Switching to Stack And Tilt

[thenormankid]

I'm ready to make the switch. After giving up on my swing due to consistent issues I'm making the switch. Now I want to know where should I start with learning the swing? Do I get the book or are there videos that teach it better.

[Stretch]

Get the book and read it carefully. Preferably a couple of times. There's a ton of useful, free visuals on YouTube, too.

[J_Bone]

This book? http://www.amazon.com/The-Stack-and-...4324197&sr;=1-4

[senorchipotle]

as a bona fide devils advocate, i must ask: if you're having inconsistency issues with your swing as it is, what makes you think learning a new one will make you more consistent?

[Hollister]

as a bona fide devils advocate, i must ask: if you're having inconsistency issues with your swing as it is, what makes you think learning a new one will make you more consistent?

Haha, good question. I could have posted the OP 7 weeks ago. I say, get stacked - it is really worth it :D

If you need help on the way to get stacked, look here, there http://www.thestackandtiltgolfswing.com/ or there http://forum.thegolfevolution.com/ (they even have online tuition )

[Zeph]

as a bona fide devils advocate, i must ask: if you're having inconsistency issues with your swing as it is, what makes you think learning a new one will make you more consistent?

S&T is not a "new" swing, it is probably 90% what most professionals do, with some adjustments to make things easier.

[RIduffer]

I haven't seen the videos, but I think the S&T book is very helpful. In addition, I'd recommend watching some S&T swings on youtube from instructors like David Wedzik, Mike Bennett, Nick Clearwater, Dan Carraher, and Dana Dalqhuist.

[rudygu]

as a bona fide devils advocate, i must ask: if you're having inconsistency issues with your swing as it is, what makes you think learning a new one will make you more consistent?

Generally a good question, but S&T is about as simple as a swing can get. I'd say that he will be simplifying his swing if he follows the book or videos. IMO, simplicity is the easiest way to acheive consistency.

[Bo the Golfer]

You won't regret making the switch. I switched this year myself and contact/direction/distance have all vastly improved. I read (and re-read) the book and thought it was so simple to follow. Great pictures and commentary as well to show and tell you how things should feel. Good luck!

[Stretch]

One word of warning, don't expect a magic bullet. Learning a new swing is hard, as is erasing the muscle memory of your old swing. My own experience, which seems to closely mirror what others have posted here and elsewhere about adopting S&T;, was of an immediate perceived improvement in ball striking from consciously keeping the weight forward. (Insert Keanu Reeves "whoa!" here). Then there's a period of mild adjustment as you start trying to work in the other master moves and everything's still mostly copacetic -- nice contact, maybe start to get a little draw going, flashes of the "right" feeling through the whole swing. Then, you try to think about and do too many things at once and you start to hit the ball badly. Very badly. Then a lot of people give up.

Anyway, I've been working hard on it for about a month and I'm hoping that I'll start coming out the other side sometime, with something resembling a functional S&T; swing. Good luck in your journey. And take it nice and slow!

[Stretch]

Reading that again, it comes off as more negative than I meant it to be. Don't want to scare you off!

As much as I am having some frustrating issues getting into the S&T; groove, I'm also consistently doing some things much better than I ever could before. Here's a picture of the results of four iron swings I took today at balls sitting on the line between the two club shafts.



There's no way in hell that all those divots would have been ahead of the ball position with my old swing. I would have picked one clean, maybe, hit one fat, one thin etc. etc. So S&T; has already helped me a lot in one very important area -- getting consistently good contact. If I can add some consistency in shot direction and ball flight to that building block, I'll be miles ahead of where I started from when I picked up the book.

In summary, give it a shot (or, more realistically, a couple of hundred shots.)

[Dr_Fu_Manchu]

One word of warning, don't expect a magic bullet. Learning a new swing is hard, as is erasing the muscle memory of your old swing. My own experience, which seems to closely mirror what others have posted here and elsewhere about adopting S&T, was of an immediate perceived improvement in ball striking from consciously keeping the weight forward. (Insert Keanu Reeves "whoa!" here). Then there's a period of mild adjustment as you start trying to work in the other master moves and everything's still mostly copacetic -- nice contact, maybe start to get a little draw going, flashes of the "right" feeling through the whole swing. Then, you try to think about and do too many things at once and you start to hit the ball badly. Very badly. Then a lot of people give up.

I don't think your reply was negative. In fact, without instruction, it's pretty accurate.

I bought the book and have tried to incorporate many of the aspects of the S&T swing. At first things were great...then not so great. Right now, I am somewhere in between. I am sure it would help if my practice wasn't limited to my time on the course every other week. Fortunately, I am in the office all this next week and I will get to work on the some more of the pieces...hopefully it will come together soon.