Anyone else read about this or tried it?
I read about it in the latest golf mag (sorry guys no link) and it looks very interesting. The concept of the NBS is to start the backswing set with your left arm parallel to the ground in the position you would be in with a correct backswing (they give you a umber of simple checkpoints to make sure you are set right and say it omly takes a few rehearsals to get it down pat). It then says you 'pump' your arms by turning your shoulders and torso, thus completing the last bit of the backswing and stretching the muscles needed for power, then start the downswing as normal. The theory is it eliminates the 70% of all swing mistakes that manifest in the backswing by taking the backswing out of play. From my experience I wold agree that the biggest source of mistakes in mist players is the first half of the backswing. The rest of the swing is natural, but that first part of the backswing has always been confusing for me.
From tests on golfers it appears to work well. The test subjects, particularly higher handicap golfers, had better distance and accuracy, and better numbers on launch stats. I haven't tried it yet but am keen to give it a go. It looks different, and would probably get a few comments on the first tee, but when the ball flew down the fairway on a great trajectory I don't think I'd mind a bit.
I read about it in the latest golf mag (sorry guys no link) and it looks very interesting. The concept of the NBS is to start the backswing set with your left arm parallel to the ground in the position you would be in with a correct backswing (they give you a umber of simple checkpoints to make sure you are set right and say it omly takes a few rehearsals to get it down pat). It then says you 'pump' your arms by turning your shoulders and torso, thus completing the last bit of the backswing and stretching the muscles needed for power, then start the downswing as normal. The theory is it eliminates the 70% of all swing mistakes that manifest in the backswing by taking the backswing out of play. From my experience I wold agree that the biggest source of mistakes in mist players is the first half of the backswing. The rest of the swing is natural, but that first part of the backswing has always been confusing for me.
From tests on golfers it appears to work well. The test subjects, particularly higher handicap golfers, had better distance and accuracy, and better numbers on launch stats. I haven't tried it yet but am keen to give it a go. It looks different, and would probably get a few comments on the first tee, but when the ball flew down the fairway on a great trajectory I don't think I'd mind a bit.