Online Students | Wayne DeFrancesco

Online Students: Scott Sayre

Scott has a great looking swing that is well sequenced, but it runs into trouble in transition when he flexes his knees toward the ball after twisting his hips toward the target. His upper legs get so bent under him that to get his right arm in front of him his hands and arms must move well out away from his body and thus approach impact from an extremely high position. My suggestions are to set up with his balance a bit more out over the ball toward the balls of the feet, and then to create a station with shafts set up as obstacles to encourage him to change his downswing pattern.

Online Students: John Krystynak Part 4

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John is having a great deal of trouble changing his takeaway, and he is not alone. Trigger mechanisms are a bitch to change and when you watch John’s swing here versus his last online lesson you can see that while he has made progress with his pivot movement his takeaway is still a big problem. I focus the slow-motion video on John’s hands as he prepares to move the club into the backswing: he grips, then lets go, then grips again just as he moves the clubhead back.

Online Students: Chis Hall

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Chris had this lesson given to him by his good friend and website member Todd Strible as a going away gift (Chris is moving to Florida, presumably to play more golf). Chris has always wrestled with some oddities in his technique and has been unsuccessful in the attempt to break age-old patterns.

Online Students: William Stepp Part 2

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Bill has one of the best swings I’ve ever seen for an amateur of his age (he’s 69). It is a powerful and mechanically sound move, and it has improved since his first online lesson 9 months ago, which you will see clearly from the side-by-side views of his driver swing. Here I make a couple of recommendations to keep the progress going, starting with a simple change in posture and balance at address.

Online Students: John Lamendola Part 10

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If you want a great example of how online lessons can successfully change a swing for the better just watch all of John’s. He has made incredible progress (and has the tournament successes to show for it) and here I do a short lesson to focus on what I see as a shortcoming in the way he loads and moves his pelvis in the backswing and in transition.

Posture And Stance Affect The Entire Swing – Online Students: Kory Koehn Part 2

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This video is a great example of how posture and stance affect the entire swing. In watching Kory’s swing at regular speed, I saw some nice motion with good rhythm, but I also noticed a general lack of structure from face on and not much hip depth from down the line. After a closer look, I saw that Kory’s posture was quite erect, and that his right foot was extremely flared out.

Online Students: Doug De Mott

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As you can see from Doug’s email he is an avid student of the game, and in this video, I hope to get him on the right track as he tries to improve his ball striking. My main issue with Doug’s swing begins with his arm position at address and how that affects the takeaway. This is another example of a common pattern among players who like to keep their right arm stiff at address and their upper right arm firmly against the body in the backswing.

Online Students: Chip Zabatta Part 2

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Chip has already made great strides with his swing after his first online lesson. He has stabilized his lower body movement to a great degree and has added a ton of width to his backswing as well. These improvements now give him a chance to focus on the next big issue, which is that of his hands looping back behind him in transition.

Online Students: Chuck Zellner Part 6

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Chuck is a long time loyal member of the website and has been consistent with his online lessons as well as seeing me for a few in -person lessons as well. His swing has progressed consistently, and if he has any tendency it is to over-do the suggestions I make, which is really a good thing, as dialing back an overdone change is easier than correcting a stubborn inability to make any change at all.

Online Students: John Lamendola Part 9

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John has been pretty relentless in his online lesson taking, and just look at how his swing has evolved. Not only has his swing gotten mechanically better, he has been hitting it better on the course and shooting better scores. I think that anyone could improve or at least be encouraged that improvement was possible simply by watching the process as we attack John’s chronic flaws and try to simplify his technique.

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