Brian,
I stumbled upon your YouTube video after hearing about the D Plane and I am always interested in becoming a better teacher and player. I've been a PGA member for a while and played competitively for several years in the 1990's. I felt as though I had a reasonable knowledge of the golf swing (and at times my own) and have taught thousands of lessons over my lifetime. I can't thank you enough for taking the complicated physics of striking a golf ball simple enough for a nit-wit like me to understand. After watching your video "The D Plane Explained" a light bulb went off in my head. Like most golfers, I can generally only focus on one key at a time when tinkering with my golf swing and many of those keys failed to hold up under the pressures of Q School and State Opens. I wanted a swing thought that worked for every club and I failed miserably throughout my career as I fought the occasional duck hook at the worst possible time. I never understood how I could work the ball both ways with my irons and fight my driver, or go through spurts of driving the ball decently only to lose the ability to control the direction or distance of my irons. (I'm sure I am not the only person to deal with these issues...) I spent many years settling for hitting 3 woods off the deck (and even taking a small divot at times) just so I could hit a controlled fade in play off the tee, all in an effort to get to my strengths, my irons and my short game. I was giving up distance, but without the benefit of Trackman, I had developed the ability to hit down on the ball and swing sufficiently to the left to hit the ball pretty straight...off the ground. With a ball teed up, it was a different story. I had already developed the habit of aiming left and swinging left, but several times per round I would (probably) swing up and to the left, opening up a plethora of misses and turning me into a terrible and fearful driver of the ball. Watching the video made perfect sense to me. Not only did it make sense, but within a few swings (and unfortunately without Trackman) my ball flight became instantly predictable. I can't thank you enough, Brian. The amount of time and effort you've put in to improving your craft and educating the masses about the misperception and misinformation concerning the ball flight laws is truly staggering. As a PGA member, its a real disservice that this information isn't required reading and viewing. Unfortunately, I wish Trackman devices were more readily available as a teaching tool, but unfortunately they are tremendously expensive. So...in the meantime, I will try to develop some Harvey Penick type tidbits to help my students to "zero-out" their golf swings.
Thanks again.
I stumbled upon your YouTube video after hearing about the D Plane and I am always interested in becoming a better teacher and player. I've been a PGA member for a while and played competitively for several years in the 1990's. I felt as though I had a reasonable knowledge of the golf swing (and at times my own) and have taught thousands of lessons over my lifetime. I can't thank you enough for taking the complicated physics of striking a golf ball simple enough for a nit-wit like me to understand. After watching your video "The D Plane Explained" a light bulb went off in my head. Like most golfers, I can generally only focus on one key at a time when tinkering with my golf swing and many of those keys failed to hold up under the pressures of Q School and State Opens. I wanted a swing thought that worked for every club and I failed miserably throughout my career as I fought the occasional duck hook at the worst possible time. I never understood how I could work the ball both ways with my irons and fight my driver, or go through spurts of driving the ball decently only to lose the ability to control the direction or distance of my irons. (I'm sure I am not the only person to deal with these issues...) I spent many years settling for hitting 3 woods off the deck (and even taking a small divot at times) just so I could hit a controlled fade in play off the tee, all in an effort to get to my strengths, my irons and my short game. I was giving up distance, but without the benefit of Trackman, I had developed the ability to hit down on the ball and swing sufficiently to the left to hit the ball pretty straight...off the ground. With a ball teed up, it was a different story. I had already developed the habit of aiming left and swinging left, but several times per round I would (probably) swing up and to the left, opening up a plethora of misses and turning me into a terrible and fearful driver of the ball. Watching the video made perfect sense to me. Not only did it make sense, but within a few swings (and unfortunately without Trackman) my ball flight became instantly predictable. I can't thank you enough, Brian. The amount of time and effort you've put in to improving your craft and educating the masses about the misperception and misinformation concerning the ball flight laws is truly staggering. As a PGA member, its a real disservice that this information isn't required reading and viewing. Unfortunately, I wish Trackman devices were more readily available as a teaching tool, but unfortunately they are tremendously expensive. So...in the meantime, I will try to develop some Harvey Penick type tidbits to help my students to "zero-out" their golf swings.
Thanks again.
