BrendanC
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I've read some books of his.
Jacobs approach is that if you were a slicer, you get given hook ideas, but if you are a hooker, you get slice ideas. Little corrections, never too much at once.
Fundamentally, he is a pragmatist.
From his anecdotes, the fixes he applied to good players often involve toning down a tendency - e.g. Tony Jacklin's tendency to let his 'figure 8' shape get to exaggerated - not a big 'swing change' (e.g. Leadbetter).
Anyway, to me, Jacobs is a guy who sees the golf swing as like a lifelong walk on a balance beam - you fall off a lot, but can go higher and more complex as you develop.
The opposite of the view that golf is about the discovery of some 'secret' or other (or running on 'automatic').
IIRC, he is also of the view that there are a great many ways to play golf well.
His detractors might call him a 'band aid' teacher.
(BTW: how much of a "change" was Tiger's first change job with Harmon, and how much was it just Harmon toning down some tendencies? - e.g. Tiger's tendency to overswing)
Jacobs approach is that if you were a slicer, you get given hook ideas, but if you are a hooker, you get slice ideas. Little corrections, never too much at once.
Fundamentally, he is a pragmatist.
From his anecdotes, the fixes he applied to good players often involve toning down a tendency - e.g. Tony Jacklin's tendency to let his 'figure 8' shape get to exaggerated - not a big 'swing change' (e.g. Leadbetter).
Anyway, to me, Jacobs is a guy who sees the golf swing as like a lifelong walk on a balance beam - you fall off a lot, but can go higher and more complex as you develop.
The opposite of the view that golf is about the discovery of some 'secret' or other (or running on 'automatic').
IIRC, he is also of the view that there are a great many ways to play golf well.
His detractors might call him a 'band aid' teacher.
(BTW: how much of a "change" was Tiger's first change job with Harmon, and how much was it just Harmon toning down some tendencies? - e.g. Tiger's tendency to overswing)
