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TomTuckerGolf.com Golf Tips Newsletter Issue 543 - Wed. February 6th, 2019 Website Newsletters Archive |
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USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional
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Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say Sponsors: Plum Creek Driving Range Batavia Country Club Chestnut Hill Country Club Click here: INDOOR GOLF LESSONS for details on how to improve your game over the winter. Plum Creek Driving Range, Batavia, NY, Open All Year Simulator Course Play Specials: BataviaGolf.com Call 585-993-0930 or Email Mark to reserve simulator time! Buy Gift Certificates for Lessons Sample Gift Certificate Golf lessons - Outdoor and Indoor - are available at Plum Creek. Please call me (Tom Tucker) at 716 474 3005, email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com, or visit my website at http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html for details. Subscribe - http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/signup.html If you like this newsletter, please do me a favor and forward it to your friends so that they may subscribe, thanks! The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this newsletter. Tom's Featured Tip: Q&A: Pre-Season Practice For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. I received this question from Dominic P. in Rochester, NY: Hi Tom, I'm aware that you are senior golfer. I am too, and I wanted to ask you how you are preparing for the upcoming golf season. Thanks, Dom Thanks for the question Dom. I am a senior golfer (born in 1946) although I don't think of myself that way. I have been fortunate enough to shoot my age at least once a year since I turned 69, so my point of view is that it just got easier to do that at age 72. In fact I can even do it without a birdie now! This answer is not only for seniors. It's a practice outline that can be followed by anyone at any age to get ready for the golf season. I didn't include frequency or reps because what would change between seniors and others would be the frequency, intensity, or number reps during practice. If you are a senior golfer, don't practice to the point of injury, but don't be too easy on yourself either. Find your limits and practice accordingly. I'll answer your question about what I'm going to practice for golf technique, but first I want to address strength. My personal progressive resistance weight training has gone really well this winter. My motivation was kick started because when I was dealing with a back issue at the end of last season, my physical therapist told me that progressive resistance weight training like I had been doing - but slacked off on during last season - would be helpful in resolving my back problem. So I re-dedicated myself to my workout regimen, and I recommend progressive resistance training to anyone - senior or non senior golfer. I also have one stretching/warmup routine that I do religiously. When I assessed my game at the end of last season, I decided that I need to strike my irons better. I also bought a 48" driver shaft, the maximum length allowed under the rules, for my Ping G400 Max driver. I'd like to pick up a few more yards off the tee, and my driver was pretty reliable with the stock shaft last year. Right now I'm just making a few full swings indoors, which is enough for me to retain my personal swing circle circuitry. I've been playing a long time, so that feeling is a pretty well rooted neural pathway in my brain. It just takes a little refreshing to bring it back into play. Driver I'll be experimenting with the longer driver shaft indoors, then outdoors to check my ball flight pattern. The big question mark will be if the regular flex shaft will be too flexible for me with the 48" shaft. I was swinging a different brand 48" shaft around ten years ago, and I needed a stiffer than normal shaft flex to make it work. That will be the project for the driver. Putting I have a 10' putting ramp in my basement, and practice enough reps there to always feel comfortable with my putting. Ball Striking I want a little more of a lower, boring trajectory with all of my scoring clubs this season. When I can get outdoors I'll be practicing low boring "punch" type shots with my wedges, 9 iron, and 8 iron as follows:
MOST IMPORTANTLY, as a result of current research that I've read and buy into, I'm focusing on these new points of concentration when I practice and play:
One last thing - I personally want to play more this year too! Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Golf Lessons I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link for Plum Creek info here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Outdoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html Indoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Testimonials: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html Sponsors Plum Creek Driving Range and Simulator Outdoor range and play indoor golf on any of our 40 Simulator Courses. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve time for simulator play or practice! Batavia Country Club (585) 343-7600 www.bataviacc.com Great rates, the best greens in WNY. Golf Digest Four Star rating for public courses to play in New York State. Tee times online or by phone in season. Pre-pay for a 2019 membership now and your membership will apply to the rest of this year! FISH FRYS ARE BACK AT BCC and other dinner specials with soup and salad bar - starting Friday October 5th, 4pm - 9pm Chestnut Hill Country Club (585)-547-3613 www.chestnuthillgolf.com THE WESTERN NEW YORK LEADER IN GOLF OUTINGS! Only minutes from Buffalo, open to the public. Tee times online or by phone in season. All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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