Introduction to the A Swing with David Leadbetter
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Listen to David Leadbetter and co-host Denis Watson present a full introduction to the revolutionary new A Swing. Filmed during David's appearance at the North Coast Golf Show in Pittsburg, PA.
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Thanks David Leadbetter! This instantly fixed my swing. Its very difficult to come over the top with this back swing position. it's very easy to get the club shallow on the downswing from this backswing too.Thanks again! This is golf gold👍👍
He has to make a living and this swing has its critics.
but for me personally this swing just works its not for everybody i know, we are all different.
i am so pleased somebody has come up with a swing i can actually do consistently.
Thanks David
This swing absolutely works! I suffered from over rotating my forearm during backswing and inconsistent striking, no confidence on short game previously. With this A swing, i hit it more consistently and improved distance by 10% for all clubs. It is amazing to see my short game improved significantly as well. Thanks David! I have bought the book.
Thank you very much for David’S long term contribution to play better golf for all levels of players !
A SWING is a very good swing which is simple and efficient
I got the book yesterday after seeing some of these videos figuring I didn't have much to loose. I have been struggling with fat and thin shots and a bad pull for a while now. It's been very fustrating. I gave only been playing about a year and a half and in that time I have only broke 100 once. Lately my score has been getting worse instead of better.
So got the book and read through a little over half in that first day and breezed through the rest. Practiced it a bit that day and that was it. Today I went out and shot a 99 which is my second best score ever. So with just minimal time with the book and very little practice I saw results. The real test will be if I can keep the score down and improve.
Played today with this grip as an experiment. First hole, drive was dead straight 270. 225 left. Hit a 5 wood and pulled it a little. Found myself having to chip over 20 ft tall trees and a trap. Put in the trap. Got up and down. Made the next 4 greens in regulation with some excellent iron shots that went high AND straight.
Drove the ball straight all day and had some pretty surprising iron shots, both distance and accuracy wise. 180 yard 8 iron? Hit my 4 hybrid 200 yards, and played a 505 yard hole with driver and 5w! Was just off the green, pin high in 2.
Will be taking this grip to the range to see if it was a fluke or about to become the foundation of my new swing!
This is bloody awesome
Tried this today playing golf shot one of my better rounds this year.I like the ideal of keeping the club outside the hands in the backswing.It help me to tighten my swing up and hit it flush.I hit a lot of good iron shots with a little draw.I think this swing will be eazy to repeat and less thinking.Im around a 4 handicap and going give this a chance.Cant wait to play again.
I saw this young guy hit a short backswing shot, with the club upright in the backswing. He barely turned and the connection /sound was unreal. I couldn't figure out how he did it, until I watched some of Leadbetter's A Swing method. I tried this method and its amazing. All starts with the grip and pivot. The rest is easy once you get used to syncing it up.
mind blowing... can't wait to try this today.
Okay, I tried the concept for a few days bought the book, and have hit the range several times... And I'm liking the feeling with my irons. It is very different from the conventional back sing-so learning to do it well will take time. Already my iron play is good, high trajectories and a little longer. However the driver has proven to be tough with this concept. One positive with the driver, I tend to hook the ball often, but with the A swing I'm not hooking as much but inconsistent with the driver... I will continue to refine the method to fit me.. Thanks Leadbetter! The book is well written and understandable with great pictures.. I would recommend buying the book.
Dennis McGraw Hey Dennis, I can identify really easily with your comments - I'm a pretty strong player with my irons but I can snap my driver really easily and that's a total round killer. For someone whose already afraid of losing it left, in theory, and even to see it, the A Swing concept sounded scary - moving back from address the club face looks like it's on its way to shut but I tried this tonight at the range and I found it almost impossible to hook the ball. My irons either went bone straight or had a slight butter cut and I actually sliced a few of my drives. I think one of the main points that really resonated with me was the notion of never letting the club head get behind your hands. Keep working with this - I'm feeling like I might be able to lose the hooks with my driver and maybe you will too!
Okay here is my 2cents on this, guys this swing works, short game long game, it fixed all my faults in the golf swing, i used to stand up a biy in the backswing, used to stuggle with getting my hand high in the backswing, used to stuggle with fat shots, reverse spine, you name, all of them gone.. Does it look a lil unconventional, yes but boy does it work...
this is not really a new awing
+claude lemite but it's certainly a new way to teach it, very well thought out
How does this work with the short game?
yep just played the practice par 3 course. works lovely hit a couple of hooks and some lovely shots to the green. plus understanding the plane the club comes in at I hit some great sand iron chip shots.
I had similar results as Dennis in the comments, it took sometime to get use to it, but it has almost cured out my constant fade/slice giving me a high straight to slight draw and more distance. But, with driver I am not sure ,if it's I am not releasing quiet right, but I've ended up with a really low ball flight and it's straight (which works) or low snap hook (not so good) though it's not going wide right. I don't really endorse things, but if you're like myself and looking for a way to change your game this might be right for you or at least give a shot. Don't expect huge mircales without practice as it's easy to fall back into old habits, take it slow each shot. Practice to get use to the feel and follow through as it feels vastly different compared to normal type swing. Just wanted to share my experience so far.
I perceive this slap release is what David Duval, Mike Austin, Mike Malaska, Mike Dunaway, Steve Pratt, Dan Shauger used.
This reminds me of every Karate seminar I’ve ever been to…Milking the basics. There are no ‘special’ techniques, it’s simply a matter of getting the basics down and practice, practice, practice. Key is to enjoy your golf and not chase the score.
Heading to the range to check it out...I like the concept, as a hooker, I struggle with onplane and over the top...this looks like it may be a cure!
Dennis McGraw try tightening your left arm up it will help you to stay on plane
Thanks!
As with all golfers,for some this will work, for some never.Greg Norman,said,David told me he would change my swing in three days.He did,And I never won another tournament.
In addition to THIS, watch Practice Makes Perfect Parts 1, 2 & 3. Also by David, and the NEW A-Swing components, COMBINED with the Practice Routines describe In P.M.P. will truly make a Difference, If they're APPLIED. I personally take Leadbetter's advice over almost all others, and he keeps it Light, which it should be.
I actually didnt realize this video was so old. He basically just described Matt Wolfs swing and Jim Furyk.. more or less.. Shawn Clements swings like this as well.. VERY steep back swing...
I love the A swing... guess I need to switch to the straw hat too
This works. This is it. I swear God's-honest-truth I've-accidentally-found/felt this swing a few times as I've played over the years...it felt right, made sense, but I couldn't quite figure out what I was doing and how to repeat it. It felt like I was striping the ball but I thought I was probably compensating for bad, ingrained habits and therefore dismissed it, talked myself out of it, as just a band-aid; It didn't look or maybe feel "classic" so I figured it was wrong. I didn't get it, now I do...Mr. Leadbetter has been able to develop, create, identify & articulate -whatever you want to call it-a powerful and repeatable golf swing. It feels like auto-pilot although does take some getting used to throughout the golf bag. Try it.
Read the book. tried the swing. It felt like I was trying to swing while wearing a straitjacket
Your wife will love this video. You'll be so frustrated that you'll give up golf and spend more time shopping with the better half.
Interesting! Love to buy..
Where to get the book in China? Thank you.
Thanks for the A swing its something i have been doing for a while now i have a relatively straight up and down swing with a slight in to in path i tuck my elbow in most of the times to allow myself to open out.. Q why callaway for you ? and what model for a mid handicapper on the verge of single figures Cheers !!
The hard part for me is starting the downswing with my lower body!!! Find that so hard
There’s no way you start your swing with the upper body.
Moe Norman made easy. Thank you David!
Bought the book and read it a couple of times then took it out to the range and the course, I seem to be toeing a lot of shots mainly my woods?
John Rollins Perhaps you need the feeling of shoulder out on the downswing ... it's a feeling ... remember the piston he talks about - the shoulder goes down and out and everything else will follow
no bill?
Is it something what Jim Furyk's swing is?
ive been doing that takeaway for years! nothing new, simpler way to put it without all the faffing and padding is just to say, take your clubhead back along the target line, more or less, it works for my irons, the grip adjustment is to stop hooking, as I know only too well as I don't use the grip he suggests, however with a nice tempo it works better than anything ive ever done with irons, as I say been doing it for years, caveat though, be careful with 3 wood off fairway, doesn't work so good, i use a variation for that and driver. nobody owns what the human body does guys, or has the right to give it fancy names, good luck
Somewhere Martin Ayers is screaming lawsuit!
Martin Ayers is another one with a head full of BROKEN BISCUITS.
This remains me of the TV Shows, were there try and sell Frying pans to the housewife’s.
Mike Austin hand release.
Short left thumb like Hogan?
What have you done to Lydia Ko ?
Jim Furyk's been right all a long, right?
Brian Baker yep and Ryan Moore.
Hmmm I wonder if that right arm tucked in close would be any good for Freddie couples, Lee Trevino, Bubba Watson or Jack Nicklaus I think they may disagree.
They swing differently.If you can copy themc onsistently, pl do.If you can't , go for the A swing.
They swing differently.If you can copy them consistently, pl do.If you can't , go for the A swing.
David leadbetter is the best teacher ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From the UK????
Mike the guy he pulled from the audience says he was a 8 handicap. My ass! Mike’s swing showed he was a hacker and gimmy player. True golfers play it were it lies and putts everything out! No fluffing the ball! The A-swing works folks, just takes practice and patience.
hinge and turn
Dennis will you stop swinging that club around while I'm trying to talk for christ sake.
Bob vokey says to roll
44:00, 55:25, 58:00
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It works!! I was able to cut 5 stokes of my HC
Can someone explain the joke at 20:22
David said "You are an 8 (handicapper) right? You must a hell of a putter!". Implying that his swing is not that good, therefore he must be very good in putting to be a 8 handicapper.
Square to square??
Everybody has their own individual golf swing - no two swings, either amateur or pro are the same. Best just to tweak the swing that you have naturally rather than completely reconstructing it.
Alan Long Agree, but best together with a knowledgeable pro, or you would be searching in the dark, with not great results and obtaining a bad swing in the mean time: the usual past time of amateurs on the range.... As one great coach once called it “The Horror Show"
Yes Martyn, that's what I meant - get a Pro to tweak it, not reconstruct it
Good way to make money, come up with some new swing to write a book.
a lot of old concepts being rehashed
How humiliating. Not sure if I'd purchase this if I were Mike lol.
Ben Hogan's book said to put the club handle into the fingers and forever afterward, a fingers' grip is Holy Writ. Yet Moe Norman held the club handle in his two palms and established a reputation for extraordinary accuracy while winning 55 professional tournaments. In contrast to them both, the greatest champion, Jack Nicklaus, held the club in the fingers of one hand and in the palm of the other hand. So, if we have to embarrass an 8-handicapper about his palm grip in front of an audience in order to sell a book, the 'sell' is either a swindle or the product is from a closed mind. Too many all-time great golfers had phenomenal careers playing with different grip techniques, for any one grip to be taught as Gospel. If any great golf champion ever steps forward and credits the Leadbetter 'A' swing for his or her multi-million dollar earnings, perhaps then I'll buy preacher Leadbetter's new Bible. However, if we have to humiliate someone in order to convince them, the teaching is actually preaching and is psychologically bankrupt.
he's got quite a few in his school who are making good money and his ideas are still new. you don't need to pay any money to try it out either. also the teaching is logical and physiologically sound.
Like a land of 18:28 people in search of a pass time....
Does no one else think this A swing is total garbage? Why do zero PGA Tour players swing like this?
Oh and not a single slice...
More gimmicks. Look at all you suckers hoping someone ELSES golf swing will correct YOUR swing. No 2 people swing a golf club the same way. Find an instructor whos not looking to suck you into lesson$ with zero results. Look at Ryan Moores swing and ask yourself if it doesnt look familiar. Hes another self taught player who can repeat an unconventional swing with excellent results. Find YOUR swing. Never copy
The "A" Swing is an exact copy of Calvin Peete's swing. Club outside the hands with the face shut until just before the top, square off, then the natural rerouting to the inside on the way down. Complete duplicate. Call it the "Peete" swing.
I swing not work for me.
this is too complicated!!!
This works. One practice session and bam! Never hit it better or straighter. Ball striking dramatically improved. Now, if this worked with my putter I'll be golden.
Leadbetter must cringe every time he sees Jim Furyk swing. I've hear it described as an "octopus falling out of a tree"
I have a big breakthrough in golf swing instruction: Copy Calvin Pete.
This is a perfect example of the sorry state of swing instruction. I can’t believe how bad this talk is.
Thought that was Joe Biden for a second?
This is desperate
Horrible route to go with your golf swing! If you want quality instruction and detailed understanding of the swing go see Kelvin Miyahira's YT page and articles online.
John Meany Kelvin produces results. Victor Rodriguez is a great example. His teachings helped Victor from hitting 250 yard drives to a ReMax long drive competitor. He turned pro because of him.
John Meany open
He is good but you need a science degree to follow his teachings:)
What are you talking about David leadbetter is the best teacher in the world!!!!!!
laughable
Sorry David, your a great talker, you've created so much more work for the teaching profession, you have helped to focus on many unnecessary aspects in the swing.; but like pre-set 25 years ago-you've got it wrong again.
'A' does not stand for alternative-it stands for amateurish.
Like I mentioned before- you create a lot of work for the teaching profession.
GolfArtStorie9
That pre-set drill helped Nick Faldo win 3 Masters and 3 British Opens. How many majors do your students have?
@@parkersmithphoto the practice grip he sells is terrific.
So teaching the Joe Nichols swing ....
Now defunct. Pure trash to sell books and videos.