Stack
and Tilt Golf Swing
A Review of the Stack and Tilt DVD by Medicus Golf presented by Shopperosity.com
Do you want to
hit the ball farther? Straighter? Make more solid contact? Of course you
do! That's why you are searching around on the web for some help with your
golf swing. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran, the Stack
and Tilt golf swing might be the answer you've been looking for to
help you play your best golf.
Isn't the Stack
ad Tilt Just a Fad?
I will be honest,
I was extremely skeptical of the stack and tilt method when it first debuted.
I first heard about it when Golf
Digest featured Stack & Tilt as the "New
Tour Swing" in 2007. I was 46 years old and had been swinging
the golf club the same way for 35 years at that time. I didn't want to change
my swing to accommodate a passing fad. But I really liked Aaron Baddeley
and his swing, and he was one of the early adopters of the Stack and Tilt
golf swing, so I did keep it in the back of my mind.
During 2008 I
noticed a few more professional golfers using the Stack and Tilt swing, like
Mike Weir and Dean Wilson. I started to realize this was not just a passing
fad. But the moment of truth came for me when I saw Tommy Armour III in person
using the Stack and Tilt swing in competition. Here was a guy about my age
(quickly approaching 50) who was playing some of the best golf of his career
in his mid to late 40's — and
hitting it a country mile in the process. The final straw for me was when
I watched Tommy tee it up on the 18th at River Highlands in Hartford, CT.
His backswing only looked about three-quarters, but the ball absolutely sailed
off the tee with a really penetrating flight. We walked down the fairway
and calculated it out that he hit that ball 335 yards. That was 25 yards
past one of his 25 year-old playing partners and a full 55 yards past the
other guy he was playing with. Plus it was in the center of the fairway.
I knew right then that I had to give this "Stack
and Tilt" thing a try.
Stack and Tilt
Eliminated my Fat Shots
I have been playing
golf for over 35 years, and I have many swing habits ingrained, both good
and bad. The point is, it is not an easy thing to change some of these deep-seated
swing grooves. Nevertheless, I knew I had to give this swing a try. I followed
the basic instructions given in the Golf Digest article and practiced them
really slowly and methodically. After a half hour of hitting punch shots
with the basic method, I tried a few full shots. I will admit that at first
it felt really strange and I didn't do so well on the first dozen full shots.
But I am persistent and kept giving it some time. Eventually I got the hang
of unwinding the hips and springing up and out of the stack. Once I did,
I noticed right away that my ball flight was much more penetrating and my
contact was very clean. I have struggled throughout my golfing career with
hitting my irons fat, and that is a direct result of moving my head off the
ball in my backswing, and then not moving back over the ball by the same
amount. With the stack and tilt swing, your head always stays over the ball,
so once you get the mechanics down, the fat shot simply disappears. Instead
of hitting high floaters, I started hitting penetrating shots with lots of
zip. I was taking "tour
divots." You know, the big beaver-tail of turf that starts after you've
hit the ball. It was a great feeling.
Stack and Tilt
is Perfect for Beginners
For me, learning
a new swing was a bit of a shock. It felt strange and different. The stack
and tilt swing seemed to go against everything I had ever learned about
the swing. But after having success with it, I decided to teach the stack
& tilt swing right
from the start to my 7-year-old son who is just starting to play golf. Since
he had no preconceived notion of what a golf swing should feel like, he caught
on real quick. Within days he was hitting solid iron shots and hit his little
driver over 120 yards! I decided to also teach the stack and tilt swing to
my 42 year-old friend who has never golfed before but has been wanting to
for some time. We spent a few days on the fundamentals and rules, and
mostly on the short game (where I always start with someone new to the game),
but when we transitioned into the long game, I introduced the stack and tilt
as a viable alternative to the traditional swing. He decided to go with it,
and within a month after beginning, shot a round under 100. By the end of
the summer he was regularly shooting in the low 90's. Most of his success
is because he hits the driver and irons very flush with the Stack
and Tilt swing.
Learn the Stack
and Tilt Swing from the Inventors
Can you learn
the stack and tilt golf swing just by reading the instructions given in the
Golf Digest magazine? Maybe. You can at least give it a try. The problem
is that there are many nuances to the swing that require some specific retraining.
Especially if you've used a traditional swing for any amount of time, there
will be some things you have to "unlearn." Even though I figured out the
basics on my own, it quickly became evident that I needed a little more coaching.
I searched around
and then bought the
Stack
and Tilt DVD from Medicus. It is visual instruction by
the stack and tilt inventors, Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett. Andy and Mike
spent 20 years researching the golf swing and ended up developing the revolutionary
Stack & Tilt
method that keeps your weight stacked over the ball throughout the entire
swing. The end result is pure contact shot after shot. The best thing is
that they give you many different drills to reinforce the proper feel, so
even if you have a traditional swing grooved in like I did, you can easily
adapt to the stack & tilt by faithfully and consistently practicing with
the drills. I watch the videos a couple times a month to refresh myself on
some of the fundamentals and to make sure I don't let bad habits creep back
in.
Join the Stack
and Tilt Revolution Today
Touring pros
like Aaron Baddeley, Tommy Armour III, Mike Weir, Dean Wilson and many others
are improving their games using the Stack and Tilt golf swing. Thousands
of amateurs have also joined their ranks. Golf is a game steeped in tradition,
and it is hard to make changes in the game, so the fact that so many people
have made the switch is a testament to its effectiveness. Will the Stack
and Tilt work for you? If you follow the instructions carefully, it should.
But if you don't gain the dramatic results that you desire, you can just
send the DVD back for a full refund. That was enough to get me to try it
out. But once I saw my irons going 10 yards farther and my drives staying
in the fairway with a 15 yard bump, I decided to keep it and use it full
time. My handicap has gone from 9.1 to 7.2 after 3 months of using the stack
and tilt swing. I'd call that a pretty dramatic result! Enjoying
increased distance and accuracy are benefits in themselves and you will
gain both from making the switch to stack & tilt.
I whole heartedly
suggest that you give the Stack and Tilt golf swing a try to. Try out the
basics swing first, then order
the DVD instructional video. You really can't
lose, and you may end up gaining a really hot golf swing that your
golfing buddies will drool over.
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