John C's posts

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Re: What are your golf goals for 2020?

  By: John C on Dec. 31, 2019, 11:14 a.m.

+Tyler F
Since I started as an apprentice in the PGA program I wanted to qualify for one of our national championship events. I have never done better than earn an alternate position. My goal now is to qualify for the National Senior PGA. Looking…

Re: I need your help! What looks do you hate in your swing?

  By: John C on Dec. 11, 2019, 10:06 a.m.

+Jules C Indeed, it is a puzzle and I continue to try to put mine together. There are many Mac stories. Mine is I submitted a request for more information on MORAD from the website years ago and two days later I received a phone call from Mac himse…

Re: I need your help! What looks do you hate in your swing? Andrew H.

  By: John C on Dec. 11, 2019, 6:46 a.m.

+Jules C I enjoy reading your responses to the forum questions. I find them well written and well thought out. My opinion on Andrew H. swing is sometimes pulling the arms can lead to more extension of the lead wrist and an opening/non-closing of t…

Athletic Set Up

  By: John C on Dec. 3, 2019, 10:40 a.m.

Tyler,
Your background makes you the perfect person to answer my question. G. Gankas likes to see the hips tucked under a bit at the address so the right hip and leg can create some extension and depth in the backswing. He also seems to favor a li…

Re: I need your help! What looks do you hate in your swing?

  By: John C on Dec. 3, 2019, 8:55 a.m.

+Tyler F
I hate the look of "humping the ball" in the downswing. I don't do it as much as I use to, but I want it gone. All gone!

Re: Best Training Aids

  By: John C on Dec. 1, 2019, 3:41 p.m.

+Tyler F
I love this! Thanks for your continued hard work.

Re: Best Training Aids

  By: John C on Nov. 30, 2019, 8:14 a.m.

+Nick W
My #1 go to is an impact bag and alignment sticks (driveway markers from the hardware store). I recently purchased a smart swing ball from Tourstriker but not sure at this point how much I will use it. I certainly see I lot out there on th…

Re: The Rule of 24?

  By: John C on Oct. 25, 2019, 9:20 a.m.

+Tyler F
I am probably in the minority here and I'm OK with that. Golfers all play the game for different reasons, being outdoors, enjoying friends, getting away from life stressors, and if we hit have more quality impacts than usual then that's a …

Re: Shallowing

  By: John C on Oct. 11, 2019, 8:18 a.m.

+Jules C
Jules,
I thought your comments on shallowing were extremely well thought out and presented. I do not understand the reference points of, " ...the head behind and inside the hands...". Would you be kind enough to clarify this for me?
Thank…

Question on pelvis tilt

  By: John C on Oct. 11, 2019, 7:01 a.m.

I have recently seen many Instagram and Twitter post on pelvic tilt. Dana Dahlquist posted on Instagram instruction to a student that his hip tilts should match his shoulder tilts. This is a paraphrase so let's not get into a semantics discussion …

Effective lower body drills

  By: John C on Aug. 20, 2019, 5:14 a.m.

Many of the young players (age 10-14) I see push off the trail leg early. What are the best drills to develop proper lower body rotation and proper sequencing of motion? I assume the early push off is an attempt to create more speed because the cl…

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