Six4three5 switching teachers!

Six4three5 · Feb 19, 2015

emart2173 said:
Really cool thoughts and still fun following along with your progress

Thanks buddy. I can't wait to have it all click and be able to compare old to new.

emart2173 · Feb 19, 2015

Six4three5 said:
Thanks buddy. I can't wait to have it all click and be able to compare old to new.

im looking forward to getting a chance to see it working live in Pittsburgh.

Six4three5 · Mar 3, 2015

Behind a week here, but 11th lesson was just more of the same as the 10th. Just continuing to work on swing plane now. Need to shorten the swing just a touch and fire with the whole body and square of the face.

12th lesson was a bit different tho. Brian has his Nike rep come in and give everyone a free fitting in whatever Nike clubs they may be interested in. Needless to say I'm pondering some Nike Vapor Pro Driver and Flex FW and Hybrid stuff. It was interesting to see the numbers via Trackman!

emart2173 · Mar 3, 2015

Six4three5 said:
Behind a week here, but 11th lesson was just more of the same as the 10th. Just continuing to work on swing plane now. Need to shorten the swing just a touch and fire with the whole body and square of the face.

12th lesson was a bit different tho. Brian has his Nike rep come in and give everyone a free fitting in whatever Nike clubs they may be interested in. Needless to say I'm pondering some Nike Vapor Pro Driver and Flex FW and Hybrid stuff. It was interesting to see the numbers via Trackman!

nice ponder. I have hybrid and 3w on the way and I like the driver.

Maddog701 · Mar 3, 2015

Six4three5 said:
Behind a week here, but 11th lesson was just more of the same as the 10th. Just continuing to work on swing plane now. Need to shorten the swing just a touch and fire with the whole body and square of the face.

12th lesson was a bit different tho. Brian has his Nike rep come in and give everyone a free fitting in whatever Nike clubs they may be interested in. Needless to say I'm pondering some Nike Vapor Pro Driver and Flex FW and Hybrid stuff. It was interesting to see the numbers via Trackman!

nice to have a fitting at no cost!

coers · Mar 3, 2015

Man Jimmy you were an amazing golfer last year and now with all of this practice your going to be a pro. Man can't wait for the grass to turn green up in New York so I can hear about how all of this hard work has paid off. Keep it up man, your doing amazing!!!

Six4three5 · Mar 3, 2015

coers said:
Man Jimmy you were an amazing golfer last year and now with all of this practice your going to be a pro. Man can't wait for the grass to turn green up in New York so I can hear about how all of this hard work has paid off. Keep it up man, your doing amazing!!!

Thanks Andrew!! I appreciate the kind words buddy.

coers · Mar 3, 2015

Six4three5 said:
Thanks Andrew!! I appreciate the kind words buddy.

Hey no problem sir. Always great to see someone striving for greatness. Keep it up!!!

adamw238 · Mar 4, 2015

Awesome stuff here, Jimmy. The thought of you getting better is frightening. That is unless we're on the same side in an event.

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Playdough · Mar 4, 2015

Jimmy, just spent the last hour or so reading through this entire thread and I have to say great progress buddy. Its fun to watch your game and with the improvements in your numbers that your coach has instilled your going to be a great, great golfer. Good luck this season my friend. And I will continue to follow along here.

Six4three5 · Mar 4, 2015

Playdough said:
Jimmy, just spent the last hour or so reading through this entire thread and I have to say great progress buddy. Its fun to watch your game and with the improvements in your numbers that your coach has instilled your going to be a great, great golfer. Good luck this season my friend. And I will continue to follow along here.

Thanks Keygs!! I'll be heading out your way to play with you and Aaron quite a bit this year so we will absolutely be getting some rounds in. It's tough making such subtle little changes, but I know it will all pay off in the end!

Six4three5 · Mar 4, 2015

adamw238 said:
Awesome stuff here, Jimmy. The thought of you getting better is frightening. That is unless we're on the same side in an event.

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I'd GLADLY take you as a partner any day buddy! Especially if it were scramble style! I wouldn't even tee off lol

Playdough · Mar 5, 2015

Six4three5 said:
Thanks Keygs!! I'll be heading out your way to play with you and Aaron quite a bit this year so we will absolutely be getting some rounds in. It's tough making such subtle little changes, but I know it will all pay off in the end!

Looking forward to this. Me and Aaron still haven't got a round in yet, heck we can't even get a dinner put together with our other halves so they know we each of us actually exist..haha

amsmith61 · Mar 5, 2015

Playdough said:
Looking forward to this. Me and Aaron still haven't got a round in yet, heck we can't even get a dinner put together with our other halves so they know we each of us actually exist..haha

Six4three5 said:
Thanks Keygs!! I'll be heading out your way to play with you and Aaron quite a bit this year so we will absolutely be getting some rounds in. It's tough making such subtle little changes, but I know it will all pay off in the end!

Hey!! I resemble this remark and do you live in Indy? ;-)

This is my ultimate plan to get Keygan to play a round with me - import Jimmy's smooth swing for a weekend or two.

Love the progress Jimmy!!

golfinFF · Mar 5, 2015

amsmith61 said:
Hey!! I resemble this remark and do you live in Indy? ;-)

This is my ultimate plan to get Keygan to play a round with me - import Jimmy's smooth swing for a weekend or two.

Love the progress Jimmy!!

Can i join this prestigious group of good golfers?

Keep up the work Jimmy, I think you'll see some great gains when the weather breaks and we all can get outside and play.

adamw238 · Mar 5, 2015

Six4three5 said:
I'd GLADLY take you as a partner any day buddy! Especially if it were scramble style! I wouldn't even tee off lol

Lol! I like the sound that!

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Six4three5 · Mar 22, 2015

Can't remember what lesson number I'm on anymore because I had a few weeks off here and there and forgot to update once or twice, but had a really really good lesson yesterday with Brian. My ball striking was better than it has been in a while. I was smoking just about everything.

Brian said that the program he was putting me through was progressing nicely and he's happy with where I am at now with the plane, path, and top of my back swing so we started to buckle down and start learning the 9 shots. Started off hitting high draws by swinging anywhere from 2-3 degrees right with a 0 to -1 face angle. I was hitting my 7 iron about 165-170 carry which is pretty deep for me for a 7 iron, but my ball striking like I said was really good. At first I was struggling with closing the face at impact but after a few I got it. Then we moved on to high fades with a -2 to -3 degrees left with a 0 club face. The fade was much easier for me to hit because I didn't have to worry about the face angle all that much because the path was taking care of that. With the fades I was carrying it about 155-160. Then we worked on the high straight shots which for me I was producing a gentle draw with, like 1 to 2 yard draw. Brian believes this will my stock shot. With this shot I was getting 160-165 carry. 2 weeks from yesterday as he will be in Texas next week we will be working on the same 3 but a mid trajectory and then 3 with a low trajectory. I was struggling with my ball striking a few weeks ago playing on the sim, but I think it was having a week off and reverting back to old habits. After that it kind of motivated me to not do that and to keep working on path and plane even when I'm home in the living room. The season is getting close and the fire in me is starting to ignite! I can't freaking wait to get outside and be able to put some long work in.

emart2173 · Mar 22, 2015

nice update Jimmy, glad everything is progressing. will be interesting to follow the 9 shot progress

Six4three5 · Mar 23, 2015

emart2173 said:
nice update Jimmy, glad everything is progressing. will be interesting to follow the 9 shot progress

Thanks buddy. It will be nice to have the 9 shots in the bag once I get comfortable with them.

emart2173 · Mar 23, 2015

Six4three5 said:
Thanks buddy. It will be nice to have the 9 shots in the bag once I get comfortable with them.

for sure...i will be happy with one stock shot for now...thought it was interesting in my last lesson my teacher had me working on something similar to yours with the bow of the left wrist as i make my down swing. with this change i was hitting some crisp shots.

its been fun following this thread and has been motivation. thanks for doing this.

Six4three5 · Apr 6, 2015

So had my lesson on Saturday and at the beginning I was struggling with staying on plane. My longer backswing was causing me to cross the plane at the top and I would get really steep to start the down swing. So we worked on the top of my back swing. Here's where I was a few weeks ago...

And here's where he wants me. It feels like such a huge change but one that I saw immediate results with.

emart2173 · Apr 6, 2015

the top swing looks like some of the problems i have been facing with a long back swing.

its such a hard thing to fight that tendency and to get to a "3/4" swing. Bottom pic looks really good.

have you had a chance to put the new swing on the course yet and if so how was it trying the new swing in a golf situation?

moosejaa · Apr 6, 2015

Six4three5 said:
So had my lesson on Saturday and at the beginning I was struggling with staying on plane. My longer backswing was causing me to cross the plane at the top and I would get really steep to start the down swing. So we worked on the top of my back swing.

That bottom pic looks good, Jimmy. I remember noticing last time we were at the dome that it looked a little steep. Looking forward to seeing it on the course.

Six4three5 · Apr 6, 2015

emart2173 said:
the top swing looks like some of the problems i have been facing with a long back swing.

its such a hard thing to fight that tendency and to get to a "3/4" swing. Bottom pic looks really good.

have you had a chance to put the new swing on the course yet and if so how was it trying the new swing in a golf situation?

It's amazing tho when you watch it on video. What feels like a 3/4 swing is actually a full swing but it doesn't feel that way without that tiny little extra your a custom to putting on.

moosejaa said:
That bottom pic looks good, Jimmy. I remember noticing last time we were at the dome that it looked a little steep. Looking forward to seeing it on the course.

Thanks buddy. Definitely trying to fight that steepness that starts the down swing. It's amazing how well I hit the ball when everything syncs up with the proper back swing.

emart2173 · Apr 6, 2015

Six4three5 said:
It's amazing tho when you watch it on video. What feels like a 3/4 swing is actually a full swing but it doesn't feel that way without that tiny little extra your a custom to putting on.

Thanks buddy. Definitely trying to fight that steepness that starts the down swing. It's amazing how well I hit the ball when everything syncs up with the proper back swing.

so true..sometimes i hate looking at my swing on video...i feel like i made a 3/4 swing and did lots of good things then the video shows me going past parallel and standing up..the joys of getting better.