Quick intro: I purchased NSA over a year ago. I immediately experienced success in getting rid of shanks and was striking the ball pretty well for awhile. Not sure why, but I ended up abandoning NSA's "twistaway," following another swing theory. Recently, I've been hitting about 80% of my shots to the right again, and have revisited some of Mr. Manzella's NSA teachings. Just one thing I'd like to know before I try to incorporate the NSA model BACK into my swing......
Here's my question (thanks for sticking with this): Is there any reason that the "twistaway" would cause distance-loss...somewhere in the realm of 15 yards on an 8-iron???
A more conventional swing has golfers rotating their left forearms clockwise on the backswing, where the toe of the club is almost facing to the sky when the club is parallel on the backswing. On the other hand, Manzella's "twistaway" has my clubface still looking at the ball when the club is in the same position. Is the rotation of the forearm on the backswing a source of power??? Or should I still be hitting the ball roughly the same distance even using the "twistaway"?
I think I already know the answer, but I'm just looking for confirmation from all you guys here.
Thanks!
Here's my question (thanks for sticking with this): Is there any reason that the "twistaway" would cause distance-loss...somewhere in the realm of 15 yards on an 8-iron???
A more conventional swing has golfers rotating their left forearms clockwise on the backswing, where the toe of the club is almost facing to the sky when the club is parallel on the backswing. On the other hand, Manzella's "twistaway" has my clubface still looking at the ball when the club is in the same position. Is the rotation of the forearm on the backswing a source of power??? Or should I still be hitting the ball roughly the same distance even using the "twistaway"?
I think I already know the answer, but I'm just looking for confirmation from all you guys here.
Thanks!