Hi Tom
I have been following your program for a few months now. Specifically, the Golf Swing Simplified series. I have done downswing drills(straight arms, lateral bump, shoulders etc). Slowly I started to initiate the downswing with a slight lateral bump towards the target. This improved my golf striking.
In an effort to get more distance, I started to explore Power & Distance program. I did the drills and a couple of range sessions(skateboard) in the Crack the Whip in 4.x series.
A few days ago I went out to play and my game just fell apart. I was trying to initiate my downswing with skateboard logic, i.e. moving my trail foot behind lead foot. I started to hit balls all over the place.
Then a few days later, I went out, and I completely tried to forget the Crack the whip thoughts(meaning no skateboard) - just focused to bumping forward to start downswing and my ball striking became so much better. Same or better than before mostly.
Thoughts? How do I incorporate the skateboard logic in my swing. What should initiate the downswing?
thanks, Samir
Don't sweat it Samir. If you've ever played the piano or guitar, there's easy, easy/intermediate, intermediate, intermediate/advanced, and advanced levels of play.
If I jump from easy to intermediate too quickly, everything starts falling apart because my brain and fingers are not trained sufficiently to absorb the notes and respond quickly, or accurately enough, i.e., not enough foundation has been built yet.
Tom's drills are like playing scales which build foundations to support more advanced levels. I use his drills all the time on the course and hit bullet shots to greens that other guys marvel and wonder how I do that. I will literally pull out a 9 iron for a 115 yard shot even though I can hit the 9 up to 145 yards because I can control that "drill shot" much better. Guys ask me "what did you hit there?". When I say 9 iron punch they just shake their heads and walk away. LOL.