Long-time frustrated golfer here. I've never broken 90 before, usually shoot between 95-110. Signed up for the 1 yr membership and watched all of Chapter 1 of the Golf Swing Simplified yesterday. I was actually happy to see I was doing some things basically right. Went out to the range today with the goal of focusing on my stance, foot position, and weight using the T-sticks. Leaning forward was really weird feeling as I've always leaned back like a baseball swing load-up. My right knee can't take that anymore, it was a big reason I haven't really golfed in the last 5 years. I was blown away by the immediate improvements, once I was able to override my brain's desire to lean back, my hits started popping off my clubface. Even my miss-hits were at least going straight, and that alone will shave 5-10 strokes off of my score. I usually lose 6-10 balls per round due to a horrible hooking issue. Just these little tweaks made me excited to play again. Every time I had a brainfart and leaned back on my swing the nasty hook came back. Looking forward to watching more lessons. Thanks for making an easy-to-follow and fun video series Tom! I don't want to be Tiger Woods, I'd just like to get invited to play more often with my buddies that shoot in the mid 70's - 80's . Does anyone else get a Danny Noonan from Caddyshack vibe from watching Tom's videos or is it just me?
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Welcome aboard, @Cody Lawton!! We're very glad to have you in the online school and here in this fabulous Members' Forum Community!! I hope we'll see you actively participating in the great dialogues happening here. A couple of good discussion threads to get your feet wet are Where Are All the SagutoGolf Students From? and What's In Your Bag?.
I'm very glad to see that you started the course from the beginning, as frustrations predominantly occur when a student jumps ahead in the curriculum without properly dedicating himself/herself to the foundational base upon which our consistently repeatable, powerful, low maintenance swing must be built. Working through the instruction incrementally and at your pace is going to produce the best results, and nailing down the setup fundamentals is a critical first step.
A couple of other bits of advice that I'd like to share to help you get the most out of your journey:
1) One of the many great things about this swing is that you can achieve solid ball striking even at the most basic levels. This is why I oftentimes will suggest that students park themselves on Chapter 2 of the Golf Swing Simplified course for an extended period of time after locking down Chapter 1's foundational elements. Chapter 2 reinforces the body motions and the weight-forward component, and it culminates with what I call "The Best Golf Swing Practice Drill of All Time". Work yourself sequentially and gradually through the chapter, and then commit yourself to that drill in Lesson 2.8. Learn it. Practice it. Master it. You can even use this partially abbreviated swing on the course and play quite well with it as it will provide plenty of distance. (It actually is the full swing minus just a couple of power accumulators.) Once you've got that down, you will be well prepared to move forward in the curriculum and well on your way towards taking ownership of YOUR swing!
2) As you progress always keep in mind the V1 Swing Video Analysis service, an effective and inexpensive service that I highly recommend to everyone in the school. I liken it to bringing your swing into the shop for a tune-up or minor repair. Scheduling one on a quarterly basis for preventive maintenance will do wonders for keeping things humming along nicely, and it's also a great tool for pinpointing and resolving any issues that arise. The process involves downloading the free V1 app and then submitting two videos to me through the app - one down-the-line (captured from your stance line, not the target line) and the other face-on. You'll find more information about the V1 Analysis halfway down this page on the Saguto.Golf site.
I look forward to assisting you in building a consistent, low maintenance, powerful, body-friendly swing that will bring your enjoyment of this great game to a new level (and will have your buddies begging you to join them)!
Thanks for your message and have fun out there!!
Tom "Danny Noonan" Saguto
PS: Here's a SagutoGolf "Caddyshack vibe" for you.... 😎