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Lesson of the Week: Chuck Winograd Making Progress

In this video I do a side by side of Chuck to show his progress from out first lesson a month ago to now. Chuck lives and works in Canada and has been in and out of town but when he is in Florida he has taken the time to see me about a dozen times. In talking to Chuck, it is apparent that he has never been given an objective assessment of his swing issues, and he gets frustrated at the lack of obvious improvement from day to day. This is usually the case with highly successful people who are used to being able to incorporate change almost immediately after learning new information, but, as we all know, this does not usually hold true with golf, especially if the swing flaws have developed over a long period of time and are deeply ingrained. As you will see here Chuck has improved just about every part of his swing, and if we can get his pelvis moving in the right direction I think we will take another substantial leap forward.

Online Lessons: John Krystynak Part 5

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

In this video I compare John’s swing from April of 2015 to now, and while we see some improvement it is also obvious that John has swing patterns that are hard to change. My sense of John’s takeaway is that both arms get too rigid just as the club moves back, and the left arm is forced to move out and around a right arm that won’t bend enough to allow the left to move more across the chest. At the same time there needs to be more vertical raising of the clubhead from the beginning by adding wrist cock. The larger issue here is the failure to deepen the pelvis and the overuse of the right shoulder to extend the turn as he gets to the top of the swing.

Lesson of the Week: Lon Tabatchnik- Posture Causing All Sorts of Problems

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Lon is a very strong, athletic guy who has managed to maintain a high single digit handicap despite some serious swing issues. Recently he has fallen on hard times, and one of his friends, a regular student of mine, gifted him with a series of lessons. What you see here is a result of only two hours’ worth of work, and I think you’ll agree that his rapid improvement proves that a good athlete with strength and coordination can accomplish quite a bit technique – wise in a short period of time.

Online Lessons: Phil Pfeiffer Part 4

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

My actual game on the golf course is telling me that we must be making some real progress. My handicap index is down to 0.6 (the lowest of my life), I’ve had a couple nice tournament results, and I almost never shoot anything higher than about 75 in casual rounds anymore. I still don’t really strike it with consistent solidness, but I just don’t seem to hit very many damaging shots either. It’s like we’ve gotten enough good stuff in there so that I can at least play.

TP&C: Tony Romo Swing Golf Swing Analysis February 2018

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities

I had a great time playing 3 straight days with Tony as his partner in the Isleworth Invitational, a Pro-am event with players such as John Cook, Nick O’Hern, and many other excellent players including a lot of younger guys working at Isleworth and playing the mini-tours. Tony has made some nice progress with his swing technique over the past year after coming back from multiple back surgeries due to football injuries, even while missing a bunch of playing and practice time with his new position as lead NFL announcer for CBS Sports.

Online Lesson: Joel Atkinson- How Posture Affects Early Extension

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

As you will see in the video Joel does a lot of excellent things in his swing. The camera is not quite clear enough to discuss his impact in detail, but it does seem like his hands get up to the ball and that he can sustain impact fairly well. The thing that jumps out at me is Joel’s posture. It’s not that no one who is really good sets up with their balance in the middle of their feet and the butt line well back from the heels, but in Joel’s case and just about anyone with early extension problems I always feel that a posture that is more out over the ball with more pelvic tilt and less knee flex is more conducive to changing the pattern where the legs always feel underneath and moving more toward the ball.

10 Smart Things Golfers Can Do to Help Their Games

By Wayne | Articles , Articles: Becoming a Better Player

“‘How long will it take me to master aikido?’, a prospective student asks. ‘How long do you expect to live?’ is the only respectable response. Ultimately, practice is the path of mastery. If you stay on it long enough, you’ll find it to be a vivid place, with its ups and downs, its challenges and comforts, its surprises, disappointments, and unconditional joys. You’ll take your share of bumps and bruises while traveling–bruises of the ego as well as of the body, mind, and spirit–but it might well turn out to be the most reliable thing in your life. Then, too, it might eventually make you a winner in your chosen field, if that’s what you’re looking for, and then people will refer to you as a master.

Viewer Question: Tiger Woods 2018: Has His Hand Release Changed and Can it be Effective?

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Jeff Mann sent me the link to video of Tiger’s 2018 swing and asked the question: “As a big fan of Tiger Woods, what do you think of his recent swing action where he uses a roller hand release action? Do you think that he can be competitive against the many PGA Tour golfers (like Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, and Tommy Fleetwood) who use a DH (Drive/Hold) hand release action-even if he doesn’t have a relapse of his back problems?” I think the video holds my answer…

Lesson of the Week: Chuck Winograd- Posture, Takeaway and Right Arm Pullback

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Chuck is a member of my new club, and he came to me as a frustrated golfer who felt he had ability but no concept of what is was with his swing that wouldn’t allow him to improve. Analyzing his first batch of swings I knew that to help Chuck I was going to have to give him a better understanding of what his swing was doing and why, and then work on changing the pattern he had created over time.

Online Lesson John Lamendola: Looking for More Driver Speed (163 mph ball speed)

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

John has made remarkable progress over the 2 ½ years we have been working on his swing, and now that he knows where the ball is going and is comfortable with his technique we are looking for ways to increase his clubhead and ball speed with the driver. In this lesson I put him side by side with Charlie Hoffman, who I filmed a few years ago when I was at the Valspar Championship with Streelman. In the comparison I note that John is loading his pelvis toward his center instead of over his right leg, and when he cuts the right hip in and leaves the “wall” that is the right side of the face on hip box he short changes his upper body coil and leaves some potential energy unused.

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