Has anyone done Bradley Hughes drill series. Its a progressive teaching series where 8 separate drills are completed in order to build a good swing. Brads philosophy has some similarities with Lag Erickson's teaching. However, I don't think there is a ton of emphasis on super slotting. I seen Brad's YouTube videos and he has some good ideas. I also seen some parts of the drill series videos on line. I would be interested if anyone has done the drills and more importantly had success. Thanks for any feedback.

Have not been through the drill sequence but know enough to highly recommend. Brad is a great guy with an incredible knowledge of the golf swing and experience and connections at the highest level of the game. He starts with impact and works backwards to eventually find your best backswing to support it. The game’s greats all had many similar impact conditions but quite a variety of BSs.

We’ve had some interesting conversations regarding Hogan over the years.

Some of Bradley's concept seem to go against the grain of standard instruction.

I've tried to implement a few things and they were a complete failure.

I think this guy must have some unbelievable hand/eye coordination, because I can't do some of things he advises.

So anybody else work with Brad?

Bump. Bradley seems to have a lot of success lately

Me and a buddy drove over and spent a day with him this past summer. Spent the AM going thru his drills and then played in the afternoon with him and some range follow up post round. Guy flat out knows his stuff, Nothing strange, just based on the commonalities of the greatest players. If you want to start "cheap" he sells an e book for $10-20 that walks thru his swing philosophies. If you can get to Greenville SC its well worth it, if not would not hesitate to do his online series. Its expensive but last I checked it involved a lot of back and forth to make sure you are doing it correctly so you are getting 1 on 1 .

You can become a member of his site for $15 a month. A lot of good info including the drills he used to make Brendon Todd a winner again.

I just bought the drill series on vimeo (cheaper - so no 1 on 1 with Brad)..... I am a week into Drill one. sore forearms and too early for consistent results.

you have to be built like him to swing like that

Brendan Todd is about 5-6 inches taller and about 20-30 pounds lighter - the drills seem to have worked for him

Brendon Todd was afraid of a big right miss. He was told to shut the club face half way down and just rotate by his former coach. That got him in big trouble and the miss got even bigger. I got an online lesson from him recently and basically said that all this popular rotation stuff isn't what the golf swing is. I was powering with the left hip from the top (spinning) and the club would get stuck under late. The drill for me is using a board to feel the pressure on the insides of the feet and let the arms fall first then rotate later. It's just a drill to use while practicing then swing away on the course. My iron play improved right away and was throwing darts in a 30mph wind. I can't wait until the golf season starts again.

is he still associated with Advanced ball striking- John Erickson? I liked the old school style.

I went to home depot and had them cut a 12"x 18" board.

I did the DIY board as well. He was teaching himself with the DIY vision for quite some time.

And what were your results doing the board drill?

Still a work in progress but is seems to quiet down the legs and so avoiding early extension.

Just to make sure I understand the drill, 1/2 and 3/4 swings while keeping the board pressed between the feet, without pushing the knees in?

Yes, squeezing the legs together without letting the knees buckling in.

Seems like a very interesting concept, gonna give it a try and see what kind of feels it produces.

I got the downunder board and I'm a big fan. I stopped using the wood because it was annoying to carry around and it shed. I use the downunder board to warm up and to hit balls with before I play, and then when I go play my legs feels really stable and it's the purest I've ever hit it. The stable feeling it puts in the legs after using it works really well. I have both sizes of the downunder board. i prefer the smaller white one, but i do use the larger black one with the 5 iron.

Nice first post and welcome to Wrx.

So you are saying you noticed a big difference with the actual downunderboard compared to just using a piece of wood?

I prefer the downunderboard, yes. my issue with my piece of wood was that since it’s heavier i would get stuck on it and would have a hard time pivoting around it. i feel like i can make a fuller swing with the white downunderboard. and again, after two splinters and it shedding in my car, i didnt like carrying the wood around.

Hmm ... sounds like that piece of wood supinated. Have you tried a one-plane piece of wood?

I used the watch bradley hughes on youtube all the time. He is very opposed to steep swings. in one of his most popular videos, he straight up says "the backswing doesnt matter". i brought that philosophy to these forums and was persecuted so badly i basically stopping watching the videos and started working with an instructor who puts a lot of thought into the backswing and the angles it creates. The results are mixed so far but im working hard on it. Like many, I struggle with an over the top move and an open clubface at the top of the swing. my new instructor has me taking the club outside the hands. its very hard for me to get back to the ball this way and not completely smother it because the face feels so hooded to me. work in progress tho

Bad mistake. Bradley knows more than anyone on here. He doesn't say the backswing doesn't matter. He's saying quit worrying about backswing positions and learn to hit from the 4:30 path, then the backswing will sort itself out.

He doesn't mean the backswing doesn't matter. He's saying if you learn to hit from the 4:30 path you have a range of options. That's why you see different backswings all over with great players but halfway down and through the ball they're about in the same positions.

Bradley, and many others, are correct, as are those holding fast that "proper" back swings are required to have a good strike upon the ball. If impact strikes are sound how you arrive there, via taking it back first, is not all that important. Even Monte seems to somewhat agree with premise that impact is king.

He sells an impact training device which says all you need to do is to "make some sort of decent back swing" and proceeds to show how the device addresses downswing faults. The intention of impact rules regardless of where we are, or should be, on the way back- it makes no difference if one knows how to use the ground. It's a good training aid for beginners.

Too bad you were persecuted, no need for it. A host of options are available going back, including yours.

Another testimonial. Plenty others, but the point has been made.