Comments on: OMG, where does the time go? http://thedanplan.com/omg-where-does-the-time-go/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Tony Lawrence#Hacked Off http://thedanplan.com/omg-where-does-the-time-go/comment-page-1/#comment-43978 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:33:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2632#comment-43978 Hi Dan,
Hm… I think I’m more on Richard’s wavelength here. Confidence is fine, of course, and can be crippling if you really lose it. But technique is defining. If you are hitting your drivers poorly, you are surely applying the clubface to the ball poorly? It’s not a forgiving club. I’m no expert, I only play off 9.4, but I’m constantly trying to tighten up the way I swing and iron out the (all-too-glaring!) errors and inconsistencies. My confidence comes from that.
Good luck and keep at it!
Tony

]]> By: Tony Lawrence#Hacked Off http://thedanplan.com/omg-where-does-the-time-go/comment-page-1/#comment-43979 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:33:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2632#comment-43979 Hi Dan,
Hm… I think I’m more on Richard’s wavelength here. Confidence is fine, of course, and can be crippling if you really lose it. But technique is defining. If you are hitting your drivers poorly, you are surely applying the clubface to the ball poorly? It’s not a forgiving club. I’m no expert, I only play off 9.4, but I’m constantly trying to tighten up the way I swing and iron out the (all-too-glaring!) errors and inconsistencies. My confidence comes from that.
Good luck and keep at it!
Tony

]]> By: Sima http://thedanplan.com/omg-where-does-the-time-go/comment-page-1/#comment-43977 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:01:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2632#comment-43977 It sounds like a very decent showing in those conditions, and after that start. Nice one.

Confidence is a fickle bugger, isn’t he. He only shows up when he knows you’re going to play well, and then tries to take the credit. Mind you, it sounds like you should get to see him more often as the year progresses.

]]> By: Richard Chen http://thedanplan.com/omg-where-does-the-time-go/comment-page-1/#comment-43975 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:32:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2632#comment-43975 Happened to be just watching on YouTube a video by “hermanwilliamsgolf” who shot a lot of slow motion down the line swings of dozens of players in the recent 2013 Masters during a practice round. Of the many players, one thing became noticeable with the down the line slow motion video sequences is that during their backswings, and at the top of their backswings, their leading-arm elbows pointed downwards at the ball, or pointed down inside the ball. The insides of their leading-arm elbows pointed up during the backswings, and either halfway up, or almost up toward the sky at the end of the backswings. These leading-arm elbow positions imply there were little to no rolling of their leading arms during the backswings. If there were rolling, the leading elbows would point more horizontal above the ball rather than downwards towards the ball, and the insides of the leading elbows would point more horizontally back to the rear of the golfers than more or less upwards.

If there is rolling of the leading arm during the backswing, the arm has to be unrolled during the downswing. This can present complications in getting consistent clubface angle during the downswing. If more power is injected into the downswing, the unrolling of the arm will speed up, and thus promoting the tendency of shutting the clubface at impact. If less power is injected into the downswing in an attempt to control the swing, the unrolling of the arm may be slowed down to the degree of leaving the clubface open at impact promoting pushing.

Since the pros in the Masters video don’t appear to roll their arms during their backswings, power can be added or reduced without having to worry about over unrolling, or under unrolling of their leading arms, that can cause over shutting, or leaving the open their clubfaces.

]]> By: Richard Chen http://thedanplan.com/omg-where-does-the-time-go/comment-page-1/#comment-43976 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:32:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2632#comment-43976 Happened to be just watching on YouTube a video by “hermanwilliamsgolf” who shot a lot of slow motion down the line swings of dozens of players in the recent 2013 Masters during a practice round. Of the many players, one thing became noticeable with the down the line slow motion video sequences is that during their backswings, and at the top of their backswings, their leading-arm elbows pointed downwards at the ball, or pointed down inside the ball. The insides of their leading-arm elbows pointed up during the backswings, and either halfway up, or almost up toward the sky at the end of the backswings. These leading-arm elbow positions imply there were little to no rolling of their leading arms during the backswings. If there were rolling, the leading elbows would point more horizontal above the ball rather than downwards towards the ball, and the insides of the leading elbows would point more horizontally back to the rear of the golfers than more or less upwards.

If there is rolling of the leading arm during the backswing, the arm has to be unrolled during the downswing. This can present complications in getting consistent clubface angle during the downswing. If more power is injected into the downswing, the unrolling of the arm will speed up, and thus promoting the tendency of shutting the clubface at impact. If less power is injected into the downswing in an attempt to control the swing, the unrolling of the arm may be slowed down to the degree of leaving the clubface open at impact promoting pushing.

Since the pros in the Masters video don’t appear to roll their arms during their backswings, power can be added or reduced without having to worry about over unrolling, or under unrolling of their leading arms, that can cause over shutting, or leaving the open their clubfaces.

]]> By: Todd http://thedanplan.com/omg-where-does-the-time-go/comment-page-1/#comment-43974 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:16:00 +0000 http://thedanplan.com/?p=2632#comment-43974 Saw on the side bar that Carson Daly’s show wants you….Carson’s a pretty decent golfer…..could be interesting. He is old high school pals with Jason Gore…PGA player…..anyways they did a playing lessons with the pros episode on golf channel years ago. I’m sure he’s very interested in your story. You should jump all over that opportunity.

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