The Swing: A Hands Off Approach

Most golfers are too “handsy.” All you have to do is watch them waggle the club before they swing and you’ll see what they are intending to do. They are all over the place. It’s easy to think that this is effective. If you use your hands more, you’ll get more distance, right? But in …

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Par 5 Second Shots: Accuracy Tips

Par fives, especially short ones, are seen as a place to make up for previous holes you messed up on. They’re an easy par or a potential birdie. But, once you get to the second shot, you’ll find that accuracy becomes increasingly important. Here are some tips to up your accuracy as you negotiate the …

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The Golf Swing Release, Explained

We at Pause-N-Throw are not afraid of tackling the most dense, technical, mind numbingly intense theoretical golf treatises out there. Remember when we tackled the Moment of Inertia and what it means for golf? Yeah, that was a classic. Now we’re back to give you a review of what might well be the War and …

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Train With a Slow-Mo Camera

As you may have seen from our previous blogs, here at Pause-N-Throw Golf we are big fans of the idea of videotaping your golf swing. It’s a great way to make sure you’re swinging the right way, so you can reinforce correct motions and eliminate incorrect ones. Truth be told, you can get a lot …

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Slice Stories: Out of the Park

A friend of mine lives near a golf course he plays at all the time. He likes the course and, like me, often shows up alone to be put in with other solo golfers to complete a foursome. Though things usually go off without a hitch when he plays, at one point he plade with …

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New Testimonial: Pause-n-Throw Works!

A friend from Texas has been working with the Pause-N-Throw and he said it finally taught him the right hand position at the top of the backswing. He said, “Golf is a feel sport and you have to feel the right position while you’re in motion, not just stationary. With the Pause-N-Throw I can groove …

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Curing a Slice: How Long Does It Take?

Sometimes, it seems like there’s nothing you can do to fix those horrible slices and improve your golf game. The worst part is when you feel like you’ve turned a corner and then go right back to slicing. It’s all too common: you hit the driving range and your drives are straight as an arrow. …

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Golf Accuracy: Connection, not Correction

I like to play golf with my sons from time to time. One of them once told me, “Whenever I hit the ball, I always hit it about 3 degrees left. So, whenever I aim, I just aim 3 degrees right of wherever I want the ball to go and – voila! Accurate golf.” I …

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Sometimes, the Slice is Right

We’re often told that slicing is bad, that it’s necessary to train hard to get rid of that pesky slice. About 99% of the time that’s true. But on rare occasions, a slice can give you a better opportunity than you had otherwise. Last year, I was visiting family on the East Coast, and we …

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Leveraging your Golf Game

As many of my golf instructors and pro golfer friends have told me, a powerful golf swing basically comes down to learning to use leverage. Think about it. If you had to play a round where, instead of hitting the ball you had to pick it up and throw it, it would take you a …

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