By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week
Kayla is a 13 year old member of my previous club and had just started getting serious about playing competitive golf. When we started her biggest issue was sequence and as you can see here, she has made tremendous progress.
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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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By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week
This is an interesting view of how I initially look at a swing, decide what items need the most attention, then go through different shots and drills to try to narrow down what the root causes of the problems might be. It is obvious from the first swings I show here that Kenny has issues with his sequencing, his path and his impact alignments, but it appears to me that the impact is much worse than the rest of the swing leading up to that point would suggest. In other words, I see many players who achieve an approach position…
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Justin has made nice progress since starting with the website, and even made a trip down to see me in July, where we got some nice work in. He is still struggling with the transition move, and I noticed right away that he had left out the line on top of his head, which, in Justin’s case, happens to be one of the most important lines to be aware of. As you can see, Justin lowers nicely in the backswing with the loading action taking his head downward a bit, then, instead of lowering again to get the lower body…
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Anthony reports that he is a 10 handicap who plays worse than that on tough courses or in tough conditions, and in looking at his swing I would agree with him that he has the ability to be a low single digit handicap player if not better.
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Rick is a long-time friend and my business partner at waynedefrancesco.com and wdglc.com. He runs a software company that produces ease of access programs for major online gaming companies. He is also an avid golfer, and I have been helping him with his swing off and on since we met, although never for any extended period of time.
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This was a particularly interesting online lesson to give as Michael has an excellent swing (he’s a 2 handicap) and is knowledgeable enough about the swing in general to know that his hands approach impact quite far above his original shaft plane.
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What we see here is a classic case of a good athlete with excellent motion and power but trouble controlling the ball as far as direction and trajectory. What jumped out at me right away was the dropping hands and steepening shaft in transition, and this was our major focus after doing some grip and setup work.
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