Do tips from 1968 still apply?

[Lady Golf Pro]

Cleaning out a bookshelf I came across "The Golfer's Bible" by Frank Kenyon Allen, Tom LoPresti, Dale Mead, Barbara Romack which was published in 1968.  They have a whole section at the back with tips on how to correct some of our bad golf habits, for example:

Corrections for Topping the Ball!

1.  Stand closer to the ball

2.  Keep head still throughout the swing. Keep eye on the ball.

3.  Concentrate on swinging smoothly, not on looking up to see where the ball goes.

4.  Don't stiffen or lock right knee on the backswing.

5.  Make sure the weight has shifted to the right leg during the backswing, but be sure to

shift full weight to the left foot on the downswing.

6.  Don't try to lift the ball into the air with body action, or a flick of the wrists.

What do you think?  Are these all the same today?  Have we added anything to these suggestions since 1968?

[TN94z]

Originally Posted by Lady Golf Pro

Cleaning out a bookshelf I came across "The Golfer's Bible" by Frank Kenyon Allen, Tom LoPresti, Dale Mead, Barbara Romack which was published in 1968.  They have a whole section at the back with tips on how to correct some of our bad golf habits, for example:

Corrections for Topping the Ball!

1.  Stand closer to the ball

2.  Keep head still throughout the swing. Keep eye on the ball.

3.  Concentrate on swinging smoothly, not on looking up to see where the ball goes.

4.  Don't stiffen or lock right knee on the backswing.

5.  Make sure the weight has shifted to the right leg during the backswing, but be sure to

shift full weight to the left foot on the downswing.

6.  Don't try to lift the ball into the air with body action, or a flick of the wrists.

What do you think?  Are these all the same today?  Have we added anything to these suggestions since 1968?

Head still is key, but shifting the weight to the right leg (RH player) on the backswing brings quite a bit of timing into the swing which will make it more difficult to have consistent contact

[reedf]

Originally Posted by Lady Golf Pro

Cleaning out a bookshelf I came across "The Golfer's Bible" by Frank Kenyon Allen, Tom LoPresti, Dale Mead, Barbara Romack which was published in 1968.  They have a whole section at the back with tips on how to correct some of our bad golf habits, for example:

Corrections for Topping the Ball!

1.  Stand closer to the ball

2.  Keep head still throughout the swing. Keep eye on the ball.

3.  Concentrate on swinging smoothly, not on looking up to see where the ball goes.

4.  Don't stiffen or lock right knee on the backswing.

5.  Make sure the weight has shifted to the right leg during the backswing, but be sure to

shift full weight to the left foot on the downswing.

6.  Don't try to lift the ball into the air with body action, or a flick of the wrists.

What do you think?  Are these all the same today?  Have we added anything to these suggestions since 1968?

A little different wording, but it sounds alot like the 5 keys this site promotes! I'd say yeah, all still valid.

[dak4n6]

Originally Posted by TN94z

Head still is key, but shifting the weight to the right leg (RH player) on the backswing brings quite a bit of timing into the swing which will make it more difficult to have consistent contact

I also picked #5 as perhaps not having as much credibility these days.  That damn piece of advice of putting weight on the right leg cost me over a decade of crummy/mediocre golf before I discovered and instilled my own version of S&T..;

[TN94z]

Originally Posted by dak4n6

I also picked #5 as perhaps not having as much credibility these days.  That damn piece of advice of putting weight on the right leg cost me over a decade of crummy/mediocre golf before I discovered and instilled my own version of S&T..;

I'm right there with you. After you having done it for years, it's hard to get rid of the bad habits that you have gotten into by compensating for that move too...in my experience anyway.

[dak4n6]

You know, that is still the last thing going through my mind on every single swing: 'head still, keep the weight forward'

It feels almost like a reverse pivot, but pictures and vids show that it's not.

[TN94z]

Originally Posted by dak4n6

It feels almost like a reverse pivot, but pictures and vids show that it's not.

It's definitely not IMO.  If it was, the weight would be returning to the back leg no on the follow through, no?

[dak4n6]

No it's not a RP, but it just feels like the first half of the RP because I spent so many years transferring the weight to the back foot. You know, that collapsing of the left side that RPers do? And no, I definitely don't switch the weight to the rear on the downswing. I found that with the S&T, I feel like I drive off the inside of my right foot, and that powers everything else.

[TN94z]

I think we may have gotten a bit sidetracked from the original question....sorry OP

[Lady Golf Pro]

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