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Date Posted: 21:38:43 06/15/00 Thu
Author: Peter
Subject: What's the best way to teach/learn

Following is a post I made back in February about my class at Compusport. As you can tell I think this is T H E way to learn golf!!!

If someone were to make a SA 'Pro' for the program, I believe that you could really turn out a generation of excellent SA golfers, take care of many of the variations between teachers and create a very viable business.

I'm putting this in a new thread because I thought this discussion should not be hidden under 'G3 Irons'.

What has been your experience with learning (SA) golf? What is your ideal learning environment?

Following is my Compusport review from Feb:

Posted by Peter on February 09, 2000 at 16:18:30:

I went to the Compusport class on Monday near Las Vegas and it was AWESOME! A quick review:

The idea - Compusport made computer 'wire frame' models of 100 tour players and selected the common elements to create a 'composite' pro model

They create a model of you and adjust the composite to match your body dimensions. They then work with you to get you to match the composite.

This is done by videoing you from front perpendicualr to target line, and rear on target line simultaneously. They do an initial video of your swing and then review it on split screen (you never need to step off the mat) with you. They then begin to help you to match the model.

Steve Betty was the instructor. There was also Matt who worked the equipment. I talked with Steve up front about the fact that I used an unconventional swing. He had not heard of NG or IMA but knew about Moe Norman. He asked how he could help and I told him that I wanted the model of my swing for future reference and that I wanted to work on impact position.

I was concerned that this might not be at all applicable to SA but it proved to be probably 80-90% applicable. The big delta was obviously the hands high at setup. When he would make a critique of a point that was actually correct for my style of swing, I would just let him know.

I looked both much better and much worst than I thought. Focusing on the negatives (of course) my attention was centered on loosing the angle when the left arm was just below horozontal and still some breakdown of the left wrist going into impact reducing distance and making for a higher trajectory. Mind you that warming up on the range before I thought I was hitting pretty well.

His focus was on the fact that my weight was staying too much on the right through the shot as clearly shown against the model pro. Also a 'chicken winging' of the left arm after impact (I told him that for IMA
it should 'fold' he understood right away).

He began to make corrections to have me match the pro. The setup position corrections were sometimes minute; I mean moving your foot 1/2". But you could see right on the monitor as you came to match the model. Two big corrections were:

Ball Position - I was playing the ball way too far back. The model position for a 5 iron was what I had been using for a 3 wood. Just inside the left heel.

Setup - I hve been playing from impact too long and was setting up that way which meant I had a big lateral shift at the beginning of the swing. This then meant another big shift back and I was not getting my weight all the way back (I was also not really playing from impact position though I thought I was).

He restricted my hips and had me set up straight (not to the left in impact position) and coil against the base. This and the new ball position meant that I had to REALLY move myself forward to hit the ball.

After 45 minutes I was much closer to the model. I was getting to impact before the breakdown of the left wrist. My weight was forward and completely on my left leg after the shot (just like the pros). I was holding the angle longer (but still not as long as he or the model was). My trajectory was lower and I was hitting farther.

We spent the last 15 minutes at the driving range trying to get me to take a divot in front of the ball (I was not taking a divot). We wound up hitting from impact position (for real this time) and with just an arm
swing from impact position I was now hitting as far as the full swing before and with better trajectory.

At the end you wind up with a complete video (what you saw on the monitor) of everything that happened including all of the split screen comparisons vs the composite and vs. your old swing.

I can't tell you how impressed I was with all of this. It is clearly THE way to teach and learn a sport.

They only have 5 places in the US now where you can do this but they plan to expand as they are able to make the equipment more portable.

Total cost - about $150.

If you can do it - DO IT.

Peter

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