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 ability to balance…
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PART II: Swing a Fan, Weighted Club Continued from blog entry – “The New Season . . . PART I” . One of the best ways to prevent muscle atrophy over the winter is to swing a Weighted Club and a Swing Fan at least three times a week on alternate days. Start easily with…
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PART I If you’re a snowbound Northerner, the best way to get in shape for golf in the spring is to stay in shape for golf all winter long. The problem with most amateur golfers is that they put their bodies in the closet along with their clubs and forget about both for three or…
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“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, in…
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The definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. Golfers play golf 20-30 years, looking for the answer in the form of new equipment or a quick fix from their golfing buddy. The fact is, if you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you…
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Players tend to over-think sand play. At your first opportunity get yourself into a practice bunker and simply try to splash out some sand leaving long, level displacements of sand. You don’t want to leave deep gouges of sand as you also don’t want to NOT contact any sand. . I feel sand play, like…
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