Off the Rails Thread

scotts33 · 2022-11-18T13:26:11+00:00

After Sneakylong posted the palm down YT video. This one. I thought about Marty Nowicki - Impact Snap also palm down and Kirk Junge posted Moe Norman's Ma...

bogeypro

Par4QC My comments reflect MY views on MY play and what I find satisfying, I'm not suggesting that's the goal that others should aspire to. Guys I play with are strictly numbers driven. The "skulled shot from 150" I described as ending up a couple feet from the hole is considered a good shot because it resulted in a birdie .... nonsense. Skulled shot that runs forever because the fairways are as hard as a Wal-Mart parking lot is nothing to be proud of. I'd rather hit a solid shot that ends up left or right of the green & hope I don't short side myself.

Just my $.02 on my crappy game

Par4QC

bogeypro short side myself.

I could give 'how to' lessons, for doing that.😩

garyt1957

bogeypro I agree, unless i'm in a tournament. Then I'd rather be lucky than good. I'll take any break I get. But casual rounds, yea no interest in badly hit shots that end up good

Typhoon

Sneakylong I used to play golf with a low capper who was a great ball striker. I said how do you hit the ball turf so consistently? He couldn’t tell me.

That’s because you all think too much. He hit the nail on the head. I hate to see you guys spinning your wheels…. I love to see you all shoot lower scores!

Sneakylong

Typhoon

Golfers think too much because the game is not easy for them like it is for you. My low capper friend couldn’t tell me how to have a consistent low point because he didn’t know how he did it. He just could.🙄

That’s no help. Lol

Par4QC

Typhoon 'Thinking', about their swing, golfers are the slowest players on the courses! They take forever over the ball. It's why the PGA is so damn slow. Esp. with their putting.

Par4QC

Sneakylong couldn’t tell me how to have a consistent low point because he didn’t know how he did it

Because it is his natural swing. And he never has to think about it. He just plays. Like John. Except he doesn't play. 😁

Typhoon

Sneakylong Golfers think too much because the game is not easy for them like it is for you. My low capper friend couldn’t tell me how to have a consistent low point because he didn’t know how he did it. He just could.🙄

That’s no help. Lol

Hahaha…. No help… go eat a tuna sandwich!

If you told him to focus on palm down, you would screw Him up royally…. Same would go for me.

Typhoon

Par4QC I played every sport growing up so the motion is probably more natural for me but did people think about their little league baseball swings, or their Slapshot in hockey? No we didn’t.

The thing with watching all these individual videos is the golf swing is full of compensating moves. My pro looks at my swing and he says, because of your grip you do this amd then this…. If I were to only change my grip, I’d be all over the place. That’s something people don’t get. They are better off with a lesson so someone can see the root of the problem.

Spuzz

Typhoon I played every sport growing up.

Me too.
However, I am betting most of the swing gurus mentioned here were the last guy chosen in pick up games and in school, along with their "followers", so consider this when trying to understand them.
Just a Spuzzervation
😉

Par4QC

Typhoon I played every sport growing up so the motion is probably more natural

Shit, maybe that's what my swing is all about. I was a shot putter/discus thrower. 🤔

Sneakylong

Typhoon

I played sports as well. Co Captain of the Harwich Rough Riders high school basketball team.😎
The closest I think to golf is hockey. A lot of hockey players are good golfers. The slap shot is very close to a golf swing.

Unfortunately I wasn’t much of a skater and preferred basketball. But I did play intramural floor hockey in high school. Played center and had a hell of a wrist shot. Lol

This was back in the early 70’s when the Bruins were great. Hockey was huge back then and street hockey was big.
I remember playing a basketball game that night and playing street hockey in a shopping center lit parking lot after the game.

Matter of fact we had a floor hockey set up in the basement of my fathers sporting goods store. Didn’t help my golf swing though.😏

garyt1957

Typhoon but did people think about their little league baseball swings, or their Slapshot in hockey? No we didn’t.

Bad analogy. Most people sucked at those sports too. The one I always hear is "you don't think about throwing a ball" , no but most people can't throw a ball worth a shit either. At the highest level of any sport they think about, and analyze every movement. Batters watch hours of film, pitchers tweak their release angle, basketball players work on their shot. They all watch film and have coaches. Sure, your average hack golfer does none of this, as does your average beer league softball player or pickup basketball player. And the vast majority of them suck.

Sneakylong

Typhoon

There would be no need to tell him anything. He didn’t need any feels like palm down. Lol Whatever he was doing was subconscious.

Good players have feels and do work on things all the time as well though. It’s just low point is probably not one of them.

It would be wonderful if all everyone had to do was fix something statically like grip, stance etc. and that fixed everything. Sadly not the case.

No tuna today. Had a Thanksgiving sub from Publix. Turkey, gouda cheese, cranberry sauce, bacon, lettuce, tomato and onion, toasted on multigrain.

Delicious.

Sneakylong

I think because golf in so inconsistent that many of us are always trying to improve.

Searching for that elusive lasting epiphany is fun. The stale mantra to just use your natural swing is disingenuous. Most people’s natural swing sucks. Lol

This is a golf forum. If people want to discuss various swing philosophies etc. they should be able to do it without ridicule.

A good debate on swing methods is fine imo. But just dismissing a discussion on the golf swing as a waste of time and to just go play is lazy and not helpful imo.

End of rant. Lol

Subsonic

It is a lot easier to have a consistent low point when you are only 5'5". You are so close to the ground already. 😀

Typhoon

Sneakylong No tuna today. Had a Thanksgiving sub from Publix. Turkey, gouda cheese, cranberry sauce, bacon, lettuce tomato and onion, toasted on multigrain.

I like deli Turkey but not a real Turkey. . I told my wife no Turkey next year, I’m done with it. Nobody really gives a shit except my BIL but he’ll eat rats asshole, never saw food he didn’t like. So since I buy the Turkey, no more, done…. You want Turkey, I’ll go buy a couple pounds of Honey Roasted from the deli and make subs like you just had.

Typhoon

Par4QC hit, maybe that's what my swing is all about. I was a shot putter/discus thrower

😂😂😂😂 better than a swimmer I guess😁

Typhoon

Sneakylong The closest I think to golf is hockey. A lot of hockey players are good golfers. The slap shot is very close to a golf swing.

Unfortunately I wasn’t much of a skater and preferred basketball. But I did play intramural floor hockey in high school. Played center and had a hell of a wrist shot. Lol

This was back in the early 70’s when the Bruins were great. Hockey was huge back then and street hockey was big.

I remember playing a basketball game that night and playing street hockey in a shopping center lit parking lot after the game.

Matter of fact we had a floor hockey set up in the basement of my fathers sporting goods store. Didn’t help my golf swing though.😏

Love it!!!

Par4QC

Typhoon I'd hate to see that swing. But, maybe I have somewhere along the way.

Par4QC

garyt1957 They all watch film and have coaches. Sure, your average hack golfer does none of this, as does your average beer league softball player or pickup basketball player. And the vast majority of them suck.

Yeah??...compared to who? Pros? Or hacks that watch films/have coaches?

I'm kinda lost as to what group I may be in....I neither have coaches nor watch films. And most certainly, am no Pro.
So, what about me?? I suck?????

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