Manuel introduced me to an approach called Club Focused Instruction, which uses an external focus of attention and differs from traditional body-focused instruction.
This approach was more efficient and effective for both learning and teaching the golf swing.
This experience inspired me to pursue teaching as a career and to share the concepts that I had learned with others.
Together with Ed LeBeau, a close mentor of mine, we introduced Club Focused Instruction to the students at NMSU, a teaching philosophy that I still use to this day.
I feel like I'm standing on the shoulders of giants when I share Manuel's philosophy with my students.
Without discovering Manuel de la Torre, I would not be the golfer and teacher I am today.