Michael Finney
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overall, the summit was very well done and productive:
Martin Hall's first talk on his teaching and training aids was very well done - some of his "borrowed" graphics were very eye opening and educational. I especially liked the graphic of the rotating plane angle (hoola-hoop looking thing) with respect to a straight plane....very informative to the student struggling with the concept of the three dimensional backstroke and downstroke...and also how rotating this plane angle could adversely affect your shots...
Also, Hall's suggestion to draw a clubface on the students hands was new and useful - stay with me here - stand up straight and let your arms hang naturally - look at your right hand in its natural state - unless you have not eveolved, you should probably see your fingers curled up toward you...take out a dry erase marker and draw a line across your palm just above where your fingers join your palm....this line will represent the leading edge of the clubface....from there finish out your drawing of the face (scoring lines included) and you will now have a good idea of how to manipulate the face of the club during the swing (because you can look at your palm as you practice).....it is most beneficial is during the realease interval, impact interval, follow through, and swivel.....good feedback from this one.
Michael Jacob's talk on the second edition of TGM was very informative also...you can tell that Michael is a huge Ben Doyle disciple and everything he talked about made me want to go out and hit balls while i improved my sitting, tilting, squeezing the water out of the ground, and divot taking....
Michael wants you to wallop the ball with your pivot and give it the business. His talk was very well done.
Recapping the first afternoon quickly:
JC Video is useful and the service after the sale is what sets it apart. I think they mentioned $3200 for the software for PGA pros - i could be wrong.
Ben Doyle's Stance Mat: if you don't already own one of these - get one and the video that explains it. It is the book on one sheet of vinyl. $300 for the mat and $50 for the video that explains it.
John Rohan Weaver: Great training aids that are TGM friendly. I endorse every one one of them when used and explained by a GM instructor.
Mathew Chute's Universal Alignment Ball: easily the most passionate and entertaining sales pitch at the summit - he is promoting some good stuff that this post can't cover. However, I could definitely see your putting improve if you were to learn the secrets of this super-aligned golf ball.
Round table discussion on night one was mostly about the seventh edition and how it was edited. The topics were the rotated shoulder turn vs. standard, slide hip turn vs. standard, pre-selected stroke patterns vs. edition three stroke patterns vs. no stroke patterns....the stationary head vs. the base of the neck debate that we all know and love...this included a part where brian fell to the ground - i'll let brian cover this one.
All in all, it was a great two days - I'll briefly cover day two soon....Joe and Doug did a great job putting the summit on... they are to be commended.
Mike Finney
Martin Hall's first talk on his teaching and training aids was very well done - some of his "borrowed" graphics were very eye opening and educational. I especially liked the graphic of the rotating plane angle (hoola-hoop looking thing) with respect to a straight plane....very informative to the student struggling with the concept of the three dimensional backstroke and downstroke...and also how rotating this plane angle could adversely affect your shots...
Also, Hall's suggestion to draw a clubface on the students hands was new and useful - stay with me here - stand up straight and let your arms hang naturally - look at your right hand in its natural state - unless you have not eveolved, you should probably see your fingers curled up toward you...take out a dry erase marker and draw a line across your palm just above where your fingers join your palm....this line will represent the leading edge of the clubface....from there finish out your drawing of the face (scoring lines included) and you will now have a good idea of how to manipulate the face of the club during the swing (because you can look at your palm as you practice).....it is most beneficial is during the realease interval, impact interval, follow through, and swivel.....good feedback from this one.
Michael Jacob's talk on the second edition of TGM was very informative also...you can tell that Michael is a huge Ben Doyle disciple and everything he talked about made me want to go out and hit balls while i improved my sitting, tilting, squeezing the water out of the ground, and divot taking....
Michael wants you to wallop the ball with your pivot and give it the business. His talk was very well done.
Recapping the first afternoon quickly:
JC Video is useful and the service after the sale is what sets it apart. I think they mentioned $3200 for the software for PGA pros - i could be wrong.
Ben Doyle's Stance Mat: if you don't already own one of these - get one and the video that explains it. It is the book on one sheet of vinyl. $300 for the mat and $50 for the video that explains it.
John Rohan Weaver: Great training aids that are TGM friendly. I endorse every one one of them when used and explained by a GM instructor.
Mathew Chute's Universal Alignment Ball: easily the most passionate and entertaining sales pitch at the summit - he is promoting some good stuff that this post can't cover. However, I could definitely see your putting improve if you were to learn the secrets of this super-aligned golf ball.
Round table discussion on night one was mostly about the seventh edition and how it was edited. The topics were the rotated shoulder turn vs. standard, slide hip turn vs. standard, pre-selected stroke patterns vs. edition three stroke patterns vs. no stroke patterns....the stationary head vs. the base of the neck debate that we all know and love...this included a part where brian fell to the ground - i'll let brian cover this one.
All in all, it was a great two days - I'll briefly cover day two soon....Joe and Doug did a great job putting the summit on... they are to be commended.
Mike Finney
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