May, 2012 | Wayne DeFrancesco

No Instruction is Good Instructuon

Link to Sally Jenkins’ Article. Wayne’s Response: Sally: I have often read and admired your columns for their depth and thoughtfulness, but I was shaking my head when you gave traction to Brandel Chamblee and his personal war on golf instruction in today’s column. There are a few things you should have considered before taking sides with Chamblee’s notion that no instruction is better than any instruction when it comes to the attempt to improve at golf. First of all, Chamblee is a golf loser, a quitter, beaten down by the game and forced to give it up due to…

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Peter Kostis Outdoes Himself Analyzing Rory McIlroy’s Swing

By Wayne | Videos: As Seen On TV and Extras

Who in their right mind would ever claim that McIlroy’s arms drive his pivot, and that the evidence is a video of Rory when he was 3 years old?

Online Students: John Neeson

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

This is John’s second online lesson (the first 3 months ago) and you will see that progress has definitely been made on the backswing. What needs to happen now is a more difficult task, changing the sequencing of the swing in order to get the right arm to start down earlier from a better position and move into a better approach to impact.

Swing Analysis: Ken Duke and Jason Dufner

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Here we see two clear examples of excellent swings that produce great ball control and plenty of distance without utilizing huge amounts of upper trunk movement.

Online Students: Jake Gilmer

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Jake has been struggling with his game and with incorporating the ideas he has gotten from watching the website, and here we see pretty clearly why this is the case.

I Refuse to Quit

By Wayne | blog

In the midst of the war that is an 18-hole round of competitive golf it is not hard to think about turning and running when things aren’t going well. Think about all the announcers on television: most were very good or great players. All of them quit voluntarily (although Nobilo I think could not overcome an injury problem). Since they were good, then quit, you would have to figure that they began to play consistently worse than they were used to, and after a while just couldn’t handle it anymore. It is hard to get your head around your deteriorating…

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Swing Analysis: European Tour Stars Nicolas Colsaerts and Brendan Grace

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

It is constantly amazing to me how many variations are allowable when it comes to hitting a golf ball, and that includes all aspects of the game, as every “stroke” is a hit of some sort.

Lesson of the Week: Lindsay Ianello

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Lindsay is a 16 handicap who has only been playing for 4 years, and as soon as I saw her swing I thought to myself that she would see significant progress right away.

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