Brian Manzella
Administrator
Since I really haven't done a good explanation of this basic question, and some follow-ups, here goes...
So Brian, What do you teach?
Whatever the golfer needs to produce a good clubhead path by getting them to "draw" a straight plane line on an CLUBSHAFT angle that works for them, a CLUBFACE Action to match that path for the type of shot they want to play, and a solid downward strike of the CLUBHEAD, powered by a DYNAMIC PIVOT that gets the golfer in a top of the backswing position that fits all of the above, and an effective KINETIC CHAIN that WALLOPS the ball.
I'll use ANY GRIP, any AMOUNT and TYPE of PIVOT, PLANE SHIFTS, etc. to get the job done.
I thought you taught a "Manzella-Neutral" grip to everyone?
The very best players in golf history used a left hand grip that VERY closely matched the back of their left hand to the clubface. If you can grip it in such a way that your heel pad is on top of the grip, and your thumb is slightly behind, and it works for your PATTERN, then, I think there is some advantages to that grip.
I have argued so passionately in favor of it for a couple of reasons you may not know.
One of them is that it helps new and high-handicap golfers the most, and the new and high-handicap SLICERS even more. Nobody but me ever really made that point. Also, in TGM circles I was seeing some REALLY, REALLY strong grips that I thought were not so-called "strong single action." "Golf-like" means Hall-of-Fame like to me, and I thought I would help the community by taken an opposing view.
Would you say you teach The Golfing Machine?
Well the short answer to my the first question (above) would be I teach the THREE IMPERATIVES with an EFFECTIVE PIVOT to all. Homer Kelley would surely say that—besides my G.S.E.D. degree and my body of work supporting The Golfing Machine—would more than qualify.
Joe Daniels, the owner and President of The Golfing Machine agrees. I am sure you could find people who don't.
At the end of the day, what I teach is The Manzella Matrix, my own METHOD for getting golfers to quickly improve their swings toward the goal of "The THREE IMPERATIVES with an EFFECTIVE PIVOT," and then perfecting their TOTALLY CUSTOMIZED PATTERNS to the best of their abilities.
I think my stuff is superior to anything else in golf, and I think my LIVE LESSON ability is second to none in golf.
What do you think about people who use The Golfing Machine as a "how-to" book, favor a couple of patterns and quote the book chapter and verse?
I think that Ben Doyle, my teacher, does something like that. He uses his chip-picth-punch method with every student, and has a preferred pattern he tries for. Ben also loves the terminology. And I think Ben is great and does a tremendous job.
The others that use the book as a how-to manual are doing their best. Good for them.
I just feel like what I am doing is superior to anything else in golf.
Why do you feel like your stuff is the best?
Because it is the most inclusive, it utilizes advances made in "golf science" since Homer passed in 1983, it is the most researched, and the most tested in real-world conditions.
While other teachers like Haney, Harmon and others, are trying to prove their stuff is better through their tour players, I know MY stuff is better, because it is based on swings that ARE working and HAVE worked at that level.
Plus, in LIVE LESSONS, there really is no one who even tries to do what I do.
Everyone is selling a restrictive method, or is selling something based on "what if."
Also, my unique experience of having to COMPETE for lessons for 20+ years, and my TOTAL DISDAIN for anything but just about 100% success rate with my students, has made me, and continues to make me REFINE MY STUFF.
It is getting so polished it is scary, but I know I have a long way to go, because I teach 25% better than I did a year ago. And not just better teaching, better STUFF, more STUFF, better understanding. Better period.
So Brian, What do you teach?
Whatever the golfer needs to produce a good clubhead path by getting them to "draw" a straight plane line on an CLUBSHAFT angle that works for them, a CLUBFACE Action to match that path for the type of shot they want to play, and a solid downward strike of the CLUBHEAD, powered by a DYNAMIC PIVOT that gets the golfer in a top of the backswing position that fits all of the above, and an effective KINETIC CHAIN that WALLOPS the ball.
I'll use ANY GRIP, any AMOUNT and TYPE of PIVOT, PLANE SHIFTS, etc. to get the job done.
I thought you taught a "Manzella-Neutral" grip to everyone?
The very best players in golf history used a left hand grip that VERY closely matched the back of their left hand to the clubface. If you can grip it in such a way that your heel pad is on top of the grip, and your thumb is slightly behind, and it works for your PATTERN, then, I think there is some advantages to that grip.
I have argued so passionately in favor of it for a couple of reasons you may not know.
One of them is that it helps new and high-handicap golfers the most, and the new and high-handicap SLICERS even more. Nobody but me ever really made that point. Also, in TGM circles I was seeing some REALLY, REALLY strong grips that I thought were not so-called "strong single action." "Golf-like" means Hall-of-Fame like to me, and I thought I would help the community by taken an opposing view.
Would you say you teach The Golfing Machine?
Well the short answer to my the first question (above) would be I teach the THREE IMPERATIVES with an EFFECTIVE PIVOT to all. Homer Kelley would surely say that—besides my G.S.E.D. degree and my body of work supporting The Golfing Machine—would more than qualify.
Joe Daniels, the owner and President of The Golfing Machine agrees. I am sure you could find people who don't.
At the end of the day, what I teach is The Manzella Matrix, my own METHOD for getting golfers to quickly improve their swings toward the goal of "The THREE IMPERATIVES with an EFFECTIVE PIVOT," and then perfecting their TOTALLY CUSTOMIZED PATTERNS to the best of their abilities.
I think my stuff is superior to anything else in golf, and I think my LIVE LESSON ability is second to none in golf.
What do you think about people who use The Golfing Machine as a "how-to" book, favor a couple of patterns and quote the book chapter and verse?
I think that Ben Doyle, my teacher, does something like that. He uses his chip-picth-punch method with every student, and has a preferred pattern he tries for. Ben also loves the terminology. And I think Ben is great and does a tremendous job.
The others that use the book as a how-to manual are doing their best. Good for them.
I just feel like what I am doing is superior to anything else in golf.
Why do you feel like your stuff is the best?
Because it is the most inclusive, it utilizes advances made in "golf science" since Homer passed in 1983, it is the most researched, and the most tested in real-world conditions.
While other teachers like Haney, Harmon and others, are trying to prove their stuff is better through their tour players, I know MY stuff is better, because it is based on swings that ARE working and HAVE worked at that level.
Plus, in LIVE LESSONS, there really is no one who even tries to do what I do.
Everyone is selling a restrictive method, or is selling something based on "what if."
Also, my unique experience of having to COMPETE for lessons for 20+ years, and my TOTAL DISDAIN for anything but just about 100% success rate with my students, has made me, and continues to make me REFINE MY STUFF.
It is getting so polished it is scary, but I know I have a long way to go, because I teach 25% better than I did a year ago. And not just better teaching, better STUFF, more STUFF, better understanding. Better period.
