Great to hear. Good work.

Roy, glad you find this helpful. I offer online golf instruction for players.

I have begun making Zoom lessons available to Alumni. Let me know if you would like to work together.

That's exactly the words Tiger says to himself when he hits a great shot.

The better and more fully you understand club-focused instruction the better you'll like it and the ball flight it produces. Congrats on your progress!

One of my mantras for students is "slow practice yields fast progress."

John, good suggestion. I can do this. However understand this, you can use a golf club in a wide variety of ways. They are designed to all be used with the same swing.

@@EdLeBeauCFIinstructor Thanks for replying. Yes I see what you mean, same swing for all clubs. Only problem for me l don't always swing the same, haha

@@johnrider7619 I bet when you sign your name the hand makes the signature pretty similarly. When a swing is not relatively consistent, there is an underlying reason. Unlike the letters that make up your name, you do not have a clear mental concept/picture of how the club swings when it sends the ball to the target. The physics involved in propelling the ball on a straight line and normal trajectory are defined and universal. They apply to every player and every shot. While body movements may vary and swings can appear to be different, the club/ball interaction is universal. As such it is easy to define and with that definition the door is open to understanding a swing that satisfies that interaction.

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And come to think about it I'm fairly positive that I only heard about Manuel because of your channel...so thanks

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@@EdLeBeauCFIinstructor will do

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When you try the 10 finger grip I suggest you start with putting and chipping. That will make the transition quicker

Wrists "hinge" but never "cock" . Radial and Ulnar deviation is ok. Flexion/extension are problems.

@@EdLeBeauCFIinstructor correct! Hinge is a passive idea and cocking the wrist is an active movement. Below the elbow needs to be responsive passively to the arm motion. Let gravity do the work. We think the ball won't go anywhere if we don't actively engage elbows and wrist. Be patient and just let it happen and enjoy the flow of the club going through the ball. Amazing how Manuel never took a divot. Just brushed the grass.

@@markhumphrey8894 Rock on!

@@markhumphrey8894 Rock on!

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Some players to look at would be: Inbee Park, Billy Horschel, Zach Johnson, Steve Stricker, Paul Casey, Na Yoen Choi, Henrik Stenson. Most of them are not as "pure" relative to my prescribed swing in the backswing but from 9 o'clock forward they are all pretty close to it. Our prescribed swing adds defiinition to the swing so a player can practice their "swing" which is the only way to improve ball flight.

David, the good news is that our muscles do what we tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what we tell them to do. If your backswing gets short and leads to an impaired forward swing, one thing we know is that "you" are shortening it. This could be for any number of reasons but the most likely is that you have changed your intention from swing the club forward to the target and instead got sucker-punched by the siren song of the ball. This is very common in the early days of transitioning paradigms from clubhead-ball to club shaft-target. At address our intention (and visualization ) should be on delivering the club to the target. If you imagine that at address you are in the middle of a clockface your forward swing progresses from impact (6 o'clock) to 5 and then to 4 o'clock. Somewhere around 4 the "shaft" will be pointing at your target (all targets are on the ground). That visualization should be operative at address enabling the swing to be a subconscious physical response to a conscious mental intention (club to target). Ed

@@EdLeBeauCFIinstructor Thank you SO much for such a prompt and comptl

@@EdLeBeauCFIinstructor Sorry about that last comment! Thank You so much for such a prompt and comprehensive response. The imagery of a clock face is a good one. I will try to focus on this tomorrow. The mental aspect (focus) of the game both you and Manuel emphasize is really an eye opener!

A players description of how their body moves at the beginning of the swing is so subjective. Manuel's description of "everything starting together, swinging together, and ending together" is very informative. I sense my torso rotation as starting the swing,What's most important is the delivery of the club--delivering the "whole" club back to address and then forward in the direction of the target (i.e. 4 o'clock). Michael Hebron refers to the "inside swinging the outside". That is the sensation I have and suggest in the manual.

@@EdLeBeauCFIinstructor Thank you sir!

Pressure is an interesting word. Literally it refers to one thing pressing against another. I think you'll find that you are better served as a golfer to replace the word pressure with the word "distraction". Being three holes down in a match or wanting to save par those aren't pressure, they are distraction. There is no solution to "pressure" there is a solution to "distraction". Identify your shot process and give it your exclusive attention--that's what the boys on tour do (try to do). Ed

John is a long time de la Torre teacher. His approach is similar. www.johnhayesgolf.com/

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That session followed the original presentation when we did this live on Facebook.

Questions are welcomed here.

Stanley, I want to give you a precise answer that will resolve the issue without question. I would appreciate if your could be a little more descriptive of what you are observing. Thanks. Ed

@@edlebeau6763 The player "Holds on", "blocks", "handle drags", doesn't "release", has tension in the lead arm, clubface at impact is open/out of square, ball starts on target then fades/slices to the right.

@@wallinlitwa Ok. That's clear and its what I have often seen. The player is concluding that to control the club they need to be rigid/stiff/tight. What I demonstrate is that by hold the club with just two fingers in each hand, I can swing the whole club. I convey to them that it is more about synchronizing the body and the club than locking down the body. To impart this understanding, I suggest demonstration of a putting stroke in slow motion. The slower the better. To help them monitor the swinging motion, I stick a ½ inch of a 3 inch tee into the hole in the butt of the grip. At address, I show them that the tee is roughly 2 inches from my lead forearm. Then I begin making a swing (8 o'clock to 4 o'clock) and showing them that the tee does not change its relationship to my forearm. If the tee moves then that is leverage not swinging. In short order you will see them be able to make these swings and doing so without rigidity. Then I coach them to manage the tee (i.e. managing the club) when putting balls to a club I have laying on the ground 15 feet away to serve as a backstop (no hole!). If you can be patient and give them appropriate positive feedback you'll see they are very content to make a lot of these putts and because the club is arriving square you will hear and they will fee the impact of the ball when the clubface arrives square. I then take these exact steps and introduce chipping with a seven iron. If you are doing hourly lessons, this putting and chipping would be a great combo for two lessons. The tee thing also works for the full swing. Lastly, regarding ball flight that starts straight and then curves right, this is the result of a swing that has two characteristics: 1) the clubface is square at impact, 2) the path of the swing is outside in. The solution to that is one that often evades most players and many coaches.

Ed LeBeau So would the solution to ball flight that starts straight and curves right be Manuel’s over the top drill?

I had a followup question regarding what you said about ball flight: "Lastly, regarding ball flight that starts straight and then curves right, this is the result of a swing that has two characteristics: 1) the clubface is square at impact, 2) the path of the swing is outside in." On page 118 of Manuel's book he addresses the issue of ball starts straight to target but then curves right. His analysis is 1. Club is swinging on target 2. Clubhead is out of square at impact. There is too much rigidity in leading arm and wrist. This interpretations appear to conflict. Please clarify. Thank you.

The challenge to make an effective golf shot without having the ball in your field of vision is considerable. That notwithstanding, there are hundreds of members of the Blind Golfers Association who play golf. Because the ball is stationary, golf is one of the few ball sports they can play. The point I make in the video presentation is to begin to identify that which is "essential". Having the ball in your field of vision, an appropriate setup and not essential but greatly facilitate execution. By all means, play with your eyes open.

Mark, the blind players I mentioned can produce "decent" ball flight. While they haven't been surveyed, I doubt if a single one of them would not assume they could play better with eye sight.

Raymond, your response is that which CFI teachers hear all the time. The golf swing is a highly complex integration of physics, geometry, physiology, and psychology. It's very complex. But so is the operation of your car. The point is that despite being complex in its nature, driving a car and driving a golf ball can appear simple when it is clearly stated and boiled down to its essentials. Learn and improve. Ed

Hi Ed I have been watching your instructions for a week now I have watch hundreds of different golf instructors over the year your method is the real deal it make sense and it works thank you

The audio as well as the video quality are substandard--hopefully the value of the content makes watching it worthwhile.

Hello Darrin, in that portion of the video, you are observing the contrast between two swinging actions. Manuel identified them as a "low center swing" (the one Manuel makes) and a "high center swing (the one the golfer makes). A low center swing has an arc created by hands and has an early wrist hinge (radial and ulnar deviation). The high center swing has an arc created by the arms and has a later wrist hinge created by the weight of the club after it passes 10 o'clock in the back swing. While either of these two can produce effective ball flight, I teach the high center with the wrist hinge happening after 10. I like this because it makes the swing more consistent putter through driver since in the putter there is no wrist hinge. Additionally, the high center swing is more analogous to a two-handed side-arm toss of a soccer ball and therefore affording the golfer an easy model around which to build their swing. If you are going to teach the low center swing be clear that you use the hands in the ulnar/radial manner. Ed

@@EdLeBeauCFIinstructor That makes a lot of sense. I have always been an "upper arc" swinger and trying to the lower arc swing has taken some effort. I do note on the lower arc swing, like Manuel says, if I use both hands equally to start the swing it gets my club into a great position and the swing feels effortless. Like the kid says in the video it feels a bit handsy but I think this can lead to a more consistent ball strike for me. Thanks for all your videos and your time … you are making a difference!