by Tom Patri | Apr 14, 2016 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
[ezcol_1half] [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . . . . One of my favorite putting “feel” drills is to have my student set up to their target, ready to putt, then just as they’re ready to start their stroke, close their eyes. After the ball is long gone, they may look. I ask them to repeat this process…
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by Tom Patri | Apr 14, 2016 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
. “The eyes have it.” “Feel is real.” When you eliminate the sense of sight, your other senses are elevated quickly, especially the sense of balance. I’ll have my students go into a dark room (totally dark/black) and make a lot of full motions. They become very aware of their inability to balance themselves and,…
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by Tom Patri | Apr 7, 2016 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Part 2 (Conclusion) Continued from blog entry – “Balance (Part 1)” . Good balance often begins with proper footwork. Can you picture a good dancer with bad footwork … I think not! When you reach both the top of your backswing, as well as impact, I like my students to be solid on both feet….
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by Tom Patri | Apr 7, 2016 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Part I . The principal of balance is, I feel, extremely overlooked–almost ignored. With a hitting surface (the clubface) as small as it is in golf, as compared to tennis, and with the amount of speed we create in our swings, the ability to make centerface contact is directly linked and vital to the player’s…
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by Tom Patri | Mar 18, 2016 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
Face is in fact the case. You as a golfer must understand the clubface and its conditions. Your goal is to get your clubface back to a square position at impact. I feel the face is not the only, but the most dramatic influence of your ball flight. Simply stand in front of a mirror…
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by Tom Patri | Mar 18, 2016 | TPGS Tips to Improve Your Golf Game
. A great way to learn golf is to watch a class of junior golfers at work. Often, when we work with juniors, as instructors, we will keep things very simple, and often demonstrate rather than explain detailed technique. A young person, because of their lack of both expectation as well as inhibition, will perform…
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