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TomTuckerGolf.com Golf Tips Newsletter Issue 567 - Wed. July 24th, 2019 Website Newsletters Archive |
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USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional
WGTF "Top 100" Teacher IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach |
If you don't take action, you'll never improve. 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 TomTuckerGolf@gmail.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. Junior Golf Camp at Batavia Country Club Still a few spots open! Call today if you are interested. The 2019 BCC Junior Golf Camp dates are as follows: Ages 7 - 10: July 22 - 26, 2019 IN PROGRESS Ages 11 - 15: July 29 - August 2, 2019 For more details click here: BCC Junior Golf Camp Tom's Featured Tip: Tip For Ladies, plus Changing Your Intention For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. Tip For Ladies I just saw some research that stated that a main cause for the distance off the tee difference between top level female golfers and amateur female golfers is - of all things - grip strength! It promotes better downswing lag, which increases swing speed when done properly. So for the serious female players reading this newsletter, to increase your grip strength you can simply use a hand exerciser. You can also perform weight exercises with barbells, dumbbells, and kettlebells. Exercises like shrugs (my favorite), and farmers walks will also increase your grip strength. Just Do It! Changing Your Intention I had a lesson with a good player last week that was having difficulty obtaining a higher trajectory with his driver. He was on the right track to try to do that because his ball speed was excellent, but the ball was not carrying far enough. We tried several "internal focus" technique adjustments without much success. He just wasn't able to do what I was asking him to do. I tried lots of different word combinations for two or three swing adjustments to no avail. Here's what did work. I had him close his eyes and visualize hitting soaring drives right down the middle of the fairway. He did that for a full five minutes. Then I had him tee up some balls and hit driver, and the only five words I said to him before each shot were: TRY TO HIT IT HIGH Switching to the "external focus" of task solution by the students subconscious movement of the clubhead worked completely in this case. He hit high soaring drive after high soaring drive like it was his job. To me this proved that sometimes we can achieve great results by simply changing our intention without thinking about swing mechanics. There are many ways that are more technical that should produce the same success, but the technique above (external focus) works quickly and withstands the test of time because the idea never changes. I'm not implying that this would work every time for everyone, I don't know that for sure. I look at this as another tool in my teaching tool kit. But if your game is stuck on some technique issue, try some "external focus" thoughts and see how it turns out. I'm pretty sure you'll like it. 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. FISH FRYS AT BCC and other delicious dinner specials with soup and salad bar - Fridays, 4pm - 9pm Served in the dining area of the lower level snack bar for the summer season. 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: TomTuckerGolf@gmail.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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