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Date Posted: 22:52:43 03/26/02 Tue
Author: DPL
Subject: Re: Perfect Impact
In reply to: bob reiner 's message, "Re: Perfect Impact" on 18:25:06 03/25/02 Mon

I'm in agreement with the previous respondent.

David Lee's methods (Gravity Golf)are highly complex and - although they find their roots in the Jack Niklaus and Miller Barber swings - they may be difficult for a fledgling golfer to apply.

Furthermore Lee's methods focus on using gravity and momentum to generate effortless power - not on finding the most reliable way to put the sweet spot on the ball.

More advanced tapes like these have applications to single-axis golf once you have learned how to keep your hands in front of the clubhead while putting the clubhead on the ball. In my experience nothing is more important than this.

I started my golfing career as a natural golfer and although I hit the ball straight my shots weak and high. This was because the LTOBG tapes did not stress the importance of the hands leading the clubhead. Once I figured out that concept my game changed dramatically (you'll know that you are doing it right because the ball will compress and will make a sizzling sound - spin - when it leaves the clubhead).

Once you your ball starts sounding right you can then use other teaching concepts to increase power and distance. For example Butch Harmon teaches a wider arc to increase power - this is synomous with Moe's shallow angle of attack on the ball - its just a different way to express it.

I'll curtail the long reply with a list of some tapes that helped me become a more powerful SA player. I viewed these after learning the basics from the LTOBG package:

Scott Hazeldine's "Mastering the Golf Swing" - in my opinion the best single-axis golf instructional tape - Scott was with Natural Golf before going out on his own. I haven't seen any of the other stuff (Heard Super Swing for instance) but Scott took 10 strokes off my game in less than a month. The Tape is available on the Scigolf.com website.

Golf Digest's "Moe Norman - Natural Golf" - very clear footage of Moe with an instructional section narrated by Jack Kuykendall including a set of excellent drills demonstrated by Todd Graves.

"Pipeline Moe Norman" - a bit grainy - its a home video shot by renowned golf teacher Dr. Jim Suttie. It's Moe at 64 yrs of age giving a clinic. It the best footage I've yet seen of Moe's swing. He was not yet overweight and was really hammering the driver. The sight and sound is unbelievable despite the moderate quality. My only complaint is that - while their are endless front views of the driver - there aren't enough fron views of the irons.

Johnny Miller's "Golf Clinic - Fixing Your Swing" - A very good review of the conventional swing - it contains some fundamentals that are required in an SA swing but which are not fully explained in LTOBG tapes.

Hope this helps.

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