By Wayne | Videos: Online Students
Derek worked on his first online lesson for about 2 weeks before sending another set of swings, and the change is noticeable. While his arms don’t appear to be a lot softer at address I think his right arm is actually much softer than the first swings he sent, and that has helped him quite […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis
You know it’s a good tournament if these 5 studs are battling it out in the end. I caught the last 5 holes on DVR and grabbed some interesting shots to look at. Here I make some random observations of various shots, including some putts and short game shots, hit by the 5 protagonists coming […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: The Mental Game
I would love to make hundreds of dollars an hour just talking to people about golf. I think my problem would be, and my wife could back me up on this, that I couldn’t fill up an hour with talk about how one is supposed to deal with the difficulties of the game, or, if […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities
I recently started working with professional Ben Silverman, a Canadian who now lives in south Florida and plays regularly on the GolfSlinger.com Tour. Ben has already shown some nice success, having recently won a two day event with a $10,000 first prize, and amassing over $50,000 in earnings this year. Ben is a talent, as […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week
Joseph is a solid Division 1 player, having played in the starting 5 in every tournament for the University of Kentucky and ranking 37th in scoring average in the conference. Joseph has designs on pursuing golf after college, and between he and his father, Jack, have decided that in order to have a realistic chance […]
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It was an eye opener for me to read the Wikipedia page on the life of Mike Austin. I knew he was considered a long hitter in his day and that he had spent a considerable amount of time establishing himself as a teacher of the game, but I didn’t know that he had a […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Articles: Becoming a Better Player
If there is one thing that comes up most often in lessons I give to any level of player it concerns the difficulty in changing from an existing technique that is not providing satisfactory results to one that makes you a better player. This could include work on putting and all the facets involved with […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Videos: Online Students
Derek is a 2 handicap who can shoot under par but is susceptible to high scores due to a stubborn hook with the driver and some overall inconsistency with his ball striking. One thing he surely has plenty of is forward shaft lean, and in the video I go over why that is not such […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week
This is an interesting view of how I initially look at a swing, decide what items need the most attention, then go through different shots and drills to try to narrow down what the root causes of the problems might be. It is obvious from the first swings I show here that Kenny has issues […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Videos: Online Students
Here we see a familiar pattern where a lifting pivot in the backswing causes the club to lay off significantly at the top, which in turn causes the shaft to steepen immediately in transition. This flat to steep progression is a good thing if it happens where the flattening is caused by the initiation of […]
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