Dando and Homer coaching today

[shortgame]

Let's imagine a patient came into your hospital, had a thorough consultation with a top specialist and was given a diagnosis and a treatment plan to follow and was then told to return for a followup

Then, said patient decided half way through to disregard the plan and instead to take advice off strangers on the internet

What would you think?

 

[richart]

I would suggest getting yourself a TPI screening and investing some time in addressing physical and movement issues that will be contributing to your back problems and swing faults.

i would say that it’s highly likely you are losing posture during your swing due to physical limitations and no matter how much money you spend and how many balls you hit, if your body is restricting a particular movement, then you are fighting a lost cause!

It sounds like you are suggesting Homer gives up.

 

[ademac]

I think a history lesson for some might be in order

How do you mean?

 

[User20205]

How do you mean?

(Whispers) .....homergate 1-3 (was there a 4, I can’t really remember)
Homers little fan club need some context.....just Sayin’. The search facility is your friend.

 

[User20205]

It sounds like you are suggesting Homer gives up.

Andy is far too nice to even think that...me on the other hand!

Homie, you had a good run. Got down to 4, suffered amnesia, started playing again, plowing your own furrow etc etc. Had more injuries & illnesses than any other human person alive or dead. Golf is obviously a chore & maybe not for you. Maybe best you jack it in?

Mrs homer would thank you, you could give her all of your time, take her to all of the garden centres she could want to go to. In short, treat her like a princess, like she obviously deserves. You will thank us later !!

 

[SammmeBee]

Andy is far too nice to even think that...me on the other hand!

Homie, you had a good run. Got down to 4, suffered amnesia, started playing again, plowing your own furrow etc etc. Had more injuries & illnesses than any other human person alive or dead. Golf is obviously a chore & maybe not for you. Maybe best you jack it in?

Mrs homer would thank you, you could give her all of your time, take her to all of the garden centres she could want to go to. In short, treat her like a princess, like she obviously deserves. You will thank us later !!

This..........!!!!!!!!

 

[Dogma]

Have you been to see a physio Homer?

You need to look after your back and get it sorted before even thinking about golf imho.

 

[User20205]

Have you been to see a psychiatrist Homer?

You need to look after your back and get it sorted before even thinking about golf imho.

That’s going a bit far??

 

[Dasit]

Watching Homer's swing



Everything calm, all looks OK, standard stuff, all good, all calm........Then suddenly

THE QUICKEST BACK SWING IN THE WORLD

 

[Smiffy]

It sounds like you are suggesting Homer gives up.

I've been a member of the forum for 9 years.
In those 9 years I haven't seen any improvement in Homers game, despite countless hours spent on the practice ground and having lessons with various pro's.
His handicap is going out, as is his age.
Whilst I admire his determination surely there comes a point when you have to resign yourself to the fact that you are not going to get any better?
I dread to think how much time, money and effort has been spent trying to polish this particular turd.
We have one round where the putting is good and he's cracked putting.
The next round the putting is woeful but the chipping is good, and he's cracked chipping.
A video of his best front 9 at Ascot and he didn't hit one green in regulation but he's cracked it!!
He has been told countless times to just go out and hit the ball, and he's agreed that that's what he's going to do.
But two months later we hear about some other bottle of snake oil being opened that's going to cure his woes.
My handicap is going out. But I am getting out of golf what I put in. I only play once a month now if I'm lucky, I never practice, I never warm up, etc. etc.
But if I was putting as much effort in as Homer has over the last nine years and kept seeing my handicap go out and living off the one round in a million where I score 38 points????
I'd give up. Seriously.

 

[User101]

What is "handicap going out" Never heard that saying in my life and I've been in and around golf for 45 years or so.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

He means handicap increasing.

Let’s ease up on the Homer bashing please,

He am what he am and we is what we is 👍

 

[Smiffy]

What is "handicap going out" Never heard that saying in my life and I've been in and around golf for 45 years or so.

What, behind the bar in the clubhouse?

 

[Hobbit]

Yes but not the ears!!! I have one.

Van Gogh had similar problems...

 

[bluewolf]

Hey Homeslice. You can take this advice or not. What Foston had you working on is the best chance of improvement. Pretty much every fault on the downswing is a result of the overlong backswing. You're making all sorts of body movements to get the club head back to the ball because you lose control of it at the top.

Slow down and shorten. Make that you're swing thought.....

 

[shortgame]

I would suggest getting yourself a TPI screening and investing some time in addressing physical and movement issues that will be contributing to your back problems and swing faults.

i would say that it’s highly likely you are losing posture during your swing due to physical limitations and no matter how much money you spend and how many balls you hit, if your body is restricting a particular movement, then you are fighting a lost cause!

This is a very good point 👍

 

[MartynB]

He means handicap increasing.

Let’s ease up on the Homer bashing please,

He am what he am and we is what we is 

Well said. I post on a few forums where people put their swings up but not seen anyone get the at times sneering criticism homer gets, feels a bit like bullying to me.

 

[Jensen]

Well said. I post on a few forums where people put their swings up but not seen anyone get the at times sneering criticism homer gets, feels a bit like bullying to me.

Well said

 

[User20205]

Well said. I post on a few forums where people put their swings up but not seen anyone get the at times sneering criticism homer gets, feels a bit like bullying to me.

As mentioned before, the search facility is your friend!

 

[chrisd]

Well said. I post on a few forums where people put their swings up but not seen anyone get the at times sneering criticism homer gets, feels a bit like bullying to me.

To be fair, Homer hasn't posted his swing for forum members to critique, he has posted on his own blog for the world to see. He is doing on course videos in the like of a Mark Crossfield and opening himself to comments that are, in the main, coming from guys who know him personally, have, in many cases, played with him, and know the long term history of him and his self proclaimed obsession to reach single figures.

The point everyone, including me, are making is that he has had a long lesson from a top 25 coach and then posts a video where he pretty much ignores the tips to better his game that he was taught, in a GM freebie that most of us would love to have been selected for