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============================================================== [ TomTuckerGolf.com Tips ] Issue 6 - Date 03/28/12 ============================================================== If you like this newsletter, please do me a favor and forward it to your friends so that they may subscribe: Subscribe - http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/contact.html If you wish to Unsubscribe from this newsletter click here. My bio is here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ If you wish to comment, respond, or ask a golf related question, please email me directly at ttucker@rochester.rr.com The venue where I give lessons, the Plum Creek Driving Range and Practice Facility, is now open for outdoor lessons, weather permitting. The new simulator should be installed this week, I'll keep you posted. There's a link to Plum Creek here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ IN THIS ISSUE: - Tom's Quick Tip: Reducing Tension - Tom's Featured Tip: Anti-Slice Drills - Golf Lessons - Sponsors ============================================================== Tom's Quick Tip - Reducing Tension ============================================================== Tension has ruined many good putting strokes, and robbed distance from many good full swings. Here's a quick tip on how you can get your grip and arms into a relaxed state before you putt or swing: as your setup for your practice swing or putt, put a full bore, white knuckle death grip on the club. Hold that grip for five seconds, then relax your grip. Your grip and arms will instantly lose tension, and your practice swing and your actual swing - for putts or a full swing - will be much more effective. Your putts will have a nice release, and your full swing will have more speed. Try it - you'll like it! ============================================================== Tom's Featured Tip - Anti - Slice Drills ============================================================== For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well you know what to do :-) I had two or three questions on curing a slice, so here are some thoughts and drills to develop a good swing path and resultant good ball flight - which I feel is a soft draw. There are a lot of factors that can contribute to a slice, but the most common is an outside to inside swing path caused by a casting motion on your downswing. This is usually accompanied by no release at impact because your brains senses that something is wrong with your swingpath, and it won't allow you to release the club - which would cause a horrible left to left miss, golf's worst shot. The result of these two swing errors is a weak shot that slices. To cure your swingpath problem, you need to practice an Inside to Outside swingpath. I have a drill appropriately called the Inside to Outside Swingpath Drill posted here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/drillIOswingpath.html practice it religiously and you'll have the correct swingpath in short order. To develop a good Crossover Release, practice the Toe Up to Toe Up drill as follows: with your 7 iron, practice half swings where the shaft of the club only goes to parallel to the ground on the way back and on the follow through. Before you actually start hitting balls, take 10 or 20 swings and observe that when your club stops at the end of the abbreviated backswing, that the toe of the club is pointing up, and that when you finish your abbreviated follow through, that the toe of the club is pointing up. This indicates that the toe of the club is crossing over the heel of the club as it moves through the impact area with the ball, this is called a Crossover Release. When you have mastered the drill without a ball, start hitting balls with the abbreviated swing. Note that in your setup, the ball should be in the middle of your stance, and your weight should stay feathered toward your front side to allow for good weight positioning at impact. This short, smooth swing, coupled with a slight inside to outside swing path, will produce solid contact and a gentle draw. When you become proficient at the short swing, gradually lengthen it so that it becomes your full swing. You'll like the results. Enjoy, Tom ============================================================== Golf Lessons ============================================================== I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link with 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 at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Lesson rates are here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html ============================================================== Sponsors ============================================================== Batavia Country Club - http://www.bataviacc.com/rates.html check out their great spring rates Chestnut Hill CC - http://www.chestnuthillcc.com/ Buffalogolfer.com notes the "challenge and diversity" of this course at a playable level. Spring rates available. ============================================================== All the best, and remember: Victory Loves Preparation ~ Anonymous Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com http://www.usgtf.com/top_100_wgtf.html |