Fixing "Rugby" and other things....
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First off, much better. Still a TINY bit of lean at the top but it's reaching an acceptable amount.
Second, the 4th swing in that video was probably the best one. Hands were ahead of the ball considerably with a flat left wrist and your head was still working to stay behind it. Great swing.
Lastly, I'm glad my "peek under it" idea is helping. Keep up the good work!
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GolfHappy - Please understand that I was reacting to what you wrote.
Questions are good, but can you see how people might interpret this post of yours as,
what are the terms, obnoxious, know it all, shouting in caps, condescending. Worth pondering.
"Exactly which GOOD shot in golf is played with the face closed?
Love it that you then go on to say "I was making better contact than I was yesterday, but everything had a massive hook or draw on it,".... what did you expect?"
Questions are good, but can you see how people might interpret this post of yours as,
what are the terms, obnoxious, know it all, shouting in caps, condescending. Worth pondering.
"Exactly which GOOD shot in golf is played with the face closed?
Love it that you then go on to say "I was making better contact than I was yesterday, but everything had a massive hook or draw on it,".... what did you expect?"
That's because I am already set up with my head several inches back. Sometimes when I set up a little more over the ball then it does move back pretty severely. Everything else though I'm sure I meet the requirements.
Brian Manzella
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Brian Manzella
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I don't
In fact I don't understand much of it at all. I can't find many examples of good golfers who move their head 8" backwards in the takeaway, who 'stack' themselves over the right leg, who turn their shoulders flat (which necessitates an inconsistent lifting motion with the arms doesn't it?) or who play the ball off their front foot apart from with a driver.
The above pic is the best male golfer I teach and the best female golfer I teach.
They do EVERYTHING you say NOT to do.
BTW, they both play iron shots forward of "Rugby."
According to who?
The two most important things, in relation to where the "club strikes the ground" is PLANE LINE relative to stance line, and HAND LOCATION just pre-impact.
That's according to me and a whole bunch of scientists.
Sure you are.
Its ok, my brother. Lots of folks believe just as you do.
Embrace you beliefs!
I was fixing slicers in 1983, and I cured the slice forever in about 1999.
Haven't had one since.
Well, for some folks, a steep shoulder turn works wonders. For others, it is poison.
For some golfers, a flat backswing is great, for David and Lindsay above, horrible.
I like lots of hip turn and a straightening right leg for THOSE WHO NEED IT. I teach lots of folks that doing it would kill their games dead.
Sean is a good young teacher, wants to keep learning, and is doing a good job with Tiger.
But, when Tiger played better than anyone ever had—ie The Tiger Slam—hardly anyone copied it in "teacher land."
That's ok, white belts were in style before, and then they went out of style, and now they are back in style.
Just hang on to yours if they go back out of style.
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Not too happy with the results tonight. Was struggling with backswing pivot, twist away and pivot. Need to get my torso through more so my hands can be farther forward. Ugggg.
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Not too happy with the results tonight. Was struggling with backswing pivot, twist away and pivot. Need to get my torso through more so my hands can be farther forward. Ugggg.
On the b.s. your right heel is lifting off the ground because of the way your right leg straightens backwards in a locked position and stays that way in the d.s. and this position makes using your pivot properly almost impossible as it is preventing a proper b.s. pivot and is affecting your ability to use the ground as your friend. JMO.
If you look closely at your right leg in the transition/ D.S. it looks like it's frozen stiff and is like a dead weight been dragged through impact. You need someone to help you hands on.
If you look closely at your right leg in the transition/ D.S. it looks like it's frozen stiff and is like a dead weight been dragged through impact. You need someone to help you hands on.
I would, but can't pay for it right now.
And do you mean my left leg(screen right) is coming up?
Your right leg if your a right hander, the back leg. Try and get some weight pressure on the heel area on that foot in the b.s.
My right heel is coming up? I think that might be an optical illusion
I don't think so look at the down the line video and you will see it.
Hmm. I guess you're right! I've never noticed that before.
It is hard to see, i believe that is a result of your right leg almost locking out and staying that way making it almost impossible to get pressure into the ground to initiate a proper pivot back and through. JMO.
Make good sense.
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Rugby,
You've done a fine job so far. Keep up the discovery!
You've done a fine job so far. Keep up the discovery!
Maybe a friend could help you with this and watch for this and tell you when you do it and then you can work out some kind of plan of attack to get the feel of that heel getting some pressure on the b.s. Telling you about this is easy but trying to change it might take some serious work, but i think it's worth it in the long run. Anyways your getting there, i know there's a ton of suggestions to sift through and it's not easy trying to figure all this out and then applying these things best of luck
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