Category Archives: Golf Instruction
Making your golf swing dance
I enjoyed this article so decided to add an audio podcast to it. Thanks to Holdini for the inspiration Too many of us treat our golf swings like they’re going to break. We tread carefully. We’re precise. And we take our time to be sure we don’t do anything wrong. But this is not how…
[Video] Improve your short game with these 3 tough shots
Since the installation of my amazing putting green I wander outside at around 4.30pm each day for some golf practice. And almost always I take my 60 degree lobby and do some short game practice. This is an area of the game that I definitely neglected, and if I had my time again I’d spend…
[Video] Cameron’s 3 ball pitching drill
A huge mistake with golf practice is standing in the one spot and hitting the same shot over and over. Many falsely believe that this kind of repetition practice produces muscle memory and our system will remember how to play. Learning doesn’t work like this. You are far better off hitting all sorts of shots,…
One hand chipping drill
I think I first heard of this drill from Dave Pelz and it’s a beauty. I was mucking around yesterday at the Golf Farm, hitting some chips while on the phone and decided to do a podcast about it. I managed to convince Clare to step outside later in the day and take some footage.…
Don’t be in a hurry
I read the other day that the founders of Google were so convinced of their product and the fact that people would use it, that they were happy for people to take their time in visiting the Big G. Why? Because they knew the longer people waited, the better their search engine would be. This…
The important stuff when you play golf …
… is to focus on the job at hand. I call this playing the game. You pick a clearly defined target. You choose the club that will be do the job. You swing freely. Accept result. Repeat. It’s pretty simple stuff. I should add: that a lot goes into making golf this simple, but when…
Fun with the Chipmaster Pro
Was out stuffing around the other night, hitting all sorts of crazy shots with my lob wedge: Buried shots in the bunker Parachute lobs Pitches from the deep rough Anything to keep my interest. I then decided to hit some pitch shots from the Chipmaster Pro. I love this device because when you hit a…
[Special] A super golf lesson for today
This is a combined Walking With Koda and blog post today. It’s a super golf lesson and a must for anyone who wants to get better perspective and more from Automatic Golf. Here’s the story: I have received quite a bit of correspondence over the last few months from golfers struggling with their game. Their…
