Archive for January 2014
Golf Goal Setting – Indepth For Lower Scores
You could set goals for every aspect of your golf game. Just think, here’s some categories you could set goals for: Driving distance Driving accuracy Greens in regulation Up and down percentage Putts per game BUT… There’s one goal that I think is way more important than that. And that is your average score. Because…
Read MoreThe Golf Swing Lag Secret
Look at the amount of lag that Sergio Garcia has in his swing at this point (the picture on the right). So what is lag? It’s simply a measurement of how much angle there is between your left arm and golf club in the downswing. At the half way point in the downswing, you ideally…
Read MoreHow To Make An Overspeed Device To Hit Longer Drives
Do you know what overspeed training is? It’s simply doing an activity that moves you faster than normal. So in sports other than golf, a sprinter would run downhill. A swimmer would use fin and flippers to swim faster. And a golfer would swing a device that is lighter than normal. How much lighter? About 15% lighter has been found to be…
Read MoreBetter Chip Shots With This Quick And Easy Short Game Tip
Chipping is simple. OR… At least it should be! The amount of golfers that struggle with chipping is staggering. In my opinion, the main reason has nothing to do with technique per se, but tempo. Most golfers that are poor chippers have poor tempo. They have stabby strokes. So if your chipping could do with…
Read More7 Reasons To Set Golf Improvement Goals
At the end of every year and the start of every year the hot topic is New Year’s resolutions. Then a week or two after the New Year the hot topic is, have you failed or given up on your New Year’s resolution yet. The University of Scranton did research into New Year’s resolutions and…
Read More1st Step To Longer Golf Drives
Longer golf drives. That’s what us golfers want. But do we really? Answer this question honestly… Do you want to hit longer golf drives? If you answered yes to that question – answer this question… Do you have an accurate way to measure if you are hitting your drives further or not? The reason I…
Read MoreImprove Your Short Game Like A Pro
If you struggle with your short game, I have a simple tip for you today that should help you. Now when you watch most PGA tour pro’s have a short game shot, there’s no doubt about it, they play very slowly. I’m in no way advocating you play your short game shots as slowly as…
Read MoreHow To Hit More Greens In Regulation
Recently I asked my customers what there golf improvement goals are. I was inundated with responses. Naturally the top was hitting the ball longer. But second was hitting more greens in regulation, followed closely by improving the short game. Now the ironic thing is, that hitting more greens in regulation is almost directly related to…
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