Introducing SwingTECH

B , I understand that most things you see in the infomercial world for golf are junk but this SwingTECH really works to groove the Surge Swing. I took two days of lessons from Greg at Old South in March on the very SwingTECH that Greg and Don are showing on the demo and it does help you feel the swing. The key to me is how you adjust the height of where you attach it directly in line with the base of you neck which sets the device to fit exactly to you size so it fits your swing. This is important to me as i am 6'8" . Greg told me then that they were going to start selling these through the Swing Surgeon site and i am glad to see them doing so. I am going to purchase one and i already know where i am going to put it.

Also i want to say what a great teacher Greg MacDonell is. I had a super two days working on the short game one day and the long game the next. And well worth the just over a grand for two full days of nearly one on one instruction. Can't say enough about it. I have been using the Surge Swing in my game over a year but nothing beats live instruction. As you would expect the lessons really helped me around the greens with putting and chipping immediately and my long game has gotten better as i continue to work on what Greg showed me I needed to worked on. When you are as tall as i am my biggest problem is too much lateral movement. If i can swing when i feel like my head never moves i kill the ball. The best drill he game me to do which works 100% of the time is when my swing starts falling apart......just put your feet together and swing that way which forces you to not move and stay in balance. I swear i can hit a 7 iron 90% as far with my feet together like a chip compared to a full swing just because i hit is so pure with no movement. Everyone try this on the range. Its an old school drill that really works!!!
I have always wanted to swing vertical since i am so tall. A flatter swing with a big turn kills my back even though i am very limber and have no problem turning way past 90 degrees. I am 50 now and i wish i was taught this Surge swing from the beginning. I would have enjoyed golf with far less lower back issues. I took up golf just as the X factor went into vogue. I was thrilled to finally find a swing system to fit the way I always wanted to swing anyway. For what its worth i think this is a great tool and will be getting one shipped to my home in Wake Forest very soon.

Regards,

Jack, the greatest battle won is the one never fought!

Sun Tzu is a classic philosopher and one of the concepts that stood out after reading "The Art of War" was that of the Tao or my poor interpretation "the energy of life". If one is FULL of the Tao (not of that related to defecation) and gives of the Tao to others to increase their Tao then they do not lose any of their own Tao themselves and may actually increase their own Tao (e.g. a master teaching the apprentice).

But if one is EMPTY of the Tao (but full of the bovine defecation like a lot of our politicians) then when they give of their emptiness of the Tao to others then they reduce everyone's Tao. This is what p's me off with politicians because they generally fall into the later group, the Tao empty, but some how they get voted into office - it just baffles me!

Regards, Craig S

If you don't know the specific costs to produce, rights and patents costs, other associated business costs, and reasonable profit to support a reasonable lifestyle, you can't really judge whether his price is out of line for the product. You can state that its cost is in excess of what you would pay for the product. That's fine. If economies of scale become such that the costs to manufacture, market, and ship the product become significantly lower, I expect we'd see a commensurate drop in price to increase demand. The point of a free market system is that the actors in it are driven neither completely by altruism, nor completely by greed, but by a reasonable exchange of value for the fulfilling of a need or desire.

It truly is a problem. I think Roy posted a comment recently with a quote that went something like " the destruction of our nation will come from within, not from without"
hope it turns around somehow, but it doesnt look very good from here.

John? Where's Dagney?

Hey Brian...understand your point....but trying to perfect the Surge swing and practicing etc....just seeing this video and the way the band puts you in position..i can get a feel just by watching the video how this tool puts you in the right position....great visual for me!!!.....think its an awesome product for this swing!!

You're saying that a 1 ounce piece of meat contains 7 grams of protein (about 1/4th of the weight). That may well be a good rule of thumb. I was showing you a direct conversion between a weight of 1 gram and a mass of 28.4 grams at Earth-normal gravity (just to have fun with physics as well). ;-)

Robert

But, I want what you have, and I want it for free!

My head is going to explode, where is my duct tape.
Dick

Well put Tom. I have it too and I can't get into the SBG as you say IF you set up correctly- not a difficult task:)

Doc

That is the typical result when the government fixes any industry. You should see the way NY makes mold inspectors jump through hoops.

Remember, big brother knows best.

Am I the only one who finds it so funny that all governments know how to best run every business in America, well, except the business of government? If any of us ran our businesses like the government is run, we would be run out of business.

Dick

This looks like an awesome tool to help ingrain the Surge's swing. I just have a hard time getting together that kind of money for $5 worth of plastic pieces, even well-researched, well-engineered plastic pieces. My feeling is that you'd sell 10 times more of them at 1/3 the price. Just my 2 cents. I'll be keeping my eye out for a sale on this, because I'd really like one.

Steve

No sir. I swat trolls. They have no redeeming qualities.

Chickens and rabbits have two things in common.

1. They are cute.

2. They are delicious.

I saw a couple of rabbits while I was playing this week. Now I have to see if I can figure out a way to put a driver cover over my .22 rifle in my golf bag. Can you say "lunch?"

Great, now I got myself hungry again.

Dick

A similar training aid, the "Explanar"has been developed by a UK professional, Luther Blacklock. Although Blacklock favors a more conventional, less upright plane, I guess it can easily be adjusted to the surge - preferred plane. The details can seen at www.trinityinternationalgolf.c.... I would be interested to hear from any surge - follower who have tried the Explanar.

SGW, you're a genius - I'm going to give my wife a Swing Tech for her birthday & watch the joy on her face as she unwraps it
Oh by the way, she doesn't play golf
Should go well eh?

Doc

I did not receive mine yet. Oh, thats right, I did not order one. That explains it.

I am going to get me one of them things when I get the cash. I am not sure how I will explain to Kelly Jo how I found one of them lying along side the road.

I will hit over that water hazard when I get to it.

Dick

This is what we get with a democracy, history has shown over and over democracies can't last very long. Something to ponder, We are in reality suppose to be a Constitutional Republic, why did we allow the change to happen? We were sold a bill of goods saying that a democracy was better, better for whom? surely not the middle class, surely not the poor. Hum, who does that leave left? Now you know why the gap between the have's and have not's keeps widening.

Ed:

For at least 1/2 of that 9% -- or about 5% -- YES!

And another thing -- just why were the jobs shopped shipped shipped overseas? Two reasons -- 1) the cost of USA labor and 2) the US tax system. Remember -- ANY business is in business to make money-- as much money as possible. The oldest fundamental rule of economics -- Management chases labor. So first facotires and jobs left the NorthEast and Upper Mid-West and "went SOUTH" or SouthWest. Now they go to the ASIAN area.

The jobs will ONLY return to the USA when two hings happen -- 1) a tax climate that incourages investors to invest and 2) a realtive change in labor costs - such that USA labor is less costly than foreign labor.

Also, for better or worse, we have become a technological society. The "surviors" and the "get aheades" will be those that can and do get a higher education. Until major segments of our society place at least as much value on education as they do on sports, we will conitnue to have a large group of "unemplyables" -- McDonald's and Wal-Mart only need a certain number of fry clerks, stock boys, etc.

Additionally, see Steve Smith's answer below.

Have a nice day

Amos

Dick Lee :

I lived in Wichita KS for about 7 years -- exactly the same conditions regarding the wind.
Here in Phoenix AZ, it is normally very clam -- but a few days of the year it is breezy.

I can generally "live with" a stady wind -- it is the "on again - off again" wind that is disastrous to my gaime.

Amos

Kevin

That is not fair. I need my duct tape.

I know, I will just go over to the dark side. They would just give me the duct tape.

I am so there. I think you guys on the right side are white trash.

Ok, I am back. I could not even fake thinking like they do.

Just for the record, I will buy my own duct tape.

I will just shop around and find the best deal. See, that is how the free market works,
Dick

Okay guys, here's the skinny. I got a swing tech 4 months ago and everything on this video is true. This gets you vertical quick. I hooked mine up on my tree in the back yard. It takes up very little room and does no damage to the tree. It FORCES you to get vertical. Frankly it is a bit uncomfortable at first. Why? Because you can't cheat. There is no SBG with this thing. There is only vertical. It becomes more natural after practice and only 5-10 minutes a day is plenty. That's my honest take on it. BTW, I found out early because during the transition to the new site I looked up 'Don Trahan' on the web and a referance to swingtech came up. Cool tool for sure. Easy to set up and easy to use.
edit: ps. It seems it is not on swingsurgeon.com yet (maybe tomorrow?) but if you goggle swingtechgolf.com you'll find it for now. I think Surge will have a discount so you might want to wait till it's here first before you buy.

Amos

What happened to your picture? Did the tech guys ban it again?

The wind here is not only "on and off." It can change directions two or three times during a round. We can have it in our face on a long par 5, then when we make the turn and are going the other direction, the wind will change and be right back in our face again.

I think it comes from all the guys full of hot air down in Texas. Our wind goes north when they are talking, then turns around and goes south when they stop and breath in.
Dick

Craig

Amen brother.

It is good to read posts by people who know history. A nation, or a world, that forgets it's history is destined to re-live it.

Dick

Why thanks Doc. I that was the same "Joe" you mentioned on the phone the other day.

Clemens:

Academically, you are correct. The "upper center of graivty" Sureg refers to should be called a "swing center" or a "swing centroid" woutl be more correct. However, I must wonder how many would understand that concept on a GOLF site?

Just loosen up a bit -- PLEASE!

Amos

Unemployment in the US is at, what, 9% or so? Do you really think those people don't WANT to work and are just leeching off the system? Should they just starve? How many of their jobs were shipped overseas by greedy corporations to save money and reward shareholders? I'm not talking Mom & Pop businesses. They have a hard time themselves competing with Walmart, etc. I'm no bleeding heart liberal, but I do have a heart.

Janet

This is one of the best parts about this blog. We are all just cracked a little bit. That was a great back and forth.

Speaking of poles, when I first went through the fire academy most fire stations still had the pole for us to slide down to get from the living quarters to the apparatus bay. I always thought an adult club should buy an old fire station. I think it would work out great. The "entertainers" could use the pole, and the wait staff could use it to deliver food and drinks.

Just leaving it there, can't go into more detail.
Dick

OMG Phil, it is sickining is'nt it. Thanks for the link. This is why the suposed 'bail out' really bailed nothing at all. And now all Americans are paying for it. Remember our government pays for nothing really. Every dime spent or owed is really our dime and our debt. Mr. 'change' wants to help pay for this S#@* by taking from(penalizing) the ulta successful("rich"). As my Father always said, It's all Bulls#@*! That pretty much sums it up.

Here's a tale I found quite some time ago that you will probably enjoy,

HOW TO CATCH WILD PIGS

"There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country’s government and install a new communist government. In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question.

He asked, ‘ Do you know how to catch wild pigs?’ The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. ‘You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how To forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. while we continually lose our freedoms- just a little at a time.

One should always remember ‘There is no such thing as a free Lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

I just don’t know how some people don’t get this.."

Fin

Steve

I have had to crawl from the truck to the house a few times. It had nothing to do with work, but I think I should still get credit for them.

I think those of us who are used to hard, long, physical days forget that most people either couldn't or wouldn't want to do what we have done. I am just afraid what my body is going to do to me later in life to get even for all the things I have done to it getting to this point in life.

Dick

Man, you cut right to the point. While there will be those who disagree with you that this is a one-plane swing...who really cares? John Jacobs, in "The Plane Truth" said "The sole purpose of the golf swing is to produce a correct, repetitive impact, and the method employed is of no significance as long as it is repetitive." I think we agree that this method may provide a much better opportunity to achieve consistent repetition. I know it does for me, and obviously for you too...and it does take practice, but the rewards are definitely worth it.

Keep hittin em straight.

Bruce

Kevin, when I lived up on the north coast of Oregon where it rans 10 feet a year you had to play when it rained or after a ran frequently or you'd never play. At the Shalishan Golf Course (a beautiful links style course with many ocean view holes) The first fairway became so full of water that the sod actually lifted off of the dirt and floated several inches above the ground. Tou could hit your ball perfectly in the middle of the fairway and it would dive through the sod and disapear, really I swear! Awesome raw beauty and many pretty days made it worth all natural challenges. Once when my brother came to visit and we played at the same course we had the following for weather: It started out looking like it would rain on #1 hole. It did and by the 3rd hole it was torential. No problem, duck under cover. It lightened up to a drizzle for two holes as we played on. Then by the 6th hole it became heavy hailstones. It hailed so heavy for the next 20 minutes that when it stopped the intire golf course(fairways) looked like they were covered with snow. Told mt brother just hang on, as we began to play on. By the back nine the sun came out, hail melted and it stayed sunny and gorgeous the rest of the day. Just another greayt day on the north coast. It was a blast and an unforgettable experience. So if you don't like the weather..........................
Give it a minute, ......who knows :)

Steve Smith:

AMEN BORTHER -- AMEN!

"Charity begins at home" -- the Federal government has no business being in the "charity business" -- that should be the business of the Church, the recognized local charity orgnizations and just maybe the lowest level of local govenment. The further "up trhe pipeline" you send the money, the more "leakage" (waste) that you get.

I am a strong believer in the following -- "gave a man a fish, you feed him for today. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime". I do believe strongly in temporary, short time "helping hands" for those on need -- but at some point (a few weeks, maybe a few months?) they must be left to take care of themselves or they will drag every one else down with them.

Amos

Governments are no longer working in the peoples interest, and you're right about it not being the fault of one party. I think "two wings of the same bird" sums it up.
Its the same here, its just the US$ is sinking faster than AU$ and is stronger now, but its still heading in the same direction in buying power.
PM Julia Gillard is planning to impose a carbon tax (taxing the air we breath) on us next year, but also plans to compensate people affected, Its ridiculous they are just taking with one hand and giving with the other.
In your country Ron Paul seems to have a grasp of the gravity of the matter, I followed his advise a few years ago and bought physical silver. he seems to be a smart man.
anyway thats enough on that topic. My blood pressure is getting up and I got steam comming out of my ears.

Jack

Great idea.

I got my wife a new Glock for Christmas. She said, "Even though you showed me how to shoot, I don't really want to carry it with me." I said "Great, then I will carry it for you, and if you ever need it, just holler."

Good thing she is blond.

Keeping it vertical, and packing two pistols, in Oklahoma,
Dick

B

Where did you see a piece of rope in that video? Did you bother to read the posts of the guys who own or who have used one of these things? They all say it works for them.

Sorry we lost you. Who are you again? I am on here every day and I don't recall you being a regular poster. Sorry you never got to see Surge demonstrate how he hits a ball. He really is good at it. Do you have a working computer with you under that rock. Follow who ever you want to. Just go.

Don't try to make a big exit from the Surge Nation, just go.

Go away quietly, just go.

Dick

So the fire station would go from putting out fires to lighting them? Trust a redneck to get me thinking about women in rubber boots and helmets and, well, not much else. (And yes, Janet, my mind goes strange places when I'm avoiding the fact that I'm up against the tax filing deadline.)

Steve

Why would anyone give up 60K a year of government checks and befits to go work at McDonalds for $6.25 an hour?

Answer: They don't and they never will.

Dick

Dick Lee:

I have been following your weather on the news here. Glad to hear that you are safe and unharmed -- so far at least.

Just got word late today that my Daughter is in the hospital. She had emergency surgery earlier today for a herniated stomach muscle, is doing well but will be in the hospital for a couple of days. Please add her to your prayer list.

Now for the Golf report!

Played this afternoon behind a "society" torunment, apparently a fund raiser for a local college. Weather was warm and sunny, mostly calm but with a mischievous breeze that appeared and disapeared on 5 to 10 minute intervals, usually at the worst possible moment.

I only hit 8 fariways today - a touch of "army golf" and one GIR ( a par 3)
Got 3 pars (all on par 3's) and 11 bogies, 3 doubles and one "quad bogie" - -seems I saved most of my bad shots for one hole!
7 one-putts and 1 three-putt
Hit 4 greenside bunkers, but managed to get 2 "Sandies" -- I guess all the recent bunker experience is finally paying off!
Score: 45 + 48 = 93 A little higher than my average, but certainly better than the 99 last time out.

Keep hitting them STRAIGHT and LONG

Amos

Phil, I agree with Roy - history records that most expanding Empires decay from within when they stretch their capacities too far
Britain retracted soon enough to survive as a nation but had to shed the Empire to do so
About 600 BC, Sun Tzu wrote "The Art of War"
It meticulously defines the cost of activities in physical terms
In todays world, the financial costs are less tangible & seem to be almost ignored
I have no doubt that our politicians have read Sun Tzu but act against its recommendations
The balance sheet marches on

As Shirley Bassey sung, "It's just a little bit of history repeating"
And we haven't learnt a thing from it

I've got one. Unfortunately it cannot be adjusted for a vietical swing. It is good to develop a flatter 2 plane swing but you can't get to vertical.

Bruce

Im sure they have read it too, but rather than acting against it recommendations they are using it against us.
especially "All war is deception"

What a cool tool. The best part of the video was watching the kids open the Christmas present. This is a phenomenal tool to teach the vertical swing!

Steve

Your intake today is not in line with the Surge Nation diet. You need to add a big piece of carrot cake with ice cream. You can do that one day and then on the next day switch to angel food cake with strawberries and cool whip. On day three, I would go with a plate of home made chocolate chip cookies and a big glass of cold milk.

Ok, I did it, now I have to go raid the fridge.

I have no one to be pissed at, except me

Keeping it vertical, and stuffing my face, in Oklahoma,
Dick