i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

[slater170]

Re: i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

What has happened to the 3sk site? Have they dumped the forum?
Bri

it appears so
i visited the site the other day and it wasnt there but 3skills has its own section on here

[BrianW]

Re: i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

What has happened to the 3sk site? Have they dumped the forum?
Bri

The 3 Skills site does not have it's own forum anymore, there is a link on it that takes you directly into this GTO 3 Skills forum.

[Ian Hancock]

Re: i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

everything came together today
played heaton park manchester, a tough course at the best of times made tougher by the cold wet weather.
anyhow the 3skills helped me to card a gross 81, 37 out 44 in.

Missed this Slats,


44 back in...............shoddy.

A couple more safer shots in and your in the 70s.....................roll on spring.

P.S shot a two over sunday in the rain and wind, proper greens but temp tees, worse thing is I bogeyed 17 and 18...........after 3 birdies and three bogeys during the first 16.


I know...................shoddy.



Ian.

[slater170]

Re: i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

Missed this Slats,


44 back in...............shoddy.

A couple more safer shots in and your in the 70s.....................roll on spring.

P.S shot a two over sunday in the rain and wind, proper greens but temp tees, worse thing is I bogeyed 17 and 18...........after 3 birdies and three bogeys during the first 16.


I know...................shoddy.



Ian.

nice shooting ian!
44 is shoddy but its hard going when are thoroughly p*ss wet through and freezing cold
also had a 75 and 78 round our par67 winter layout

[Matt10]

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Okay guys, this offseason I have dedicated myself to 3skills. Since the snow is always piling down on us here - all I have is a net to hit into, but I have felt a big difference.

One of the things that I do differently is I do try not to think about angles of descent into the ball - I have trouble doing this for some reason, and a ball-park angle number doesn't exactly mean anything to me when I'm trying to focus on 'nailing' the ball.

So what I do instead is use the following imagery - it helps me because I prefer hand-eye coordination with visualization.



So as you can see I think I tend to 'hit' farther out towards the right, and since I'm using the net - I can't exactly see ball flight. My question is for when the weather does clear up and I can go to the range - are the placement of my "X"s correct?

[slater170]

Re: i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

played a society comp yesterday at garstang, the course was very wet with lots of standing water.
ball striking was very good, scored 31 points could have been a lot more if id got the hang of the greens which were poor in quality and very slow.

anyhow i bagged the longest drive award and cooked the fish i caught on the 5th fairway

[BrianW]

Re: i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

Okay guys, this offseason I have dedicated myself to 3skills. Since the snow is always piling down on us here - all I have is a net to hit into, but I have felt a big difference.

One of the things that I do differently is I do try not to think about angles of descent into the ball - I have trouble doing this for some reason, and a ball-park angle number doesn't exactly mean anything to me when I'm trying to focus on 'nailing' the ball.

So what I do instead is use the following imagery - it helps me because I prefer hand-eye coordination with visualization.



So as you can see I think I tend to 'hit' farther out towards the right, and since I'm using the net - I can't exactly see ball flight. My question is for when the weather does clear up and I can go to the range - are the placement of my "X"s correct?

They all need moving up a notch to me. Move the driver to the balls equator then the other two by the same amount.

[Matt10]

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Thanks Brian - I will do so.

Went to the range today,mats of course - found one that was supposed to be heated indoors. Turns out it was outdoors and the heater did not even work...so into the chilling wind, with nothing but pure white snow - I put 3skills to the test.

Firstly, my ball diagram did not help - it seemed that focusing on the ball ended up making me scoop rather than nail. What did seem to work was two things:

1. Focus on swinging with my left arm - the right hand just holds on. Before doing this I had been hitting hooks - my bad shot. Once I focused on swinging with the left, everything started straightening out.

2. Eyes never leave a spot in front of the ball (imagining the 12,1,3 o'clock, so I focus on a spot that would be at 1 o'clock.) Doing this helped me get through the ball and I really felt I was hitting the ball first.

I might've been tense considering the conditions (30 F with 14-20mph winds from right to left), so I when I saw that I was swinging a bit hard - I slowed it down and focused on the two points above.

Results, well, mixed.

Ball Flight was okay, a bit of a draw - but too high for my liking, I thought I would see that penetrating ball flight with my irons - but nothing of the kind. When I tried to put more weight on my left to start, I ended up hitting fades - not what I want.

Bad shot was the hook, and this was when trying to apply SK3 - but I chalked it up to that maybe I'm closing the club naturally so maybe SK3 wasn't even a skill I needed to practice on.

When I aimed well right, I hooked the ball off the planet - and hit it thin.

Some good notes, but I'm not sure if it's a result of 3skills or not - my yardages have increased since last year, and this is in the cold where the ball shouldn't be traveling far - and with range balls.

It could be because I've lost 10 pounds and gained muscle mass, including work on the core every night for the past 4 months.

Driving the ball, I had to use my previous teachings from Shawn Clement - the tempo with hip turn is just something I can't give up - every driver shot is a draw and landed just short of the 250 mark.

All in all, a decent session - I'm still really wanting to get that penetrating ball flight, I can't afford to hit the ball high like last year. I believe it is SK1 that will give me this - but no matter how long I do the drills associated - I'm not getting that zip!

[Matt10]

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Hm, I was just thinking to myself. Today with all the focus on 3skills - I hadn't thought much about my lower body into impact...my right knee for instance.

Before I had just worried about my left arm doing the swinging, and might've jeopardized my impact position which could have been the reason for a slight 'scoop'.

Did a couple practice swings in the mirror and this time into impact, I pushed my right knee, which posted my left, and what do you know - hands ahead of the club.

Now I'll have to wait for another couple of weeks before I can really test it

[Ian Hancock]

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Hi Matt,

I have had a good read of your last two threads and see that you are working on 3SKs, however one thing that constantly jumps out at me:

You are not letting go of other swing thoughts, this will hinder any attempt at 3SKs, you are still to busy thinking of hips, legs, then changing set-up...............it's all to much mate.

Work on a perfect, straight set-up and simply let go of everything, never mind 3Sks, I have been saying for years on this site "The body is perfectly capable of hitting the ball without you head getting involved" so just look at the ball knowing what is required using the 3SKs and just do it.

Good Luck and 'let go'

Ian.

[miffin]

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I aint much good at visualizing the 3 nails. Or those 3 crosses on the ball. The way I am doing it is positioning the club at the correct angle on set up. Then trying to get that same position at impact. I am doing pretty good at doing it that way and well happy with 3sk.

Bri

[Ian Hancock]

Re: i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

Hi Bri,

My point exactly mate, "thats all you are doing thats what matters"


Ian.

[Matt10]

Re: i used the 3 skills and nailed it!

Hi Matt,

I have had a good read of your last two threads and see that you are working on 3SKs, however one thing that constantly jumps out at me:

You are not letting go of other swing thoughts, this will hinder any attempt at 3SKs, you are still to busy thinking of hips, legs, then changing set-up...............it's all to much mate.

Work on a perfect, straight set-up and simply let go of everything, never mind 3Sks, I have been saying for years on this site "The body is perfectly capable of hitting the ball without you head getting involved" so just look at the ball knowing what is required using the 3SKs and just do it.

Good Luck and 'let go'

Ian.

Hi Ian -

You know I think you're right, the game used to be easier for me when I didn't think about how my swing looked or whether or not I was getting the right trajectory. 2006 was one of my best years and I really thought I'd take my 7 hcp to scratch by now - instead it has ballooned to a 13.

When I was in single digits, all I did was pick a target, one practice swing, go to the ball and do the same thing. It was almost like Brendt Snedeker (SP?) and how he approaches the game. Maybe reverting back to that could be an option.

The thing I believe about my over thinking this off season is just that - the fact that it is off season and it's when everyone's mind wanders as a result of not being able to hit or play the game. So when I went today, for the first time in two months, and things did not seem to be working, I reverted back to the analytical approach.

[golfseeker]

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Here is my last question on this 3skills thread. If this is such a remarkable technique for teaching the golf swing why have I not seen it reported in any of the current golf magazines?

Surely some reporter would have picked up on it by now.

[Ian Hancock]

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It is indeed a mystery, one that I cannot answer.......!!!!

I am waiting for the excitment to die down then market the book as my own....LOL


I think this has the potential to be massive.....

Ian.