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    Until you have all four (at least), you have something, but not IT.

    In today's technology world, you have High-Speed Video from Down-the-line, face-on, and overhead view, TrackMan, Force Plates, and 6 degree of freedom 3D. Unless you "post up" a swing that has all four, and the four you have on from THAT PARTICULAR EXACT SWING, you have some—and maybe a lot...
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    Bill Clinton Swing Analysis for Sports Illustrated and Golf.com by Brian Manzella

    Bill Clinton's Swing Analysis | GOLF.com
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    The Greatest "Teaching with TrackMan is ALWAYS BETTER" Story Ever!!!

    Let me start by saying that this a true story and the names will be left out of it forever and if anyone even takes a guess guess on this site, I will take the thread down. Here goes.... A teacher who teaches multiple players on tour told me that a student of his who is a multiple tour...
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    QUIZ #3: Will Maximum Lag always produce maximum distance of for a given golfer?

    Will Maximum Lag always produce maximum distance for a given golfer? Yes or no. And why?
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    QUIZ #2: Would "Going Tangential" in the first phase of the downswing......

    Would "Going Tangential" in the first phase of the downswing (from the change of the directions to somewhere around when the hands reach left arm level) with the precise amount of mini-toss to prevent the jackknife-effect, produce more "lag" or less "lag" by the completion of that portion of the...
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    PGA Show 2012

    Another one in the books. That makes 28 in a row, and it really doesn't seem like that long. When I first started going to show, I had a lot of talent for teaching, explaining, writing, and entertainment, but next to no real audience. I tried a lot of things, but most never made a dent. PGA...
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    QUIZ #1: Could you "Go Normal" with your hands in a cast?

    There was some goofy article by Ken Venturi years ago, with him hitting short game shots with his hands in a cast (right wrist slightly bent and left wrist flat. Let's say you put the "cast" on. Could you "go normal"???
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    Post "Well-Timed Release" Teaching.....you want evidence?? Here's your evidence!

    Post "Well-Timed Release" Teaching.....you want evidence?? Here's your evidence! In a world where guys who can't break 80 are swing "experts," and folks actually think I teach a flip and some kind of powerless swing.... Here's a case study for ya. This golfer is no more than 160 lbs, and is...
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    Efficiency....

    Golf swings are pretty much only 25% efficient according to an expert on the subject, Dr Steven Nesbit. I asked him this question at AS2: "Doc, are the better swings more efficient that the not so good ones." His answer: "No, all swings are pretty much the same as far as efficiency. The good...
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    Seriously good impact video (and a Manzella Still)

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    2 NEW Brian Manzella Academy Instructors - Steve Greffen and Rick Dandy

    Steve Greffen and Rick Dandy are the latest Manzella Academy Instructors. I announced it at the Anti-Summit II and now here. For those who don't know, both posted on the forum for years: Steve Greffen as "Bolt" and Rick Dandy as "littleacorns." Both attended several Manzella...
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    Math and Geometry....

    1. At a given ball speed—which is obviously clubhead speed and smash factor dependent—which is obviously spin loft dependent—there is a window of launch angle YOU HAVE TO HAVE to be able to hold PGA Tour greens and not hit the ball too high to be overly affected by the wind. 2. Just imagine the...
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    The 2012 Interview....

    HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS SO FAR...PLEASE ADD ANY YOU'D LIKE ANSWERED (Leftjab) Would someone kindly explain a brief theoretical comparative, using common speak, between what hogan believed to be true about the golf swing, what foley appears to believe to be true about the golf swing, and most...
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    Tom Bartlett Golf Swings from 1989

    One of the best ball strikers for his age, ever. <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34937676?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="700" height="525" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
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    Calvin Peete Analysis (now w/ a page 18 blog post by Brian Manzella)

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    New Casio Announced at CES 2012

    Casio Exilim EX-ZR200: Digital Photography Review
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    Manzella-ISMS

    I pride myself in being able to name things. "Confessions of a Former Flipper" "The Soft Draw Pattern" "Twistaway" "tumble" etc... Anyhoo, here are a couple of MADE UP NAMES that we use here FOR CLARITY... Resultant Path - a term coined by Mike Finney that means simply this: on a...
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    The ANTI-SUMMIT II Experience - by Brian Manzella

    Well, we have two Anti-Summits in the books. For the folks who don't have any idea what an "Anti-Summit" is, why we did two of them so far, why we called it what we did, and what it is not, I will do my best to explain. I started going to seminars that were sillily called "summits" back in...
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    One Hour Conversation with Fredrik Tuxen this morning...

    One of the luckiest things that ever happened to me is how I found science through scientists. Fredrik is at the top of that list. We talked at length this morning about all things TrackMan, and I got some several great answers and insights. #1. TrackMan reports a clubface angle that is well...
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    Revisiting Swinging Left.

    Should you "swing left"? Whats wrong with "swinging straight"? What's the difference between "swinging left" and "aiming left." Even though it has been covered in here in great length and detail, it is still somehow misunderstood by some. Let's start here: <iframe width="853" height="480"...
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