Many golfers have complicated pre-swing rituals that they swear by. Highly rated Australian golfer Jason Day, for instance, famously has a 15-step pre-swing procedure that has apparently brought him much success. Others, however, believe that too many swing thoughts can actually hurt your game, or at the very least, they can psych you out. So what can you do to find the perfect balance of pre-swing thoughts without too much to hold in your brain at once? We recommend trying out just these two simple steps before every shot. [Read more…]
Topping The Ball? Here’s Your Fix
The drive off the tee is inspirational and there’s a real chance that the par 5 green can be reached in two — so long as there is a career-defining, rock-solid second shot with the fairway wood. Any hope about smacking the cover off the ball fades embarrassingly fast as the audience watches the awkward mid-hit topple forward from the starting point a mere 60 yards, and that was assisted by some run downhill! What the heck happened and why does it occur at the very time it’s needed most? [Read more…]
How To Fix Club Face Issues
Do tennis players use racquets with broken strings? Would an Olympian swimmer be satisfied with goggles that leak? And what about the NBA player whose shoelaces were forever coming loose or whose shorts kept slipping down? Equipment malfunction needs to be taken seriously if it impacts performance. [Read more…]
How To Analyze Your Swing With Your Smartphone
Before smartphones were readily available in our pockets, analyzing your golf swing was a difficult task. In years past, golfers hoping to improve their swings by analyzing and critiquing would need to set up a tripod and a video camera to capture video or rely on their golf professional or swing instructor to handle the video capturing and analysis of their swing. [Read more…]
12 Swing Thoughts To Keep In Mind
Sometimes better driving comes down to what swing thoughts you are focusing on at the moment, and how relaxed or tense they make you feel. [Read more…]
Iron Fix: Wood Block Drill
When it comes to hitting a solid shot with your irons, most beginner golfers struggle mightily with launching the ball into the air. In order to send the ball with an ideal trajectory, golfers are required to hit down on it. By nature, this is counterintuitive. Thankfully, we’re here to help. [Read more…]
How Ball Position Changes Your Shot
Golf is a fickle game that can frustrate even the best of players. What keeps people playing is those good shots and low rounds that seemingly come out of the blue. One of the main issues that amateur players have is that their long game is too inconsistent. Sometimes they hit the ball thin, other times slicing it or hooking it without any apparent pattern. Often the main culprit for this type of inconsistency is ball position. [Read more…]
Our Review Of Five KBS Golf Shafts To Help Your Game
Examine golf bags at a PGA Tour event and you’re bound to see that the majority of them are filled with golf clubs using a KBS shaft. Given the fact that KBS was founded by long-time golf shaft builder Kim Braly only in 2008, that’s no small feat. The (mostly) unpaid endorsement of the shafts by the PGA Tour’s best players, of course, validates and amplify’s KBS Shafts’ key message, which is, “Player Driven. Tour Proven.” [Read more…]
Tiger Vs. Phil: Take Your Pick
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. In the history of golf rivalries, has there ever been a closer, more controversial opposition (besides Happy Gilmore and Shooter McGavin, of course)? Although these two are friendly enough interpersonally, their fans have made quite a show of championing their favorite player and arguing against each other. [Read more…]
Swing Drill: How To Improve Your Follow-Through
Keep your eye on the ball. Head down, or head up. Follow through with your swing. Keep it nice and easy. You’ve heard these generic bits of advice about sports performance so many times since you were a kid that you don’t even know what they look like in real-life practice anymore, right? [Read more…]