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The Secondary Angle
Maintain your spine tilt for improved ballstrikingPosture is a critical element of the golf swing, and is often overlooked by golf instructors and recreational players alike. It’s not particularly...
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Squeeze And Let Go
Over the years, much has been written about grip pressure and what this level of pressure feels like. This has been a difficult task for instructors because how can you aptly describe what something...
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Swing Extremes: Knee Action
In order to deliver the golf club powerfully into the back of the golf ball, you must maintain a firm base with your lower body and create a powerful backswing coil. This coil results by turning the...
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Match The Circles
Good golfers give the impression that their forearms suddenly cross over through impact, but the swing is so fast that it fools the eye. What little forearm roll there is begins in the backswing with a...
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Swing Barefoot For Balance
The majority of recreational golfers fail to achieve the balance needed to excel at golf or any athletic activity. One of the reasons why most golfers dont swing in balance is that they swing too...
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Align The Easy Way
Most of my students struggle with the slice. Many of these golfers have serious swing issues, but the majority certainly possess enough talent and an understanding of the golf swing to keep slices at...
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Triple Overlap
One of the most common causes of bad pitches and chips is the dominant hand (right for righties) taking over the swing. The result is typically scooped or thin contact that produces fat or sculled...
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Get Happy
As an instructor, one of the most common swing flaws I see is the dreaded reverse pivot. This move wreaks havoc on any golfer’s ability to hit consistently good golf shots. One of the best ways to...
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Three Mistakes
After watching thousands of swings over the past 30 years, I’ve pinpointed three mistakes that the majority of amateurs commit, each of which can diminish power and accuracy. The first is...
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Go Topless
If you tend to skull your fairway woods, it’s because you’re catching the ball on the upswing, often caused by trying to scoop or lift the ball up. To fix this problem, you have to understand that...
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Stop The Pop
Undoubtedly, the most embarrassing tee shot in golf is the drive that pops straight up, barely clearing the tee box. The pop-up is an agonizing mis-hit most often caused by an excessive forward weight...
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Slice Compensation
If you’re one of the millions of golfers who battles a slice, odds are you compensate for the left-to-right ballflight by aiming to the left. However, no matter how far to the left you aim, the ball...
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Give Your Slice The Elbow
Over the years, there has been an ongoing debate regarding the proper position of the right elbow at the top of the backswing. Some players like John Daly swing with their elbow flying out, while...
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No Layoffs!
No matter how hard you work at achieving a technically sound golf swing, once in a while you’ll encounter a small flaw that causes your shots to run amuck. One of the most overlooked and easy-to-fix...
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Plane Pains
Get your swing back on plane in a hurry Talking about your swing plane is one thing, but seeing it on video is a whole lot better. Here at the TOUR Academy, we make an effort to film golfers from face...
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Weight It Out
What you need to know about weight shift The words “weight shift” can cause a lot of confusion. For starters, a weight shift isn’t something that you should forcibly do; rather, during the swing, your...
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DrillDown
Three Drill for Three Different Clubs 1. ONE-HANDED DRIVER For effortless power, your upper and lower bodies must resist one another and create “whip” or “torque.” To achieve this, keep your right knee...
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5 Ways To Putt
Which one are you? EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE INFORMATION people take in is visual. That is,what we see is most of what we know. Consider the last movie you saw. I bet you remember more of what you saw...
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10 Best Tips
(You've Never Heard) If you’ve ever received a lesson, or better yet, a series of lessons, it’s likely you’ve been told to do the same thing more than once. Golf instruction is often plagued with...
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Why You Can’t...
(and how you can) One of the great things about the game of golf is that, on occasion, all of us, even the highest handicapper, will hit a shot like a pro. It might be a well-struck drive, hitting a...
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