Why Can’t I keep my head down!

Two imperatives of a solid pre-shot routine

Stop hitting the ball on the toe or the heel! Get solid contact!

How to eliminate your slice with a flat left wrist

Hitting the fairway wood off the ground. Hardest shot in golf??

Hitting a fairway metal off the ground Probably the hardest shot for most amateur golfers is the ability to hit a long straight and high fairway metal. Here a few simple ideas that I know will improve your fairway metal play. Equipment Not everyone needs a 3 wood. If your swing speed is slow you [...]

Hanging Back

Hanging Back is when a golfer does not shift their weight correctly back onto their lead side on the downswing. They tend to hang back on their trailing leg and spine through impact. This usually results in a lack of power and the inability to create a consistent strike on the golf ball. This can [...]

Over-The-Top

Over-The-Top is perhaps the most common swing fault among high handicap golfers. It usually occurs due to an overuse or over-dominance of the upper body on the downswing. As a result the club is thrown outside of the intended swing plane, with the clubhead approaching the ball from outside to in. This creates a pull [...]

Casting, Early Release & Scooping

Casting, Early Release and Scooping all refer to any premature release of the wrist angles during the downswing and through impact (like the casting of a fishing rod). This release results in a weakened impact position with the lead wrist being cupped at ball strike. It adds loft to the face of the club and [...]

Slide

A Slide is defined as any excessive lower body lateral movement toward the target during the downswing. This fault makes it very difficult to stabilize your lower body during the downswing, which will eventually rob power and speed from the upper body through impact. The upper body needs a stable lower body to accelerate around [...]

Sway

A Sway is defined as any excessive lower body lateral movement away from the target during the backswing that forces the weight to the outside of the back foot. This swing fault makes it very difficult to develop a proper weight shift during transition and the downswing. Imagine a baseball batter digging in at the [...]