Non-Traditional Golf Swing Discussion

scotts33 · 2018-09-08T18:16:05+00:00

Since, there seems some interest in non-traditional methods of the golf swing. Here are 3 that I have tried or used. There are more but these three I feel...

sdandrea1

garyt1957 Have tried this off and on two or three times. Finished the end of last season with it and picked up yards with the driver and couldn't miss a FW. Tried it this year and can't get it to work

We love Golf, but Golf hates us.

garyt1957

sdandrea1 she is a cruel mistress

sdandrea1

garyt1957

She's like a cat. I love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you.....

DonM

garyt1957 The right side swing you posted on the swing forum a year or two looked so good. So you can obviously do it. Then the fine tuning begins. And that is a long process. Probably never ending. But if a person keeps hitting the reset button, they’ll never get to the fine tuning.

scotts33

DonM But if a person keeps hitting the reset button, they’ll never get to the fine tuning.

+1.

Personally, I have returned to the Manuel De La Torre swing that I have had the majority of my life. I have been re-reading Manuel's book "Understanding the Golf Swing". I have tried some different swing methods over the years. Manuel's/Ernest Jones swing is easiest on the body and makes sense and if the golfer understands his/her swing you can self diagnose and fix your swing malady. That's the issue with the modern PGA swing method of today no one can fix themselves nor is it easy on the body. http://www.manueldelatorregolfteaching.com/

garyt1957

DonM The right side swing you posted on the swing forum a year or two looked so good. So you can obviously do it. Then the fine tuning begins. And that is a long process. Probably never ending. But if a person keeps hitting the reset button, they’ll never get to the fine tuning.

Always felt like I needed an on site instructor to give me a little fine tuning. There's a guy at a resort in OK that teaches RSS. I've seriously considered making the trip

scotts33

An FYI.....Brian Sparks passed away. Great instructor and author of Positive Impact Golf.

garyt1957

scotts33 Sorry to hear about Sparks. Seemed like a good guy.

scotts33

garyt1957 Sorry to hear about Sparks. Seemed like a good guy.

Brian one of the good guys even if you didn't believe in his weight shift/timing swing there are so many other factors discussed in his Positive Impact Golf book ie. staying away from the negativity that golf can begat and move on to better swings and golf and life in general.

DonM

garyt1957 Whereabouts is he located?

garyt1957

DonM. Haha, better late then never I guess. He's at Winstar Casino Resort on the Texas/Oklahoma border

azgreg

I've got to protect my back better. I'm contemplating a swing makeover this off season. Right now I'm thinking about giving the Sparks or Junge method a go.

DonM

azgreg The Junge, Graves, Moe Norman method is very easy on the back. That’s why I started using it 17 years ago, and it’s been miraculous. Sometimes I try a conventional swing, and it doesn’t take long to remember why I changed.

azgreg

azgreg
First thing's first though. I've got to stop rising up during my backswing.

Subsonic

MDLT Baby! There is already a thread...

Eguller

azgreg First thing's first though. I've got to stop rising up during my backswing.

May as well add another one - check Paul Wilson on YouTube. No tension swing.

DonM

azgreg I feel that the Moe swing prevents that from happening. Same for early extension, which maybe is the same thing by a different name.

Edit: I read backswing but my mind went to down swing.

scotts33

DonM I feel that the Moe swing prevents that from happening. Same for early extension, which maybe is the same thing by a different name.

Especially if you do Moe's vertical drop move. 👍

DonM

scotts33 I don’t try to do that. Just swing down to the ball.

scotts33

Jim posted this today.

Kirk posted this today.

fatshot

scotts33 Jim Venetos' method has worked very well for me. I've been using it for 4-5 years, my fairways and greens-in-regulation are up, and I haven't had any back problems to speak of since switching to it.
At the beginning of every season (and sometimes during it, if I'm not making solid contact) I watch several of his full swing videos on YouTube, and that gets me ready to go practice and play.

KCee

scotts33 When I watch Venetos I always think Stack n Tilt.

azgreg

All these YouTube swing instructors need to have a big tournament. All the losers have to get off YouTube.

scotts33

azgreg All these YouTube swing instructors need to have a big tournament. All the losers have to get off YouTube.

They are both offering something non-traditional that's what this topic is about. 😉

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