Stack and Tilt Class - Boston - June 6th 2010

[Shankapotomus]

As some of you know, I am very new to the game and have been trying to learn to swing the club mostly through self-teaching but I also had one lesson with my club "pro". Yesterday, I attended a Stack and Tilt class offered by Golf Evolution (Dave Wedzick, James Hirshfield, and iacas). Jim Burke, Harvard golf coach, was also in attendance to lend a hand.

Although I didn't leave the class with a complete and full swing, I did gain an understanding and solid base upon which to develop my consistency and this was my primary goal. Below are two of the before and after photos I like the best. Later on, I may add more of the photos from the class but I really like these two.

Flying Wedge

On the right, I am working on developing a nice flying wedge and you can see on the left how my hands and arms were prior to class. Now I know why people were telling me to "keep my wrists locked" but couldn't figure out what they were saying. My wrists didn't feel locked in a flying wedge position but this is clearly what my dad and others were trying to "teach" me by yelling at me to "lock my wrists". This is a perfect example of how Mike and Andy are trying to change the way the game is TAUGHT. I fully understand this now.



Top of Swing

This photo is really impressive to me. Given the fact that I am seriously overweight and in terrible physical shape with poor flexibility, I never thought I'd be able to develop a full back swing. However, the before and after photo below is proof that I do have the ability. I don't have the consistency yet to do a nice back swing like this each and every time but knowing that I can do it gives me the confidence I need to keep working on it.



Conclusion

I still have much to develop with my swing but I feel I am now in a much better position to continue working on it. I was going nowhere fast prior to class. Thanks again to everyone with Golf Evolution.

[walk18]

I enjoyed your post. Keep at it, you're on the right track!