How Curing A Slice Saved My Game

For me, getting good at golf was always an uphill battle. It always seemed like I just couldn’t win. Every time, I would go to the golf course, I’d end up with the same bad results. I was just about to give up. Then I cured my slice. Slicing is a major drain on many …

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Fixing a Slice Isn’t That Hard

It hovers like a dark cloud over many golfers’ heads: the slice. That awful thing that happens after so many drives and fairway shots, that yanks otherwise good shots offline and wreaks havoc with your game. Many golfers have given up on fixing their slice. Fixing it is just too hard, it seems. But, in …

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Why Isn’t the Ball Going Straight?

It’s a complaint among golfers that is far too common: why isn’t the ball going straight? It feels like I’m doing everything right. What gives? There are a number of things that could be going wrong with your swing to keep your shots from going straight. One way to think of it is that, just …

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How to Build Accuracy at the Range

The first thought on everyone’s mind as they step up to take a crack at the ball on the range is that they want to hit it out of the park. There’s something about those little distance placards placed a few hundred yards out there that just makes you want to clobber the ball over …

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Playing Golf in A Drought

While folks on the East Coast may still be recovering from that “polar vortex”, we here in California have a massive drought on our hands. This means leaner, and definitely not greener, fairways. Golf courses are notoriously water dependent, and around here, some courses are cutting back on water resources. So, for those of you …

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Pause-N-Throw: the Cure for Iron Shots

Recently, we talked about a method for keeping track of how many greens you hit in regulation. One important thing to add to that is that if you don’t get your fairway iron shots in shape, you’re never going to hit greens in regulation. So, here’s what you do. Use the Pause-N-throw. Our device teaches …

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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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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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Cure a Slice with Music?

At Pause-N-Throw we’re all about examining creative cures for one of golf’s most troublesome issues: the slice. Recently, we looked at attempts to cure a slice with hypnotism, and this time around, we’re going to have a look at another slice cure that takes a similar tack. The power of music is undeniable, and music …

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Slice Cures and Muscle Memory

Muscle Memory – at first it seems like something of a misnomer. How can your muscles remember anything? Isn’t that for your brain to do? Well, first of all, despite the fact that your muscles are part of your nervous system too, it’s true that your brain will always be central to reliable repetition of …

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