Comments on: It’s what’s in the bag that counts http://thedanplan.com/its-whats-in-the-bag-that-counts/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Floor-is http://thedanplan.com/its-whats-in-the-bag-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-44225 Wed, 29 May 2013 07:38:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2724#comment-44225 I’ve been trying to find a series of articles on how you came to use Nike when you started, what the thought process was and why at points you decided to start using other brands. Another putter, another driver.. Now a totally different brand of clubs and woods.
Personally I think it should not be the brand that leads the way. If you where able to find a true independent club fitter he or she would have ten or so brands to fit you. Each has their own advantage and disadvantage, their own price point and feel. If I would have the funds I’d go no get fitted right now, keeping the brand at lowest possible priority. So please so explain the how and why if you could

]]> By: Michael http://thedanplan.com/its-whats-in-the-bag-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-44185 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:44:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2724#comment-44185 Read the talent code

]]> By: Memphis Heat http://thedanplan.com/its-whats-in-the-bag-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-44140 Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2724#comment-44140 I’d say pros are better than most people think, actually. All it takes to figure that out is watching them in person for, oh, five minutes.

]]> By: flakey http://thedanplan.com/its-whats-in-the-bag-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-44133 Tue, 14 May 2013 03:18:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2724#comment-44133 You can’t compare the two. Coyne was a low single digit (I think it was 2) when he was playing in high school. He had several thousand hours of golf in before starting his book. And I am guessing he had a lot better golf body (i.e. he could swing 115+). But yeah Dan’s plan had a number of faults (i.e. putting for that long was not efficient). And you can debate instruction styles forever.

]]> By: flakey http://thedanplan.com/its-whats-in-the-bag-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-44134 Tue, 14 May 2013 03:18:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2724#comment-44134 You can’t compare the two. Coyne was a low single digit (I think it was 2) when he was playing in high school. He had several thousand hours of golf in before starting his book. And I am guessing he had a lot better golf body (i.e. he could swing 115+). But yeah Dan’s plan had a number of faults (i.e. putting for that long was not efficient). And you can debate instruction styles forever.

]]> By: Richard Chen http://thedanplan.com/its-whats-in-the-bag-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-44121 Sun, 12 May 2013 17:37:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2724#comment-44121 In the above video, there appears to be an extra move at the end of the setup just before the take away, that may need to be considered as to whether the move is necessary. Just before the take-away to start the backswing, the arms and hands reach out toward the ball slightly to decrease the “v” angle between the clubshaft and the arms, so as to form a straighter line between the clubshaft and the arms. Many beginners try to form a straight line with the arms and clubshaft so as to try to make it easier to made contact with the ball during the swing, as pictured in Woods book page 8 of the Preface (not page 8 of the body of the book.) In the above video, the reaching out, or sticking out of the hands and arms just before the backswing is much less than pictured in Woods book, but still more than observed in slow motion sequences of the top players (like in hermanwilliamsgolf slow motion shots on YouTube of many players during the practice day at the recent Masters.)

Reaching out with the arms and hands during setup (or at the end of the setup phase just before the take away) to form a straighter line tends to more separate the upper leading arm from the chest, and thus lessen the connection between the upper leading arm with the trunk of the upper body. With the leading arm “floating out” away from the upper body, the upper body retains less control of the leading arm swing.

Reaching out also decreases the “v” angle formed between the arms and the clubshaft (which is the primary rational for reaching out to form a straighter line with the arms and club by decreasing the “v” angle.) During setup, the “v” angle formed between the arms and the clubshaft may be considered as pre-cocking. The more the “v” angle during setup, the more there is pre-cocking, that lessens the need to cock the wrists during the backswing, so that the backswing has less moving parts, if there is more of the “v” angle pre-cocking during setup. With less moving parts during the backswing, the downswing is more simple, and the downswing tends to be more consistent.

Reaching out during the setup tends to promote a flatter backswing with the hands swinging more in and out in a curved path in front of the body, rather than more up and down in a straighter path across the body.

When the arms and hands are closer in to the body during setup, the leading arm is more tightly connected to the chest, and the leading shoulder is not overly stretched outwards. The hands swing in a more straight path close across the body during the downswing. These can be seen in Woods book page 2 (of the body of the book.)

]]> By: Richard Chen http://thedanplan.com/its-whats-in-the-bag-that-counts/comment-page-1/#comment-44120 Sun, 12 May 2013 17:37:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2724#comment-44120 In the above video, there appears to be an extra move at the end of the setup just before the take away, that may need to be considered as to whether the move is necessary. Just before the take-away to start the backswing, the arms and hands reach out toward the ball slightly to decrease the “v” angle between the clubshaft and the arms, so as to form a straighter line between the clubshaft and the arms. Many beginners try to form a straight line with the arms and clubshaft so as to try to make it easier to made contact with the ball during the swing, as pictured in Woods book page 8 of the Preface (not page 8 of the body of the book.) In the above video, the reaching out, or sticking out of the hands and arms just before the backswing is much less than pictured in Woods book, but still more than observed in slow motion sequences of the top players (like in hermanwilliamsgolf slow motion shots on YouTube of many players during the practice day at the recent Masters.)

Reaching out with the arms and hands during setup (or at the end of the setup phase just before the take away) to form a straighter line tends to more separate the upper leading arm from the chest, and thus lessen the connection between the upper leading arm with the trunk of the upper body. With the leading arm “floating out” away from the upper body, the upper body retains less control of the leading arm swing.

Reaching out also decreases the “v” angle formed between the arms and the clubshaft (which is the primary rational for reaching out to form a straighter line with the arms and club by decreasing the “v” angle.) During setup, the “v” angle formed between the arms and the clubshaft may be considered as pre-cocking. The more the “v” angle during setup, the more there is pre-cocking, that lessens the need to cock the wrists during the backswing, so that the backswing has less moving parts, if there is more of the “v” angle pre-cocking during setup. With less moving parts during the backswing, the downswing is more simple, and the downswing tends to be more consistent.

Reaching out during the setup tends to promote a flatter backswing with the hands swinging more in and out in a curved path in front of the body, rather than more up and down in a straighter path across the body.

When the arms and hands are closer in to the body during setup, the leading arm is more tightly connected to the chest, and the leading shoulder is not overly stretched outwards. The hands swing in a more straight path close across the body during the downswing. These can be seen in Woods book page 2 (of the body of the book.)

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