The Hips and Handle-Dragging (w/must see video on page 2)

[Brian Manzella]

I gave a lesson yesterday to a person who will remain unnamed in this thread.

A really good player. Competitively active and accomplished.

Not a new student.


The golfer may be the epitome of someone who over handle-drags and doesn't slow their hips down enough, while otherwise having a great golf swing.

So we worked on—with the help of another top Manzella Instructor—getting the golfer to use their body better, use the ground better, and release the arms and wrists and club better.

When they did, it was better.

You CAN over handle-drag. You CAN have the hips over speeding through the release and impact. And you can be a tournament par or under shooter doing it.

But this golfer can be better.

 

[Brian Manzella]

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[Brian Manzella]

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[Lifter]

What feels / exaggerations should be employed to slow down the torso through the release and impact?

Should those changes result in more or less clubhead speed? Why?

 

[Brian Manzella]

Torso?

You mean hips?

 

[Lifter]

Sure, hips. So the golfer's core doesn't slow down?

 

[wulsy]

Don't dem shoulders slow down as well?

 

[ryant91]

Freddie can crack his whip!

 

[duckjr78]

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Amazing that from approx. 17 sec mark until the 21 second mark, nothing but the club, his hands, and his arms really move at all.

 

[dschultz6072]

Amazing how he just keeps his head in the same spot and whips that clubhead through.

 

[spktho]

Early releasers with bent left wrist prior to impact, really need to work on the timing of the correct forces on the club. The initial downswing force is very different from what the early releasers are doing.

 

[Brian Manzella]

Game, Set, and Match.

Thanks for playing.


What a wonderful video:

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[mgranato]

... and the kid singing the national anthem. Awesome video for a lot of reasons.

 

[alocirga]

Is he just bracing with his left hand or actively pushing forward (counter-torquing) with it?

 

[Kevin Shields]

I was at Piratefest in our convention center and this kid was right after us. I was watching and when I saw the wheelchair jerk backwards after he ripped a few I couldn't get my camera out fast enough.

They were having a contest for a shot at singing the anthem at a game this year. AJ Burnett was the judge.

 

[Matt Bryda]

I was at Piratefest in our convention center and this kid was right after us. I was watching and when I saw the wheelchair jerk backwards after he ripped a few I couldn't get my camera out fast enough.

They were having a contest for a shot at singing the anthem at a game this year. AJ Burnett was the judge.

This is the same effect Rory gets, no?

 

[Kevin Shields]

This is the same effect Rory gets, no?

I would think so, right?

 

[Rick Dandy]

Super Mex Knows Sequencing

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[dschultz6072]

This guy does long drive, right?

 

[Brian Manzella]

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