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Left-Side Golf: Slow-Motion Golf Swings
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Sunday, November 27, 2016. Golf is a game of constant maintenance and correction. Once something works, we want to find a way to keep it working. We also know that eventually we will ease out of our groove, and we have to find the way back in. And that’s the whole point - to feel what is going on. We can’t see what we are doing, but we can feel it. The best way to teach your unconscious mind* what those feels are is to practice swinging slowly. Maybe you’re working of a slight change. Practice ...I’...
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Left-Side Golf: More on Grip Pressure
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Sunday, December 4, 2016. More on Grip Pressure. Two weeks ago I talked about the importance of having light grip pressure. I wanted to put up graphs comparing the grip pressure of a professional golfer with that of a mid-handicapper, but I couldn’t find them in time for publication. Well, while prowling around the house a few days ago, looking for something else, I found the book that has the graphs. So here they are. The graphs are taken from a paper titled,. AJ Cochran, Ed., 1990. These graphs show th...
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Left-Side Golf: The Mental Forward Press
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Monday, January 9, 2017. The Mental Forward Press. One of the most difficult things to do is to begin a motion smoothly from a complete stop. In golf, we want to take the club away without a jerk or without putting tension in the body. At one time, the way to do this was to have a forward press. This would be a slight movment toward the target that the backswing could play off of, hopefully in a rhythmic way. But the problem remains. How do we solve it? That makes the swing a three-step movment, not two&...
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Left-Side Golf: The Two-Week Health Rule
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Sunday, December 18, 2016. The Two-Week Health Rule. This week I’m going to take a break from talking to you about golf. I’m going to talk instead about something that could save your life. Rule: If one day something is wrong with you and it doesn’t clear up by itself in two weeks, go to a doctor to begin a process of diagnosis. Two years ago, in November 2014, I followed that rule, as I have done for many years. While diagnosing my complaint, an imaging study revealed a tumor. I’m not trying to be...
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Left-Side Golf: What to Work on during the Winter
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Sunday, December 25, 2016. What to Work on during the Winter. If you live in a place where you can’t play during the winter, like I do, spend your time these next few months working on these things that will make a world of difference in your shot-making. Grip: Whatever your grip is like, practice to make it be the same every time you pick up a club. Little changes in how you place your hands on the club make a big difference in how the clubhead meets the ball. You can practice all of these things at hom...
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Left-Side Golf: The Best Posts of 2016
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Sunday, January 1, 2017. The Best Posts of 2016. I put up fifty-two posts in 2016. Not counting the four for the major championships previews, I gave you forty-eight ways to improve your game. 8232;Well, maybe not so much as that. Sometimes I know I’ve come across something that truly works and will make a big difference. Other times I look back and say to myself, What was I thinking? A Basic Golf Skills Inventory. What Made Me a Good Golfer. The Way You Take Your Grip. A New Way of Practicing.
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Left-Side Golf: Going From the Range to the Course
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Monday, December 12, 2016. Going From the Range to the Course. The driving range is about hitting shots. The golf course is about scoring. Here’s how to make the first one easier to bring to the second one. 1 Pick a target for every shot. Not a direction, but a spot on the ground where you want the ball to land. 2 Go through your entire pre-shot routine before you hit the ball. Don’t swing at the ball until you have the feeling that this will be a very good shot. 4 Change clubs after every three shots.
