Your Turn Mr. Manzella

[jbrunk]

BMan wins another one

This is long, and yes I am bragging.................on someone.

I have made myself a 6 handicap in 7 self taught years of well timed flipping. The last 3 years have been wrought with frustration so I turned to 3 teachers for help. I bought books by Butch Harmon, David Ledbetter and Jim Mclean. In 2004 I turned to BH to cure my heels/shanks/pushes/hooks.........he told me to swing inside the second ball......thanks Butch. In 2005 I turned to David Ledbetter for the same issues......he told me swing with my weight on my heels.......thanks Led. In 2006 I turned to Jim Mclean for yet again, the same issues.......he told me to hit the inside ball and inside tee........thanks Jimmy. In late 2006-2007 I have turned to Brian Manzella for the SAME issues. He told me to not let the face open, and to turn it off the plane coming down, and to full roll swivel with a flat left wrist......thanks Brian.

Today I played golf for the first time in 5 months at a course I have never broken 80 in 15 or so tries. This course is about 6600 yards and has water on 10 holes and OB on 12 holes.

Well I shot 78 with 2 missed 3 foot birdie putts, and 2 par 5's I got to in 2 that I 3 putted. We are talking 4 shots just thrown away. In a word, COMPRESSION BABY! No shanks, no heels and no pushes. Just to put this in more perspective my first rounds of the year in 2004,2005 and 2006 was 84, 82, 88 respectively.

Sure sounds like this Italian guy knows sumthin........thanks BMan. Oh and to Harmon, Ledbetter and Mclean.....thanks for leading me to the best golf teacher on the planet.

 

[Tom Bartlett]

Just imagine how good you could be if you took lessons from him in person.

 

[dodger]

We all look forward to that. I have not sliced a ball in over 20 years as I come too much from the inside. However, Never Slice Again 2.0 has squared my clubface and learning how to lag the sweetspot instead of the heel has made a massive difference. The other instructors mentioned in this post never have provided as effective instruction as this site. I have all of their books and the only mention of clubface control comes from Leadbetter in his Hogan book. He talks of Hogan's open face and reccomends a square to closed face for less athletic golfers. Interestingly, pictures of Harmon's father from the fifties clearly shows a neutral grip and a flat to arched left wrist,similar to twistaway. I have passed Brian's clubface advice to novice golfers, including my 9 year old daughter, with amazing results. As Tom says, imagine what he could do in person.

 

[speedracer68]

Mr. manzella is a gem amoung teachers...Jim's advice is equally as helpful..Your videos and explanations are all spot on..I am hitting the ball with much less effort and solidly..I have had excellent rounds of 2 and 4 over but i have also had mid 80's..still having a struggle focusing on float loading and LCT..but i can see that my game is headed in the right direction..I will be going to the states next year and i will set up as much time as i can spare with brian..i really need him to put everything i've watched here together..Thanks for all the effort and all the No Bullsh@t advice..for me at least you are the #1 teacher....More power to the italian stallion..

 

[Brian Manzella]

Thanks folks.

Some teachers are scared of getting graded. Some are worried about getting reviewed. Most would rather NOT participate in a Teach-Off.

Not me.

I want to know when I'm right and when I'm wrong. When I'm best and when I'm not.

Thanks for the very nice words. I'll try to keep getting better.