Forum: Instruction

Hey guys I am fifteen and am looking at increasing my swing speed...curently I can only hit 220 yards. Have any of you guys tried out power ball and is it effective for improving your swing speed.If not what are some alternative methods. Thanks, Jason

Faulty alignment can ruin your shot before you swing the club. Aiming the body somewhere other than parallel to the target makes a good swing bad and a bad swing worse. Examples: A good player with a solid swing gets sloppy and starts aiming right of the target. He can't figure out why his...

I've developed the most brutal slice with the driver recently. Even good shots I start down the left and find on the right. Me and the drive said good bye in my late teens. <excuse>partly due to equipment changes</excuse> but Iwon't get into all the detail. I have a decending stroke to begin...

In golf, you can be challenged by a variety of difficult shots. Very rarely do you have a perfectly flat lie. During every round you'll face uneven lies, including uphill, downhill and sidehill lies, where the ball is either above or below your feet. These were written for a rightie, so just...

Returning from Arctic in July. Golf courses in short supply so haven't played in a year but my game stunk anyways :) . Would like to take a short series of lessons using the natural golf method. Have a very short backswing due to a shoulder problem. Any tips much appreciated. Thanks for any help...

Fairway bunkers present a completely different challenge than do greenside bunkers. In a greenside bunker you want to hit the sand first and allow the ball to ride out on a thin wave of sand. When playing from a fairway bunker you want to hit the ball first, and to ensure that you've got to make...

Okay, I'm gonna see what I can do to improve. I'm thinking a three lesson package. What questions are a MUST ask when picking an instructor? If I go to the Orleans Golf Academy, there's more then one instructor. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm in the East end and not...

...to know about golf is in this article. Great stuff. :-) http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200411myshot.html

When players start missing short putts, they immediately blame their stroke when, in fact, the fault may be allowing for too much break. A putt of three feet or less usually doesn't have enough time to break more than a couple of inches before reaching the hole. If most of your short putts are...

I was playing well a couple of weeks ago but in the last couple of rounds, a wicked slice and a tendancy to sh@nk mid and short irons has crept into my game. As you can imagine it is wrecking my game, not to mention my confidence. At first I thought I was just fighting a slice by leaving the...

At just about every 19th hole, you will hear how so-and-so drives the ball well over 300 yards every time he steps on the tee. And of course, they are all straight down the middle. Strange how you remember seeing this same player on the 400-yard 4th hole hitting his second shot from about 175 yards...

If your problem is pinpoint accuracy, then it's likely you hit a lot of greens, just well to one side or the other of your ultimate target, the hole. That means you're probably left with many a lengthy putt, the kind you're glad just to roll up close, tap in, and walk away with par. So if you can't...

Anyone use the "whippy tempomaster" ? Just wanted some feedback on it ? Gets some really good reviews. Cheers.

I'm aware that a proper draw (or push/draw) comes into impact with a face that is open to the target but closed compared to the path, and vice versa for a pull/cut. Now I'm normally scared of coming over the ball and hitting a big pull hook so I'm normally focused on hitting the inside quadrant of...

I am spending lots of time on ottawagolf.com, golfwrx.com and brianmanzella.com; Any other resources you suggest?

I also received lessons for christmas, but from Golftown east where Marc Levac is the head teaching pro. Not sure if there are other teachers there but if you've taken lessons from them I would love to hear your impressions. I'm assuming all lessons are in the store on the simulator area, I am...

Just as annoying as a bad shot is the sound of a playing partner blurting, "You lifted your head!" Although your helpful friend may, indeed, have seen your head rise, the problem really is too much body movement. Most instruction calls for keeping the head down or still, because doing so keeps...

This one is more of an observation than a tip. While I was at the range recently, I was observing several people swinging. It was obvious that the majority of these people were using a "pre-shot" routine. Some were brief, some were more drawn out. What was also obvious was that most of these...

to start with, i'm one of those lefties...... :) at the end of last season and beginning of this one (just last month), my iron play had never been better. i want to hit it there, i hit it there......from 3i to lob wedge. no problem. things were going great but then i started topping the...

I am thinking of switching to graphite from a steel shaft for my irons. I am using a friends clubs with graphite irons as a trial and although the swing weight is OK and the length is fine for the irons (graphite being longer than the steels) I am still having trouble with my swing. I suppose it...

The slice is possibly the most dreaded shot in golf. Most players who regularly hit the "Banana Ball" know little about it except that it wreaks havoc with their direction, steals from their distance and prevents them from seeing much of the left side of the fairway. Two Types of Slice There...

I just want to say "hello", and thank you for all of your posts. I started golf last year and am becoming seriously addicted. I have been really enjoying your instruction and equipment forums in particular, they have been a great help to me, and thought I should finally register so that I can...

I have always been a very inconsistent golfer as I've always been a high 90's or 100 shooter. Anyways I used to always play with an extremely strong grip that felt comfortable but would never comfortably get my clubhead square (which i have now learned is a must) at the top of the swing. This led...

Hi, <o:p> </o:p> Here is the swing of MyGolfster that some users requested. <o:p> </o:p> Swing link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGL8Ii27XEg <o:p> </o:p> Notice the checkpoint positions: <o:p> </o:p> 1. 1/3 of the way back my club head blocks the view of my hands...

Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone can help me with a consitent push. I went to the driving range yesterday and while I am making good contact with the ball and hitting it high and far I am consitently pushing the ball right with the occasional push-slice. I know that my swing is not...

I've noticed, when watching pro golfers on t.v., men or women professionals, setting their club down behind the ball, hold their club with their right hand only (right handers, oposite for us lefties or hand lowest on the shaft) and then once set, place their left hand on the club when ready to...

Hi guy's! I've been playing golf for a couple of years now, but now i would like to become a golfer ;)really like to improve my game so i decided to try lessons, i just need some feedback on who you think is the best teacher, where is the best school, best price for the value. What i need to...

I just started playing golf last August ('06) and have now played about 120 rounds to date. I usually play from the white tees and am scoring on average between 85 to 93; my scores are fairly similar if I play from the blue tees. I started off slicing but now always hit the ball straight or with a...

For those of you that watch the GC regularly you have seen this promo alot. For those that may not have. Golf channel is taking a few people to the next break thru level i.e. 80's shooter to 70's, 100's to 90's etc. Might be of interest to us hackers interested in that next level. Will involve...

This summer I have picked up something weird. I cannot for the life of me hit a decent iron, long, or short. What ends up happening 95% of the time is that I hit a low shot that pulls off to the left, about 45 degrees most of the time (no curving, just straight off to the side). Now, when I...

Hi guys, glad i've found this site, very injoy it... I'm few days old in this room and already lost five hundreds and haft bucks :hissyfit: for a TM R7 TP sets. ( love it though) I Started to play golf last Oct, and already this is my FIFTH yes you heard it right 5 golf sets already, ( five in...

OK the long par 5's are killing me. I hit a decent drive, then cannot for the life of me hit a wood off the grass, fairway or rough so I end up hitting a 3 - 5 iron then usually a wedge into the green if all goes well. What I'd like to be able to do is hit a wood off the deck, what's the trick?

Curious what everyone's favorite training aids are for full swings, pitches, chips...

I recently purchased a Medicus Vision Track, a golf stance alignment guide, from Rockbottomgolf for $35. I first practiced at home without using a ball just to get the swing on the correct plane. Took it to the range a week ago and was amazed how quickly I was able to fix my slice. Went through my...

I have always had a hard time hitting long irons (3-5) (usally hitting behind the ball and in some cases, a complete dig out). A question has popped into my head and i was hoping someone here can shed some light. Since i am only 5'6, in order for me to hold a long iron and have the club sole...

I have picked up the habit of moving my left foot to start the downswing. Specifically, I am moving my foot from pointing forward to pointing out 45 degrees. Not sure why or how to stop it? Any thoughts?