December 2017

Christmas golf gift for you!

This years golf gift to yourself could be improving your game with not much effort. Most of us do not want to practice all the time to improve and there are some ways to improve without having to practice like a tour player.  Pick one or all of he items below to improve this year.  Understand why the golf ball goes the way it does.  An overly simplified way to understand why the ball travels

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The problem with shoulder putting

For many, many years we have taught and been taught to use our shoulders for putting.  We should not use are wrist, or any other lever in the putting motion so we can eliminate the variables and power.  This is not necessarily incorrect but what happens when you have a vertebrae, especially in the thorax region of the spine that has limited mobility? You are also not supposed to move your head, how can we

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Common mistakes for amateur golfers.

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I spent some time at the end of last week talking with and listening to Hank Haney and Peter Kostis in Scottsdale AZ.  These are two of the most recognizable names in golf instruction over the past 20 plus years.  They are both very pleasant to be around and have strong opinions about how golf should be taught.  One of the big takeaways is not how to interpret data from a trakman or pressure plates. 

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