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Question 451

I just ordered your video in the hopes of getting back to where I was. I began swinging like Moe in 1996.
Jaye:
Hi Scott,
I just ordered your video in the hopes of getting back to where I was. I began swinging like Moe in 1996 after my dad saw the article "Moe knows what know one else knows"
I took up golf the previous year and shot a 96 my first game out and hit some pretty good shots. Encouraged, I sought the best teachers in Melbourne Aust, and had a few lessons. A year later I played with my dad and shot 120 something, and couldn't get the ball in the air. I gave up a basketball career for music and I also ran a 10.7 100 Meters in High School so it was extremely frustrating to suck so bad.
We went to the range and dad said he had read this article on a guy named Moe. I tried whatever he could remember and straight away I was hitting better shots. I then found Pancho DeNeefe, who for no cost helped me with the Moe swing and within about 3 months I went for my handicap on the Royal Hobart GC, where Jack Nicklaus still holds the coarse record with his Aussie Open effort of 65 (hard course), and came away with a 9.

If you still talk to Pancho be sure and tell him hello. That sounds about right, that would be what would be expected from a good athlete.

I went through a period where I was hitting a lot of balls and playing about 3 times a week. Saturday comps were out of the question as my musician hours didn't allow me to get up on Saturday. I went through a period for about 3 months where I was absolutely flushing it and it felt so simple and effortless I thought it was a joke. Now I know this will sound ridiculous, but during this time I went 2 and a half months without missing a fairway and 72 holes without missing a green. I then became busy and played less and although I still played well, it wasn't the same. I have since had a child, moved to Tasmania and have played 3 times in three years. My second last game I was 3 under after 9 and 8 over on the back nine! I played about 6 months later (a few weeks ago) and played even on a very easy course. I hit it pretty straight and well, didn't miss any fairways but everything felt "clunky" and less balanced.

I'm hoping your video can get me back to that "move". My action is still good, but I think I am not setting up well. Anyway, for what its worth, that is my story. I'll keep you informed of my progress after the video arrives.

Thanks, and here's hoping.

What my videos do is cut out any unnecessary movements in the swing and explain the role of each movement in performance. Once you understand the preliminary demonstration that I show, it is simply a decision to spend the time on task to have the motion become part of you. It is worthwhile to prioritize where you need the most help. You can break it up into confidence, physical soundness, distance, direction, but it all comes down to playing the game. Your confidence will come from one source and that’s from getting a consistent predictable result. You won’t be getting a consistent predictable result if you don’t go through some of my physical soundness of exercises, and allow yourself to create a pattern. You must understand that creating a pattern is more important than hitting the ball at your target when you are on the driving range. It sounds as if you believe and trust in your action but you don’t like or trust in your setup.

That’s the easy part all you have to do is set the bottom of the arc correctly and make sure that your lower body is neutral and the upper body is back. The setup that I designed is meant to allow you the least amount of movement and the simplest moved up to the top of your swing. By doing this you now have the greatest chance to start the club down on plane and move into the most solid impact position that you can have. There’s no need to hope, it is a certainty. To quote from Yoda, “ do or do not, there is no try “.

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