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I have been on a swing camera many times, and I noticed the biggest thing I do wrong is release the club too early (flip) instead of dragging the head through. My typical miss is left and I hit the ball too high with too much spin.

I have noticed that when I play the ball further back in my stance, I hit the ball longer and straighter, with a better trajectory.

Why is this?

Could I be playing the ball too far up?

The other thing is, when I normally swing, I come over the top,

but when I play it further back, I come inside out, on a better path

I could be way off on this ball position thing, but could this be the cause of my loss of distance and accuracy?

thanks

You say you hit the ball straighter AND further when you address the ball further back in your stance..You swing in to out…why the HELL do you want to know why you don’t hit the ball so well from other positions……DON’T FIDDLE!!!!

One day i played golf and i sliced literally every shot. hahaha it was bad. The guy i was playing with said i was coming over the top and he gave me a drill to help me. He told me to go to the driving range and stick a tee in the ground on the inside path and try to hit the tee. I started doing this and it worked great. However now i am coming too far inside and i am pushing and hooking the ball. at first that was cool but now it is pissing me off. I think the drill is pretty good but mainly my question is where exactly should i stick the tee in the ground with relation to the ball? It probably depends on the club. But i mean like with a driver it should probably be a little more inside than like with a wedge right? Thanks.

This is like taking apart a TV that doesn't "work" instead of checking to see if it is plugged in first.

OR

Giving an overweight, depressed person anti depressants rather then telling him to start working out.

The point is that this drill (often over used b/c you see immediate, all be it short term, improvements) is putting a band aid on the real problem. It forces you to control the path of the club w/ the arms and hands rather than with a proper rotation to the top of the swing and proper first move down.

A better drill, is to stand with you right foot against a wall. With your arms folded across your chest turn so that your chest is flat against the wall. This is a perfect "turn" to the top of the swing, rather than "dip" which sets you to come over the top.

I've had trouble with an outside in path so im consciously trying to make sure i go inside out…everyone says try to make your swing out towards first base if your a righty…what i find tho is that my arms get too ahead of my body and this in turn is causing my club face to be open…any tips? Is it that my hips are turning too quickly?

Look into adjusting your grip.

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Looking for better consistency? Need to improve your accuracy? Desperately want some more yards? Or possibly you just want your swing to look a little better so your buddies won’t tease you anymore. These are all great reasons for doing some work on your swing, but what is the best way to go about it?

There are so many factors of the golf swing that it can be intimidating just figuring out what to do first: grip, stance, alignment, takeaway, swing path, shoulder turn, wrist cock, tempo, timing, weight shift, etc. It’s impossible to work on everything at once unless you enjoy tangling yourself into a pretzel. Here are some tips on how to find where to start, and on how to use golf training aids to help you improve your swing.

1. Learn! Get at least one book and one video about the golf swing and learn the basic concepts before you start tinkering. This can really save you some time and heartache. Learn about grip, stance, and alignment. Learn about swing path and clubface angle and how the two combine to affect the flight of the ball. There are lots of great golf videos and books out there written by guys who have spent their lives figuring out the best way(s) to swing, so take advantage!

2. Get lessons from a PGA pro! At the very least, take three lessons to check your grip, stance, and alignment before you start working on your full swing. Swing work is worthless unless you start from the right position, and you can get good instruction about the alignment basics almost anywhere.

3. Get some golf training aids! Golf training aids can really help you get results faster if you use them consistently. Here are some suggestions for golf training aids that will get you going quickly:

a) Molded grip. These are invaluable for learning how to grip it before you rip it. Make sure you get a grip/club combination that allows you to actually hit balls, because this is the fastest way to get used to the new position.

b) Swing Path. The club should approach the ball on a slightly inside out path for optimum distance. Get a swing path training aid to help with this. They can range from a foam barrier that physically prevents you from coming over the top, to a mat that sits on the ground as a visual aid.

c) Swing plane. Swinging the club on plane for the entire swing can help with your consistency. A variety of training aids exists from laser pointers for a visual aid to a large hoop that forces you to stay on plane.

d) Tempo. Get a golf metronome and use it during practice sessions. This will help you groove your swing rhythm and gain consistency.

e) Release. Your wrists must release properly through impact to get good club head speed and clubface angle. Get a release training aid to help with this.

f) Weight shift. You absolutely must shift your weight onto your right foot in your backswing and then back to your left foot as you swing through (for right handers). Many players have a problem with falling back as they swing through, which can cause a nasty slice and too high ball flight. Get a golf training aid that forces you to shift the weight onto your forward foot as you swing through the ball and you will gain distance and directional consistency.

If you follow all these suggestions, you will see results quickly. Good luck and stay focused on your swing goals!

I have seen the Pro Path Swing instructor in different books, but I would like to find someone that has actually used one to see if they like it before I purchase one.

spend your money on lessons with a pro, it will benefit your game much more than any device.

There is nothing like that. The main idea here is to bring your club back to square when you make contact with the ball. The commonly accepted practice is to keep the club moving in a straight line, on the takeaway, for the first 18 inches from the ball.

A narrative by “Little Moe” Todd Graves on the simplicity, effectiveness and similarity of Moe Norman’s Single Plane golf swing to tour players, including Tiger Woods. For those currently practicing Moe Norman’s swing, this is a great review of the basic concepts.

The Graves Golf Academy is the world’s foremost authority on the swing of Moe Norman, a man regarded by many as the world’s greatest ballstriker. Moe Norman told a reporter in an interview that Todd Graves, aka “Little Moe”, was the ONLY person who could teach his (Norman’s) swing. Moe’s quote, “(Todd) is only one who really knows it. Really knows it. Other guys just think they do.”

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Flexibility is quite often a misunderstood principle, but most
of us know it is important to golf. Before we discuss
flexibility and its relevance to golf we need to start with:
“What in the #$%#%$#% is flexibility anyways?”

It is a simple question yet one that is not easy to answer. I
imagine that most of you come up with some definition that is
something to the effect of “Flexibility is stretching, right?”
That answer is partially correct. Flexibility training
incorporates stretching techniques. However, it is NOT limited
to traditional stretching, and the two terms cannot be used
interchangeably.

We Should Talk About What Flexibility Means

According the National Academy of Sports Medicine, flexibility
can be defined as the normal extensibility of all soft tissues
that allow full range of motion of a joint. You will note that
nowhere in the definition of flexibility is the word stretching
used. To help further explain, understand, and clearly define
flexibility, let us take the definition and break it down into
three parts. The first part of the definition, “the normal
extensibility,” is best understood by thinking of the muscles in
your body. Each muscle in your body has what is termed a “normal
length-tension relationship.” When the muscle is at its “normal
length-tension relationship,” it functions correctly. When the
muscles contract and extend (i.e. when you “flex” your bicep in
the mirror, your bicep muscle is contracting and your tricep is
extending) they enable you to create movement of your skeleton.
Often, athletes cause a disruption of the “normal length-tension
relationship” through training, which leads to one muscle
becoming shorter or longer than its normal length-tension
relationship. When this happens, the body begins to have
difficulty moving the skeleton in a safe and efficient manner,
which will be magnified when trying to perform athletic
movements.

The second portion of the definition of flexibility discusses
“all soft tissues.” This part of the definition is quite easy.
As you know, the human body is comprised of numerous types of
cells and tissues. Soft tissues are simply a categorization of
certain types of tissues in your body including muscles,
ligaments, and tendons.

The final part of the definition reads: “that allow full range
of motion of a joint.” Every joint (where two bones are
connected in your body, i.e. shoulder, hip, elbow, etc.) moves
through a specified range of motion determined by the design of
the joint. The anatomical structure of a joint determines the
amount, direction and type of movement through which a joint
moves. This is known as the range of motion. To achieve a full
range of motion, the surrounding muscles and connective tissue
have to be flexible enough to allow the joint to move through
that range of motion. To demonstrate what a full range of motion
is, bend your elbow as much as you can (brining your hand as
close to your shoulder as possible) and then straighten it. Each
joint in the body has a range of motion that is unique to the
design of the joint. For example, the shoulder joint is
classified as a ball and socket joint, which has a range of
motion of 360 degrees (a much greater range of motion than the
elbow).

Once broken down, flexibility is simply defined as: every
ligament, tendon, and muscle (soft tissues) in your body, having
the correct length-tension relationship (normal extensibility)
to allow every joint in your body to move through its full range
of motion. This concludes the first part of this article. We now
have a pretty simple working definition of flexibility. In the
next section of this article we will discuss the question: “Why
is flexibility important to the golf swing?”

The Real Meat of the Article…Flexibility and the Golf Swing

So now we have a “working definition” of flexibility. We
probably need to discuss the golf swing briefly to create the
connection between “your” flexibility and “your” golf swing.

Breaking down the golf swing, we know that it is categorized
into different phases: address, take away, back swing,
transition, down swing, contact, and follow through. Your local
swing coach has probably discussed the importance of these
phases of the swing in order to create a good swing. I am sure
you also are aware that the body must “move through” these
phases in a certain sequence for a correct swing to occur. The
key phrase when it comes to the golf swing and flexibility is
“move through.”

Go back to the definition of flexibility. What does it tell you?
In general, it says that every muscle, ligament, and tendon in
your body must have the correct range of motion within itself to
perform the activity you ask of it. Take that definition and
place it upon what movements are required of the golf swing. It
essentially states that your individual body MUST have the
required flexibility parameters within every muscle, ligament,
and tendon to execute the golf swing correctly.

Now the kicker question: what happens if your body does not have
the needed flexibility parameters to swing a club on the correct
path? Is the answer, “Forget about golf and go grab your fishing
pole?” No, that is not the correct answer. Your body is a little
smarter than that one wise-crack answer. If you ask your body to
do something, nine out of ten times it will “try” to do what you
are asking it to do. When your brain tells your body to do this
and this and this in a certain order, your body is going to try
as hard as it possibly can to complete the task. The task (in
our case the golf swing) may get completed, but probably not
exactly as we would like. In the golf swing, this results in
shots that we are really not happy about (slices, hooks, blocks,
etc.)

When the body does not have the needed flexibility to swing a
club on the correct path is what we term “compensation.”
Compensation is the body’s way of making up for inefficiencies
it may have within it. If you do not have the flexibility
properties in, say, your hamstrings for the golf swing, your
body will create compensation patterns in your swing to “make
up” for the lack of flexibility in your lower body. So the
reality of the situation becomes that, regardless of how hard
you work on your swing and how much you practice, until you
correct the flexibility issues within your body it will be very
difficult to correct your swing. So there you have it! The
connection between flexibility and the golf swing is a very
important connection if you are looking to make good shots on
the course.

How do I get it?

We have discussed flexibility and the golf swing. You now have
an understanding about the definition of flexibility, the
importance of flexibility as it relates to the golf swing, and
what happens if you do not have it (flexibility for the golf
swing, that is). Now the final question to answer is: “How to I
get it if I don’t have it!” That is a question to answer in
another article, or take a look at our web site
www.bioforcegolf.com for more answers

We all search for it. Balance in our daily lives. Balance while
riding a bike. Politicians are always debating a balanced budget
in Washington, and most of us could use a little balance in our
checkbooks. Balance is a term used in golf quite often as well.
It’s a “buzzword” and almost a cliché when it comes to the golf
swing. I am sure you have heard numerous times from swing
coaches that “you have to stay balanced when swinging your
club.” Others phrases that I hear when we talk about golf and
balance are the following: “When it comes to a sand shot, dig
your feet into the stand so you can stay balanced,” “If the ball
is on an uphill lie and above your feet, make sure you swing
through the ball, and stayed balanced,” and “Stay balanced when
hitting the driver and get to the finish position in perfect
balance.” The list could go on and on, and I am sure all of you
could probably add to the short list above.

Two questions always arise in my mind when I hear the word
balance in association with golf: 1) what does balance exactly
mean, and 2) how do I create balance in my golf swing? I am
guessing quite a few of you have these same questions, or
similar ones, when you talk about the subject of balance in
relation to the golf swing.

I am going to answer both of these questions. We will first
define balance and its relation to the golf swing. Secondly, we
will discuss how you develop the balance capacities of your body
in relation to the golf swing. So without further ado let’s get
started.

What is Balance?

This is a really great question and the perfect way to begin. So
let’s hear it! What is the definition of balance? Think about it
for a minute and then write down a couple of your answers. I
understand that this is not the easiest question to answer
(trust me, I have asked it plenty of times), and it is okay if
you are not able to create a good working definition of balance
(that’s part of what we are going to do with this article).
Okay, time is up, what did you write down?

Well, let me tell you some of the replies I have received for
this question and we will take if from there. Here are just a
few that I hear: “head over your belly button between your
feet,” “swinging a club on the correct path,” “knowing where
your body is in space,” and “kinesthetic awareness.” All of
these answers are somewhat correct, but none of them gives us a
good sound understanding of what balance really means.

The definition of balance is simply the ability to control your
body during movement. Sounds pretty simple, does it not? It
really is when you think about it, but let’s break this
definition down so we understand it completely. Starting with
the first portion of the definition: “the ability to control”
means what? Well, it is probably easiest to imagine what “out of
control” looks like. Take the mental image of a racecar crashing
into the wall. We could describe the car as out of control. Now
take the flip side of this, and what would this car look like if
it were in control? It would probably zoom around the track
without hitting anything. The body is the same; if your body is
out of control it will, in a sense, crash or fall over. If the
body is in control, then it performs whatever movement you are
asking of it without “crashing.” Take the example of a toddler
running. Sometimes they get going so quickly that they get out
of control and fall over. Other times they stay in control and
are able to run.

Moving onto the second part of the definition: “your body.”
Pretty easy concept to understand, don’t you think? Your body
includes your torso, head, arms, legs, and anything attached to
the arms or legs, like a golf club. Up to this point we can put
together the first two parts of the definition and summarize it
as: the body (including your arms, legs, torso, head, and golf
club) must be under control. Let us add the final part of the
definition into the mix to complete our understanding.

The final piece of the definition is: “during movement.” This
simply means anything your body is doing. It can be walking,
running, throwing a baseball, or, in our world, swinging a golf
club. Swinging a golf club is “our movement” when discussing
this definition. We are now at the point to put the whole
definition together. Let us use the example of a golf swing to
create the connection we are looking for in terms of the
definition.

Balance is the ability of your body (i.e. nerves, muscles, and
skeleton) to swing a golf club effectively and efficiently on
the correct path without changing the position of your body in
such a way that it is detrimental to the swing and its outcome
(i.e. contact with the ball). Pretty simple definition when you
break it down, and from now on when your swing coach says, “You
have to stay balanced,” you know what he is talking about.

Developing Balance in Our Golf Swing

Okay, we now know the definition of balance and its relationship
to the golf swing. Now, for the second question of this article:
“how do we develop balance in relationship to our golf swing?”
This next section will answer this question for you. I would
also bet that the answer is not as obvious as it appears.

I will first say that developing balance in your swing is a
combination of a couple of factors. The first and probably most
obvious factor is mechanics. The golf swing is a biomechanical
movement that requires the body to take the club through a
specified swing path in a certain sequence and timing. The body
must learn the biomechanical movement of a golf swing to become
efficient with the movement. As your body becomes aware of the
movement, more efficient with the movement, and has a better
“feel” for the movement, the concept of balance in your swing
will improve. So the first part of developing balance in your
swing is linked to the mechanics of the swing and becoming more
efficient with these mechanics. This all funnels down to two
things: 1) proper instruction about the swing, and 2) practice.
Practice, practice, and more practice is necessary to create
better balance in your swing.

The second factor has to do with a term that many of you have
probably heard before. That term is “muscle memory.” Realize
that within your body the skeleton is controlled by your
muscles, muscles are controlled by nerves, and the nerves are
told what to do by your brain. The messages sent to your muscles
through your nerves by the brain create movement (i.e. muscles
working to make the body move). These movements can either be
efficient or inefficient. Inefficient movements by the muscular
system tend to be “sloppy” and “unrefined.” Efficient movements
are just the opposite. Efficient movements by your muscular
system are refined and technical. Improvement in balance is a
result of the latter (i.e. efficient muscular movement).
Efficient muscular movement is developed through training the
muscles and nerves of your body to become more efficient. This
is not done through typical exercises like bench press or leg
press, but through stabilization and balance exercises.

As golfers we have our priorities. Let’s get some balance in our
golf swing by training our bodies, getting proper instruction,
and certainly a lot of practice. Once we’ve got balance there,
then we’ll start talking about balancing our checkbook or
helping Washington balance the federal budget

Clive Haddow from the Gold Coast in Australia talks about the impact The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf from http://www.GolfSwingSecretsRevealed.com have made to his game.

Despite playing golf for 45 years it was only until he discovered The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf that he was able to reduce his handicap from 9 down to 6.

Without doubt the First Move, namely the early backward wrist break was the key move for Chris.

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Tom Reynolds from California describes how The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf at http://www.GolfSwingSecretsRevealed.com have significantly helped his golf game. In fact Tom describes how he told Andy that his game had been saved. He used to practice with no improvement to show for it but everything changed when he found the first new magic move that comes as a free download on Andy's site. Tom describes how this first move puts everything in the right spot and as a consequence he makes the correct movements to start his golf swing. He goes on to say how he has all the golf aids and gadgets you can imagine but The New Four Magic Moves is the easiest and most improving one he has ever used! In fact once he had discovered the first move he had to find out the other three, he didn't think twice about ordering the rest of the book. Quite simply you can practice all the moves in the comfort of your own home, with great tips to check your swing plane is correct. Tom ends by describing the amazing …

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Terence from England found success on the golf course with http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com

In the video he describes how despite practicing with many different types of golf gadgets (he names the lot!) his handicap never improved until he discovered The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf.

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