Searching for a Golf method?

[down the hatch]

Hi
please might the experienced members here might help, I have retuned to occasionally playing after nearly 10 yeas away from the game, I am struggling to get some metal on he ball, I would like to find a method that I can work on, particularly one with drills that can be practiced at home. I have seen stuff like the square to square method, the PPGS with Doug Trahan, and various others, could some kind gent suggest something I could follow on line, lessons with a pro are not an option due to cost.
Cheers DTH

 

[Foxholer]

Don Trahan's method is as good (or bad) as any other imo!

Plus a few drills from t'internet from the likes of Rotary Swing et al.

Range work, and an analysis of what and why, is the way if you want to avoid too much cost - but it could be false economy.

The other way is to just go out and enjoy playing!

 

[standrew]

Hi
please might the experienced members here might help, I have retuned to occasionally playing after nearly 10 yeas away from the game, I am struggling to get some metal on he ball, I would like to find a method that I can work on, particularly one with drills that can be practiced at home. I have seen stuff like the square to square method, the PPGS with Doug Trahan, and various others, could some kind gent suggest something I could follow on line, lessons with a pro are not an option due to cost.
Cheers DTH

I do single axis- kirk junge does something similar.

I use Steve Strickers pitching and putting technique which is very simple too. Vids on youtube.

 

[chrisd]

There's load of free stuff on utube, rotary swing videos look good as do Rick Shiels, Me and my golf and Mak Crossfield. If you follow any of these I think it's important to video what you do and compare to what they say you should be doing as it's quite easy to mistake a feeling and be doing some thing quite different in reality.

 

[SocketRocket]

Check out information on the net and videos on Youtube relating to keeping a flat left wrist at impact. If you dont do this you will never play good golf, if you do then you are on a solid foundation to improve.

 

[the_coach]

There's no real 'golf method' as such, would be a ways wary of anyone teaching only one method to make a golf swing. You've just got to look at the top 50 tour pro's to see that's not the ways things go.

But there are certain 'fundamentals' that all these golfers employ to be able to produce sound impact conditions for good ball striking. These fundamentals allow a tad of room to have a good swing motion, sort of 'goldilocks band' of swing plane to be able to hit shots to target,

The more neutral you can make your grip, set up, alignments & keep a good posture from take away through to impact, the less manipulation of the hands throughout, means the less compensations you have to make during the swing motion so the easier it is to repeat consistently to get those sound impact conditions, so a good strike through the ball.

Good grip, aim, ball position, parallel left body alignment, good posture these set-up positions from the get go have really to be in good sound order, cause if they ain't you start to build in swing compensations from the get go which will cause a world of pain.

You may not be able to have a series of lessons for the reason you state, but if you can afford one lesson with a real good Pro to give you a decent set-up & grip from the get go it would make things a ways better.

Here's a decent way to start to form a grip, & why.

[video=youtube_share;HnluEV9Yt9s]http://youtu.be/HnluEV9Yt9s[/video]

 

[the_coach]

Decent explanation of what happens on the way back & why.

[video=youtube_share;STA6p8J1WiE]http://youtu.be/STA6p8J1WiE[/video]

 

[the_coach]

Lots of good things around to look at. This is just a ways thats fairly straightforward in explanation with what happens through any good swing motion, it's not a 'method' as such.
A sound swing motion has to have good rhythm. balance & timing. connection between the arms, body, legs & feet, you can only really get to have this by first having a sound grip, aim & alignment plus posture.

[video=youtube_share;SHEZX2zCeR8]http://youtu.be/SHEZX2zCeR8[/video]

 

[the_coach]

The one thing that a good swing motion has from address, set-up, is the motion going back happens in a sequence, & then the motion from the top of the backswing, transition, happens in a sequence also.

All good swing motions have the same sequence of motions. Going back from still, the sequence is led by movement from the arms shoulders & chest over a solid leg base, in other words the arms chest & shoulders take the club back & the hips & legs only react to the upper bodies movement when they are made to. Haven't mentioned the hands on purpose as all they should do is have a sound hold on the handle & react to the shoulder body turn & folding of the right arm. (as the vid earlier explains)

Then from the top of the backswing, transition, that sequence of movement is reversed, the upper body arms club hands 'feel' momentarily 'still' at top & the downswing sequence to & through impact starts from the ground upwards. In RH golfer, the left foot left knee left hip move slightly laterally, feel gentle pressure in the left foot (like squeezing some water from a sponge under the foot) trigger the downswing at transition, then the right shoulder moves downwards towards the ground so the club gets to hip height right elbow close to right hip club shaft parallel to the ground & target line (as shown in the vid here), the club will then swing out to & through impact & up to a balanced finish. To get the PP3 position talked about in the vid notice how the downswing starts at transition from the left foot, leg, knee, hips etc.

There's a couple of vids from the same place (National University Golf Academy) as these others you can look at that speaks about transition & different 'feels' to produce a good transition & downswing.

Here's a real interesting vid which speaks about the points I wrote about earlier & a good drill from two British guys, that would be real ways good to get down.

[video=youtube_share;xvMiZQo70-E]http://youtu.be/xvMiZQo70-E[/video]

 

[bobmac]

Learn how to stand at the start before you swing
Learn how to hold the club
Keep the head still during the swing
Learn how to stand at the end of the swing.

Those are a fundamentals to get you started.

 

[Foxholer]

Learn how to stand at the start before you swing
Learn how to hold the club
Keep the head still during the swing
Learn how to stand at the end of the swing.

Those are a fundamentals to get you started.

Wouldn't 'under control' or 'relatively still' be better? Or 'keep head movement to a minimum'?

Still implies - or at least is taken to mean - stationary, which I defy anyone to do and swing properly! Apart from the Major winners/World #1s whose head moved considerably!

 

[chrisd]

I just want the thank The Coach for introducing me to Ted Norby's videos via this thread. Easy, simple explanations and for any over the top swinger this video has to be the one to watch, I hadn't seen this drill before

http://youtu.be/X8GLAT5s-LA

Thanks

 

[bobmac]

Wouldn't 'under control' or 'relatively still' be better? Or 'keep head movement to a minimum'?

Still implies - or at least is taken to mean - stationary, which I defy anyone to do and swing properly! Apart from the Major winners/World #1s whose head moved considerably!

You teach your way and I'll teach mine

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Whilst there is a plethora of good advice available free of charge on the internet and plenty of good teachers here too, why not simply go to a good local PGA pro and book a couple of lessons to go over the basics. Surely a one to one session and two way feed back plus some real time drills specific to your game and swing would be better than self diagnosisng, trying to interpret 2D images and looking for drills that may or may not be relevant.

That aside and of course that's only my 2p's worth, welcome to the forum

 

[Foxholer]

You teach your way and I'll teach mine

Looking for repeat business then?

I'll take you on off scratch for a pound (or as much as you like) as long as if your head moves at all during the swing, until you hit the ball, you forfeit the match! It'll be a pretty short match! I'd take anyone in the world on with those rules!

A couple of random selections...

http://www.southlandgolfmagazine.co...Swing_Short_Game_Chipping_Putting_1_0910.aspx

http://www.flyingbluegolf.com/Inspire/scratch-golfer/golf-swing-mythbusting#

@Homer Doesn't look like you read the last bit of the OP!

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Welcome.

I once tried the Rhytmn Method, but found my balls never went in the hole.

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

I just want the thank The Coach for introducing me to Ted Norby's videos via this thread. Easy, simple explanations and for any over the top swinger this video has to be the one to watch, I hadn't seen this drill before

http://youtu.be/X8GLAT5s-LA

Thanks

I just watched this video, it almost made me want to go to the range to try it, in fact I might as it seemed to focus on all my main faults which caused my demise. Watch this forum for any updates on a possible AAC re-incarnation.

 

[Curls]

Welcome.

I once tried the Rhytmn Method, but found my balls never went in the hole.

Nice

 

[HomerJSimpson]

@Homer Doesn't look like you read the last bit of the OP!

Nope saw it. Just think even one lesson would be more helpful than trawling through the internet looking for that nugget. A lot of pros are reasonably priced (cost of a night in the pub) and with a definitive idea of what needs working on and drills to improve the OP will see results better and quicker. Not a fan of internet tuition as a stand alone method, even less looking for a set method which may or may not be ideal

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Nope saw it. Just think even one lesson would be more helpful than trawling through the internet looking for that nugget. A lot of pros are reasonably priced (cost of a night in the pub) and with a definitive idea of what needs working on and drills to improve the OP will see results better and quicker. Not a fan of internet tuition as a stand alone method, even less looking for a set method which may or may not be ideal

Internet and magazine tuition has suited me down to the ground - zero spend on lessons

Lots of self satisfaction to be had in teaching yourself to good golf