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Newsletter - Issue 38 Date 10/24/07
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TCT Quick Tips - Balance
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Many golfers do not know the relationship of heel - toe balance 
to some swing tendencies.  Here they are:

If your weight is too much towards your toes, you will tend 
to hit your shots fat.

If your weight is too much towards your heels, you will tend 
to hit the ball thin.

This applies to full shots, iron shots, and to putting also. 

In my experience, the best balance is to have your weight bias
about 55% towards the toes.

Experiment to find out what is best for you.

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Golf Tip : The Magnificent 7
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If anyone has a golf question that they would like 
answered, please email your question to: 
teachingpro@bataviacc.com and I'll do my best to answer 
it in an upcoming newsletter.

This 1st tee warmup which, I call the Magnificent 7, will greatly 
increase your chances of hitting a good drive.

If you are like 90% of the golfers in the world, your pre round 
warmup goes something like this: rush from the parking lot to the 
pro shop, swing by the putting green for about ten putts, then rush 
to the tee to make your tee time.

When you get there, your body is totally unprepared to hit that 
first tee shot, and it's usually about four holes before everything 
gets in synch.

Here's an easy and relatively quick warmup drill that will yield 
terrific results.

When it's your turn to hit, tee up the ball as usual then step away 
to take practice swings in the following sequence with your normal tempo:

Take 7 consecutive, continuous practice swings with the following 
percentages of your normal swing speed. Continuous means that you 
go from finish right through to the next swing without pausing, the 
club stays in motion except for a short pause at your complete finish:

Swing 1 - swing 25% of full speed with full finish 
swing 2 - swing 50% of full speed with full finish
swing 3 - swing 75% of full speed with full finish
swing 4 - swing 90% of full speed with full finish
swing 5 - swing 90% of full speed with full finish
swing 6 - swing 100% of full speed with full finish
swing 7 - swing 125% of full speed with full finish

Then step up to your ball, align your clubface and body for your shot, 
stare at the target for 3 seconds, glance at the ball for 1 second, 
stare at the target for 3 seconds, glance at the ball for 2 seconds, 
then swing through the shot with 90% of full speed, normal tempo
with a nice full finish that you hold for a 3 second count.

Try this one, it has my TCT guarantee!

One more tip, during their pre shot routine:

Good golfers stare at the target and glance at the ball

Poor golfers glance at the target and stare at the ball, usually
until rigor mortis sets in.