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Lesson of the Week: Paul Tibolla

This is a perfect example of how difficult it is to change a swing pattern, especially when the change involves making almost the opposite movements the player is used to. It is commonly said that golfers should use their “natural swing”, and that they will be better off not messing with what they always gravitate towards. Working with “what the player has” as opposed to trying to make changes is a popular sentiment among teaching pros who prefer to offer small tweaks and bits of advice to help the player hit the ball a little better that day or to fix a certain type of shot that has been vexing the student.

Lesson of the Week: Conner Johnson Jr.

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Just about all of the elite juniors that I teach now hit the ball quite far, often carrying their drives 280-300 yards. Distance will never really be the big problem for these players; rather, it will be their ability to control distance, direction and trajectory that will determine their ability to raise the level of their play. Connor came to me for the first time from Richmond just over a year ago after having some success as a 15- year old but needing help to make his swing and his ball striking more consistent.

Lesson of the Week: Ethan Chelf

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Every now and then I like to post a video of a young student who has taken lessons over a number of years. Ethan started with me when he was 11, and although he was a good athlete and liked the game he could barely hit the ball. I could see that he had the coordination and sequential movement necessary to develop a good swing, and over the 2 + years he has come for lessons (not that often as he is a stud basketball player) you can see not only substantial physical growth (he must be 10 inches taller now) but a swing technique that has progressed to the point where he is ready to really start hitting the ball well and playing competitively.

Lesson of the Week: Tyler Wright

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Tyler is a 16- year old high schooler from Dallas, Texas who has recently gone from being a serious baseball player to a serious golfer. His father, Larry, is a website follower and knew that Tyler’s lower body movement was suspect, but couldn’t find a teacher around who emphasized the pivot like he saw me doing in the lessons and swing analysis’ on the site. Thus, he flew all the way to Maryland with Tyler and spent 5 hours with me, and as you will see we got some great results.

Lesson of the Week: Toks Pedro

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Toks will be a junior at Rutgers this year and has played in every tournament his first two years, showing great improvement his sophomore year. He still felt like he was not where he wanted to be as far as being confident in his ability to self-correct, and he noted that his misses were too big, mostly to the left.

Lesson of the Week: Lindsay Ianello Part 2

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Lindsay and her husband Peter came from Chicago to spend a couple of days with me, and the progress was excellent. As you will see in the video Lindsay is very athletic (she is a horse person) and with her size (tall) and ability to move and create speed getting her to hit it far better is a matter of technique. The most glaring fault present here is her sequence.

Lesson of the Week: Jordan Kaplan

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Jordan is a good player and wants to compete at a high level as an amateur, and as you can see he is a strong, athletic swinger of the club. His goal in coming for help was to learn about his swing and to see if he could improve his overall ball striking, especially with the irons under pressure.

Lesson of the Week: Nick Cammarene Part 2

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Nick is the son of Mark Cammarene, a PGA Professional working in the Palm Beach, Florida area. Nick works at Jonathan’s Landing, another nice club in the same area, and is contemplating making a career in the golf business. Working in the business is way more fun when you’re a good player, and Nick was struggling when Mark decided to bring him down. This is Nick’s second lesson, and while he was hitting it much better he was still struggling with control of his longer clubs.

Lesson of the Week: Nick Antonelli, PGA

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Nick is an aspiring club professional working in New Hampshire in the summer who comes down to Florida to see me about once a year, which is not optimum but certainly better than not coming at all. He, like a lot of the good players you see on the website, has a fluid and athletic swing with technique problems that keep him from hitting the ball with consistent contact and direction.

Lesson of the Week: Doug Luce

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This is another example of the classic swing pattern that sees the right arm drop either straight down or, in this case, backwards behind the right side while the lower body drives up and under toward the ball, causing the right arm to approach in such a manner that a solid, forward leaning impact is nearly impossible to achieve.

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