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Driver. Sounds silly but it is the club I am most confident with.

I know that this is probably an obvious answer but course management basically means playing within yourself. I would recommend reading anything by Rotella to really learn how to do that.

I say, quite happily, that I think Stack and Tilt is dead or at least about to die. Hooray.

It is just temporary. I would go every other day at most though during that transition. Good luck.

If you have a video camera you could always send your swing into swing check. That's what I'm here for.

I know you are getting ready to send your swing to me but I would not change a thing yet.

I walked Augusta National a number of years ago and thought it was a nice course with a few really, really nice holes. Personally, I think that the top few courses are just the mystique of the course more than anything else... not that I would complain if they were my home courses.

I am not sure how far away Amelia Island is from you but Anne Cain is solid. I would highly recommend her.

Hey Zeph Thanks for the shout out. I'll link you to the new site http://perfectpracticegolf.blogspot....nce-width.html Anyhow, if you have some questions, just email me - your friendly swing check analyst. Hope to hear from you soon.

Hi. I'm the swing check guy. If you send me your swing i would be more than happy to take a look.

I have two suggestions. One, video your swing. Sounds like you were allowing to club pros to watch your swing which is ok but I would rather have someone watch my swing with me. Two, send in your swing. I would be more than happy to look at your swing :)

Here's my basic thoughts "These players are the best at what they do"... Curious about that comment. I haven't really even thought about Parnevik in a long time. These are not the players that are the best at what they do. The ones that are aren't stack and tilt users. In fact, I can't really think of a category that a stack and tilt player is even close to the top at. Baddeley is an excellent putter but I don't think stack and tilt had anything to do with that. "Best players did and what the worst players did"... What players are they referring to. Sure, there are players through the decades such as Snead that have a swing similar to stack and tilt. What about all the players that use an alternative method that are playing well? I have a problem with cataloguing players swings and assuming there is some masterful truth out there. If we based all of our research on the original golfers out there like Bobby Jones and Varden we could learn something. "This will only work for top players"... Ironic that it doesn't work for top players either. I still think it is a beginners swing. "There is nothing magical or revolutionary here"... Agreed. "My job is to train you to understand the pieces"... I just don't think that the pieces are right. I could fit together a hundred different things that would cause you to hit the ball but it doesn't mean that they are the most efficient way to hit the ball. "... key is to use the circular motion of your hands and arms to create the correct path"... Stack and tilt teachers are huge fans of using your hand and arms. I talk about this in my power pivot article but stack and tilt generates a lot of its power using pendulum like momentum. I would much rather start with core muscles and go outwards from there. "Facts and geometry"... What facts and geometry? Ask him more about the physics and kinesthesiology. I have never seen them explain in a logical way how they are creating power with your back. I personally think they are taking your core muscles out of the swing. I want to see him analyze Tiger's, Hogan, Sergio, McIlroy, etc. and explain how they are losing power or accuracy. As you can probably tell, I am not a huge fan of stack and tilt. I think it's a fad and it hurt Badds. I'll argue this all day but I would never go to a teacher that advocated stack and tilt. But that's just me.

Stack and tilt... I have some huge reservations about stack and tilt primarily because of the fact that the entire foundation of the swing is based on flawed geometry. I think we have talked about this before but if you have one thing wrong with your swing you are going to play terrible. So you need something to offset. Honestly, I feel like that is how the stack and tilt swing is made. It's just a lot of offsetting movements put together in a way that just isn't very efficient. Personally, I think it's a beginner's swing and that's why a lot of the tour pros are moving away from it. For someone that has a low handicap stack and tilt might be detrimental. As far as being self taught, the guy I went to when I really started making strides taught you how to be self taught. That's why I thought he was amazing is there was no question you couldn't ask him and his whole goal was to make it so you could go out in the world on your own. Considering the number of tour wins his guys have and teachers that are ironically ranked in the top 100 that he personally taught I think he did a good job. And your point about Hogan is well taken. Hogan was self taught but something a lot of people don't know is that Hogan had only a few books that he relied on to fidget with his game. Ironically, one of them was a physics book. My teacher never asked him if he understood the stuff that was in the book but considering some of the changes Hogan made later in life he might have. So that's basically my advice to you. If you have a camera and really want to learn the swing either find a pro that has the same ideology as you or continue teaching yourself. Hope that helps.

Yes, and I loved it for a while. I don't do it as much so good reminder.

You could always send in your swing to the Swing Check person on this site :)

Just my very quick and personal take on this. If I am in pain, then I will stop the change ... for now. But I absolutely do not trust my body other than that. I trust my video camera. If my swing feels good but is not fundamentally sound then work hard until what is fundamentally sound feels natural. That's why I personally believe that video cameras have revolutionized the game. But perhaps that is just my opinion.

Ha. Sorry. With the Ben Hogan picture that just makes me think that is probably what Hogan would say. Too bad, you are missing out on random updates from your friends - unless you use: facebook, myspace, email, telephone...

Don't worry, it's not just you. I was just citing an example. Trust me, rampant on the boards.

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I think it is funny right now that everyone is willing to speak up about not making a change related to feel but yet if it comes to ball position on another thread that is all I read about. "Feels" like there is something going on here.

I am seeing a lot - and I do mean a lot - of people that are talking about a technical fix not "feeling" right and therefore abandoning it. I have a pretty strong opinion about this but I am curious about all of your thoughts. How much of your development do you base on feel?

A little curious about this statement. The ball doesn't move here, just your right foot. What was giving you a problem?

I have just one little question: why do we assume that where we are currently hitting the ground - at the bottom or whatever - is where we should be hitting the ground? Isn't that assuming that your swing is perfect as it is? What do you do if you improve your swing?

Which one of the young guns do you believe has the best swing and why?

I would still say the Titleist 909 series. When Titleist gets it right you can't get much better.