A Review of Jim Hardy’s The Plane Truth for Golfers
January 13, 2010
One of the many funny things about golfers is that we tend to bring religious conviction to our swing techniques. “Thou shalt not let thine elbow fly!” and a million other rules come down from the mountaintops of golf wisdom. We talk about swinging [...]
Posts Tagged ‘swing plane’
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Swing Like a Tour Player
Create Beauty through Efficiency
June 26, 2005
Golfers often wonder how and why professional’s swings look so effortless. They wonder why their own swings look and feel so different. Instead of the fluid, quiet power of Ernie Els or Fred Couples, most amateurs have a swing that amounts to a patchwork of moving parts, compensations, and tension. [...]
The Inside Scoop
About Golf Swings and Causal Relationships
February 10, 2005
Golf, like life, has a lot to do with causal relationships. Say what? Causal relationships; like when you tell your boss that you are late to work because your alarm did not go off. Of course, the direct cause for being late was that you overslept. Oversleeping was [...]
Are Your Golf Clubs Too Long?
Even if You Seek Distance it Might Be True
June 16, 2009
There is a good chance that your golf clubs are too long. Over the past twenty years, golf club manufacturers have been making clubs stronger (meaning they have less loft on the face), and longer so that they can sell hopeful golfers the newest “hot” [...]
Out of Posture
How to Avoid the Punch & Jump Combination
February 22, 2009
Many golfers suffer from the tendency to “peek”, “look up early”, “pick up the head”, or to “come out” of their shot, meaning their posture changes before they make contact with the ball. Most of the time this tendency results in a frustrating, “thin”, worm-burner of [...]
Talking Heads
Misconceptions About Keeping the Head Down
May 22, 2005
When it comes to the golf swing, one of the most talked about body parts is the head. The piece of advice that you hear repeatedly is, “Keep your head down.” This is golf’s equivalent of an apple a day to keep the doctor away. Unfortunately, a lot [...]