I am a keen golfer and have been trying to learn this game seriously since 2003. Over the years I have attended golf schools, had many lessons, but my handicap seemed not to really go down. That is until, I stumbled across a new swing method called the Stack and Tilt. I am not going to link to it as it is easy to find on Google.

Now this swing theory, without going into detail, dictates that your weight should stay more to the left throughout the swing, the reason being that there are less moving parts and therefore it is easy to hit more consistent shots.

After a few months of scrounging around the Internet and teaching myself, I started to make dramatic improvements in my ball striking, but as is usual in golf, it is a false economy, as you usually meet a roadblock which completely derails you.  I was no exception.

I then got hold of the DVD's and could not wait to receive them and you can imagine my surprise when they arrived, accompanied by a golf training club, which I hadn't ordered and then followed by another one, again, not ordered.  In all seriousness, I was so entrenched in the DVD's that I forgot about the clubs, which were probably sent on trial, but which I am now sure I have paid for.  Still, my loss as I did nothing, but I do hate this type of marketing.

Now here is some advice for Mr Andy Plummer and Mr Mike Bennett, originators of the Stack and Tilt, who are obviously experts regarding the golf swing:

The job of an expert is to make complicated things simple

Whilst I love the idea of the stack and tilt, I feel the delivery of the teaching is too complicated and especially when it comes to the use of terminology – nobody cares about fancy technical terms, rather what do they mean and how do I do it!

The second piece of advice I will offer, is that you have to have a system of follow up, so people can ask the sort of questions that arise from such a production.  If you go to their website, you will see that this is sadly lacking. So after spending the money and then having a load of questions, I then had to trawl through the Internet and You Tube to try to find the answers and I did find some good information, but it was not enough, not complete.

Luckily, I Googled "Stack and Tilt Dallas" and found Mr Rick Woodson.  Rick was actually on a testimonial from a student at his club The Woodbridge Golf Club in Texas and I called him and arranged a lesson.  I was so frustrated at the time that I said to him on the phone as we had not yet met – "can you do me one favor as I am playing tomorrow and struggling, can you give me one tip to get me through the round"?.  Rick gave me about 15 minutes of his time and helped restore some lost confidence. I went for one lesson and he changed my game for life, so much so that I partnered with him to develop his own swing system that he worked on all of his life.  The Impact Method, is Rick's system and I for one can tell you I am playing the best golf of my life and more importantly, enjoying every minute of it!

~Neil