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…]
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…]
Can Mini-Golf Improve Your Putting?
Minimizing the flat stick shots is a surefire way to bring scores down and improve handicaps. It’s arguably the easiest part of the game to improve, since practice opportunities are so readily available. Apart from putting at home into cups or onto beer mats, or between sticks or tees, can mini-golf help? [Read more…]
Try This Pro Driving Drill For Accuracy
Sometimes when people get their driver in their hands, they immediately go into whacking mode like they’re in a long drive competition, thinking only about how far they can sail the ball. There’s not necessarily any problem with this if you’re working out some tension on the driving range. But when you’re actually playing a round, boy oh boy does accuracy matter. [Read more…]
6 Exercises To Hit The Ball Longer
There are numerous components to consider when putting together the perfect golfing skill set. You know you want lower scores, but what do you need to work on the most? Experts and coaches say it’s often advisable to think about one thing at a time and just focus on that single area for a while, until you can see and feel your improvement. Then, you can move on to the next practice point. [Read more…]
These 4 Things Are Costing You Distance (And How To Fix Them)
The long and the short of it is the average amateur generally pays little attention to the precise statistics of their game. They might know how far certain clubs are hit but mostly this is a gross underestimation of the real carry distance and finishing length. So, before entertaining a discussion about how we might make corrections to improve distance, we need to get back the ABC of the game — Assessing Basic Components! [Read more…]
Why You Should Play To Your Swing Type And Not The Course
From the most basic beginner, all the way up to record-breaking master pros like Tiger Woods, every golfer has experienced the sweat and surprise of swinging great on the range and then clunking it over and over out on the course. This phenomenon is often referred to as the inability to take your “practice game” into the competition. This can happen for a few reasons, but it’s usually a lack of planning and mental preparation. In short, you need a swing strategy. And, you need to be mentally prepared to apply it out on the golf course. [Read more…]
How To Hit A Flop Shot (And When To Do It)
Phil Mickelson’s YouTube clip on how to execute the flop shot has had close to 1.4 million views since being uploaded in 2009. To be honest, it’s surprising that this is not closer to 10 or 15 million. After all, he is one of the very best in the business. Each and every player, pros included, could learn a thing or two about this most revered of golf shots from the master of the short game. [Read more…]
Stop Moving Your Head When You Swing — Here’s How
There are one or two technical matters that consume a lot of copy in golf manuals, advice columns and online forums. Moving the head is one of these. It doesn’t take long to note that there are a myriad of fixes for this root cause of many bad shots. [Read more…]
5 Ways To Improve Your Game During Your Lunch Break
One of the best ways in which you can hone and improve any skill is by doing a little bit of practice each and every day. Some people go all out and try to do everything at once, spending hours of their day practicing this one thing. However, they quickly get burned out and the skill falls to the wayside. [Read more…]