For those of you who have seen Brian's "How not to Hook" video you have seen what I believe is his plane board. Basically just any thing straight that runs parallel to your target line. I have been working with this approach for the last couple of weeks in an effort to stop dropping under plane and swinging to 1:00, and I can say I have had great success. I'm actually beginning to hit a high controllable fade as opposed to my low sizzling hook. Brian, thanks for all the help and keep up the good work...
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Review of Brian's "How not to Hook" Video
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Jim Kobylinski
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The great thing about this video is that you don't need to be a hooker for it benefit you!
I use the same "up the wall, down the wall, left of the wall" pattern and i've never had a problem hooking the ball. Its just "my" pattern.
I use the same "up the wall, down the wall, left of the wall" pattern and i've never had a problem hooking the ball. Its just "my" pattern.
bgathens, Jim is absolutely right that you don't have to be a hooker for the video to be valid. What Brian is teaching is basically a correct swing plane. My problem was as Yoda would say a "preverse idea of axis tilt" instead of my right shoulder(right handed golfer) going down the line, it would almost drop down and to the west, if I was facing north. This would result in me dropping the club way under plane, swing towards 1:00 flip the club and get a snap hook. If I didn't flip my hands, I would get a block.
I now go the range and place a cardboard box about 3 feet long(looks kind of funny) parallel to the ball. The ball is placed right in the middle of the box and the box is no more than an inch to the right of the ball, just enough room to let the clubhead strike the ball. It's impossible to come over the top or I'd hit the box. I have to strike the inside aft of the ball, but then follow through on plane, if I swing to 1:00, I would hit the box on the follow through. I would say the technique is somewhat similar to Vijay Singh's water bottle technique. It has really taught me the proper swing plane, and has forced me to quit dropping under plane. I'm getting a much better finish, getting over to my left side and a very consistent ball flight.
Hope that helps...
I now go the range and place a cardboard box about 3 feet long(looks kind of funny) parallel to the ball. The ball is placed right in the middle of the box and the box is no more than an inch to the right of the ball, just enough room to let the clubhead strike the ball. It's impossible to come over the top or I'd hit the box. I have to strike the inside aft of the ball, but then follow through on plane, if I swing to 1:00, I would hit the box on the follow through. I would say the technique is somewhat similar to Vijay Singh's water bottle technique. It has really taught me the proper swing plane, and has forced me to quit dropping under plane. I'm getting a much better finish, getting over to my left side and a very consistent ball flight.
Hope that helps...
Jim Kobylinski
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it still has a small deviation with the "left" of the wall i believe in plane...
Brian Manzella
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Not really, Jimmy.
If you stay on plane the club WILL GO left of the wall.
If you stay on plane the club WILL GO left of the wall.
Jim Kobylinski
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oh, my bad bri.....i thought you wanted a "dramatic" left of the wall move. So the "left" of the wall is still on plane?
Think of it as Trevino's 'block' move, on a steeper plane. More angled hinge (or even the border of verticle), than horizontal hinge. True full roll with this move is hard to do (because you are moving left) and not recommended. A great way to play a controled fade, but not a swing with maximum workability of ball flight IMO. Lietzke is another good model for this move. Very accurate fades result as long as you stick to 'up and down' and don't throw in 'around', in which case blocks and pulls result.
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