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At the Mylan Classic, playing with the King's Grandson.....good luck Kevin and thanks for your great contributions to the forum over the past few years!

Hi, Here's my Dad's swing. He's a good player, a retired club pro who still plays to about a 5 hdcp at 67 years old. There's a nasty move that has worked it's way into his swing over the past few years and we can't quite work out how to fix it. As you will see, his backswing looks fine, but...

Brian, I'd like to know your thoughts about the position of the right elbow on the downswing. I'm not worried about "supporting the primary lever attachment", or right forearm on plane at impact, or tracing anything, or maintaining pressure points with my upper arms...but I've got something in...

Hi Brian, I have a question I've been meaning to ask you for a long time, I figured if anyone could explain it you could. When I am on a par 3 and tee the ball up when hitting an iron, it leads to disaster. It unleashes a giant pull hook that starts left of Hillary and ends up somewhere near...

Hi Brian, I really enjoyed the video. A little over a year ago, when I saw you in person, you de-hooked me, with a NHA pattern. Then on a few follow up phone lessons, after I started swinging more left and "de-junked" my old swing, you started moving me towards the center of the Matrix with a...

The last time I sent you some swings, you told me that my right shoulder stayed too high and too far back, and I needed to get it down and forward. One idea you told me was for my shoulders to retrace their path at the start of the move down, until approx. when my left arm is parallel to the...

Of course it was (but you already knew that)! He is as good as advertised, just a flat out great live teacher. He has a great eye, is a great communicator, and has an enormous "database" of images, drills, feels, etc to make sure the student understands what he is trying to convey. He doesn't...

Hi Brian, You talk a lot about fixing the clubface as a starting point in fixing a swing, and mostly you talk about fixing a too-open clubface since that is a much more common problem. However, I have the opposite problem, a too closed clubface at impact which leads to my bad shot, a big...

In recent practice sessions my ball-striking with my short irons has amazed me, and I am hitting it by far the best I ever have. My PW for instance has gone from about 110 yds to 125 yds and the contact is really solid, ball-turf, flight is actually fairly high, slight draw. The swing feels...

Brian, in your quest to become the best teacher in the WORLD, when are you going to cross the Atlantic so your European followers can get the full Manzella experience in person? Clearly, you aren't content with just lowering the US National handicap or being the BEST teacher in America....but...

The thread on Lagging Clubhead Takeaway got me expermenting at the range with Float Loading, with mixed results. Occasional strong shots mixed with a lot of crap and the odd hosel rocket here and there. I had more success with the driver and had lots of problems with the wedge, including lots...

How about a short video showing us the oft talked-about but never demonstrated "Tour Pitch", as discussed on the following threads? http://www.manzellagolfforum.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2240&SearchTerms=tour+pitch...

"Why don't you guys just ask me about Faxon, Perry, Durant, Hnatiuk, Jerry Pate and others? I would love to tell you what component variations we've worked on." Ron Gring, G.S.E.D. I, for one, would love to hear about your work with Faxon, Perry, Durant, Hnatiuk, Pate and others. I am sure we...

After roughly 6 months of very sporadic practice, things are starting to happen. I can't practice with a ball much due to work, 2 small kids and general demands of life in the big city. Most of my practice time is limited to home, with one 90 min range outing (off mats!) per week if I am...

On the Hitting Down thread, the subject of mats rears its ugly head. I currently am stuck in a situation where I can only get to ranges with mats, which I hate. I know it's not ideal, but is it detrimental? Would it be better not to hit balls at all? I am mainly hitting wedges and short...

I am fairly new to TGM and this forum, and I have learned a lot in a short period...what I would like is some more "real world" examples of some of the concepts. For instance, I think I have a pretty good theorhetical grasp of Swinging vs Hitting, but it's not always easy to see with the naked...