What is the secret to a good slice of golf?
Scientific Secret #1 – Power comes from your hands and arms, not your body Most of modern instruction places an emphasis on spinning (turning) your body for maximum power. This is not correct. This spinning and turning causes most golfing problems – most notably a weak slice (and a loss of power).
What do elite golfers focus on when they hit the ball?
For elite golfers, this might be a focus on the target/result/shot shape. For lesser golfers, this could be a focus on how the club is being moved through space.
What are the 3 scientific golf swing secrets?
Below are 3 Scientific Golf Swing Secrets that can help you improve your golf technique, help you hit the ball further and reduce strain and stress on your joints; Scientific Secret #1 – Power comes from your hands and arms, not your body
What is the Hogan's secret to ball striking?
Grip Secret will train your muscle memory to do Hogan’s secret to ball striking… consistent golf shots with little to no sidespin. To do this you must have the proper grip pressure with the right thumb and index finger.
What is Hogan's secret?
It’s the little things in Golf that are really big things. Hogan’s secret is not gripping too firmly with the right index finger and thumb. With the correct amount of pressure with the right index finger and thumb the club releases more constantly and thus the golfer hits the ball solidly and with little to no side spin.
Why do golfers use two fingers?
These two fingers keep the golfer from releasing the club consistently because they have activated these very large muscles. Side spin as you know produces slices and hooks. Most golfers, even really good players, do not realize how hard they are gripping with the “swing wreckers”, the right forefinger and thumb.”.
How to get better results in golf?
This could help explain why golfers can report better results when they swing easier and take a three-quarter length swing (like when you take an “easy” swing from the middle of the fairway and then stare in disbelief as the ball sails over the green).
What do golfers like to do?
Golfers like to work on their swing and search for the ‘secret’ or golf tip that can help them improve. Although I’m not a big fan of quick tips or jumping around looking for a miracle cure, correct golf mechanicsare important.
Why is the flat spot principle important?
You can hit the ball with confidence because you’ll know that the ball will travel longer and straighter more of the time. The FSP gives you a mental and physical advantage because you will be working with better biomechanics. It’s a perfect win-win that most golfers are NOT taking advantage of.
How to get better at golf swing?
Allow a slight bending of your left arm (your right arm if you’re left-handed). This not only reduces strain and makes the swing easier to perform, you’ll also give yourself a mechanical advantage. A slight bending of your left arm at the top of the swing reduces the moment of inertia and allows you to start the club down more quickly. This gives your swing an instant power boost.
What is the FSP in golf?
club face pointing at the target for longer period of time. The scientists termed this the Flat Spot Principle (FSP). Learning to perform the FSP will give you an unfair advantage. You can hit the ball with confidence because you’ll know that the ball will travel longer and straighter more of the time.
Why do golfers have purple patches?
Golfers report that when they are playing well they have more “time” to hit the ball. During these purple patches their timing is spot on and the game feels easy. Scientific analysis has helped identify the keys to having perfect golf swing timing. Here they are;
Do you need a huge backswing to play golf?
You certainly don’t need a huge backswing to play great golf. Great job!
The Magic Word
One word can explain why some people are successful at golf, finances, weight loss, and virtually any other endeavor you can think of. And it’s ironic that golfers overlook it, because it’s one of golf’s favorite words. In this lesson, I’ll tell you what that word is and how to use it to improve your game.
Find Ways to Practice
I hear the push back already. “I can’t get to the range everyday.” “I’m busy.” I get that. We’re all busy, and unless you have Tiger’s backyard, practicing is inconvenient. Don’t focus on what you can’t do, figure out what you can do.
Chart Your Efforts
Jerry Seinfeld has a “productivity hack” that I think everyone should adopt. He has a calendar, and when he’s done his writing, he marks the day with a big red X. He’s said that once the streak grew to a couple weeks, he felt the pressure to keep it going, and it motivated him to write, no matter what.
Why is NASA using SOHO images?
According to some online detectives, NASA has deliberately doctored images from the agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) to remove extraterrestrial sightings because, as the theory goes, aliens are hiding behind the sun.
Why are aliens tucked up in the sun?
And apparently there is good reason aliens are tucked up next to our sun. “Its (sic) sucking away the suns (sic) Chromosphere (surface) and maybe the next layer of the Photosphere for some kind of energy that it needs for power,” according to website UFO Sightings Daily.
Why did UFO hunters cut live feeds?
This year, UFO hunters thought they caught US astronomers in some suspicious behaviour when they cut the live feed from a camera aboard the International Space Station because an alien spacecraft supposedly came into view. YouTube user Streetcap1 captured the nefarious NASA activity in a video posted in July.
What is an intimately spectacular event?
An “intensely spectacular” event is set to light up the sky but you’ll have to get up very early or stay up into the wee hours of the night to get a glimpse.
The Tour Swing
Macro Versus Micro
- The above things, and the things that most golfers focus on are classed as macro techniques– or gross motor patterns. They are the big-muscle moves – the stuff that’s pretty easy to see on camera. But the real secrets – the ones that create the difference between your best and worst swings (and the ones that define how well a tour player is playing that week) can often be found …
More About Micro
- A golf swing has so many moving parts and joints where movement could occur from. Any swing could include more/less; 1. Arm extension 2. Forearm supination/pronation 3. Wrist flexion/extension 4. Ulnar/radial deviation 5. Spine extension, flexion, side-bend 6. Hip rotation, shift, thrust and lift 7. Knee flexion/extension Change one of the above by...
A Game of Two Games
- The golf swing could be seen as having two goals. 1. The gross motor pattern (macro) gets us into the ball-park. It creates the speed, the overalllook/style of the swing and puts us in position to play good golf. It also creates our general patterns. 2. But the fine motor skills (micro) determine whether our golf swing functions or not. It’s the glue that holds everything together. If you don’t h…
Improving The Micro
- So the question is, how do we improve the micro? Think of it this way – with the soup of moving parts we have (all moving differently every time we swing a club), our goal is not to minimize those movements, but to help them coordinate together better. Synergy. Even in robotics, engineers are not trying to limit degrees of freedom and variability (yellow robot). Instead, they a…
Not to Say…
- Don’t misquote me – this is not to say that working on your swing is bad. On the contrary – changing the big movement patterns can certainly improve performance, especially if you have “ball-park” issues. If you want to change your general patterns, usually you will find answers by looking towards the bigger movements. However, ultimately, as the PGA tour shows, we will alw…
Example Time
- For some golfers, these micro-mechanics affect their games more than others. Take the example of a player who has their low point behind the ball. Imagine the bottom of the swing arc (black line) being behind the ball) Sure, they couldhit a decent shot, if their control of their swing height (arc-depth) is impeccable. However, a subtle drop or raise in arc height would produce a big fat …
Learn More
- For years, very few people have known how to teach/improve golfers from a micro-mechanic standpoint. It has always seemed to be the intangible “ghost in the machine”. However, I’ve developed a skill-based training systemthat improves coordination and control – based on the motor learning research findings regarding learning and attention. I’ve also looked at the macro …