Instruction
Creating a smooth, integrated and powerful golf swing transition is one of the real keys to hitting solid, piercing golf shots. The trick is how can we better "feel" it so we can apply it to our golf swing.
Sean Foley is undoubtedly one of the hottest instructors on the planet today. Of course, being Tiger Wood's swing coach doesn't hurt either.
The more I watch and learn from Mr. Foley the more I really like his teaching philosophy. Everything he teaches or most of the videos I view just seem really on the money and simple to me.
Maybe, it's just me and I somehow resonate more with his vibe or personality or whatever but it ...
Whatever your Swing Thought and Swing Keys, I recommend you don't confuse the two. Keep your Swing Thought to one thing. If it's something to calm you down then you're headed in the right direction. Whatever your Swing Keys, use them as your pre-flight checklist and not Swing Thoughts.
Rehearsing Your golf swing, I believe, is a very valuable practice. It really sets your body physiology in a way that allows you to hit quality golf shots.
So here's the trick. How do you really know what good positions are if your game is in the dumps? Yeah, maybe you've felt it a shot or two throughout your round but how can you "brand" this int your physiology so you can produce it consistently?
I have found one of the best ways to do this is by rehearsing certain key positions in the golf swing.
Watch the Faldo video in the right hand column and he'll give you 2 excellent ...
The image above is linked to a video at Golf.com (or click HERE) where instructor Brady Riggs demonstrates one way to stop overswinging. That's nice in itself, but perhaps more importantly, it might introduce you to a new way of learning; first feeling what's being demonstrated, then letting your body mimic it.
There are many ways to hit the golf ball successfully. We know that just by looking at the pros' swings over the years. To my eye, Hogan had one of the greatest. He wrote about his swing philosophy in the classic 'Five Fundamentals'. Since then a lot of people have tried to figure out what he knew.
Arguably there is no sweeter swing in golf than Ernie Els (well, maybe Charles Barkley) and a lot can be learned from studying Ernie's Swing.
Part of studying is, of course, watching and I certainly have no proof of this but for just rhythm alone (one of the keys to a solid golf swing) you might want to consider locking yourself into a closet for 8 hours with a full-battery charge for your laptop and watching the above video over and over.
The osmosis of watching Ernie's swing can do nothing but help your golf game. Granted, not everyone is built like Ernie but no matter, watch this swing and see how much it can bring to ...
Most amateurs have problems compressing the ball at impact (and lose power) and are plagued with a lot of fat and thin shots. If you can identify, then I'd like to point you to one of the best videos I've seen on fixing this.
I know some of you are looking to be really obnoxious and wanting to hit those 300+ yard monster golf drives to wow your foursome friends but what about a more modest goal like trying to hit it 120 yards?
As you might have guessed, I'm being a little "tongue-in-cheek" but not without an ulterior motive.
So why would you want to try to try to hit 120 yards drives? Simple, so you can figure out your swings really works and feels. This was actually a drill Davis Love Sr. used to give Davis Love Jr. when they were first learning the game.
"One drill the senior Love mentioned was to have the ...
In my opinion, today's mainstream golf teacher is very one-dimensional and can only help players wishing to improve in a very limited way. I know a lot of pros will highly disagree with this view but hear me out.
I'm not saying it's they're fault, per say, but a LOT more goes into playing excellent golf than trying to flatten someone's golf swing or having them line up square.
What if you go to a golf lesson and the instructor wants to to complete a fuller turn but come to find out your body cannot get into that position easily? it might be more of a biomechanics issue than a ...
A golf swing is just what it says...a swing. It's not a hit, or throw or punch or smack. It's a full rotational swing that moves more like a pendulum, with a mind of its own. You let it happen more than you make it happen. By getting your right shoulder pointing to the target, you are forcing yourself to swing freely, eliminating all the tension that you add in during the process because you're trying to control it.
