In a recent post, we brought back a bit of advice we’ve given on occasion to golfers everywhere: watching your swing on video. But what if you’re not so tech savvy? Or if you just don’t have the time to set up and take down video equipment every time you swing? Good news: there’s a …
Summer is here, and for me, that means getting back in touch with my roots and watching more baseball. I made a trip recently to watch the Dodgers play the Diamondbacks, and was happy to see my adopted home team the Dodgers win, eve though I’m still a Red Sox fan at heart. But the …
Why do the pros open and close the clubhead? I read recently it’s because, in the early days of golf, hickory shafts allowed the clubhead to twist open. So the golfer had to had to consciously close the clubhead by rotating it. Pros everywhere began teaching this move, based on how golf shafts were built …
A golfer called me recently to ask if the Pause-N-Throw training aid helped you learn the “Square to Square” swing. What is the Square to Square swing? It might sound complicated, but in reality it’s not that hard to imagine. Basically, it entails keeping the clubhead square to the line of flight throughout the swing. …
Most people would say that when you learn something, you have to start at the beginning. But in the golf swing, that’s not always true. To promote long, straight drives, take a practice swing that starts with the follow through, then work your way to the backswing. In other words, knowing where you want to …
The key to Pause N throw is to guide your hand into the flat wrist position. But why is the flat wrist position so important for a golf swing? Here are a few examples of why a flat wristed golf swing works so well. First, a flat wrist keeps the club head from twisting too …