So after suffering through a Haney Project episode (I've been pulling for him thinking..."there's no way this is it", but I officially give up), I just tuned into the first half of "School of Golf" with Martin Hall.
THANK YOU LORD.
What a breath of fresh air. Not sure his background, but TGM influenced no doubt. I'm sure others can fill me in. Now don't get me wrong, I'd have been tickled to have gotten Lynn or Ted in there, but this has been spot on....a far cry from the last two hosts.
.....and by the way, let's keep it on Martin Hall please. A thread on the other would be heading into a fairly obvious direction quickly...... and there's plenty of other forums for that kind of chat
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I'm gonna try his driver address advice. I think I have a tendency to place the sweet spot right behind / under the ball.
There were traces of great golf thinkers and great golf thinking in his show. When he referred to Annika Sorenstam's tip about keeping the right hand straight in the back stroke, he was also talking about TGM extencior action.
Then he said that he had spent the summer studying some golf biokinetics - and proceeded to talk about spine side bending. I suspect that he has been reading up on one of my favourites, mr Kelvin Miyahira.
I also liked his "getting rid of the slice" tip - wiping the milk off the table. That's really just another way of preparing a TGM finish swivel, isn't it?
I was rather impressed with his way of explaining highly technical details in a simple way.
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Last edited by BerntR : 01-26-2011 at 09:49 AM.
Reason: Fact fixing
A 30 minute show gave us 1)a centered head 2) extensor action 3)proper spine tilt/how/why 4) exaggerated feeling of #3 roll and HH to fight a steered slice 5) rhythm versus over acceleration in pitching 6)proper address alignments for the driver
*** Accident or not, TGC's finally got it right.....
A THING OF BEAUTY SO FAR MARTIN!
KUDOS
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I thought the episode was OK, not great and not bad. His explanation about spine tilt was confusing at best. I read/heard Plummer and Bennet explain the side bend so I knew where Martin was headed but his explanation has me still trying to figure out what he was saying. The Golf Channel wants quick "MIchael Breed-esque" quips and tips but that is not Martin Hall. I hope they give him a chance to find his way with the show and I hope it is TGM influenced.
The Golf Channel needs some new (and more importantly) good programing.
On a side note, how is Haney even working at this point? Between Barkley, Romano, and now this mess he is 0 for 3. The show is not entertaining and his credibility has to be at an all time low with pros and well as the public. It has to be discouraging for most struggling amateurs like me who believe with that kind of attention from a "world class" teacher, we could become scratch. However, Haney going 0 for 3 on his goals doesn't look good.
His explanation about spine tilt was confusing at best. I read/heard Plummer and Bennet explain the side bend so I knew where Martin was headed but his explanation has me still trying to figure out what he was saying.
As far as I can see, Martin Hall's explanation about side bending isn't in the S&T book. Plummer and Bennet basically talks about tilting. Tilting and side bending isn't the same.
A 30 minute show gave us 1)a centered head 2) extensor action 3)proper spine tilt/how/why 4) exaggerated feeling of #3 roll and HH to fight a steered slice 5) rhythm versus over acceleration in pitching 6)proper address alignments for the driver
*** Accident or not, TGC's finally got it right.....
A THING OF BEAUTY SO FAR MARTIN!
KUDOS
That was my checklist, too. I'm glad i wasn't over imagining it! Thanks JT.
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