A great drill that I use for teaching a student to feel a natural rotation and swing is to simply make some waist high baseball swings. get a feel for being fully extended at the position the ball would be. Notice how the right elbow bends into the body on the back swing and the left elbow bends into the body on the follow through.

Now if you shift the plane of the swing so that the bottom of the arc is closer to the ground, say about ankle high. Notice that to shift the plane you had to bend at the waist a bit.

Practice is important if you want to keep consistent. Start by practicing with a swing trainer to perfect your stance and golf swing.

Golf is as much a game of strategy as it is a game of physical prowess. The thinking man with basic skills and basic build will probably post a better score than a guy with big guns who has a tendency to crush it off the tee. A thinking mediocre player will probably win against a toned athlete, all things being equal.

Tom Watson knows a thing or two about the thinking-man’s-game. He recently wrote an article that included the sub-title “don’t be embarrassed to use the

Golf is a game that needs to be simplified. I have done some math to break down playing nine holes of golf on a 3318 yard par 36 course. What I’ve come to understand in over 40 years of playing and teaching, is to understand and leverage the limitations we have on the distance you can hit the ball. What I mean by that is if you can consistently hit a 180 yard shot then use that as the engine to your game.

This is key for us to see that we can break 90 for 18 holes if we stay out of trouble.

Let’s try to break down the golf swing by using a clock. We—our arms, hands and legs—are going to become the long second hand of this clock. Imagine your triangle (see photo)

Your grip and the club are the second hand of the clock. At address position we have the second hand (triangle, grip and club ) pointed at 6 o’clock.

While practicing your putting here are a few ideas that will help you roll the ball better. First the set up. There are as many different set-up positions as there are golfers. Some like to set up with an open stance, meaning the left foot and hip are slightly back from a parallel line to the target.

Some golfers are more comfortable with their left foot closer to the ball, or in a closed stance. We need to find a stance that can help us keep the lower body quiet—basically motionless.

This is the first in a series that I’m calling the “Hacker’s Diary”……the notes, ruminations and great “finds” of a golf hacker who spends a lot of time reading golf tips and golf magazines, when not working on his own game. I’ll share with you the good, the bad and the flat out ugly instruction and tips that I come across. This one here below isn’t bad. It’s on improving your putting from tour pro’ Rick Smith.

To do this I am going to play the ball back in my stance, with a slightly open stance, and I want a little extra weight on my left side. Now I am going to use a stroke that resembles that of a

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I’m Steve Nelson. Welcome to the Automatic Swing Trainer. We are here this afternoon to familiarize you with this great golf swing trainer.