitting the ball fairly straight, playing a...

I'm not a real golf instructor, but since I am a teacher in real life and 25 year diligent student of golf, I have given golf lessons to a few people over the years. Usually I either taught very new golfers - and I found it was very easy to get them into some better positions and find out what...

There are already good (old) threads on setup and ball position, here, and here. My question is about the relation, if any, between ball position and distance from ball, perhaps particularly in light of any new Trackman-related knowledge. Specifically: does it make any sense to think that...

Lots of folks around here have recommended this new foam practice balls, which are much better for simulating real ball flight than the old wiffle balls. My question: is there any particular brand folks would recommend? I see Callaway makes some and there are some no-name brands, but I would...

This thread, plus my own experiences with SD 1.0 got me thinking. Is the best pattern for any particular golfer the pattern that lies just on the other side of center from that golfer's natural swing tendencies? That is, huestisc started on the far right side of the matrix, with a swing that...

Just watched SD 1.0 for the second time. Brian is right (obviously): Nicklaus' swing IS the soft draw, except Jack plays the ball far up in his stance and swings slightly more left. His 'final point' is not at the target; other than that, it looks so much like the pattern Brian is teaching -...

After another 38 putt round today (still broke 80, but it should have been so much better), I've decided I need to work seriously on my putting. I've switched back to a conventional putter, and I'm trying to work on fundamentals. I want to take a grip with wherein both the club runs right...

First off, I own all of Brian's videos, so I've seen CFF and Over and Out. I'm a (former) flipper. When I was a flipper I also had a fantastic short game, and could usually get up and down from just about anywhere. I played everything WAY off my back foot with a strong grip, and then I timed a...