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Swingbuilders 1: Grip, Impact, and Chip Drill

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  • Type: Video Tutorial
  • Length: 7:43
  • Media: Video/mp4
  • Posted: 04/06/2007
  • Use: Watch Online & Download
  • Download: MP4 (iPod compatible)
  • Size: 40 MB

In the first of this three part Swingbuilders series Barton Creek golf pro Phillip Marburger helps you get a solid foundation. Whether you are new to the game or just need to perfect your form, Phillip gives tips and instruction on proper grip, form during impact, and finally a chip drill to help develop your swing.

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Phillip Marburger
Phillip Marburger
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Joined:
04/13/2007

Recent Reviews

Judd_homepage
FORE!
11/03/2007
~ Judd

For the weekend duffer like me, the grip and body position instruction was helpful. Good stuff.

Brittanie
tiger woods has nuthn on me now
06/27/2007
~ brittanie

What a great video to give to my dad for Father's Day! He's always trying to improve his swing in the game and now I can show him another way he might be able to improve on.

Crazy audio. I think it's really hard to shoot outdoors because you're always worried about getting good audio. Through out the video it goes back and forth between good and not so good audio. But I'm no audio expert so I don't have the best critiques.

Loganh_homepage
Pretty good
06/08/2007
~ loganh

I am a very tall guy, and I personally don't like the interlock or overlap grip for a any swing with the exception of using the interlocking grip for putting.

The stance for chipping I believe should be a little wider than shown in the review, but as far as how far to bring the club back I felt that was adequately shown. Not using the wrists for the swing was very important, and I liked how it touched on that.

Overall I felt like the instructor did a good job, and it is very difficult to instruct someone on golf without being there. A few differences in my play and the instructor are mainly just personal preferences.

Thank you

Jason_reneau_pic2_homepage
Solid beginning golf drills from an experienced...
05/03/2007
~ Jason

In this lesson, Phillip, a head golf pro, teaches you the first part of his Swing Builders class. He goes over your grip, the importance of impact between the ball and club face, and a simply chip drill to practice at the driving range. Nice lesson!

Matt_homepage
First impression comment
04/06/2007
~ matt

A quick first impression comment. I'm sure it would have helped if the title keyframe turned out better, but I didn't know from the name of this lesson that it was a golf lesson. That is, I actually thought it was about building swings at first (the kind you might put in your yard or find in a park).

Probably having a different still image would resolve the problem, but it is the first time I've misinterpreted a lesson from the title so I figured I'd leave a note.

Recent Comments

Judd_homepage
FORE!
11/03/2007
~ Judd

For the weekend duffer like me, the grip and body position instruction was helpful. Good stuff.

Brittanie
tiger woods has nuthn on me now
06/27/2007
~ brittanie

What a great video to give to my dad for Father's Day! He's always trying to improve his swing in the game and now I can show him another way he might be able to improve on.

Crazy audio. I think it's really hard to shoot outdoors because you're always worried about getting good audio. Through out the video it goes back and forth between good and not so good audio. But I'm no audio expert so I don't have the best critiques.

Loganh_homepage
Pretty good
06/08/2007
~ loganh

I am a very tall guy, and I personally don't like the interlock or overlap grip for a any swing with the exception of using the interlocking grip for putting.

The stance for chipping I believe should be a little wider than shown in the review, but as far as how far to bring the club back I felt that was adequately shown. Not using the wrists for the swing was very important, and I liked how it touched on that.

Overall I felt like the instructor did a good job, and it is very difficult to instruct someone on golf without being there. A few differences in my play and the instructor are mainly just personal preferences.

Thank you

Jason_reneau_pic2_homepage
Solid beginning golf drills from an experienced...
05/03/2007
~ Jason

In this lesson, Phillip, a head golf pro, teaches you the first part of his Swing Builders class. He goes over your grip, the importance of impact between the ball and club face, and a simply chip drill to practice at the driving range. Nice lesson!

Matt_homepage
First impression comment
04/06/2007
~ matt

A quick first impression comment. I'm sure it would have helped if the title keyframe turned out better, but I didn't know from the name of this lesson that it was a golf lesson. That is, I actually thought it was about building swings at first (the kind you might put in your yard or find in a park).

Probably having a different still image would resolve the problem, but it is the first time I've misinterpreted a lesson from the title so I figured I'd leave a note.

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