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Online Students: Brandon Nagler Part 4

Here we have another great example of player showing marked improvement in all aspects of the swing while retaining the same annoying patterns that weaken his impact. Most of the students I teach are able to improve their technique over time, but that improvement is incremental. In other words, the problem areas are still the same and the specific movements that we are trying to change still need changing, but all the problems are less than they were before. Another thing that is common is to come upon one particular movement that seems particularly incorrigible, defying all attempts to get…

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Why a Website?

By Wayne | blog

I am often asked why I chose to start the website, and I can honestly say that it just occurred to me one day that it would be a cool thing to do. I had been using the V1 to send video summaries of lessons to students, and it seemed like it would nice to have a bigger repository for those and for the information I had been coming up with over the years as a player and a teacher. I feel that a lot of what I do is original (seeking to be original is the main reason I…

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Online Students: Derek Cribb Part 2

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Derek worked on his first online lesson for about 2 weeks before sending another set of swings, and the change is noticeable. While his arms don’t appear to be a lot softer at address I think his right arm is actually much softer than the first swings he sent, and that has helped him quite a bit in improving his takeaway and thus his entire backswing. His right arm now bends a bit and stays wider in the first part of the backswing, which allows him to achieve a fuller swing overall and opens up the possibility of pointing the…

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McIlroy, Rose, Oosthuezin, Schwartzel, and Donald Battle in Dubai

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

You know it’s a good tournament if these 5 studs are battling it out in the end. I caught the last 5 holes on DVR and grabbed some interesting shots to look at. Here I make some random observations of various shots, including some putts and short game shots, hit by the 5 protagonists coming down the stretch. Of course, McIlroy birdied every one of the last 5 holes to win, but it’s always cool to watch everything that’s going on with the guys fighting for the lead.

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Wayne D. Meets The Sport Psychologist

By Wayne | Articles: The Mental Game

I would love to make hundreds of dollars an hour just talking to people about golf. I think my problem would be, and my wife could back me up on this, that I couldn’t fill up an hour with talk about how one is supposed to deal with the difficulties of the game, or, if I could last an hour, by the time the next confused soul regaled me with the same laments I would be pretty much fed up. She used to think it was a total lack of compassion, but now she just refers to it as “being…

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TP&C: Ben Silverman

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities

I recently started working with professional Ben Silverman, a Canadian who now lives in south Florida and plays regularly on the GolfSlinger.com Tour. Ben has already shown some nice success, having recently won a two day event with a $10,000 first prize, and amassing over $50,000 in earnings this year. Ben is a talent, as you will see by his ability to change his swing in a short period of time, and is open to making his swing simpler for the long run, as he hopes eventually to try for the PGA Tour and to represent Canada at the 2016…

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Student Lesson: Joseph Barr

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Joseph is a solid Division 1 player, having played in the starting 5 in every tournament for the University of Kentucky and ranking 37th in scoring average in the conference. Joseph has designs on pursuing golf after college, and between he and his father, Jack, have decided that in order to have a realistic chance at success he would have to improve, which his record, while not shabby by any means, definitely indicates. The problem is that these days (just look at Q-School scoring) shooting 73 gets you lapped (both Lenny Mattiace and Camilio Villegas shot 73 in the 5th…

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Swing Analysis: Mike Austin

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

It was an eye opener for me to read the Wikipedia page on the life of Mike Austin. I knew he was considered a long hitter in his day and that he had spent a considerable amount of time establishing himself as a teacher of the game, but I didn’t know that he had a PHD in Kinesiology, that he was an intelligence agent and flew planes for the Canadian forces in WWII, that he was a renowned hustler known as “The Golfing Bandit”, and that he roomed for a time with movie star Errol Flynn. Austin still holds what…

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Why is it so Hard to Change?

By Wayne | Articles: Becoming a Better Player

If there is one thing that comes up most often in lessons I give to any level of player it concerns the difficulty in changing from an existing technique that is not providing satisfactory results to one that makes you a better player. This could include work on putting and all the facets involved with making putts (stroke mechanics, green reading ability, speed control, routine, mental approach), work on swing mechanics (how to hit every shot better and more consistently), short game technique (all types of pitches and chips, bunker play, shot selection, visualization), and a general approach to practice…

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Online Students: Derek Cribb

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Derek is a 2 handicap who can shoot under par but is susceptible to high scores due to a stubborn hook with the driver and some overall inconsistency with his ball striking. One thing he surely has plenty of is forward shaft lean, and in the video I go over why that is not such a great thing with the driver. A couple of things that stand out to my eye right away are the tight elbows at address, followed by the pinched right arm in the backswing. If you have watched any number of my previous lessons you will…

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