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Today’s Swing Keys
2 Comments Published October 30th, 2007 in Golf News, Junger Woods, Rhythm, Swing Tips.Today, I hit the ball like crazy. I mean, I hit the ball so good, it was like cheese melting in my mouth. I hit the ball so good maybe it was even better than sex.
Anyways, here’s my swing thoughts for the day:
On the backswing, really feel the large muscles of your shoulders turn automatically since your hand pressure is so light.
On the downswing, try to really get your shoulders and belly to turn in sync and swing slightly inside out while trying to hold your body straight.
Confusing?
Try this for beginners:
1. Grip the club very light.
2. Feel your large muscles turning on the backswing.
3. Feel like you are holding a basketball and doing a two handed pass on the downswing.
4. Move your lower body and belly at the same speed as your shoulders.
5. Use your lower body and shoulders to hit the ball, not arms or hands.
P.S. One more thang…rhythm…rhythm…rhythm…
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Swing Keys on My PING Bag
2 Comments Published September 12th, 2007 in Golf News, Swing Tips, golf bag.
Remember I said I wrote down 3 swing keys the other day when I hit the ball so great? Well above is the picture of it.
Well, I had an even better ball striking day so I had to add two more keys which are:
4. Longer Followthrough - meaning as long as your followthrough is longer than your backswing, you won’t de-accelerate and have any of those shanky problems.
5. Rhythm - meaning you need a smooth flowing swing. Think of Freddy Couple’s swing before you hit your shot.
I am ready to try out for the mini-tours again! My swing looks bad but I can hit it where I need to score.
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Today’s swing - The 7-iron 165 yard “Knock-down” Shot
0 Comments Published September 10th, 2007 in Golf News, Knock down shot.Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
It’s a nice little knockdown, my swing looks horrible by the way… but a great little tool for those pressure situations.
A knock-down-shot is basically a slightly shorter backswing and shorter follow-through for distance and arc control.
Arc is the arc of the golf ball. Basically, a knock-down-shot is a knock down because the arc will be much lower than a regular full shot.
But if you can hit this shot well, it’s really easy to hit all the time…
Anyone up for $100 a hole?
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This is not an accident that I have an unlit cigarette while hitting a golf ball. It’s actually a training tool. You don’t have use a cigarette, you can also use pens, anything that’s about 3-5 inches.
What I’ve found that the cigarette does for me when I swing with it is that:
1. Keeps me in balance. If I try to swing to hard, I will bite the cigarette with my tooth and I won’t be able to smoke it after my practice.
2. Keeps your shoulders relaxed. If your shoulders are tense, you will hit the cigarette with your shoulders on the backswing.
3. Keeps your head up for balance…. balance …. balance is everything in golf and life…
If you think I am wrong, look in the history of golf and look at Ben Hogan. If you find a Ben Hogan’s swing without a cigarette, let me know and I will send you five dollars!
(Could be that because Ben Hogan was a chronic smoker, he’s golf swing HAD to be in BALANCE!?!)
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