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My procedure is to take three swings, saying each speed out loud (to help me remember them), and then tap them into my spreadsheet on my tablet after each set. I suspect it'll be a little more challenging to remember once I switch to doing five swings in a set. The spreadsheet is still a work in progress (I'll need to add room for the kneeling swings, and I should make it track my max speed as well). But it's working for me so far: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Jj8xqtRl5EkctUEFx3fRjQynHWlotG5X1_EM6l0MphE/edit?usp=drivesdk

Guys, I hope you don't mind too much my crashing your thread. I think it makes for an interesting comparison, putting the real program against the homebrew version. Already, we've noted one of the bigger liabilities of the DIY approach: a lack of product support. I also think it will be useful to contrast the new protocol against that which is publicly available. I'm still a few weeks behind you guys; I'm planning to do one more week of the "introductory" protocol, and then I'll move to Level One, the one that also incorporates the kneeling swings. Here are my summarized numbers through Week 3: I have gotten the impression at times that on the official protocol, you're mostly tracking your highest speed. My chart is the averages of just my right-handed, normal (no step-through) swings. So far, I'm really pleased. Each week, my speeds have increased. As someone noted earlier in this thread, I have a bit of bunching at times between the sticks at different weights. For instance, this week my green and blue were the same. I think, in this case, it has to do with the fact that my first swings in a session aren't my best. By the time I get to the second set, I'm a little looser, and I'm also feeling a better sequence. Anyway, I'm seeing steady progress so far in every category in every week. I anticipate that's it'll level off, and then I have to grit my teeth and push through more.

The littlest of mine gets excited when I take her downstairs to putt. Maybe I'll have even another golf partner!

This is really trivial, but it made me happy. Over in the "what clubs are you looking at" thread, I mentioned my desire to pick up a Spider Tour putter. I ended up getting one on eBay for $78 shipped. It looks like it's never been played; however, it also looks like someone dropped something on top of it, scratching the paint on top in a couple of places. My dad has spent his life in the car paint industry: I think we might be able to touch that up But here's the happy thing: the grip still had the little "35" sticker for the length of the putter. That was not ideal: I play my putters at 34", and if anyone here has ever tried pulling a SuperStroke grip (especially ones with the weight port, where a compressor no longer helps), you know it's a pain. And so I was pretty happy when my Spider arrived today and I found that it's barely a hair over 34". Again, this is a tiny thing, but it made me happy.

Thanks for the info! For my own training, I had been "in front of me, angled back" position. I haven't used the swing speed radar while hitting balls at all yet (and Kirke wasn't hitting anything either). Has anyone compared readings between different radar positions?

That's why the little chipping mat is laying on top of the green: so that errant swings won't leave scars in my green :-)

Here's Kirke (age 5) taking a cut on the radar. I'm planning to build him his own set of SuperSpeed sticks for Christmas (don't tell him) based on his driver specs. This swing is with his hybrid, and he clocked in at 44mph. He touched 48 with his driver.

Four straight wins as I continue to dig out of the basement!

This is the garage. I haven't bought a detector, though I might look into that. For now, I'm not out there terribly long, and the garage has lots of air leaks (it's detached). I think there might be enough breeze *in* the garage to keep the air fresh :-)

I've done some of this. I own the Tour Tempo book, the one that came with the CD with the Tour Tempo beats. I've converted those to mp3 and have them on my phone. For the standard SuperSpeed swings, I regularly have them playing. I'm not nearly coordinated enough to time the step swings to the tones, however I've also occasionally strapped my Zepp sensor to my glove while doing my SuperSpeed swings. It does several things for me: 1) gives a second opinion on the swing speed, 2) monitors my tempo (I'm much closer to 4:1, unfortunately), and 3) keeps on eye on swing plane, so that I'm not grooving a big over the top move when doing the training.

Very close: Wakefield is in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. So winter arrives here early and stays a long time.

Rohan doesn't quite know where her yard disappeared to.

About 20° here today, got 6-8 inches of snow cleared off the driveway, then into the garage to hit some balls. Here's my course for the next six months.

One of the perks of a very small church in which I'm the only employee: I have the building pretty much to myself during the week.

Nope, that's not something I would do if I had to hit a ball. One thing I'm working to ingrain right now, especially with my right-hand swing, is an actual wrist set in the backswing. For me, the feel is something very Furyk-like; on that swing, I'm just watching to see if I'm doing what I want. Here's a bit of information I just looked up: you can step frame-by-frame through a YouTube video using the comma and period keys! I find this really helpful for something like this. One thing I noticed comparing the swings side-by-side: at the impact position, my hips and shoulders are considerably more open to the target in my left-hand swing. Lends credence to the idea that because the right is my stronger side, but arms and hands are taking over before the body. Here's a series of screen captures from the videos: The top frame in both is the last frame before the swing starts down. You can see with my left-hand swing, my lead arm collapses entirely, so that my backswing is way past parallel. Your comment about getting feedback from the SuperSpeed team is really good; that's a very meaningful tradeoff when going the DIY route. I can definitely see that being worth a premium over the clubs themselves.

OK, gentlemen: I'm open for critique. As mentioned, the slo-mo setting on my current phone is pretty mediocre. But YouTube lets you change the playback speed setting, and at .25 speed, I think it's possible to pick up some differences. Here's a righthanded swing: And here's from the left: Both of these are done without much by way of warm-up; I wouldn't consider either one necessarily a full-out swing. In fact, I'm wearing boots while swinging But they're good representations, I think, of what you'd get if you asked me to show you a swing right handed and then left handed. Thoughts?

Our sixth hole is one of the harder tee shots on the course. OB (road with regular traffic) on the left, woods down the right, and all the ground slopes right. Also, more woods left if you get out about 225+. So the hole is asking for a cut, but not too much of a cut. And then to make it just a bit harder, there is a very large tree about 40 yards in front of the tee box on the left, standing in the way of your starting line if you're trying to cut one back. I hate this drive, if you hadn't gathered that. So my lowlight on this hole is diagrammed here: a ball that starts up the left, hits the aforementioned tree, bounces a couple of times on the road, up the driveway, and gently bounces off the garage that, at address, is directly behind me as a right-handed golfer. There are places that it should be impossible for me to hit a ball, and yet I pulled it off.

Well that was a fun thread. Stud and CG2, I think we can go ahead and lock this one up. We have a winner. Yikes, man! Just reading about that might be enough to give the rest of us nightmares as well!

Snagged my quarry: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F192717440984 $78 for a Spider that looks like it may not have been played, but has been scratched. I'll see about polishing some of that out. But I think I ended up with a pretty nice deal.

Are we counting this as an official entry?

Absolutely. Ultimately, I'd love to have lessons and a coach, but that isn't going to happen right now. I've had a lesson with a local pro, but he's a hour away. I like him a lot, and I'm eventually hoping that he'll be my son's coach. But as for me, I'm probably going to continue to cobble together a game by hunting and gathering That said, in addition to the SuperSpeed training and getting back into working out, I'm also working through Adam Young's The Strike Plan this offseason. If all goes well, when the snow melts in six months (we're getting 6–12 inches tomorrow), I should be ready to go

I'm definitely open to the possibility that there is something off with the sticks I built; I'm no engineer. That said, the blue and red are within a gram of the posted specs for the SuperSpeed clubs, and the green is lighter by a few grams. If the issue is with the sticks, it would make sense if there was a greater discrepancy between light and heavy, rather than having them clustered. On the whole, I think the issue is more technique than club build. Two reasons: 1) even taking the average of the five sessions that I've done, the numbers start correlating with the weights, and 2) I have enormous fluctuations in speed between swings, even in the same set. That is certainly going to throw off the averages for any one day. That said, I do appreciate the suggestion, and I'll keep on eye on any further evidence that something is amiss there. I'm really grateful for the thoughtful and extensive replies here. (This is the world's best golf forum.) I'll aim to shoot some video the next chance I get. I recently upgraded phones, but unfortunately the new phone's slomo camera is not as good. I'll do my best to get useful footage. For now, here's a swing I posted for the G700 review: On the whole, I'm inclined to think that the technique suggestions you guys have offered are the right answer. It is why, earlier in this thread, I indicated that (at least for me), the radar is almost a must have for this training. It seems to me that the SuperSpeed training is going to be effective for three reasons: Just swinging the clubs on a training schedule is going to have reasonable golf fitness results for a lot of people. There are lots of golfers, for instance, who if they just spent 15 minutes every few days swinging anything would have speed improvements. The overspeed training itself (swinging the light stick) is going to have its effect. Having the immediate feedback of the radar is important for teaching the difference between effort and speed. My hunch is that, for me, the last of these three is likely to be the most important. I've hit speeds of 120+ with the green stick on multiple swings, and even once with the blue (left-handed, of course ). So I know that I'm physically capable of those speeds. The regular training with overspeed should help. But learning the feel of fast is going to be the key for me, I think. @Jon Brittan, thanks for the drill suggestions. I'll give those a try. My next SuperSpeed session is tomorrow; I'll hope to get video up sometime in the afternoon.

This showed up in my Facebook feed and made me chuckle: I mean, I can appreciate 75% off as much as anyone, but 75% off of TWO BILLION DOLLARS is still more than I'm willing to go for a club that's already several seasons old. I'm going to pass on this one, eBay :-)

Guys, I'm puzzled. I'm into my second week with the swing radar with my cobbled together overspeed sticks. And I find it far easier to put up faster swings left-handed. And I'm not left-handed. Here's the spreadsheet of my work thus far, through a week and a half: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Jj8xqtRl5EkctUEFx3fRjQynHWlotG5X1_EM6l0MphE/edit?usp=sharing Here are my swing averages from today: Note that in almost every case (except the step swings with the red stick), my left-handed swing is either equal to or faster than the swings with my right hand. The left-handed swings feel awful. If I put a club in my hand, I think I'd be surprised if I made contact with the swings I'm making from the left. But the speed from my left is real. Any thoughts on this? I know a couple guys have already joked on here about switching to left-handed. That's not something I'm really interested in pursuing. But this bugs me. Two theories: one mental, the other mechanical. The mental one is that I have built a right-handed swing that won't let me swing without inhibitions. It's built for control (though it's not always even good at that). And so I can't make the adjustment necessary for a loose, fluid swing. The second is mechanical: I think I have a better natural wrist set left-handed, in part because it just happens. Anyone else have any guesses? I suppose swing videos might be in order here.

I want a Spider. I don't need a Spider; I have several very nice putters already. But I want to add a Spider to my offseason putter contest. Currently trawling eBay for either a Platinum or Diamond (the silver-and-red or silver editions); they're cheaper than the red or black versions. Aiming for the 34" version, though at the right price, I can certainly cut down a longer one or extend a shorter. Trying to come in around $90, to beat the market price. At any given time, there are about a half-dozen that meet my criteria on eBay, but I'm still holding out patience to nab one at my target price point.