Lesson video 2.8 Best Drill….

Ok sounds good. I have page after page of notes on my phone after all my driving range sessions of things that have worked for me after watching a video or two and trying it at the range. Now it’s too much info. I literally have 3 sections with the heading My Holy Grail lol..when I leave the range I think I have it all figured out. But then the next time I can’t find “it“ again and the cycle starts over. Now I have too many thoughts in my head. Yesterday hitting balls I broke it down to two swing thoughts Point and Dumb….point the shoulder and dump the bucket. This worked well with the 2.8….we’ll see the next time I hit. Thanks for the responses.

@duerkc - Actually, 2.8 is the full swing minus just a couple of power accumulators!! Clear your mind of everything you've been taught previously. We take the hands in deep with this swing, and that depth is going to enable us to summon up the tremendous power source know as "angular momentum". We are not lifting the club independent of our body motion. There is no need to try to get to "parallel", and forcing ourselves to do so by going past our body's natural stopping point will only cause problems as I mentioned in a prior reply in this thread.

As needed…..

So based on what I’m reading from you and others, the 2.8 is the structure of the “ultimate“ swing and once you master that with crispyness you can move towards adding the other elements or cues such as tailbone shift, dumping the bucket, swinging around your body etc.?

Well I should have simply said that the 2.8 drill is where you evolve into the stack and tilt swing. It really does change over time within the drill. But yes, I think that is what I meant about the hips

Thanks for the reply! Now that think about it, since I started doing ”the 2.8” I’ve gotten away from the hip rotation with he tailbone moving towards the target on my backswing like Tom talks about in a recent video. I think this is what your referring to.

Ok So, Yes, I found myself to be tense and stiff using the 2.8 drill. I do believe, it is not the drill but it "was" me. Golf gave/gives me anxiety and I was really getting the yips. So, I decided, a few months back, that I would stay on the 2.8 swing indefinitely and work on my tension. I was getting to a point, where, I could get a pretty loose swing hitting into the net but, trying that swing on the course was always going right. Then I'd get tense again and start hitting straight. This is all due to my over the top down swing. I could reign it in and get a decent strike but, it was tiring me out and I'm having trouble with fatigue on a 18 hole round. So over the last few days, I've developed a new feel that has helped me with tension on the course and keeps the ball going straight more often. The feel started with me trying to turn with the lead hip as the pivot. This lead me to getting my tailbone moving forward in the backswing. Great, But, it took some concentration. That lead to a feeling of loading up the lead leg by bending the lead knee a little toward the ground, like pushing down on a spring and feeling the trail hip come around, behind. Now, the feeling i'm striving for, to initiate the downswing, is to unload that lead leg, or my thought is, straighten that lead leg. When I get this right is leads to absolute bliss with the result! An easy, no tension, powerful strike with some serious mileage. I've managed to stick a green from 180 yards plus a few times. There is no better feeling than that on the 2nd shot of a par 4!!

So, the short version of my very long answer is; it's not the drill, its us. It's the painful memories of a crappy swing instilling fear and doubt in the shot you're about to make. Keep going with the drill and work on your tension! I believe, getting rid of the tension will be the key to building a better swing. It like greasing your wheel bearings and inflating your tires to the correct pressure. When your drive in to do those things, you don't really notice anything wrong but, when you drive away after having it done, the difference is remarkable and really comforting.

Geeze.. the short answer was still kind of long. I do these long answers more for myself as, its kind of like journaling my swing progress.

Danny

Oh... yes. I know what you mean. I'll reply more in a bit

@danny, @Ronald Burkholder - You're both highly proficient 2.8'ers. Any thoughts in response to @duerkc's question?