Just ordered mine!

thanks for feedback. I'll get on to them now and see what the hold-up is. Do you have an email address for Greg's mate Biffo?

sorry, meant bully.

I just emailed off the "Contact" section of the 3 skills website. Also if you look above under "STAFF" they're all there aswell.

It'll just be a mix up, they'll get it sorted.

Regards

Biffo

There has been a slight delay on orders in the last ten days but I have just checked and all orders have been posted... you can email me at admin@3skillsgolf.com if you think that your copy may have gone astray and I will make sure that another is posted...

Thanks guys & enjoy the book
Greg

Your topic is quite interesting.
While playing Golf you need lot of confidence and you should be physically and mentally fit.To know more about golf play and practices you can read lot of books on Golf Course

Spiffo, LOL, I just saw your comment now. I figure I should get a 4th skill thrown in for free for being so patient

Anyway, good news is that the book arrived today. Hooray. I've had a brief read of it and it is very clear and well structured. I can see the benefit in simplifying the swing down to these 3 important elements.

I think manage skill 1 already 80% of the time, but hopefully having it explained in a clearer way will help me produce this 99% of the time. The clapping hand exercise should help with my coming in outside the path and slicing.

Anyway, i have a game on Sunday. Too little time for me to practice the 3 skills, so i'm going to use the score i get on Sunday as my starting basis and will advise what handicap is after that game.

Watch out tiger!!

Yeah mate I would deffo practise before taking it on the course, I made that mistake! Good luck with it!

well, Sunday scores are in. It was a v-par competition today and i ended up with a score of +2, so it wasn't too bad. Didn't play great - driving was 40%, irons were 70% (mostly accuracy problems) and putting......ahem!

Anyway, i had a read of 3skills since I got it on Friday and decided i'd like to try an implement its ideas asap, so went to the range this evening. Results were impressive enough!! I have been striking my irons quite good for the last couple of months so SK1 was nearly there already. I'm not sure the visualisation of striking the nail helps me too much, nor visualising the angles of attack, however understanding the reasons why we should strike down on the ball does helps me always try and play through the ball, which gives me a nice clean strike.

SK2 really helped, especially with the clockface visualisation. I take the club back quite straight and probably come down too much from the outside, but visualising come in and out to 1 o'clock really helped and produced lovely draws from all of my irons. As for SK3, i think this skill just comes naturally for some people but needs to be a more concious addition for others. If i focus on it, i turn my hands over too much, so visualising my shot just seems to produce the right amount for me.

Some quick questions for you guys who are futher advanced on 3skills; I notice that my shorter irons are producing more pronounced draws than my longers irons. I thought it would be the other way around. Am i turning the clubface over too much? Should the amount i turnover the club change from short irons, to long irons to woods? Also, my driver, 3-wood, 5-wood and rescue iron all used to suffer from slices. Now they have a very pronounced, strong draw, which i would consider to be a hook. Am I coming too much from the inside? My driver is the weakest part of my game, so any help here would be appreciated.

All in all, happy with the inital results. It gives me the opportunity of being able to explore shaping my shots now. It is much easier to know how to work a ball with draw or fade once you get to grips with the 3skills, espcially with the clockface visualisation. I think it will be quite enjoyable to discover this new aspect to my game.

Let's hope I see my handicap tumble. I'll keep all posted on progress. (some putting practice wouldn't go amiss either!!!! - any 3skills book on this???)

Hi Paleface,

Reading your thread there are two things stand out for me:

Firstly you are still trying to focus on turning the clubface with your arms/hands whatever, the book is based around 'how you put the clubface to the ball'...........simply look at the ball and deliver the 3 skills............no swing thoughts. Easier said than done if you have been technical for years......trust it mate.

Finally, the hook you talk about is fine, this happens to everyone I have spoke to, my advise is to stick with this for a time, eventually your brain with compensate for it and start to push the ball further right at the start then draw back, somewhere in the book is the visulisation section, like the clock face aim for 2.00 o clock with the driver.


It just take a little time to adjust, I also started to, not hook but more turn everything over to the left a little, it seems harder on the course to visulise the ball starting out right, when it usually starts left etc, just a scary feeling. Again Trust is the key. Be realistic too, your not going to hit every shot perfect for the rest of your life, look at Tiger's driving he can't hit a barn door with a rocket launcher after 30 years coaching.


Cheers

Ian.

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"Firstly you are still trying to focus on turning the clubface with your arms/hands whatever, the book is based around 'how you put the clubface to the ball'...........simply look at the ball and deliver the 3 skills"...

Ian

I`m a bit confused here. Surely you have to consiously turn the clubface over with your hands to some degree. Surely just to say, look at the ball and deliver the 3 skills, is way-over simplifying it.

Arny

Hi Arny,

Simplifying things is what the book is all about, I admit you are probably right for the first few practice sessions, there is some eliment of deliberate rotation, hence the hook he is hitting, for me I do it on the pre-shot, I waggle the club into impact from the inside feeling free to rotate.

Many have added that once you master the inside approach with a decending blow then SK3 comes naturally without effort, it has too or a straight push would be the result.

All I wanted to say was just let go and look at the ball, hit it with the 3sks, there is no swing thought whatsoever it is more of a 'vision', I imagine how I will hit the ball simply by looking at it.

I have worked on 3SKs since August last year, sometimes I find myself getting a little technical, I guess scared of ruining my swing like most who try it, I videoed my a few swing a months ago, it has changed a little flatter but much faster and powerful.


Ian.

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This is where I'm at. As you say it's not a hook and it is a good solid shot that starts straightish, it's just that it ends up drawing about 10/15 yards left of target line.

I presume this is where the clockface visualisation comes in?? as I don't want to start aiming right or anything, to compensate. I've tried strenthening/weakening the grip to see what happens with varying results.

The book does ask you to visualise the shot starting out right and this should cause the ball to be struck on the back inside quadrant (although it does not actually say that) as Skill3 turns the clubface over through impact it will draw the ball back to centre.

Here, Here.....

Spot on Brian, Dont aim right just hit it out right, you may notice when done correctly and videoed this is actually the way to achieve a late hit automatically.

Ian.

Nick, I agree with you concerning focusing on turning your hands over. As i said in my post, i found if i deliberately focused on this, it felt unnatural. I had far better success just allowing it to happen naturally. I feel i am connecting correctly with the clubface, the strike feels good. I am aiming at 12 o'clock, down the target line but coming in at about 1 o'clock to the ball, which sends the ball out right of target, to about 1'o'clock and draws back to 12 o'clock. Perfect. This is what i want. It's coming naturally; no excessive swing thoughts, no deliberate attempt to turn my hands over.

My question was this, why are my shorter irons drawing more than my longer irons? Why am I hooking my drives, and 5-woods? I suppose the question i might need to answer is what constitutes and draw and when does it become a hook? I would say that my drives start out at about 2 / 2.30 on the clockface and then draw back in towards target but on hitting the ground, they haven't straightened out so would continue to roll off to the left. This, for me, would be too pronounced a draw to use on tight fairways.

Any thoughts always welcome