One More Last Chance

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I'd also resist the urge to give yourself ultimatums. Telling yourself it's your last ditch effort reflects unwarranted self-criticism and imposes undue pressure on yourself. You said you've started learning about the swing only 15 months ago, so try to have some realistic expectations about where you should be. I just find that every time I say, "I should be shooting X right now," I set myself up to fail, not to mention have a crappy time doing something I like. It also creates that tension you admit to having because your focus is on where you think you should be in terms of results instead of on the process of getting better. Plus, who wants to take up knitting, anyway?
 
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nwb said:
you know what buddy - that swing may have some faults as pointed out above but its a lot better than 80% of swings at my club!It does not look like the swing of a 100 shooter. Lovely takeaway.

I have to feel if you are not breaking 100, your short game may be the best area to work on. At my club one of the biggest differences between me (UK 3 hcap) and the average player is that from 60 yards and in i will, even on my worst shots hit the green and most times have a putt for an up and down. They are just as likely to duff it, skull it, 3 putt it etc. That is the area where most players will see the biggest improvement in the fastest time imo.

Regardless - good luck with lesson and let us know how it goes

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+1!!!

Sure, you can work very hard on your swing and there's no reason not to. But that swing is good enough to play better than bogey golf on just about any reasonable golf course out there. At my old club in the UK I played with guys with half that much swing who legitimately played to single digit handicaps.
 
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potterphd said:
Thanks again guys. I get the ol' "your swing looks pretty good to me..." bit all the time. Sure wish the ball thought the same thing.

To Aaron concerning thinking on the course and Steve concerning tension, the answer is absolutely. I'm an accountant by training and letting go is not in my nature. Also, years and years of seeing high, right ball flights hasn't helped much with relaxing and just playing golf.

Will post post-lesson video either way, but here's hoping you guys are right and it looks much better than now...actually, I don't care how it looks, just hope it WORKS better than now.

Just out of curiosity, anyone else on the board that has worked from a 20+ handicap down to single digits? I don't seem to ever hear too many success stories of that type.
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Seven years ago almost to the day I ventured onto a golf course and stopped counting around 120. My Monday night score to open 2010 league play was 36 (EZ course, 33.5 rating). I was fortunate to find an instructor who while he was a method instructor, explained why he was promoting his suggestion, and accepted that if my way was getting acceptable results, would let me use my way as long as progress was made.

It was not until I decided that I had as far as I could with him that I sought out an "elite" local teacher who led me on a two-year trip through golf hell.

The only suggestions I have for you is to take notes, ask questons when you are confused, and bring a memory card for Brian's Casio so you can have video.
 
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Self-mastery, there may have been a purchase of a certain video set last year. I see the remenants as well.

Troy, that's great to hear. How old of a guy are ya?
 
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I agree with the first post that your pivot needs work. You look way ahead of it on the downswing and then flip it a little in order to try and fix being so far ahead.

I would bet that Brian works some on your pivot.
 
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Right shoulder is way too high because release is so early; release is early because of so much weight on the left side. If he bumps the left hip and gets behind it with better shoulder plane in downswing, he will hit 5 inches behind it with that release. With that much weight on the left side he HAS to throw the clubhead at the ball to hit it. Need to rebuild here; no quick fix.
 
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DCgolf said:
Right shoulder is way too high because release is so early; release is early because of so much weight on the left side. If he bumps the left hip and gets behind it with better shoulder plane in downswing, he will hit 5 inches behind it with that release. With that much weight on the left side he HAS to throw the clubhead at the ball to hit it. Need to rebuild here; no quick fix.
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or maybe one swing?

http://www.brianmanzella.com/forum/golfing-discussions/13600-manzella-lesson-report.html
 
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DCgolf said:
Right shoulder is way too high because release is so early; release is early because of so much weight on the left side. If he bumps the left hip and gets behind it with better shoulder plane in downswing, he will hit 5 inches behind it with that release. With that much weight on the left side he HAS to throw the clubhead at the ball to hit it. Need to rebuild here; no quick fix.
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Jeez, DC, that's harsh. I've been rebuilding it for 1.5 years now. If I told the Mrs. I needed more time to spend on golf to rebuild it again, she'd kill me.

No offense, but crap like that is why fewer and fewer people are playing golf and I can't get any of my buddies that don't play to take up the game. It seems to the average person that it is an impossibly difficult game to take up, and the sad truth is that if you have a crap instructor (of which I have had several) it is. If we had a few more guys like Brian, Kevin, Martin and the others floating around, I think this game could be demystified and golfers could start making real progress and enjoying this great game a lot more.
 
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