Power On the Tip of Your Tongue
Anyone interested in adding an extra 10 - 20 yards to your drives
instantly?
Just follow this quick tip and you'll have to go through and re-do
all of your yardages for every club in your bag.
The secret is not some core rotational exercise (although those can
be awesome).
No, this is so simple that you won't believe it until you try it.
It's all about the placement of YOUR TONGUE!
I first learned about the position of the tongue increasing overall
strength while over in India. One of my gurus would explain that
it helped to "complete the circuit" and give him strength and
stamina while holding static Yoga poses.
Of course it sounded kinda weird, but then again, this dude could
hold a handstand for over an hour! He probably only stopped there
out of boredom. But the guy was definitely onto something.
Now he didn't even know what golf was - but of course I'm ALWAYS
relating everything to how it can improve our golf games, so here
it goes -
Here's all you have to do:
Gently place your tongue up on the roof of your mouth, with the tip
resting against the back of your front top teeth. Gently hold it
in that position while you swing.
This will "close the circuit"...whatever the hell that means.
Actually, I do know at least one theory, but let's just keep this
results-oriented.
Let me be clear about this - it should be gentle and subtle. Do
NOT focus on it so that it becomes yet another swing thought.
To try this out for yourself, simply go to the range and warm up.
Then pick a club and hit 10 ball "without tongue" and note the
distance. Then hit 10 ball "with tongue" and compare. Be sure to
compare only those shots with similar quality of contact.
The chances are very good that you will notice increased distance
when you "add a little tongue".
I'll tell you what...if it doesn't work for you, I'll hold a
handstand for an hour, or break my neck trying!
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
How to Cure a Golf Hook
This lesson is entitled, "How to Cure a Golf Hook." If you've been battling a hook for a while you understand how frustrating they can be. Everyone else is, more than likely, slicing the ball, and you are playing from the opposite side of the fairway.
But... the hook really is pretty easy to cure. Try this sequence of corrections, and most likely the hook will be fixed in no time. Your goal in correcting a hook is to swing from outside to in.
1. Weaken your Grip - You could be playing with a grip that is too strong. Simply rotate both hands around the grip and towards the target. This will make it much harder for the clubface to close through the impact zone. Don't over do it, and like everything else, testing is crucial. Make sure to test this, before moving on, unless you are positive that you already play with a weak grip.
2. Move the ball forward in your stance - It is common of players who slice the ball to play the ball forward in their stance. So copy them. If you hook, the result should be a relatively straight ball. (Side Note: Whether you hook or slice, your first goal should be to learn to do the opposite.) Moving the ball forward in your stance should get some things back on track.
3. Aim to the left (to the right if left handed) of the target - Start out with an open stance to the target. This will put that clockwise rotation on the ball that you are looking for. Just open your stance a little bit, and swing along the line of your shoulders.
4. Make sure that you are finishing with your weight on your forward foot - This is the single best solution for the hook. If you hook the ball, chances are that you finish with some of your weight still on your back foot. This causes you to come around the ball with a closed clubface. This is the number one cause of the deadly snap-hook. Finish with all of your weight forward, and you'll never experience it.
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But... the hook really is pretty easy to cure. Try this sequence of corrections, and most likely the hook will be fixed in no time. Your goal in correcting a hook is to swing from outside to in.
1. Weaken your Grip - You could be playing with a grip that is too strong. Simply rotate both hands around the grip and towards the target. This will make it much harder for the clubface to close through the impact zone. Don't over do it, and like everything else, testing is crucial. Make sure to test this, before moving on, unless you are positive that you already play with a weak grip.
2. Move the ball forward in your stance - It is common of players who slice the ball to play the ball forward in their stance. So copy them. If you hook, the result should be a relatively straight ball. (Side Note: Whether you hook or slice, your first goal should be to learn to do the opposite.) Moving the ball forward in your stance should get some things back on track.
3. Aim to the left (to the right if left handed) of the target - Start out with an open stance to the target. This will put that clockwise rotation on the ball that you are looking for. Just open your stance a little bit, and swing along the line of your shoulders.
4. Make sure that you are finishing with your weight on your forward foot - This is the single best solution for the hook. If you hook the ball, chances are that you finish with some of your weight still on your back foot. This causes you to come around the ball with a closed clubface. This is the number one cause of the deadly snap-hook. Finish with all of your weight forward, and you'll never experience it.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
SUCCESSFUL ALIGNMENT STRATEGIES
Golf is a game that is constantly changing. Weather and course conditions, ball position in fairways, course design, there are literally thousands of variables that go into a round of golf on a given day that you cannot control (not to mention all the personal things that can affect your game). There are few people, if any, that can say they've played 2 rounds of golf exactly the same.
Here's the good news:
Alignment is something that you can control based on any certain situation. In golf, it is very important that you try to control every aspect of your game possible. The following situations happen with many golfers, and can be solved by using the strategy that we recommend.
Problem #1
Let's say you are having trouble slicing or pushing the ball to the right. This happens for a few reasons. You could be tired that day and due to fatigue your hands are not turning over effectively. This might not be a problem in your golf game usually, but something that you have to address in order to recover on that particular day. Usually when this happens you don't quite understand why you are not getting great results, because you do feel like your hands are rotating. I suggest that you focus on rotating your hands through the impact zone, to ensure a correct ball flight.
Problem #2
Another situation is that you are hooking or pulling the ball to the left. This mainly happens because your hands are out in front of your body, causing the club face to close. This happens with our swing thoery because golfers feel like they have to "make up" for a shortened back swing. In reality once they get to the top of the backswing the move that generates the most distance and power is the level of hand rotation through the impact zone. Golf is very similar to baseball. The measure of wrist rotation determines the level of power through the impact zone.
**BE AWARE: BOTH of these situations could be grip related. (If you are having trouble hooking the ball then wrap your right thumb more on left side of the grip. If you are having trouble slicing the ball, you should place your right thumb more on top of the grip. (Both of these grip situations are assuming that your left hand thumb is wrapped over the top of the grip, like the grip we teach in the DVD.)
The following are EASY ALIGNMENT SOLUTIONS to the above problems:
1. If you are having trouble hooking or pulling the ball to the left: Set-up to the left side of the green.
2. If you are having trouble slicing or pushing the ball to the right: Set-up to the right side of the green.
3. If you are having trouble slicing the ball off the tee: Setup to the middle of the tee area and with a more of a closed stance
4. If you are having trouble hooking the ball off the tee: Setup to the middle of the tee area and with a more of an open stance
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Here's the good news:
Alignment is something that you can control based on any certain situation. In golf, it is very important that you try to control every aspect of your game possible. The following situations happen with many golfers, and can be solved by using the strategy that we recommend.
Problem #1
Let's say you are having trouble slicing or pushing the ball to the right. This happens for a few reasons. You could be tired that day and due to fatigue your hands are not turning over effectively. This might not be a problem in your golf game usually, but something that you have to address in order to recover on that particular day. Usually when this happens you don't quite understand why you are not getting great results, because you do feel like your hands are rotating. I suggest that you focus on rotating your hands through the impact zone, to ensure a correct ball flight.
Problem #2
Another situation is that you are hooking or pulling the ball to the left. This mainly happens because your hands are out in front of your body, causing the club face to close. This happens with our swing thoery because golfers feel like they have to "make up" for a shortened back swing. In reality once they get to the top of the backswing the move that generates the most distance and power is the level of hand rotation through the impact zone. Golf is very similar to baseball. The measure of wrist rotation determines the level of power through the impact zone.
**BE AWARE: BOTH of these situations could be grip related. (If you are having trouble hooking the ball then wrap your right thumb more on left side of the grip. If you are having trouble slicing the ball, you should place your right thumb more on top of the grip. (Both of these grip situations are assuming that your left hand thumb is wrapped over the top of the grip, like the grip we teach in the DVD.)
The following are EASY ALIGNMENT SOLUTIONS to the above problems:
1. If you are having trouble hooking or pulling the ball to the left: Set-up to the left side of the green.
2. If you are having trouble slicing or pushing the ball to the right: Set-up to the right side of the green.
3. If you are having trouble slicing the ball off the tee: Setup to the middle of the tee area and with a more of a closed stance
4. If you are having trouble hooking the ball off the tee: Setup to the middle of the tee area and with a more of an open stance
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Friday, October 1, 2010
Secret #4: Bunker Play – The Backswing is a Full Swing Just Like Your Driver
Secret #4:
Bunker Play – The Backswing is a Full Swing Just Like Your Driver
This tip will help you sleep well the night before a big golf tournament. Your ability to play successfully from the sand weighs heavily on technique and a small amount on strength. If your technique is correct, you do not need to have a lot of strength. The two mistakes that hold amateurs back in the bunker are a line drive hit or leaving the ball in the bunker.
Most of the time they are afraid to swing too hard because they are afraid of the line drive shot. So, you end up swinging so slow that the ball only moves two feet. First and foremost, set up correctly
1. The golf ball should be positioned across from you left heel
2. Place 75% of your weight on your front foot
3. The grip-end of the golf club points to your BELT BUCKLE.
Do not transfer any weight. Stay on your front leg. What you are trying to do in the bunker is hit the sand not the ball. This setup will ensure that this happens.
The reason you play the ball across from your left heel is so the clubhead will swing DOWN into the sand at impact and not up.
Placing weight on your left foot ensures the clubhead swings down at the bottom of the swing. Placing the handle of the club across from your belt buckle allows the bounce on the bottom the clubhead to impact the sand at the correct angle.
I promised you in the first sentence, these four short game tips that would change the way you played from inside 50 yards. Make yourself a promise to spend 15 minutes before every round this year practicing your short game and you WILL watch your scores fall.
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Bunker Play – The Backswing is a Full Swing Just Like Your Driver
This tip will help you sleep well the night before a big golf tournament. Your ability to play successfully from the sand weighs heavily on technique and a small amount on strength. If your technique is correct, you do not need to have a lot of strength. The two mistakes that hold amateurs back in the bunker are a line drive hit or leaving the ball in the bunker.
Most of the time they are afraid to swing too hard because they are afraid of the line drive shot. So, you end up swinging so slow that the ball only moves two feet. First and foremost, set up correctly
1. The golf ball should be positioned across from you left heel
2. Place 75% of your weight on your front foot
3. The grip-end of the golf club points to your BELT BUCKLE.
Do not transfer any weight. Stay on your front leg. What you are trying to do in the bunker is hit the sand not the ball. This setup will ensure that this happens.
The reason you play the ball across from your left heel is so the clubhead will swing DOWN into the sand at impact and not up.
Placing weight on your left foot ensures the clubhead swings down at the bottom of the swing. Placing the handle of the club across from your belt buckle allows the bounce on the bottom the clubhead to impact the sand at the correct angle.
I promised you in the first sentence, these four short game tips that would change the way you played from inside 50 yards. Make yourself a promise to spend 15 minutes before every round this year practicing your short game and you WILL watch your scores fall.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Secret #3: Pitching – The Clubhead must Stay Low to the Ground After Impact
Secret #3:
Pitching – The Clubhead must Stay Low to the Ground After Impact
Choose one of the following clubs when you attempt a pitch shot: pitching wedge, sand wedge or a lob wedge. A pitch shot has maximum air time and minimum roll time. In other words, the golf ball has 2/3 air time and 1/3 roll on its journey to the hole. Just the opposite of a chip shot.
Airtime is very difficult to create if your technique is off even in the slightest. So, if you are tired of topping, sculling, and hitting the ground behind the golf ball when you pitch, this is the pearl for you.
Low Follow-Through = Maximum Airtime
If I had a dollar for every amateur that told me that they are trying to follow-through high after impact so that their pitch shots will go up in the air, I would be set for life.
Most of the time, a high follow-through after impact will force the ball to be hit on the upswing which results in a top, scull or ground-behind shot. If you setup to the golf ball just like you were going to chip, you are halfway there.
Remember:
1. The golf ball should be positioned in the middle of your stance
2. Place 75% of your weight on your front foot
3. The grip end of the golf club points to the middle of your front leg.
4. Place your grip HALFWAY down the grip of the club
The back swing is usually longer than your chip shots. If you keep your weight on your left leg - you DO NOT need to transfer your weight. As the golf club begins to swing down into the ground, make sure you follow thru LOW to the ground after impact. You want to feel as though you chopped the back of the ball with the club head.
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Pitching – The Clubhead must Stay Low to the Ground After Impact
Choose one of the following clubs when you attempt a pitch shot: pitching wedge, sand wedge or a lob wedge. A pitch shot has maximum air time and minimum roll time. In other words, the golf ball has 2/3 air time and 1/3 roll on its journey to the hole. Just the opposite of a chip shot.
Airtime is very difficult to create if your technique is off even in the slightest. So, if you are tired of topping, sculling, and hitting the ground behind the golf ball when you pitch, this is the pearl for you.
Low Follow-Through = Maximum Airtime
If I had a dollar for every amateur that told me that they are trying to follow-through high after impact so that their pitch shots will go up in the air, I would be set for life.
Most of the time, a high follow-through after impact will force the ball to be hit on the upswing which results in a top, scull or ground-behind shot. If you setup to the golf ball just like you were going to chip, you are halfway there.
Remember:
1. The golf ball should be positioned in the middle of your stance
2. Place 75% of your weight on your front foot
3. The grip end of the golf club points to the middle of your front leg.
4. Place your grip HALFWAY down the grip of the club
The back swing is usually longer than your chip shots. If you keep your weight on your left leg - you DO NOT need to transfer your weight. As the golf club begins to swing down into the ground, make sure you follow thru LOW to the ground after impact. You want to feel as though you chopped the back of the ball with the club head.
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Lesson 2 In Improving Your Short game
Secret #2:
Chipping – Keep Your Weight on your Front Foot in the Backswing
A chip shot is a short shot around the green that has minimum airtime and maximum roll time. Another way to describe it is 1/3 air, 2/3 roll. You can use one of the following clubs when chipping: 5-iron, 7-iron or 9-iron. Common complaints that I receive from amateurs about chipping are that they top the ball, hit the ball thin, hit the ground behind the ball, blade the ball over the green or completely shank the ball.
The miss-played shots I just described to you are usually the result of an incorrect set-up. There are three positions in chipping that are the foundation of a successful chip shot. Let’s review them:
1. The golf ball should be positioned in the middle of your stance
2. Place 75% of your weight on your left foot (right-handed golfers)
3. The grip end of the golf club points to the middle of your left leg.
4. Grip down on the golf club to the END of the grip.
The reason you want the golf ball in the middle of your stance is for a more consistent impact. If you place the golf ball too far forward in your stance, you will have a tendency to hit the ball thin, or top the ball and you will pull the ball to the left. If you play the ball too far back in your stance, you will have a tendency to top or shank the ball and push it to the right.
When you place 75% of your weight on your left foot, you are ensuring yourself that you will hit down of the ball and not up. Make sure you keep the weight on your front foot in the back swing.
Gripping down on the golf club will ensure a cleaner more controlled hit at impact. If you are struggling with hitting thin shots or topping your chips, when you move your handle further to the left (across from you left leg), you will allow the clubhead to hit the ball on a descending blow and not ascending.
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Chipping – Keep Your Weight on your Front Foot in the Backswing
A chip shot is a short shot around the green that has minimum airtime and maximum roll time. Another way to describe it is 1/3 air, 2/3 roll. You can use one of the following clubs when chipping: 5-iron, 7-iron or 9-iron. Common complaints that I receive from amateurs about chipping are that they top the ball, hit the ball thin, hit the ground behind the ball, blade the ball over the green or completely shank the ball.
The miss-played shots I just described to you are usually the result of an incorrect set-up. There are three positions in chipping that are the foundation of a successful chip shot. Let’s review them:
1. The golf ball should be positioned in the middle of your stance
2. Place 75% of your weight on your left foot (right-handed golfers)
3. The grip end of the golf club points to the middle of your left leg.
4. Grip down on the golf club to the END of the grip.
The reason you want the golf ball in the middle of your stance is for a more consistent impact. If you place the golf ball too far forward in your stance, you will have a tendency to hit the ball thin, or top the ball and you will pull the ball to the left. If you play the ball too far back in your stance, you will have a tendency to top or shank the ball and push it to the right.
When you place 75% of your weight on your left foot, you are ensuring yourself that you will hit down of the ball and not up. Make sure you keep the weight on your front foot in the back swing.
Gripping down on the golf club will ensure a cleaner more controlled hit at impact. If you are struggling with hitting thin shots or topping your chips, when you move your handle further to the left (across from you left leg), you will allow the clubhead to hit the ball on a descending blow and not ascending.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
4 Secrets To A Better Short Game
Tips For A Better Short Game
Secret #1:
Putting – Focus on Distance not Direction
Do you know why most amateurs’ three-putt more times on their first nine holes than their last nine holes? By the time they get to the last nine they have the feel of the greens! My colleagues have always agreed that in order to become a great putter you must have the ability to read greens. However, I have always believed you must also have GREAT TOUCH.
I have just given you an incredible tip. You have to develop your touch in order to control your speed. I can not tell you how many times I have asked an amateur golfer after they hit their putt if they thought the putt was going uphill or downhill. Most amateurs reply with, “I completely forgot about the speed!” Most of them struggle more with speed more than direction. So how do you apply this advice?
1. Always look towards the front of the green so you can decide if you are going uphill or downhill.
2. Empty your mind of every mechanical thought you have and just stroke the ball. FORGET the mechanics when putting.
3. Don’t ever hit a putt until you have visualized your golf ball going into the hole
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Secret #1:
Putting – Focus on Distance not Direction
Do you know why most amateurs’ three-putt more times on their first nine holes than their last nine holes? By the time they get to the last nine they have the feel of the greens! My colleagues have always agreed that in order to become a great putter you must have the ability to read greens. However, I have always believed you must also have GREAT TOUCH.
I have just given you an incredible tip. You have to develop your touch in order to control your speed. I can not tell you how many times I have asked an amateur golfer after they hit their putt if they thought the putt was going uphill or downhill. Most amateurs reply with, “I completely forgot about the speed!” Most of them struggle more with speed more than direction. So how do you apply this advice?
1. Always look towards the front of the green so you can decide if you are going uphill or downhill.
2. Empty your mind of every mechanical thought you have and just stroke the ball. FORGET the mechanics when putting.
3. Don’t ever hit a putt until you have visualized your golf ball going into the hole
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