There are a lot of reasons why the Peak Performance Golf Swing is easier to learn. For starters, it's the most body-friendly swing being taught today, so that means you can immediately play more golf! Instead of being in pain after a round or practice session, you'll be able to work on your game without fear of injury.
Perhaps the most endearing quality of the PPGS is that it's so easy to repeat. In golf, the fewer angles the better. When you use a rotational swing, you're creating a lot more angles, putting more pressure on your body, and swinging against gravity.
Watch the video above to hear a testimonial from a golfer who switched over a year ago and has seen nothing but progress ever since. The PPGS is the only swing based on physics and physiology, married together.
Keep it vertical!
The Surge
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Longtime Rotational Swinger.
What is the best way to transition from a rotational to vertical swing?
You own our core videos,
You own our core videos, review the videos in your account. Study them completely including the manual in detail. Get on the range and practice. Also, ignore anyone that may offer you "tips" because you have an unconventional swing. If possible video your swing and upload it to Youtube and share it here for others to view.
Drills and mirrors
As the comment directly from Brady says, watching the videos and video taping your swing to share are both very helpful. To me, the biggest difficulty that I still struggle with is for my lower body to become too active. That's what the rotational swing gave us, wobbly legs and spinning hips. Keep the base solid and keep your arms swinging in front of you. It may take a while for your brain to catch on, particularly when you really want to whack a ball as hard as you can.
Doing Surge's drills in front of a mirror will help you with most of that wobbliness. Get used to the flared feet, narrower stance, and slight outward pressure on the knees. Get used to where your weight needs to be to start the swing (more on your right instep). Get used to the secondary spine tilt so your right shoulder is below your left (just as your right hand is below your left on the club--assuming you're right handed; lefties of course have to reverse that). Get used to the feel of your arms turning in their sockets to keep your palms perpendicular to the ground throughout the swing.
That last is probably the most important and the most forgotten by people. If your hands are in a proper grip on the club and they remain perpendicular to the ground throughout the swing, you will hit the ball straight where you've aimed it. Then, of course, you have to fix where you're aimed.
A stable base
Amen to all of your excellent comments on keeping a stable base for the vertical swing. Over the last few years I've tried many ways to keep the legs steady during the backswing and have finally found something that works very consistently for me. The thought involves thinking of holding ( not moving ) the inside of the left knee during the backswing. To ensure this, I've made it a part of my backswing mantra. "DRAG--HOLD--SPONGE".
Perhaps a little too much detail here but here goes. --"Drag" gets my right sided takeaway pulling away from the inside of my left knee which is being held with the "hold". "Sponge" refers to the visual of gently squeezing a sponge between the chin and the shoulder to end the back swing. It may be a weird visual but has been working like magic for the last couple of months. This simple visual gives me a consistent 11 o'clock top of back swing, which works better for me than my former perfectly vertical 12 o'clock position.
A Stable Base
I'm new to PPGS. I've been watching all the video's and am still waiting for the DVD's to arrive. Based on Don's video above - it sounds like at impact, the left knee is bent, not straight as with many swings (in order to avoid rotation). Is that correct?
Leadbetter Mimicking Don
Anyone noticed Leadbetter's new "A Swing" being released. Looks a hell of a lot like Don's. Perhaps the Golf swing world is finally seeing the vertical light!