Comments on: Weight Back on the Heels … Not So Good

By: Mike Emerson

Mike Emerson — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:12:20 +0000

Don, Thanks for the free video lessons! I am a lefty and i always hook left with my driver on the tee. I seem to hit my 3wood from the tee fairly long and straight, in fact i can hit my 3 just as far as my driver and even farther when you concider i have to go left and hit from the trees or other fairway. Can you give me any tips? P.S. my brother is a lefty also, and he just shakes his head at me, but i usually gain my strokes back on the greens, he can’t putt.

Thanks’
Mike

By: Jeff Hogan

Jeff Hogan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:37:27 +0000

I really love the site, and the swing. I’ve managed to piece it all together from the free videos and the articles over the past couple of months. I’ve got a couple of things.

First, the Alexander Technique is really good stuff too. Check it out, and it will corroborate much of the research you have done. More references never hurt.

Second, I played a tournament this Friday, and managed to shoot even par with the foursome I was assigned (with your swing). Not to brag, but this previous 15-handicap easily carried the team, only missing 3 fairways all day long and even sinking a birdie putt and chipping in for a bird as well. The terrible weather gave everyone fits, and as a result, we finished in the money. Before adopting your swing, a pull hook was my signature shot, and fat shots ran rampant throughout my game. Friday, I came second in the long drive competition, and probably could have shot 2 or 3 over by myself. Thanks a ton.

Third, an intermittent problem for me continues to be hanging back on my right foot a bit, and this almost always results in a fat shot. A fellow also told me that I came over the top once, and I hit my signature pull-hook on that drive. Any other tips would be wonderful.

Finally, I really love your swing and your site, and for the most part, it comes across as a well-polished effort. However, I would suggest hiring a proofreader for your articles and blogs. Publishing with impeccable grammar would really set the site apart, as well as making your site more appealing to those who might be skeptical. Also, it would lend additional credence to the research that you have done.

Thanks again, Don! You’ve saved my game!

By: archie

archie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:17:26 +0000

I had a little success with your system mostly with my irons,
however on the course on Sunday I had a nightmarewith my irons I seem to be topping them low more or less down the middle and off to the right close to a shank.
The next day I spent an hour reviewing your video and practicing at home. I am just back form the range and driver not too bad but no longer than with my old swing, the irons are the same topping along the ground no distance but on downswing I do not have proper contact the ball or finish the swing.

Please help,
Archie.

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:05:08 +0000

What about wet sand bunkers?

By: Leland Vall

Leland Vall — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:19:33 +0000

While sport specific technique is important in every sport, posture and the general use of the body is part of the continuum of living. Great athletes are often good in many sports because of things they do all the time, whether in sport or out. You can actually learn the general skill of posture and body use through the Alexander Technique. http://www.freeyourneck.com/html/golf_alexander.html