Hey Tom,
It's the 55 yr old coach who sent you an email last week. I have a quick question & thought I would put it in the Office Hrs section in case someone else could benefit from your answer. I am totally rebuilding my swing with your stuff. I started with keeping my weight forward & gluing my arms to my side & it has helped TREMENDOUSLY. I am making much better contact with the ball. In the past, I have had trouble with too many swing thoughts when trying to improve my game & I am starting to run into that issue again. I know that you describe the Tilt, Turn, Extend drill as the best golf swing practice drill of all time and you suggest that I hammer on that until I get it down but I find myself, again, having too many swing thoughts. I was thinking of just really focusing on keeping my weight forward & my arms glued until it becomes second nature to me before I start to focus on the Tilt, Turn & Extension. Curious to know your thoughts?
Bill
Hales Corners, WI
I go to the range and hit 200 or so 7 iron shots with the 90% weight forward straight arm drill. It's like playing scales on the guitar or piano....it's a baseline learning drill that sheds the old "shift and lift" demons. I start off with 50-yard shots, then 75, 100, 125, etc, to full swings. Amazingly enough, once I'm warmed up, I can hit those drill shots nearly as far as my full swing shots because the swing (to me) is extremely efficient.
Today I hit the following irons in rotation (all 7 irons).:
1991 Wilson Staff FG51 Blade
2011 Mizuno MP69 Blade
2012 Ping G30
2019 Ping G410
It's kinda interesting that of all the clubs, the 1991 Staff Blade 7 iron was as good as the other irons....sometimes even better. I practice with blades because I can feel and assess shot shape which provides feedback. Then I move down to a Staff blade 1 iron off of a very low tee. Not for the faint of heart...but....
No pain no gain. LOL.