The best posts I've read on this forum so far

[lia41985]

They are from Brian. It's these two posts:

At ADDRESS, you are getting in a position that HELPS YOU make the backswing you want to make, and ASSISTS YOU—by way of alignments—with making a "preselected" move through the ball.

At THE TOP, you are MOVING TO a position that HELPS YOU make the DOWNSTROKE you want to make, and ASSISTS YOU—by way of alignments—with making a "preselected" move through the ball.

On THE DOWNSTROKE, you MOVING INTO a position that HELPS YOU make THIS "preselected" move through the ball.

ANYTHING—including tightening one shoelace and loosening the other—that HELPS YOU do ANY OF THE ABOVE, is OK with me.

There are guys arguing over whether having a flat right foot is bad for your swing?

Really?

If you can get the club to "act like a club" (down plane contact with the desired clubface at separation,etc.) and get your body to "act like a golfer" (torso tilts in the right location, kintetic chain snapped), I want ANYONE to tell me the ADVANTAGE of having the right foot OFF the ground at impact!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geez.

There are times where I get so caught up trying to model positions that I start hitting it badly. Then, I think of these two posts and I start "playing like me" again. I don't care what it looks like, but the ball does good things and the club is surely acting like a club. Nothing else matters.

Thanks Brian.

 

[Brian Manzella]

You're Welcome!

They are pretty good posts—if I do say so myself —BUT!...

They are more IMPORTANT than good.

They are important in that they represent the "Manzella Academy
Philosophy," the Philosophy that the MATRIX and all the things I try to say and do in all of my posts, videos and the like, are based on.

It's why NO METHOD teacher will EVER out teach me with a large enough sample of golfers.

They'll miss too many by default!

 

[lia41985]

Brian, with regards to the first quote--is this your explanation of the aiming point technique? I haven't read "The Golfing Machine" but I have read Bobby Clampett's book. From what I read of his explanation of the aiming point technique, it sounds like what you wrote is a necessary compendium.

 

[birdie_man]

It just hit me today on my way back from camp.....

That first post there....

Basically is....(as I've now got it sorted in my noggin).........

"1. Make the club do what it needs to do............and 2. do with your body what you NEED to do to be able to accomplish 1."

Good stuff.