Category Archives: Golf Instruction
Why golf science and playing the game don’t mix
Andrew sent me the video below. It’s titled, Golf Biodynamics Explains Bubba’s Swing Science At Live on Masters 2013. It’s an awful title and what generally happens when humans try and write for search engines rather than for humans. That aside, there’s some useful lessons here and I think we have a similar conclusion but…
What my Dad taught me about playing golf
My Old Man is a terrible golfer and not someone who should be let near a golf course – he’s only played a handful of games and there’s nothing there that would suggest he’d trouble the scorers in a good way. In his professional life he was a system’s analyst – a really smart person…
An impromptu short game lesson with Phil Mickelson
This video is of Phil Mickelson talking his way through how he hit a pitch shot off a cart part. He goes into some detail but most of it is actually set-up and getting ready for the strike. He actually keeps it really simple which I think would enable anyone to give it a go.…
You’ve got to try this golf routine
Here’s a golf routine you should try. Golfers typically take too long to play, and the more time you take, generally the worse you’ll do. You end up thinking too much and before you know it, you’ve worked out 17 different ways to muck up the shot and completely have forgotten your main goal. This…
Talkin’ with Dillon
The other week Clare and I were invited out to dinner – it was our first outing with young Jessica and boy was it good to get out of the house for a bit. Our host’s young son was Dillion. He is a strapping lad, 17 years old, polite and full of questions. I was…
Some coaching is just plain wrong!
This post is going to discuss one of the most important emails I’ve received. It came from Brock (a regular reader) and was in response to this post on cricket. I’m going to add my own thoughts throughout and shed more light on the problems of traditional coaching. Brock: As a former junior cricketer with…
The secret of driving
When we jump in the car we don’t start working out where we’re going to go. We’ve already done the planning – we pretty much jump in and drive to the desired destination. Our golf game is not always so well planned. We get over the ball, and then try and figure out where it…
A simple golf lesson
Golf coaching isn’t really rocket science – it’s quite simple. But each day I’m staggered at how difficult some golf professionals/coaches/golfers like to make it. I had my first unofficial golf lesson at my new property yesterday. It was with a family member (who will remain nameless) who was visiting us after our beautiful arrival.…
