Steve Stricker
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Steve's swing is all his own. Much different from when he first came out on tour. After his breakthrough year, he issues with his driver. It is shorter than it used to be and compared to when he was hitting it really poorly, his hands are a bit lower and/or deeper.
I used to take lessons from Steve's Father in Laws' brother (Larry Tiziani). Steve's father in law is Dennis Tiziani who get more press as he is Steve's coach and also used to coach the Men/Women at University of Wisconsin. IMO, Larry is a better teacher and nicer guy...Dennis' middle name should be ego.
In any regard, Steve is such a good guy. I was able to meet him a few times on the range in Madison, WI when taking lessons. Very genuine!
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I used to take lessons from Steve's Father in Laws' brother (Larry Tiziani). Steve's father in law is Dennis Tiziani who get more press as he is Steve's coach and also used to coach the Men/Women at University of Wisconsin. IMO, Larry is a better teacher and nicer guy...Dennis' middle name should be ego.
In any regard, Steve is such a good guy. I was able to meet him a few times on the range in Madison, WI when taking lessons. Very genuine!
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Jim Kobylinski
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Love his swing, i'll say this though...if he ever starts getting under plane even a bit....WATCH OUT cuz his shots are going to go all over the place.
bcoak
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Supposedly, he disappeared because he fought blocks and duck hooks with his driver for awhile. Under plane?
Jared Willerson
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I think if any swing gets over or under plane a bunch they could start hitting it anywhere.
What are the features of Stricker's swing that would make his swing more prone to inconsistency if below plane?
lia41985
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NO HE DOESN'T.
Jim Kobylinski
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Sounds about right to me.
Jim Kobylinski
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He has a very inside backswing with not much "up" and his downswing is rather shallow and to the right. NOW it works obviously and he hits wonderful, BUT he has a swing that could potentially push and hook the ball a lot because he never gets up a whole lot and he doesn't swing left a whole bunch.
So let's say you're Steve Stricker, life is good, swing is great and you are 5th in the world. Then for some reason you start taking the club more inside and even less up, from this point you will do nothing but swing FURTHER to the right and be severely underplane.
So like i said, it works as long as it is "maintained" imo. But if you look at his career, he went from rising superstar to fell off the earth to rising superstar (5th in the world now). So lets see where he is in another 2 years.
Now please don't take this as "dissing" steve because i think he's my hero in golf, gives me hope. I'm just saying that the way his swing is designed is that it can go REALLY BAD really quick.
bcoak
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Here is his swing from Youtube (i do not know how to embed in site):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8NiZcFA50
You can see what Jim is talking about pretty well here, esp. the inside backswing.
Mute it so you do not have to listen to PK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8NiZcFA50
You can see what Jim is talking about pretty well here, esp. the inside backswing.
Mute it so you do not have to listen to PK.
Everyone is right!
You are all right! Being from Wisconsin, I've always followed him. Steve will be the first to admit that when it went bad, he truly had no clue which way it was going to go, especially with the driver. He would stand on tees and truly not know which side to err on as he wasn't sure which way it would fly....block and duck hooks are precisely right.
To Jim's point: he used to be a bit more inside when he first came on tour, but he wouldn't drop it to a shallower plane (similar to a Snead look). When he tried to tinker, he would get up early, cross the line and then drop it way underplane. I give him credit as he pretty much worked it out on his own...I'm sure with some help from Dennis Tiz. I always laugh when people ask him what he changed (most guys could give some technical stuff) but Steve usually says, "I just hit some balls at the range and worked on different stuff until I could hit it consistent."
That is just his nature...in any regard, I'm glad he's playing well. With as good as he puts, he truly only needs to hit it above average to contend. When he starts hitting it good, he has a year like this one.
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You are all right! Being from Wisconsin, I've always followed him. Steve will be the first to admit that when it went bad, he truly had no clue which way it was going to go, especially with the driver. He would stand on tees and truly not know which side to err on as he wasn't sure which way it would fly....block and duck hooks are precisely right.
To Jim's point: he used to be a bit more inside when he first came on tour, but he wouldn't drop it to a shallower plane (similar to a Snead look). When he tried to tinker, he would get up early, cross the line and then drop it way underplane. I give him credit as he pretty much worked it out on his own...I'm sure with some help from Dennis Tiz. I always laugh when people ask him what he changed (most guys could give some technical stuff) but Steve usually says, "I just hit some balls at the range and worked on different stuff until I could hit it consistent."
That is just his nature...in any regard, I'm glad he's playing well. With as good as he puts, he truly only needs to hit it above average to contend. When he starts hitting it good, he has a year like this one.
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Jim Kobylinski
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Camera parallax. The camera isn't directly behind him, it's off to the side looking at a slight angle. It's going to make him appear more laid off and swing more left than he really does.
lia41985
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NO. AWFUL ANALYSIS. THOUGH HE GOES UP THE ANGLE SET BY THE "SHAFT PLANE" HE GOES WELL INSIDE IN THIS VIDEO. F-
birdie_man
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He play a draw?
Jim Kobylinski
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Yup
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