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If I turn perfectly around a pivot centre located between my shoulders, should my head remain still or will it only move if I slide my hips slightly to my right as I turn?

On the lesson tee this week I’ve had two students with big, chubby fingers, large hands and thick wrists. Both of them appeared to have more difficulties in bending back their right wrist to flatten the left. I tried the standard 10-2-B strong single action grip. Any suggestions for making it...

It seems common to see professional players who have strong grips who also have fast, rotating hips with relatively little lateral movement. These players are often called “body releasers”. What is it that makes fast hips compatible with a strong grip? From what I’ve read and experienced...

Could anyone suggest any reliable laser trainers for plane tracing, which would also be suitable for use outside? I've visited the bigha site, which has some high quality lasers which would need to be rigged up for golfing use. Any other ideas. Thanks in advance. James

A question: If I trace the plane throughout the backstroke and my shaft flattens slightly as I start the downstroke my club must go outside the plane line at least for a portion of the downswing. Is that correct? Then if that's the case some of photos posted recently with the club appearing...

Does anybody know how open or closed the face has to be at separation for the ball not to go more or less in the direction the head is travelling?

Brian, In your Whirlwind Week Part 1 video you spoke about the alignment of the shoulders at impact and the work Chuck Cook has done with the K-vest. As you stated, because the left arm starts across the chest and not hanging down at the side most good/great players get back to impact with...

What is the most efficient way of flattening the left wrist without disrupting the ability to trace a straight plane line, bending the right wrist, bending the right elbow or a bit of both? Thanks for any advice. James

Standing watching my students regularly top the ball I thought it would be valuable to draw up a comprehensive list of the reasons for it. I'll start the ball rolling with what I see to be the most common reasons. It would be nice to have several supra-categories (pivot problems/weight...

Any suggestions on a work-out programme for my younger students over the winter months? Which muscles should they be building and how? Should they go for power, strength or stamina or a combination of all three?

I was wondering what movement(s) make the shaft flatten in the downswing. Starting the downswing by shifting the weight target-wards before the backswing has finished? The right triceps moving back towards the ribcage as the right elbow moves diagonally downwards towards the belly-button and...

I'm trying to get straight in my head the arguments for and against "X-factor" type pivots, i.e. pivots which encourage a as big as possible differential between the amount of turn of the hips and the amount of turn of the shoulders. Is this a useful way of generating speed in the swing or is...

If you look at this photo of Sam Snead starting down it appears as though the shaft is pointing some way outside the plane line. My question is; even given for a little parallax, how does he get that shaft back on plane later on in the downswing? Any ideas?

Despite hcw's help I'm still unable to add photos to the posts. The insert image icon fails to appear when hitting the quote button. Can anyone enligthen me? Thanks.

Looking for some help here. Where should I be putting my camera to film my students' swings in order to avoid parallax as much as it is possible? At the moment Down the Line I'm putting the camera at about hand height pointing through the golfer's hands towards the target. From face-on, again at...

Brian, Since I started teaching about three years ago, I've read a lot of books, spoken to a lot of people and spent the last four months reading through the posts on the site, all tremendously informative and truly appreciated. One of the books I've got the most out of is Jim Suttie's, Mike...

If I'm looking at one of my student's swings on the laptop from down the line, at the top of the backswing and they're right on the turned shoulder plane should an extension of that line also dissect the sweetspot of the club? Thanks for any insight.

Would it be fair to say that getting into better positions improves your alignments?

The sequence was posted in relation to the article about Mac O'Grady in Golf Digest. I haven't been able to copy the sequence so here is the relevant link to the thread. www.brianmanzella.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6780&page=8 I have a question about the left arm and its relation to the body...

Brian, You've been interacting personally and via the forum with hundreds of golfers and quite a few teachers in the last 3 or 4 years. What would you consider to be the top five new ideas/images/instruction keys that you've learnt/picked from everybody's contributions? My best so far, in no...