Found the 'secret' - C.O.A.F.F - thanks Brian!!

[macduffer]

I just thought I'd say thankyou to Brian and share my experience with you all.

I've been struggling with my game since early/mid 2008 and have seen a few pros. No-one made a real difference.

I came on here, bought soft draw: some positives, but no real consistency. Bought NHA - same story.

But only when reviewing the vids, and reading some posts, I realised that when BM talks about 'hitting the ball with your pivot' I didn't have a clue what he meant. A bit of research on here suggested that was covered in flipper.

Bought COAFF and it was a lightbulb moment; all of a sudden it made sense. I realised that THIS was what several guys had been trying to explain but hadn't managed in several hours. Well Brian, you made it clear in 5 minutes.

Since then, my only 2 swing thoughts for every shot (apart from bunkers - haven't worked that one out yet) have been 1) to float load and 2) to hit the ball with my pivot; that is, to work out where my hands need to be at impact and to get them there by using my pivot, with no independent arm/hand action.

I am now absolutely ripping it, and would have broken 80 for the first time in a long while if I hadn't 3 putted 3 of the last 5 greens.

So thanks Brian - great vid. Just one question though: COAFF seems to imply that the technique is really for chips, pitches and punches - surely the concept carries through into the full swing/full followthru, right??

Hope so, cos I'm excited about my game again for the first time in ages.

 

[curtisj76]

Good job, keep it up.

 

[Richie3Jack]

Yep, I believe CoFF is Brian's finest work. A video that just about every single golfer that is getting into the game or wants to play better golf should be forced to watch. And for $10, an absolute steal. And I already knew and understood about half of it before I had ever watched it. But the other half I didn't know either blew my mind, made me go 'wow, that makes a lot of sense' or 'I need to try this.'

I'm a very good bunker player, but I was never really happy with my long bunker shots. I use my pivot to hit those shots. When I do that, I get that nice mid to low trajectory and it may skip twice and spin back a little or stop on a dime. On a shorter bunker shot, I'll use my old handsy/armsy/flippy type of swing because I want the ball to go shorter. Basically that bunker shot will get a higher trajectory and it will 'plop' down on the green and stop.

I also highly recommend Brian's YouTube videos...particularly 'hands, hips, and clubhead.' That video alone was the *beginning* of me making substantial strides in stop flipping thru the ball.



3JACK

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

COAFF is a fantastic piece of work and it has it's "place" however if you hit down on the ball that much for all your shots from that video you will have ball flight issues because of the D-Plane.

That doesn't mean it won't help a flipper not flipper but you need to move on eventually

 

[brucifer]

COAFF is a fantastic piece of work and it has it's "place" however if you hit down on the ball that much for all your shots from that video you will have ball flight issues because of the D-Plane.

That doesn't mean it won't help a flipper not flipper but you need to move on eventually

I would agree with that Jim.

Eventually I began to focus so much on not flipping and getting everything in line at impact that I eventually overdid it, made compensations, got too much lean and starting smothering everything low and left

Its a good starting point, but you need to keep moving on

B

 

[Jared Willerson]

I would agree with that Jim.

Eventually I began to focus so much on not flipping and getting everything in line at impact that I eventually overdid it, made compensations, got too much lean and starting smothering everything low and left

Its a good starting point, but you need to keep moving on

B

Did the same thing. It is an interesting progression, get a flat left wrist and hit it better, eventually you rely too much on this and start leaning and diving with a dead flat left wrist, then hit a bunch of pull smother left of left shots.

It does help though, just keep expanding, the holy grail of golf is not one thing, it is the ability to take what you've learned and be open-minded enough to move on.

 

[brucifer]

Did the same thing. It is an interesting progression, get a flat left wrist and hit it better, eventually you rely too much on this and start leaning and diving with a dead flat left wrist, then hit a bunch of pull smother left of left shots.

It does help though, just keep expanding, the holy grail of golf is not one thing, it is the ability to take what you've learned and be open-minded enough to move on.

Its good to hear people having similar progressions after various videos.
Makes you not feel quite so crazy. People will overdo what they are hearing especially with the golf swing and your inability (minus video and a good eye) to see whats going on.

Its almost like there needs to be some 'after sales' guidance, 'If you overdo this, you may find that you encounter this, in which case you need to do this' which this site provides.


I do feel there is some commonality in this area


B

 

[KOC]

Anything can overdo

Arnold Haultain, in golf's early metaphysical treatise "The Mystery of Golf" (1908), said something "the ideational or conceptual centres of the brain" being "too much occupied."

How exactly a golfer to apply the concept of “The D-plane” for every shots in golf course? Can golfers hit every perfect shot in accordance with such as trackman, Dr. or 3D machine’s data that told us?

Sam Snead wrote in 1978. "I try merely to settle on what type of shot I want to hit; visualize it beforehand; sense how it will feel to make it happen, and then let it all happen." How Sam Snead could do that in the old days? I think that is the essence of golf instruction industry. <O

Brian, is it a good suggestion for next paypal video? <O

 

[cmartingolf]

Flipper is a great start for anyone.

Building Blocks is a great starter too.