Report from the range. 1st time hitting balls in forever

[jim_0068]

Well

It's been FOREVER since i've played any golf and almost as long since i hit any balls and last few times out i've been having some issues:

straight fades
inconsistent contact
low shots

Kinda sounds like me LOL.

Last time i went to see Manzella i kinda settled on the Never hook again pattern which is basically the turning shoulder plane. However lately that hasn't been working. So i spent the time at the range hitting A LOT OF BALLS and experiementing with A LOT of patterns:

The twist away pattern
Never Hook Again pattern
Tomasello right arm pattern
Doyle Pattern
And some of my own that i've created along the way..

And the winner was.................
















The Tomasello pattern that is on the site here. Can anyone explain to me why this works for me? I've gone from using the Twist Away pattern almost 2 years ago to the Never Hook Again pattern about 6 months ago and now i've settled on this.

If i use any other pattern i get:

good contact
solid compression
low ballflight
basically a fade

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In all honestly the ONLY THING that feels different is the takeaway (full sweep loading action) and the "fire the right arm."

The "Feel" is almost like throwaway but as long as i keep pivoting (as he says in the video by clearing that left hip) i don't throw it away. Almost impossible.

Any explanations?