Instruction
Having a tension-free, relaxed golf swing is, in my opinion, the key to producing a powerful, consistent golf swing. Here's why.
This has been one of the biggest breakthroughs of the year so far for me. Again, it's easy to just dismiss this concept and go, "yeah, yeah, tension-free, loose-as-a-goose, blah, blah, blah, . . . heard it all before."
How this really started to make sense was thinking about swinging the club versus hitting at the ball. I knew I was constricted somehow and was not maximizing my potential. There was no speed "through the ball" and an abbreviated follow through that left all my power behind ...
Here's something to seriously think about this season if you really want to get better. Forget all the swing theories you have floating around your head when you're playing a round that you're scoring. They aren't going to help at that moment. On second thought, they're really going to hurt. To play well, you have to 'feel it'.
Of course, you already know that. Nobody had to tell you. What we're all searching for is how to 'feel it'. If you could walk up to the first tee and 'feel it' you'd be dangerous. Here's how to 'feel it'.
First, convince yourself that a technical analysis ...
Here's the scenario; You're taking the club back too far on the outside or too far on the inside (or doing some other ghastly thing you wish you weren’t) and realize that if you don’t make a change your game isn't going to get any better.
So you make the commitment—Time for a swing change! You head off to the range fully committed, buy an extra large bucket of balls and dive in head first. After pounding away for an hour, you realize you're not making the progress you hoped for. You can make the change on some shots, but the old pattern emerges ...
It is no secret that the mind controls the body. You don't have to be a sports psychologist to understand this fact. But most golfers are not aware of how the mind controls the body. And therein lies the problem.
The work that Steve Yellin and Buddy Biancalana have done is not sport psychology, but rather neuroscience. It's based on new discoveries about how the mind and body actually work together, it's not the old 'mind over matter' stuff. Stay tuned and find out what the buzz is all about. Your mind/body team will thank you and your game is going to improve!
We've found so much enjoyment in the One Club approach that we wonder sometimes if we want to go back to 14. Of course we will at some point, but I feel that playing with one club has done more for my game than any other single thing. Give it a try, there's a good chance your game will improve as well as your enjoyment of the game.
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.
