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The Simple Golf Swing. EBook For A Repeatable And Simple Golf Swing That Provides Power, Accuracy And Consistency.
Fix your slice:
One of the most important keys in fixing a slice permanently is to learn to swing the clubhead on an inside-to-out swing path through impact. In order to swing the club head into the golf ball from the inside of your target line, a full turn of the shoulders in the backswing is required.
Ten years ago when GolfTEC first began giving lessons, we new it was paramount to develop a more fact-based instruction program. To do so we began by measuring over 150 tour players with our motion analysis system. We found that the average tour player turns their shoulders 89 degrees closed in the backswing. Turning your shoulders sufficiently in the backswing allows your arms to swing into the position required to swing the club on plane in the downswing and, therefore, on the proper path through impact. There may be other factors that need to be addressed to fix the slice, but for now let's start with the turn of your shoulders.
As with any change in a golf swing, it is important to get comfortable with the new motion before attempting to actually hit a ball. Drills are a great way to become comfortable with any new motion before attempting it while trying to hit a golf ball.
A great drill to help feel the proper shoulder turn is the "Line up the Clubs" drill. To begin you need two clubs. Place one of the clubs so the shaft is both touching the inside edge of your right foot (for right-handed players) and is perpendicular to your target line. Place the other club across your shoulders and cross your arms to hold the club in place. After taking an athletic set-up turn your shoulders so that the clubs are directly on top of one another as you are looking down. When the clubs are lined up you are well on your way to achieving a full turn of the shoulders at the top of the backswing.
From there, take a peek in the mirror and perform the same motion again. This time notice as your shoulders turn, your head moves (yes, your head moves) back away from the target. Now that your shoulders have turned sufficiently, you are well on your way to swinging the clubhead from inside to out. Delivering the clubhead on an inside to out path will help take care of that nasty slice and probably increase your distance too. If you have questions about the "Line up the Clubs" drill, or any other golf questions, feel free to call or stop by your nearest GolfTEC learning center. Visit www.golftec.com for more information and store locations.
Andy Hilts is the National Director of Instruction for GolfTEC. In 1999, he graduated from the Professional Golf Management Program at Mississippi State University with a Bachelor degree in Business and Marketing. After five years as a PGA Class A Member, Hilts achieved PGA Master Professional in Instruction during June of 2005. Also in 2005, he received the highest honor the Colorado PGA bestows upon its teachers -- Colorado PGA Teacher of the Year. Hilts began at GolfTEC in 1999 at GolfTEC Naperville. He soon became Director of Instruction and filled that roll until 2001 when he transferred to Denver. While teaching full-time between 1999 and 2005 Hilts gave over 11,000 golf lessons and now oversees the golf instruction for all the GolfTEC Learning Centers Nationwide and assists with training all the new Teaching Professional at GolfTEC University. To date he has been responsible for training more than 60 GolfTEC Teaching Professionals.
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Get the Right Fit:
Not so long ago, in the years leading up to the most recent revolution in golf equipment, Lee Trevino was asked about a new club that had just been introduced to the market.
Trevino dismissed the manufacturer's claims saying, in effect, that it's the carpenter, not the tools, that matter. But not long afterward, Trevino surveyed the changes in clubhead design, shaft construction and the myriad new golf balls and admitted he'd been wrong.
More than ever before, finding the proper equipment is crucial not only to improving, but also, for the best players in the game, to remaining competitive.
It only stands to reason that there is no "one-size-fits-all" rule when it comes to equipment. Everyone is different, both physically and in the way he or she swings a golf club. And yet, all too often people will base their club-buying decisions on any number of ill-conceived factors such as what the hottest players in the game are endorsing, what's on sale, which advertising claim is the most seductive, and so on.
In truth, properly fitting equipment to a golfer is incredibly complicated and requires experience and knowledge of both a golfer's needs and the available equipment options. Unless you have that experience and knowledge, trying to make this decision by yourself puts you very much in the same boat with the lawyer who has himself for a client.
My first suggestion, therefore, is to work closely with a PGA Professional when making decisions concerning equipment. PGA Professionals are schooled in this area as part of their training and education, and must be able to demonstrate their knowledge and expertise before being qualified as a PGA member. Just as important, however, is the probability that your PGA Professional is familiar with your game, and therefore your equipment needs.
Today, people marvel at how far the top players drive the ball and how precisely they hit their approach shots. Certainly, part of this can be explained by excellent instruction and superb conditioning -- of both the players and the courses they play. But a great deal of the credit must be given to improved equipment and the technology that allows players to find the equipment that is perfectly suited to their needs.
Perhaps the biggest advance has been in the development of clubfitting stations, where advanced equipment measures such factors as the exact launch angle of a shot, swing speed, swingpath angle, spin rate, the energy transfer to the ball and the distance the ball will carry. By incorporating all this information into a swing model, a PGA Professional can determine the optimum equipment specifications for you.
Rick Martino is Director of Instruction for The PGA of America. He teaches at the PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and is ranked among the Top 50 instructors by Golf Digest Magazine. The author of the PGA Manual of Golf (Warner Books/$34.95), Martino can be reached at (800) 800-GOLF or by email at pgalearningcenter@pgahq.com
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