Videos | Wayne DeFrancesco

As Seen on TV: Kratzert on Woods: Head Steady? I Don’t Think So

By Wayne | Videos: As Seen On TV and Extras

I find it hard to believe that a guy who fancies himself as a golf “expert” would put such wrongheaded nonsense out for public consumption. Bill Kratzert is proving himself to right in there with Johnny Miller, Nick Faldo, Brandel Chamblee, and the rest of the bunch when he steadfastly maintains that Tiger’s head is “steady”, not moving to the right or up and down when in fact the very video he is analyzing proves him to be totally wrong. I mean, the video is playing, Kratzert is commentating, and what he is saying has nothing to do with what…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

Online Students: Fred Cooper (Freddie Fringe)

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

When you watch this video lesson you might think to yourself “wow, that sure is a lot of stuff to think about”, and that would point out an important difference between and online lesson and a face to face lesson, especially when the hands on lesson can be a consistent thing over a period of time as opposed to a one- time thing. It is likely that I wouldn’t dispense so much information at one time if the student was going to be seeing me on a regular basis, and I would be conscious of prioritizing things that needed to…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

Lesson of the Week: Jim Heerwagen

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Jim was visiting the DC area from California and had been a member of the website for some time so he decided to pay a visit. He had recently been to a golf school where he reported that he had worked mostly on tempo and balance. I found that to be interesting as it turned out that we wound up working on the very same things, as you will see in the video. The first thing I noticed in watching Jim hit some full shots was how slow his swing looked. We talked a bit about what he had…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

Ben Hogan: Leg Movement, Clubface Angle and Release Action

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I don’t usually watch the videos I do once I finish and send them off to be processed and eventually posted, but I watched this one over again and I have to say that the information here is new and different and very cool. In a rant against Tiger Woods and Sean Foley a couple of weeks ago Brandel Chamblee made the argument that flat swingers (such as Hogan) had to practice more (where he came up with that idea is anyone’s guess) and that he couldn’t understand why more people didn’t try to emulate Nicklaus’s swing over Hogan’s. I…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

Lesson of the Week: Alex Hooper

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Alex has been coming to Woodmont to see me every now and then for a few years now. His swing has improved, but he still suffers from some pivot problems which eventually cause him to approach impact both too steep with the shaft too far out away from him as well as too wide with the hands too far away from the ball when the shaft is parallel to the ground coming down. He has worked hard to gain hip depth in the backswing, and he has definitely done that, but he has also gotten into backing his head up…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

Matt Kuchar Golf Swing Analysis

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Watching Matt Kuchar swing should be enough evidence for anyone paying attention to prove that just about any combination of backswing arm, hand and wrist positions can be utilized to play great golf. Just compare Kuchar with Steve Marino, for example. Could there possibly be a greater discrepancy between left arm angles at the top of the swing? You can go back to Nicklaus and Hogan and see the same diversity. That said, we wouldn’t be bothering to look at these swings if the players employing them weren’t highly successful. You have to get to the ball and control it,…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

Online Students: Trent Tessler

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Trent is an accomplished player who took time off from the game and is now coming back and wanting to compete again. He is generally unsatisfied with the quality of his ball striking and has sent in a few swings to have me take a look. The general fluidity and athletic action tell you that this is a good golfer, and it will take closer examination to diagnose the possible causes of the erratic striking. The slow motion camera reveals a few items which I see as major issues worth tackling. The first is the substandard use of the…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

Lesson of the Week: Jon Zampedro

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

I thought this would be an interesting lesson to look at because of Jon’s physical stature. One thing I find to be generally ridiculous in golf instruction is the idea that the swing should be tailored to body type, and that different body types should be taught differently. I believe this to be nonsense. The basic elements of a good swing are the same for thick and skinny, tall and short, male and female, weak and strong, young and old. The difference is not in what you teach, but in how you focus your priorities based on limitations (or in…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

Lesson of the Week: Justin Duffie Part 4

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

We have seen Justin’s swing improve by leaps and bounds over time but I thought this was an interesting lesson because you don’t usually see drill swings produce exactly the changes you are looking for. When you have spent most of your golfing life swinging poorly as Justin has there are things late in the swing that you just aren’t going to have any clue about doing correctly. Now, however, he is in such better position approaching impact that he has a chance to drive his right side through the impact area and perhaps produce better contact and some sustain…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

The Golf Posture Pod: A Great Teaching and Training Tool

By Wayne | Videos: Faults, Fixes and Drills

“In the box” is a phrase I have coined to highlight the importance of having the hips stay deep during the swing. If the head stays out over the ball the deepening of the hips produces an increase in posture during the swing, which means that the head of the golfer will lower both in the backswing and in the first part of the downswing. The Golf Posture Pod is a device that allows you to train this movement while visually measuring whether or not you are being successful at your attempt to deepen the hips during the swing. If…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

« Previous 1 … 102 103 104 105 106 … 137 Next »

Category Archives for "Videos"