In this post, I’m coming at you guns-blazing. This might not be a comfortable read, but I can assure you that you will learn something from it. If you are looking to be an elite player, or even just the best you can be, you will want to read until the end. The other day, […]
This article is an honest and frank look at golf coaching. While golf coaches may find this more relevant, I feel that amateur golfers will gain a lot from it – even if they don’t partake in lessons. I’m also going to share some mistakes I made as a coach in the past – so […]
Ever wonder how the pros can hit the ball so far with seemingly little effort? Ever wonder why it feels like you are swinging the club as quick as your playing partners, but your ball doesn’t have the same ‘pop’ to it? It could be down to your smash factor What Is Smash Factor? […]
What is vertical spin loft? Why should you care? Well, when you find out that this baby controls a lot of the distance you get, I am sure you will be interested. Improving your spin-loft can help you launch high bombs that pierce the wind. What Is It? Put simply, vertical spin loft is […]
This article explains how a small tweak might add 20 yards or more to your drives. A couple of weeks ago, I did an article describing gear effect. To summarise that article, Toe hits tend to hook more/slice less Heel hits tend to slice more/hook less If you want to read that article and understand […]
This is a tough article for me to write. Why? Because I know it is going to suffer “straw-man” attacks and will anger a lot of golfers and coaches. But I’m writing it anyway. I’m writing it because it needs to be said. I’m writing it because the idea isn’t given enough exposure/credit/thought/attention. I’m writing […]
What is this? It sounds complicated. Well, it is – but you need to know it because I see golfers make incorrect changes to their swing all the time and getting in a right mess as a result of not understanding this. Don’t let this be you! Luckily for you, I’m going to break it […]
Sergio Garcia hit a driver off the deck this week, and the internet went wild. While the ball ended up in an ok position, he mis-hit the shot. The slow motion replay revealed something which almost every golf teacher knows, but apparently many amateurs weren’t aware of – watch the slow motion replay at 45 […]
I hear many golfers say that they have a steep angle of attack. I’m not sure how they know this – perhaps they have been measured with a device which shows angle of attack, or perhaps they are just going off their divot depth. Either way, I thought it would make a nice article to […]
This is one of the questions I get asked a lot by amateurs – how do you get a ball to spin back? We see the professionals do it all the time – pitching it past the pin and ripping back towards the flag stick. However, for the most part, pros are not trying to […]
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