tallathlete
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Very good video...wery well done. I will agree that if you understand and correctly implement what Brian shows, you will not hook the golf ball. On an aside....I enjoyed the story of the smoked Ping 1 iron....lol.
I Just Watched Never Hook Again..........
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tallathlete
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By the way....Brian would you agree that Bruce Leitzke would be one of the greatest "carriers" of the golf club in PGA Tour history?
Kevin Shields
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Especially if you watch it in person......very slow carry
Brian Manzella
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Interestedly....
Never Hook Again is a real pattern that has been used by many golfers, made millions, and shot course records.
But, these days, I only use it in my teaching if I have to.
For a while, I experimented with a pattern I call "baby fade 1"...I don't use it anymore unless I have to.
So, what do I use now?
Before I answer that, I think that it may be instructive to the forum readers to learn how I learn new patterns to teach.
I am never satisfied with a "stock" pattern to teach someone. So almost all of my students have very customized patterns. The more they listen to me, and the longer they work with me, and the more they try to figure out what works for them under pressure, the more I adapt.
Also, when a student doesn't "get it" in a lesson, I invent new ideas on the fly to help understand and be able to perform a new (for them) element of the swing.
Since golfers come to me with all sorts of different ideas they got from "other sources," this "peanut gallery" of golf instruction changes with the winds, and the trends.
I have to invent solutions to fix BAD IDEAS, or just bad-for-that-student ideas.
But at the end of the day, the thing that makes me change my base patterns the most is REAL SCIENCE.
TrackMan, The D-Plane, and things I have learned from guys like Dr. Zick & Dr. Wood have push me away from junk science, and toward even better patterns.
I can't even imagine teaching the same stuff I learned from someone else for a long time, and teaching it to every student.
I'd rather quit.
Never Hook Again is a real pattern that has been used by many golfers, made millions, and shot course records.
But, these days, I only use it in my teaching if I have to.
For a while, I experimented with a pattern I call "baby fade 1"...I don't use it anymore unless I have to.
So, what do I use now?
Before I answer that, I think that it may be instructive to the forum readers to learn how I learn new patterns to teach.
I am never satisfied with a "stock" pattern to teach someone. So almost all of my students have very customized patterns. The more they listen to me, and the longer they work with me, and the more they try to figure out what works for them under pressure, the more I adapt.
Also, when a student doesn't "get it" in a lesson, I invent new ideas on the fly to help understand and be able to perform a new (for them) element of the swing.
Since golfers come to me with all sorts of different ideas they got from "other sources," this "peanut gallery" of golf instruction changes with the winds, and the trends.
I have to invent solutions to fix BAD IDEAS, or just bad-for-that-student ideas.
But at the end of the day, the thing that makes me change my base patterns the most is REAL SCIENCE.
TrackMan, The D-Plane, and things I have learned from guys like Dr. Zick & Dr. Wood have push me away from junk science, and toward even better patterns.
I can't even imagine teaching the same stuff I learned from someone else for a long time, and teaching it to every student.
I'd rather quit.
As the science of golf becomes clearer, the science of how people learn will be the next big step for golf instruction and I am sure that Brian will be at the forefront of that too. He seems pretty intuitive already (had one lesson years ago). Makes you wonder what that will look like? Maybe an online questionnaire to be filled out prior to a lesson? Sorry, sidetracked the thread.
mgranato
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Does the same apply to Soft Draw?
self-mastery
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I watched it 3 times over the weekend, but fading the ball just isn't in my golf DNA.
birdie_man
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What happens?
birdie_man
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Do you just teach them to zero out however you can?
Do you move them to the right side of The Matrix some other way?
(have not heard Matrix mentioned in a while)
Brian Manzella
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The Manzella Matrix is simply all the swings that could work.
Too outside-in, or too inside-out patterns are just outside the margins of the hazard—so to speak.
I just try to do as little as possible to get the job done these days.
Then, if I have a long relationship with a golfer, I can just whittle away all the junk.
Pattern Zero (Do It Right) will be my next video.
Don't take this the wrong way, but quit teasing and release something--been waiting for the short game video since you tore ligaments in your finger.
Brian Manzella
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Don't take this the wrong way, but quit teasing and release something--been waiting for the short game video since you tore ligaments in your finger.
I meant "swing pattern video"....
Right now I am practicing of the Golf Channel entry.
Just bustin your chops a bit. I'll be voting for you.
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