Followed your advise and ordered and already watching Soft Draw1. I will start practicing using those concepts.
Thanks for sharing your expertise.
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Followed your advise and ordered and already watching Soft Draw1. I will start practicing using those concepts.
Thanks for sharing your expertise.
texagjosh
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Can anyone elaborate on what "misses" to expect with particular deviations from the pattern? For instance:
- Not coming down the wall on the downswing
- Not delaying downswing properly, or delaying it too long
- Not coming up the wall properly on the backswing
- Not following the YBR
I gave this pattern a whirl tonight after a couple viewings of NHA2 and found some success. It'll take more time to make up/down the wall a more natural feel when I want to hit the fade, but as Brian said in the video it's much easier to control and the ball has a nice flight to it.
- Not coming down the wall on the downswing
- Not delaying downswing properly, or delaying it too long
- Not coming up the wall properly on the backswing
- Not following the YBR
I gave this pattern a whirl tonight after a couple viewings of NHA2 and found some success. It'll take more time to make up/down the wall a more natural feel when I want to hit the fade, but as Brian said in the video it's much easier to control and the ball has a nice flight to it.
curtisj76
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Well, I'm new to it as well but I LIKE it. I have only hooked it once in the 5 rounds I've played this year and I'm sure I strayed away from what I was supposed to be doing. I still find a way to hit a push fade however. I've hit some of my long irons like I've never hit them before, all mostly dead straight or just a slight cut. The only club that fades is my driver. Just need to work on it some more. Gonna stick with this that's for sure.
PS I've also hit a few irons fat and I think it's because I slid too much on the backswing, not sure. Oh yeah, and a few shots off the toe which I've never had before.
PS I've also hit a few irons fat and I think it's because I slid too much on the backswing, not sure. Oh yeah, and a few shots off the toe which I've never had before.
Bill Miracle
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I've been all over the Manzella Matrix....
Finally got into being a constant hooker (or pusher). All of the swing faults Brian points out in this video had become me. Just this week, I dug this video out and first time out....major improvement. It's been a little while since I heard that "crack" off the driver. I found this to be a very easy pattern to implement.
My faults with this pattern so far have been pulls and toe shots. I haven't pulled the ball in a long time and they were playable pulls. I need more time with this but the rest was very accurate shots. One other thing.....I was hitting the ball much longer but on about 3 holes with up front pins, I was short, real short with my wedges (from 65 to 85 yds). Don't think that is due to the pattern but I'm usually not as short as I was.
Finally got into being a constant hooker (or pusher). All of the swing faults Brian points out in this video had become me. Just this week, I dug this video out and first time out....major improvement. It's been a little while since I heard that "crack" off the driver. I found this to be a very easy pattern to implement.
My faults with this pattern so far have been pulls and toe shots. I haven't pulled the ball in a long time and they were playable pulls. I need more time with this but the rest was very accurate shots. One other thing.....I was hitting the ball much longer but on about 3 holes with up front pins, I was short, real short with my wedges (from 65 to 85 yds). Don't think that is due to the pattern but I'm usually not as short as I was.
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Notorious B.E.N.
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David Toms, Freddy Couples, Angel Cabrera
curtisj76
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You sure about that? Just checking.
Brian Manzella
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I'd say Cabrera is a "Soft Draw-Fade."
Straightening out NHA
Yesterday I reviewed NHA 2.0, and even got out NHA 1.0 as part of the four short movies.
Today, I began to hit some really great shots, even with the driver.
Things that helped me:
1) Shoulder turn takeaway making sure my left shoulder got under my chin.
2) Widening my stance enough to put the ball on the tee in a position where it looked like I was going to swing around the corner to the left.
No more (or almost no more) slicing, just long straight slight cuts.
More distance with every club. Amazing!
One question. Is NHA 2.0 a pure swinging pattern, or can you use a hitting procedure? If the latter can be used, should there be any grip change?
Yesterday I reviewed NHA 2.0, and even got out NHA 1.0 as part of the four short movies.
Today, I began to hit some really great shots, even with the driver.
Things that helped me:
1) Shoulder turn takeaway making sure my left shoulder got under my chin.
2) Widening my stance enough to put the ball on the tee in a position where it looked like I was going to swing around the corner to the left.
No more (or almost no more) slicing, just long straight slight cuts.
More distance with every club. Amazing!
One question. Is NHA 2.0 a pure swinging pattern, or can you use a hitting procedure? If the latter can be used, should there be any grip change?
watched this video today, and worked on some things in it at the course. i had mixed results, but the ones i hit correctly were missiles. the sad thing is that 200 yard toe duck hook still popped up so i am obviously not doing something right. overall the ideas in the video are easy to understand both visually and common sense wise, but it will definately take work to implement for the person who really has that hook ingrained.
duckjr78
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Can anyone give me some advice on this pattern? I hit some excellent shots with it, but I have one troubling miss, the right-to-right as Brian calls it. It starts at the final target (or a hair right) and fades. Not a slice, as the amount of fade would be playable if the ball had started online, at the initial target. And this shot is typically hit fairly well. Aside from the occasional pull, which isn't often enough to worry me, the rest of the shots are nice shots that start at the initial target or just a hair to the right of it.
I have read some of Brian's responses about fixing path vs. clubface and I just have no idea what causes this right to right. I was thinking about strengthening my left hand grip just a touch to get the ball to start a bit more left.
The right-to-right shot is throughout the bag, driver to L wedge.
I have read some of Brian's responses about fixing path vs. clubface and I just have no idea what causes this right to right. I was thinking about strengthening my left hand grip just a touch to get the ball to start a bit more left.
The right-to-right shot is throughout the bag, driver to L wedge.
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Great pattern
Yesterday morning I watched the video and took some notes. While at work I kept visualizing what this swing would look and feel like compared to the inside out swing I'd been using. Last night I hit the range and started doing the drills described in the video. Within 10 balls I started hitting high controlled fades with the mid irons.
For the last few years I've been struggling with the occasional pull hook. It would happen maybe 1 in 10 balls and often ended up in an OB shot... even sometimes on approaches which made me seriously consider quitting the game many times. Last night I hit 100 balls without a single hook. This pattern lives up to its name! I can now see taking the left side danger completely out of play.
Honestly I didn't expect to be able to change so quickly. My low hooks are now high mini fades. And its really really easy to hit irons crisply. It's been many years since I hit so many good iron shots in a row. There is a sense of freedom in this pattern that I'd not felt since playing as a junior.
The misses I saw were toe hits and the occasional slice with the driver. I countered the driver slice by focusing on keeping my head back and from then on it was just lasers to the back of the range. I think the toe hits are because I'd been moving the ball farther and farther away from me to allow for the extreme inside out path which would sometimes end up in a hosel.
Thanks Brian! You've got another happy customer and believer.
Yesterday morning I watched the video and took some notes. While at work I kept visualizing what this swing would look and feel like compared to the inside out swing I'd been using. Last night I hit the range and started doing the drills described in the video. Within 10 balls I started hitting high controlled fades with the mid irons.
For the last few years I've been struggling with the occasional pull hook. It would happen maybe 1 in 10 balls and often ended up in an OB shot... even sometimes on approaches which made me seriously consider quitting the game many times. Last night I hit 100 balls without a single hook. This pattern lives up to its name! I can now see taking the left side danger completely out of play.
Honestly I didn't expect to be able to change so quickly. My low hooks are now high mini fades. And its really really easy to hit irons crisply. It's been many years since I hit so many good iron shots in a row. There is a sense of freedom in this pattern that I'd not felt since playing as a junior.
The misses I saw were toe hits and the occasional slice with the driver. I countered the driver slice by focusing on keeping my head back and from then on it was just lasers to the back of the range. I think the toe hits are because I'd been moving the ball farther and farther away from me to allow for the extreme inside out path which would sometimes end up in a hosel.
Thanks Brian! You've got another happy customer and believer.
I am glad I took the plunge. This pattern is very much a wrench in the concepts for me, a life-long under plane hooker.
The turning shoulder plane is a key component for me. Anything flatter makes it more difficult to get the sweetspot on the other side of your hands. Is this because less torque is required to tumble the clubhead to the "other side?"
The turning shoulder plane is a key component for me. Anything flatter makes it more difficult to get the sweetspot on the other side of your hands. Is this because less torque is required to tumble the clubhead to the "other side?"
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