Hopefully, everyone has the new year off to a good start. If you live in the north, you should be here in sunny Florida. Although this is the first week of February, we just went through our first real cold snap of the season. Thankfully, it doesn’t last long here and we are back in the eighties this week. We're doing our best to enjoy it for everyone =).
Danny and I had a great school a couple of weeks ago. It was a full school with eight players, including an excellent professional golfer from France named Jean Remesey, a two time winner of the French Open, who was an inspiration to the entire group. Everyone made significant progress, including our one lovely lady, who is a former ballet dancer from North Carolina.
We spent a good deal of time doing three-mode-drills, where you hit one shot with the right arm, then one with the left arm, then one with both. Changing modes with every swing, stops the brain from compensating, and forces the player to identify perfect power application. Developing drills that cannot be faked (they require perfect technique for successful execution) has been one of our major goals for some time now. Three-mode drills are great for taking onto the golf course as well. There is a wonderful short course here at Orange County National called the “Tooth,” that is a perfect place for testing this drill on “real” golf holes instead of the range. Targets are far more “magnetic” on the course and tend to pull the player out of proper sequence easier than on the practice tee where he/she gets many chances. If you want to really know what’s going on in your body, take the three-mode drill to the course, and you will get a genuine “eye opener” about power application.
In fact, we are going to start a tournament with some of our students called the “Check Your Ego At The Door Open,” where everyone has to play from a three-mode through the entire round - right-arm, left-arm, then both arms - then start the sequence over. You have no idea how much fun this will be. If you want to join us, just send an e-mail. We will pick a date soon.
The PGA Demo Day kicked off the PGA Show again as it does every year. Demo Day is held annually at Orange County National and you can see the latest and greatest of all things (equipment-wise) that golf has to offer. If you are in the area when it occurs, it is a don’t-miss event.
Keep us posted with your progress along with any questions - we welcome them. Also, there are a couple of spots remaining for our March school here at OCN and in Southern California. This is a great place to learn Gravity Golf! Come see us, but if you’re from the north, leave your weather at home - there is a small surcharge for taking ours back with you.
Thanks again, and always our best,
David and Daniel Lee
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