Monthly Archives: March 2016

Swing Analysis: Bubba Watson and Paul Casey

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Here we have two excellent players with very different pivot movements in transition. We see them on the 16th at Doral, teeing off with a pitching wedge or 9 iron. Bubba hits an inexplicable draw over the water to about 6 feet while Casey hits a non-descript shot to the center of the green somewhere (which really isn’t bad at all. The hole is plenty intimidating, even with a wedge in hand).

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Swing Analysis: Adam Scott and Rory Mcilroy

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It’s always nice to get swings from the television broadcasts that employ fixed cameras. As we know, any hand held camera precludes the use of drawing lines to see where the movement occurs in the swing because It is impossible to hold a camera perfectly still while filming. Usually at a Tour event the fixed cameras are on tee boxes for obvious reasons, and in this case we have both Scott and Mcilroy teeing it up on a par 3.

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Lesson of the Week: Matthew Woods, PGA

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

As we know, swings that are rhythmical and paced well almost always look good to the naked eye. Matthew’s swing is no exception, and certainly that ability to make a graceful, powerful athletic motion is always going to be a positive when it comes to being able to implement technique change, which is what we know we are going to need after analyzing the details of the swing in slow motion.

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Playing for Money: Kevin Johnson Part 2

By Wayne | Videos: Playing For Money

Kevin is an excellent player (two years on Tour, 6 wins on the secondary [Nationwide, Web.com] tours) but at age 48 he has kind of hit the wall and can’t seem to hit the ball as well as he used to. The first thing I noticed was that Kevin was not really using his pivot nearly enough, and we spent the first session just trying to feel what a real coil and load felt like.

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Lesson of the Week: John Lamendola

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If you have watched any of my other online lessons with John, you know that our main goal is to get his hands and arms to stop dropping behind him in transition. John is a good player and has every tool imaginable available to him in his house, and has been working with me for about 8 months, so you can see just how difficult this type of pattern is to change.

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Online Students: Byron Miles Part 4

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

This is a great example of a successful series of online lessons. Byron’s swing has progressed remarkably, and it is easy to see from the side by side views of the new and the old that he has been able to incorporate just about everything I have suggested. Certainly it should be encouraging for everyone who has taken an online lesson or is contemplating doing so that great improvement can be made even without face to face, hands on training.

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