Due to unforseen circumstances I have had to end the first season of the Reilly project early. But would like to show the success I had after just the first two sessions.
As you remember from the first post our student had a poor posture with caused a real loss of balance throughout the swing and a complete loss of position the way down causing an out to in swing path and a slice at best. After some good work correcting the posture the next step was to get the hips in the swing working harder in the downswing. As with most slicers of the golf ball Stuart started his downswing with a turn of the shoulders and a hit with the arms. (See episode 1 for Original swing.)
In this lesson we worked on getting the hips to laterally rotated from the start of the downswing shifting weight to the left foot on the way down whilst keeping the head behind the ball to impact. This combined with making sure that Stuarts finish was under control and in balance changed his ball flight and quality of strike to a whole new level. He finished the sessions with a much more consistent shot that flew with a slight draw. Add in an increase in yardage and you'll see that Stuart left with a very realistic chance of making his target. I hope Stuart continues with his golf as he pursues his new career as I feel he could be a solid golfer.
And for those of you who wish the series could continue, don't worry. Our new project is starting very soon and its going to be a winner. I'll be taking a new golfer who has never ever played on a course and trying to get him to break 100. Now I have yet to see him swing a club so am not setting a time-scale yet but I will post as soon as his first lesson begins.
In the meantime I'll be posting some updates on some of my lower handicap players, including Neil Padbury 7 Handicapper, whose goal is to be able to get his handicap below 4. He has a unique action but a lot of self confidence. I'll be posting some videos of him soon, so keep checking out the blog.
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