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Wayne D. in Boca: More Progress

This week I’ve had a chance to test out the more erect set up with less knee flex and I like the look and function of it although it has not produced as much lowering as I had expected in the backswing. It has, however, given me a greater feeling of loading into the right hip which has made a big difference in my ability to sequence the transition from the ground without leaning forward toward my left toes with the upper trunk.

Swing Analysis: Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan- Surprisingly Similar

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

You wouldn’t really expect to find a great amount of similarity between the “upright” swing of Jack Nicklaus and the “flat” swing of Ben Hogan, but in this video I show that they are actually eerily similar when viewed from a skewed face on angle. I thought of making this comparison after responding to a comment on my video “The Lost Art of the Lifted Left Heel” which chastised me for instructing people to push off their right foot to initiate the downswing, saying that was a horrible thing, and that it was actually the left knee that initiated the forward swing.

Basement Tapes: Wayne D. Back in the Basement: Finally Getting the Right Leg Deep

By Wayne | Videos: Basement Tapes

In this basement segment I go over what I have been doing lately with my swing. I have picked up a tremendous amount of distance and my iron play is far more accurate. I will keep you up to date on my progress as I get down to Florida to do some teaching and practicing.

From The Vault: The 1999 PGA at Medinah

By Wayne | Videos: From The Vault

Here’s more footage from the 1999 PGA at Medinah, including a practice round with Jay Haas, Fred Funk and Craig Stadler, along with swings from Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els, and others. Oh yes, and swings by Wayne D. as well.

From The Vault: Wayne D. at the 1999 PGA with John Cook, Mark O’Meara and David Duval

By Wayne | Videos: Basement Tapes

My best buddy and caddy for the 1999 PGA, Mark Diamond, had the great idea to put my camera in the bag, and when I teed it up at 6:30 AM with John Cook, Mark O’Meara and late arrival David Duval for a Wednesday practice round we were able to capture a great memory.

The Dreaded Slump

By Wayne | Articles: The Mental Game

It all starts to break down, slowly at first, so that you hardly notice, a bad round, followed by another. Just a few shots higher, but that feeling of control is slipping away. The shots aren’t as solid, there are more trees in the way of your imperfect drives, the putts are lipping out instead of in.

What Starts the Swing?

By Wayne | blog

I just spent the day with my student Kevin Streelman at the Sanderson Farms Classic PGA Tour event in Jackson, Mississippi, where we resumed our efforts to find a way to break Kevin’s habit of triggering his swing with too much…

Online Students: Jaime Gylan

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Jaime is a very good player who took lessons from me in high school and then again years later when he came back to golf after an extended break, and now is a club professional in the Philadelphia area. I think he has a chance to be a top notch player and I am glad he sent me his swing to look at again.

Wayne D. Gaining On It

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Well, it’s getting better. I made what I consider a breakthrough by getting rid of most of my knee flex at address and concentrating on adding flex to the right leg while pushing it backwards right as the hands, arms and upper trunk start the club away.

Online Students: Conner Kumpula Part 5

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

It is not always easy to let go of the memories of playing poorly, and when the technique improves as much as this the player has to learn to trust it let it work for him. Confidence, however, is built over time with increasing successes, just as a lack of confidence becomes ingrained over a period of poor performance.

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