I just finished watching a video on the role of the legs that didn’t talk about the legs, but the face. This video has a quarter of a million views, so people want this kind of information. I have deduced that I’m teaching all the wrong things. I just want to take this opportunity to apologize to all the people who have followed and implemented my work.

Piers and Andy get more views than almost anyone else in the YouTube game, so you better pay attention to what they have to say. For instance, they say the over-the-top move, hanging back, and early release are due to a clubface that points to the right at impact. Man, I’ll be honest… I missed that one. I should have thought about it from an impact-to-feet standpoint instead of feet-to-impact. My bad.

The guys also said the problem stems from a weak grip. Our grip is a fundamental in our golf swing. Therefore, how we put our hands on the club must determine motion. Geez, how’d I miss that? It’s not like you can hit a golf ball repeatedly straight with a weaker grip, after all. I was wrong when I said your grip is an instinctive choice based on individual intention with a golf ball. Again, I apologize.

Oh man, the mistakes I’ve made. And, all those thousands of lessons telling people to focus on intention and an Open Stance, and for what!? I’m so ashamed of my ignorance and flat-out disregard for conventional teaching methods like the ones Piers and Andy use. The golf swing really DOES begin with movement, doesn’t it?

Well, there is nothing left for me to do other than hang it up and slink away quietly into the night. I’m obviously not cut out for teaching, because the overwhelming majority of instructors teach just like Piers and Andy. I mean, just look at the Ledbetter article in the latest Golf Digest, and you’ll see. Movement and grip modification are the key to a better swing for everyone.

If I’d paid attention to the fact that there is one, best combination for grip and motion, I could have helped so many more people. I could have saved myself so much humiliation. Where did I go wrong?

Look at all my bloviating about human potential and adaptive nature, as well as the Open Stance, flatter plane, and self-curative learning. It makes me literally sick to think of the knowledge and ambition chasm between our greatest instructors and myself. I am so ashamed. Please forgive me for trying to put the responsibility for your golf swing on your own shoulders. It was wrong of me.

My issue now is, how do I sidle off stage-left after ten years and thousands of Open Stance pages written? If any of my readers have a suggestion, please leave a comment. Hopefully, I’ll hear a suggestion that helps with my transition out of teaching folks to rely on themselves.

Open your stance, and play golf.

John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy

https://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/much-good-learning-something-new/
https://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/hippocratic-oath-golf-instruction/
https://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/my-journey-in-golf-business/