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Lesson of the Week: Justin Duffie Part 7

Justin is back after a year and half hiatus from lessons. You may recall that Justin, through tons of hard work, changed his swing about as much as anyone I’ve ever worked with. Being a great athlete, however, has its downside, as Justin is extremely hard on himself, and when he hit a plateau that involved too many poor rounds along with his better play he just couldn’t take it anymore and stopped trying to mess with his swing.

Lesson of the Week: Steve Rogers Part 2

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Steve is an excellent senior amateur from Kentucky who is also a member at the wonderful Colusa Pines Golf Club in Fort Myers, Florida. I’ve been working with Steve since the summer of 2014 (though not that often) and his main complaint is always with his ability to make solid contact with his irons.

Lesson of the Week: Peter Procops

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This is the latest in my ongoing sessions with Peter, a club professional from New York who visits me in Florida every winter to try to improve his game so he can be competitive in the club pro tournaments that are available to play in. Peter has real back issues, and when he found out that I had similar problems and had somewhat overcome them he was interested in hearing what I had to say. We hit it off nicely, and Pete’s swing has improved tremendously over time.

Lesson of the Week: Bobby Impaglia, PGA

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Bobby is the Director of Instruction for the city of Boca Raton, and he is the reason I have a place to teach down here in sunny Florida. We met while competing on the Space Coast Mini-Tour in the early 1980’s, and we have been good friends ever since. Bobby played on the PGA Tour for a short period before turning to teaching, and he was instrumental in helping me get my first teaching job on Long Island in 1985. Bobby has had me work with him on his swing off and on throughout our relationship, and now that I am down here for an extended period he wanted to take advantage and try to remedy some chronic habits that have plagued him forever.

Lesson of the Week: Dan Sullivan

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I like this lesson a lot because it is a great example of a swing problem that has no explainable cause. Dan is a very tall guy, but he is athletic and perfectly capable of making a nice, full swing, when there is no ball in front of him. When his brain knows that he is going to hit the ball his right wrist bends back, his right arm jams up, and his left arm squashes low against his chest, which means that his backswing is not going much past left arm parallel.

Lesson of the Week: Ethan Chelf Working the Split Hand Punch Shot

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Ethan has come along at warp speed this summer, but we still have great difficulty getting his hips to open and his right side to fire into impact. I have tried to do a lot of hands on work getting him to feel where he needs to be and what he needs to aim for as far as pivot motion and position in the downswing, but it seemed like his hips were too weak and just did not want to be stressed by staying deep while opening and getting his pressure shifted over toward the outside of his left foot.

Lesson of the Week: Weston Weilminster

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When I teach a student for a number of years it is always fun to every now and then look back on their swing and compare what it was at the beginning of our time together compared to what it is now. It is especially fun to do this with kids, as they grow so rapidly and the difference between then and now is often huge.

Lesson of the Week: Peter Slaven

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Peter is a very good player (he has qualified for the U.S. Mid-Am) who works a lot and doesn’t have time to practice a whole lot. He enjoys working on his swing (he sees a teacher in Chicago) and is a willing student. He is quite strong and has a nice, fluid motion, and I have concentrated in the few times we have worked on helping him improve his grip, stance and posture while going over how I would like to see him simplify his swing. His tendency is to trigger his swing with a sitting back movement and then bow his left wrist while moving his arms and hands away from his body.

Lesson of the Week: Matthew Latham Controlling his Wedges

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In this lesson we see an excellent young player with a powerful swing learning to control his wedge shots. Matthew can hit a pitching wedge 150 yards, but is not at his best when trying to flight his short iron shots, and has trouble from any type of in between distances.

Lesson of the Week: Scott Knoblach

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Scott came all the way down from Minnesota to continue the work we did last March down in Boca Raton. In that lesson Scott’s swing had a steep approach, and as you will see he is not anything but steep. In fact, he has gotten himself a bit more in-to-out than he should be, mostly due to an overturned right side.

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