goughy
4th July 2006, 07:07 AM
I have finally bought a golf book. I read a story in a golf digest about an old instrucor named john jacobs. Many teaching pro's follow his guidlines, but the story about him grabbed me as well as the basics of his theories. So I ordered the book.
Self diagnosis is not my strong point. Usually I need someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong as I just don't feel it in my swing.
Anyway, his theory is that you can identify what you are doing wrong at impact by watching the ball flight. It should give you the answer. Obviously he goes into other things like stance, grip etc. But after only the brief flick thu I gave it last night it seems great and right on the money for me. I can see my ballflight patterns and what causes the faults makes sense to me and the fix makes sense to me.
I had a very quick look at the section on putting and I can see stan utley's methods in Jacobs teachings. In general, all swings are an arc. You don't swing straight, and full swings aren't in to out (often told as the correct path) but are an arc.
I shall read more indepth and hopefully will be able to take it on board. It seems to be written in a manner I can understand.
I think Hank Haney is one who follows these methods. Tiger mentioning that he now watch's his ballflight and can instantly tell what he is doing wrong is a hint at this.
Itis called 'Practical Golf' by John Jacobs with Ken Bowden and was originally published in 1972!! It's old, but seems relevant. I've even seen mention of the tension caused by resistance etc, which seems to be the thing these days, as opposed to the all things moving swings of the past.
Self diagnosis is not my strong point. Usually I need someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong as I just don't feel it in my swing.
Anyway, his theory is that you can identify what you are doing wrong at impact by watching the ball flight. It should give you the answer. Obviously he goes into other things like stance, grip etc. But after only the brief flick thu I gave it last night it seems great and right on the money for me. I can see my ballflight patterns and what causes the faults makes sense to me and the fix makes sense to me.
I had a very quick look at the section on putting and I can see stan utley's methods in Jacobs teachings. In general, all swings are an arc. You don't swing straight, and full swings aren't in to out (often told as the correct path) but are an arc.
I shall read more indepth and hopefully will be able to take it on board. It seems to be written in a manner I can understand.
I think Hank Haney is one who follows these methods. Tiger mentioning that he now watch's his ballflight and can instantly tell what he is doing wrong is a hint at this.
Itis called 'Practical Golf' by John Jacobs with Ken Bowden and was originally published in 1972!! It's old, but seems relevant. I've even seen mention of the tension caused by resistance etc, which seems to be the thing these days, as opposed to the all things moving swings of the past.