Just one of those days

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First, my system flushed my cache and I had to re-register under a different name.

Second, I wa shortchanged at the driving range. I gave the guy a 20, he handed me change, what i thought was 10 dollars, but later I found out it was only 7. I never bothered to check until later. I guess to make up the difference, I will have to "borrow" about 50 or so range balls.

Worst of all, I took a major step backwards in my swing. For 4 straight session at the driving range, I was nailing my driver and hitting it 200- 225 carry, usually straight. Well today, I was hitting my driver about 50-100 yards, way up in the air and wayyyy to the left.

In the past year or so, I have had some luck in hitting my driver well for one session, then I could never repeat that success for months. This was the first time I had gone 4 days straight with success, and I thought I had turned the corner. Well I fooled myself again, and now I am at ground zero again, for the umpteenth time.

I thought I had figured out lag loading, but alas just an illusion. Probably too much backswing. I noticed that with my irons, if I used my body and hips to propel my arms on the backstroke, then I was fine, but much shorter. AN 8-iron with full power I could hit 140-145, but with an abbreviated backswing, I could only get 100 yds. But with that type of backswing I can only get my hands to chest high. I am extremely inflexible. I had had success the previous sessions with stretching my arms out to just above shoulder height to increase power, but that was beginner's luck.

The moral of the story. If you can't log onto the brianmanzella.com forum ,the golf gods are telling you to keep your clubs in the closet.



Happy Golfing
PS
I hope this means the tape I ordered didn't get lost in the mail.
 
quote:Originally posted by brianman

Tape should be en route....

Which direction does the driver go in when you are hitting it well?

Straight usually. My best struck driver was a high draw, starting out slightly right, and then slightly corkscrewing left, to end up straight.

At the range today, I was able to strike a couple of drivers in the rain about 200 yds straight line drives, if I setup with the driver off the ground.


Just got the tapes. Only received two .5 beta versions, Never Slice Again and Do It Right.
 
Figured out my problem. I was finally able to hit shots late into my range practice today employing the forward press. The forward press allowed me to shift more weight to the right side, which also helped me load the lag, and also allowed me to start the downstroke with a coordinated effort from my body, legs hips and arms.

My attempt to use more hip rotation and prevent a reverse tilt had one very bad side effect.....I wasn't shifting enough weight to the right side. Sure I was turning more around my spine, but my weight was too centered. With the forward press, it felt like I was winding up onto my right side on the backstroke, including loading the lag, and falling into my lower body at the beginning of the downstroke. One side effect is a constant slice which I rarely had in the past .

Well I guess it is time to go review Never Slice Again.
 
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