fatshot I'm trying to figure out exactly WHAT it is that he's teaching these guys to do to achieve more distance....??? It seems like all he's telling them is to close their stance, and aim or extend their swing more in front of the ball....??? And maybe a little bit of a flick of the wrists at impact....?? That's it? and you achieve more distance with that?? It seems too good to be true. Guess I'll have to examine this further.....
Broderick can get into the weeds bio mechanic wise, but he seems to try and keep it simple when working with someone. The big keys for me in his teaching is rear elbow facing out. The swing is basically 22" long between your feet he says. He laughs at his own swing when he sees the elbow move away in the backswing, but he brings it back down close to his body in the downswing.
You need to be patient in the downswing and resist the urge to pull and throw. The feel is just keep turning and then extend the right arm and flick at a point past the ball. He also would like you to aim the butt of the club out at the ball coming down.
The closed feet is for those who can't extend at a 23 degree angle out to the right past impact. There's more detail he gets into with each student, but again the constant I see is get the elbow facing out at address, then fold it up to the top and get it back to your side coming down with no pull or throw while turning thru and then extend your right arm with a flick past the ball.
He also says to keep from getting ball bound look a couple inches in front of the ball. The key is patience in the downswing where many of us hackers pull down and throw or extend the right arm too early.
It's basically the effortless power we all hear about. There's nothing revolutionary in his teaching. The aim point thing is Bobby Clampett's for example. He also eliminates all the unnecessary stuff we don't need to think about like the hips etc..
If you watch his indoor lessons you can pick up a lot more. The biggest takeaway for me is the reaction he gets from the students. They seem dumbfounded as to how they're getting more distance with less effort. They basically can't understand why and how his teaching works.
Oh, and he has a few training aids. One looks like an orange whippy type thing only yellow and he has some other contraption that attaches to your right arm (he calls it a training wheel). But the one that works the best seems to be the cheapest.
It's a roll of saran wrap on a wood and the goal is to get the roll of saran wrap to snap to the bottom of the club past the ball. Easier said than done.
Now, he does get people what seems like great results in a short amount of time. But I'm sure you would need to practice the drills to ingrain them into your swing.
Again, nothing new that he teaches IMO. He throws out the stuff that doesn't matter and concentrates on the stuff that does. Don't bother watching his backyard videos. Gary1957 and I agree you won't get much out of it. Just watch his indoor lessons and there's a lot of good stuff there to consume.
Also, he teaches distance, but he says a biproduct is more control and accuracy.
