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Practicing Your Golf Swing in Slow Motion

  1. Slow down when working on your swing for amazing results!

    Practicing your golf swing in slow motion is a concept I’ve always believed in and have religiously articulated throughout my teaching career, “If you can’t do it in slow motion, how could you ever do it in fast motion.”

    Now some have argued they are not one in the same in the sense that with a full speed swing the dynamics are different when considering the impetus generated through centripetal force.  I believe this is true but only to a certain degree as they are overall missing the point that the player first needs to understand the exact positions they need to achieve within the swing and repeat those motions slowly over and over again and habituate them then slowly transgress over to full speed swing.

    Check out the Slow Mo Drill video below:

  2. Slow Motion Golf Swing | Golf Channel

    Jan 2, 2013… and in this video Brad Brewer shows you how to practice in slow motion to … In this video segment, Brad Brewer shows y…
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  3. Amazing, here is a video of Ben Hogan actually practicing in slow motion as referenced above by Brad Brewer.
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    Ben Hogans’ slow motion practice routine
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    Sun, Feb 24 2013 15:29:35

  5. Just for the sake of analysis here is a great slow motion swing video with Professional Golf Coach Mitchell Spearman examining the swing of the 2010 US Open Champion Graeme McDowell.
  6. Slow Motion Golf Swing Videos | Hit The Perfect Golf Ball Video

    Golfing World have amazing slow motion golf swing videos so you can see exactly how … The Path to Par Series – Perfect PracticeProfes…
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Executing the Perfect Pitch Shot

  1. This is a great tip to improve your pitching game.  The primary key to the shot is keeping the arms, shoulders and body moving somewhat in sync as described in this article by Krista Dunton PGA, by allowing the right elbow to fold against the right side during the back swing and left elbow to fold against the left side during the through swing.  Check out the article and video below for some great short game pointers.
  2. executing the perfect pitch shot | Short Game | PGA.com

    That troublesome 20-30 yard pitch shot is easier than you think.
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  3. Todd Anderson on the Pitch Shot
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    Golf: Pitch Shot
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    Sat, Feb 23 2013 15:37:26

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Hitting the Ball Farther

  1. This is a great tip by Martin Hall PGA.  I provided an excerpt below from my recently posted article referencing the one-piece-takeaway and how it also helps establish the coiling affect described in this video. Combining the two thoughts will certainly go along way in “Hitting the Ball Farther.”

    “The “one piece takeaway” sets the timing of the swing into immediate sync. The desired sequence of movement is; clubhead, hands, shoulders, hips and lower body in that order. This backswing sequencing establishes proper coiling of the upper body against the lower body, providing a power generating spring like action to be unleashed during the downswing.”

    Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7488903

  2. Hitting the Ball Farther | PGA.com

    Martin Hall, PGA Director of Instruction at Ibis Golf and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida talks … Hall demonstrates a drill …
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Of course better physical condition can also help you hit the ball farther, check out these drills from PGA.com to help build the muscles you need to hit the ball farther! 

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How to Start the Golf Swing

By Kevin Cotter, PGA

The takeaway or start of the golf swing begins with combined movement of the clubhead, hands, arms and shoulders.

This movement, commonly referred to as the “one-piece takeaway” is quickly followed by the hips as they begin to turn in response to the shoulders.  As the hips rotate the lower body (knees and feet) become active as the weight begins to transfer back onto and eventually around the right leg.

Soon after the “once piece takeaway” begins, allow your right elbow to fold somewhat against your right side, at least in the early stages of the backswing.  This allows the arms to remain connected to the body.

The “one piece takeaway” sets the timing of the swing into immediate sync.  The desired sequence of movement is; clubhead, hands, shoulders, hips and lower body in that order.   This backswing sequencing establishes proper coiling of the upper body against the lower body, providing a power generating spring like action to be unleashed during the downswing. Correct timing also helps establish a square clubface position at the top of the swing.

In addition to timing, the proper takeaway is crucial in developing power through angular momentum or also known as the “lever system.”  Proper use of the “lever system” not only unleashes tremedous power but helps establish a ball first then turf strike when playing shots directly off the turf.  Learning to strike the ball with a descending blow is vital, a downward strike to a ball sitting on the turf provides the much needed spin necessary for the ball to stick and hold in the intended target area.

Also, the path of the club is hugely influenced by the natural flow of the “one-piece takeaway.” When not contrived in any way the club moves straight back then slightly to the inside around then up. Eventually, the club returns somewhat along the same path on the way down, creating a semi-circle pattern starting from behind the ball through the ball and into the through swing.

If the club is forced quickly to the outside during the initial stages of the backswing an out to in swing path is likely to be created. Conversely, if you force the club back too quickly to the inside,  the club eventually has nowhere to go but to be forced to the outside and then back across the ball resulting in pulled or sliced shots.

So, as you can now clearly see, the “one piece takeaway” is the crucial first step in developing a powerful repeating golf swing, and provides the ability to consistently strike the ball cleanly and squarely,  leading to longer and straighter shots.

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Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kevin_R._Cotter
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Spirit of Golf

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March 24, 2013

There is often a mindset of, “I’ll work hard now so that I can reap the rewards and relax and enjoy later on.”  From the standpoint of Law of Attraction, it doesn’t quite work that way.  For starters, nothing can come into our “now” experience that doesn’t require lots of hard work (and usually the accompanying toil, burnout, and grind).  Then, just about the time we get ready to reap the rewards, life continues to be challenging and hard, not because it really is, but because we never learned we could have anything we wanted the easy and effortless way.

St. Lucie West, FL – March, 2013 

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March 22, 2013

Most of us overlook the importance of the inner game because we’ve conditioned ourselves to fixate on the physical stuff.  Yet what science is telling us time and again is that the physical stuff is pretty much insignificant – and almost non-existent – when compared to the consciousness (imagination, thoughts, emotions, beliefs) which “molds the clay” of every-thing. We can stay stuck in the grinding and trying mode or we can begin to include into the action stage the effort-less power of the mind.  In either case, mind over matter (thought over action) as an energy for peak performance is a concept that is here to stay.

Dunedin, FL – March, 2013

 

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March 17, 2013

What’s important to keep in mind is that all emotions –when repeated often enough – become highly addictive to the cells of the body. Anger, anxiety, struggle, or worry all begin to feel normal and desirable, at which time the body finds any way it can to get its chemical rush. We’ll do whatever it takes – have a meltdown, toss a club, get sloppy with a shot – just to stimulate the addiction and keep the juices flowing and alive.

Phoenix, AZ – March, 2012 

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March 15, 2013

As long as we keep thinking and feeling equal to what we already know, all that we see will be more of what we already know. In other words, something’s gotta give on the inside – we’ve got to picture and imagine ourselves differently – before the physical proof can come our way. Once we do make the necessary internal shift with our thoughts and emotions, however, change happens very quickly. It’s the habitual patterns we stubbornly hold onto that drags things out and get us into trouble every time.

Orlando, FL – January, 2013

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March 15, 2013

As long as we keep thinking and feeling equal to what we already know, all that we see will be more of what we already know. In other words, something’s gotta give on the inside – we’ve got to picture and imagine ourselves differently – before the physical proof can come our way. Once we do make the necessary internal shift with our thoughts and emotions, however, change happens very quickly. It’s the habitual patterns we stubbornly hold onto that drags things out and get us into trouble every time.

Orlando, FL – January, 2013

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March 10, 2013

Peak performance ultimately comes down to going inside and learning to feel good.  Not good because our golf games have improved or scores are lower or shots are going closer to the hole. Those are actually the byproducts of the feel good instructions we are sending to the body via the mind.  The goal instead is to retrain ourselves into feeling good for no good reason at all, since a body/mind that is tension and resistance free is going to take any subject and find a way to prosper and thrive.

Cleveland, OH – December, 2012 

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