.. Your posture should be what I refer to as “athletic ready.” Picture a shortstop, a quarterback, a tennis player receiving a serve; they are all “athletic ready.” Slight knee flex, bent slightly forward from the pelvic area, arms in a relaxed position, head in line with the spine. Now you’re ready and able to…
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Part 4, Concusion
SETUP HELP might do the most good the fastest. Amateurs in general come to their instructor with so many aspects of their setup fundamentadly unsound, they are in fact finished before they start. Poor posture, alignment, ball position, grip, and tension levels all lend to major malfunctions during the motion. I’ve never had a student…
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Part 2
Most amateurs come to their professionals with golfs common cold: The Slice. The first thing you need to do to change any condition is understand it. The two principal causes of the common slice is improper path and face conditions. The path is often out to in with an open clubface. So let’s try this…
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Part 1
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . . . Often, I’ll ask an amateur, “What starts your backswing?” and hear various replies: hands, arms, left shoulder, etc. I’ll explain I would prefer to get the biggest and strongest muscle group in your body involved: your back muscles!! I feel the pivoting motion of your back muscles is what is,…
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[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . 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…
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[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . If you’re going to go to the range and beat balls, let’s have a purpose. Even before you get to your swing motion, your alignment is critical to your improvement. If you were going to fire a gun, you’d aim at a target. So having a target when you practice is a must!!…
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Many amateurs are scared to death during short putts of around 3 feet or less. A big part of this is expectation. You expect to make a 3-foot putt!! But ask these same amateurs when the last time they practiced 3-foot putts was and they reply that it is boring or 3-footers are “no problem”!!…
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[ezcol_1half] [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] . The body we live in has so much to do with the way we swing our clubs as individuals. In general, the adult males we see could use help in the flexibility and range of motion. So we suggest they get on a stretching program ASAP!! This will help them create…
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(Part 2, Conclusion) Continued from blog entry – “Putting Practice (Part 1)” . .. Next, find a relatively flat putt on your practice green and back up to about 10 feet away. Lay down two shafts of 2×4’s side by side (parallel) heading towards the hole, put your putter head between the two…
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(Part 1) Putting is documented to be 43% of the game of golf, yet how many of you dedicate 43% of your practice time to putting ?! There are two basic aspects of putting that must be understood: Distance and Direction. Distance is the length and pace of your stroke. Direction is the face and…
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Well it wasn’t pretty a 6×12 U-Haul trailer behind me, I had a kayak strapped to the roof of the car. The car was somewhat packed, and two of our 4 dogs BO BO The Wonder Dog, and Seve Dogostaros in the back riding shotgun! Denise had left a few days earlier with Salty Dog and…
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Checkpoints of the Finish and What They Mean! (Part 4, Conclusion) Continued from blog entry – “Checkpoints of the Finish and What They Mean! (Part 3)” . [ezcol_2fifth] 4. BALANCE I feel balance is a reflection of a pace that a player’s physical attributes allow him/her to maintain control of in a properly sequenced motion….
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[ezcol_2fifth] . . Golf is a target game and the ball is placed at midpoint in the motion. In other words, when the clubhead reaches the ball, the motion is only half over. Players who direct their focus to completing their motion to finish are swingers. I like to teach complete motions to full balanced…
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Checkpoints of the Finish and What They Mean! (Part 3) Continued from blog entry – “Checkpoints of the Finish and What They Mean! (Part 2)” . [ezcol_2fifth] 3. TORSO/EXPIRATION Chest cavity finishes left of target and expired. When I see a player’s chest cavity left of the target at the finish, I’ve usually seen a…
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[ezcol_1half] . Is your swing a tension convention?! Let’s go back to our childhood and our last experience on a swing set. Really close your eyes and regain a ‘sense or feel” for the motion–free, unrestricted, a gradual buildup or speed from going backwards, peaking in transition, then gaining momentum forwards into a free and…
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Checkpoints of the Finish and What They Mean! (Part 2) Continued from blog entry – “Checkpoints of the Finish and What They Mean! (Part 1)” . [ezcol_2fifth] 2. HIPS Knees and thighs finishing very together — this tells me that the hips have rotated in a very circular manner, redistributing the weight from right to…
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