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Like so much golf instruction AJ gets too involved in explaining "what happens" as opposed to "what you have to do". Just hammer the ball and all the other stuff happens, opening, closing, speed, contact, etc. etc. It's the same hammering move described by Shawn Clement's Wisdom in Golf videos, emphasizing hammering a post just out side of the lead leg which actually works better for me. It's all a right arm/hand move. Everything else supports and follows.

Best description is the baseball bat swing described in the book itself. Not everyone has swung a bat however. Swing the bat at the ball. Simple. Your left shoulder will do the work if you just swing the bat and the rest of the body supports this movement. Mike LaBauve's instruction in his GolfLink videos says this very exact thing but it never stuck with me for some reason. I guess I never rehearsed the bat swing before swinging the club.

Can't figure out how AJ's swing is any different from others. When I take the club back, not purposely rotating forearms, my shoulder turn and a natural rotation of my left arm at the shoulder makes my right palm a "cell phone" at the top. In the downswing my right arm "turns the door knob or screw driver or whatever without my trying to do it. I don't get it.

If you're Type A behaviour, skip the DVD's. Eddie talks like he (and) you are going to live forever. Not for the "cut to the chase" crowd.

Have about a dozen drivers. Including Bomb Tech. Some drive "farther" than others. None save me a couple of clubs on my second shot (on average). Some one club? Maybe. (On average). Now I go by feel. Which one feels the best when I swing it. (That day). Scientific, huh?

I know. Some don't get it. Actually, Klassen is same as Merrins, Bender, Humphries, Toski and others. Just communicated differently and more effectively and simply for........ME (and many others) not necessarily for the world.

Good Gaawd! All this over such a simple concept ! To me, out of my collection of over 100 golf dvd's, books, e-books, etc. Klassen is the ONLY instruction that pulled my game out of the 20-year pits. It helped me so much that it made me angry that I had wasted so many years trying the other "versions". His one big omission, which took me a while to figure out was the "snapping the wrists". You actually don't snap the wrists. They "snap" because of your left forearm action, not any consious hand or wrist action. His original demo of slamming the club in the ground says it all. Hammering, chopping, whatever. My whole swing is nothing but my left forearm, with everything else reacting of course.

Read the book and watched the videos. Put it into practice on the range. First round played shot 43 on the front and a 2 under 34 on the back. Next round, shot a pair of 38's for a 76. Next round, shanked every other shot and haven't played the same since. I think I hate golf.

You look at the sole of your clubs while addressing the ball?

How complicated can you get? A simple explanation won't sell dvd's however. Ayers is just rehashing AJ Bonar's lesson. They both work as promised. Just keep your trailing palm FEELING like it's facing the target or direction of swing. A few buckets and you should have it. No big deal.

Trying to describe the golf swing is like trying to describe how one walks. Good luck.

OK perhaps "17 more" meant inches, and "longer", "longest ever", mean either 1/8th inch increments in distance or maybe they're talking about shaft length. "Farther" what, 6 inches? Or? Anyway, of all the drivers I listed, my "longest" is a Mizuno MX560. All I would say are within 5 to 10 yards of one another with the same strike. Including Bombtech's Grenade. A lot of distance depends on roll. Really comes down to launch angle/loft, spin, and sweet spot strike with a tad of draw roll. Working on these with an adjustable driver probably has its merits.

I purchased one figuring no one would steal it at the bag drop. I have six different drivers that I rotate to occasionally, TM, Mizuno, Adams, Callaway and Yonex. Overall, to me, a driver is a driver is a driver. Just the cosmetics and the hype are different. Just think. With TM's an extra 20 yards with each driver release, you can now pound it 600 yards.

When you swing at the ball instead of the down-range target it will often result in impact towards heel. Try it in slow motion. Swing at the ball as if it was the target=heel. Swing through the ball at the range target= center hit. Shift focus to target, not the ball. Tough to do if you have been trying to hit the ball but practice, practice, practice. The trick here is between the ears.

Let's put it this way. In Hardy's The Plane Truth he says the arms rotate clockwise on the backswing and the back of your right hand at the top feels like it is facing away from the target. (Palm facing the target?) On the downswing your left arm, (therefore the right arm) rotate counter clockwise (turn the door knob, turn the screw driver?) Sound familiar folks? The difference is Hardy doesn't take hours of video to get this across to you. If you prefer what I guess is an effort at entertainment value, Bonar tells you the same thing. IMO Bonar's off a little on the downswing rotation. I found it doesn't matter whether your rotate clockwise or counter clockwise your club squares up on the downswing as your hands pass your right thigh automatically. Try it in slow motion.

Most pros don't use certain equipment because they prefer it. They use it because their sponsor tells them to use it. I take my grip on all clubs with the club head in the air and "look it square, open or closed". I don't want to take my grip with the club lying on the ground, therefore you can keep your adjustable drive. I have one. Adjusted closed but I square the club when taking my grip, so what difference does it make. $100-$200?

Here's another one. I found that at some point during the past year I started to sway ever so slightly on my back swing. The downswing from this position resulted in impact between the center and the heel of the face. Sometimes right off the heel or shank. The backswing swayed with driver because I was trying to wind up too far to swing too hard. With wedges, it was because of the narrow stance allowed a backward sway. As soon as I concentrated on maintaining the rear to front angle of my rear leg to the ground, which of course varies with the width of stance, voila! Sweet spot 95% of the time.

This is why the intent (vision) of hitting the sweet spot along with the target, trajectory, fade, draw, etc. BEFORE you swing is important. Your body will react to that vision more than you think. It's like reaching for your cup of coffee and bringing it to your lips. How much do you focus on the means of doing that as opposed to the result you want?

Here's three hints: 1) It's true what AJ Bonar says. There is no golf swing that will consistently and automatically square and center the face to the ball at contact. Hand-eye coordination does that. You must intend to hit the ball squarely and in the center before you swing and the subconscious will do its best to have you do exactly that. It actually works. 2) A validation of this is in Jack Nicklaus' Golf My Way and other instruction books by him. His specifically states that at impact you "apply the club head to the ball". He doesn't say swing and let the ball get in the way. He doesn't say swing and hope the club head meets the ball. He does say "Apply" the clubhead to the ball. 3) Read The Sweet Spot by Greig. The person who replied that you stop hitting off the heel (or toe) by hitting it in the middle perhaps sounded facetious but was actually right on.

His swing is so simple. The video just confuses it. Look at the free stuff on You Tube and you have it.

Think, AJ Bonar. Same thing/principle, i.e., cell phone drill of Bonar.

Why are so many fussy about whether tools you slam into the ground end up with a scratch or dent?

Forged suck. They get beat up faster. Lose lies and lofts from bad mishits and practicing off mats. Need more maintenance. You will replace more often and make the manufacturers happy. I have cast irons and forged wedges. There's no change in feel or softness or any of that other LOL BS when I go to my wedges. The one advantage with forged is you can get a greater degree of fitting adjustment than with cast.

If you bump your hip your hands will drop. If you drop your hands your hip will bump. I find it more relaxing to drop the hands. No difference in contact.

You mean at 5' 6" the clubs need to be flattened not more upright.