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Effortless Power in the Downswing
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 24, 2009
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His comments instantly reminded me of an old Golf Digest tip many, many years ago in which the downswing trigger was likened to a "bump and turn" - you "bump" the weight from ...
For Every Golfer There's A Swing
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 6, 2009
...ovements rather than allowing himself to feel the swing.
At any rate, during his discussion of the downswing, Mann makes reference to the swing theory of AJ Bonar.
Long story short, he thinks Bonar ...
Fight Winter. Stretch More!
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 10, 2009
... the ball. And we all know - or should know! - that we need flexibility in the hips to generate the downswing.
Katherine Roberts is a well-known name in golf fitness circles. She is a yoga expert and...
To Shift Or Not
in Eagle Par Birdie, on October 23, 2008
...ght onto my right heel during my backswing, I found I could deliver a harder blow to the ball on my downswing (what de la Torre calls the "forward swing") and get increased yardage.
I tried...
Horses for Courses
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 9, 2008
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The golfer uses a swinging motion rather than a hitting motion. De la Torre also refers to the downswing as the "forward swing" and emphasizes that the club travels toward the target.
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Ochoa's Powerful Swing
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 15, 2008
I have argued before in this space that most amateur golfers who are men would be well advised to watch how the LPGA Tour players hit the ball.
Why? Simply because the swings on the women's tour are much like the swings made by low handicap amateurs. And their games from the tee and...
Finding The Slot
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 13, 2008
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You often hear tour pros and swing coaches talk about "finding the slot" on the downswing.
What is "the slot"? Well, in its essence, it's a flatter swing plane at the sta...
Tiger Ready To Go
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 12, 2008
Tiger Woods makes his return to the game this week after his knee surgery. And what a week to pick.
It has been two months since Woods last walked a fairway - the Masters in April. You'll recall he played poorly by his standards and still finished second. His left knee was probably kil...
High-Performing Mutual Funds Re-Open for Your Money
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 21, 2008
...last year?
This is dumb, because this fund over time has beaten the market. And, yes, the big 2008 downswing in the market IS a buying opportunity. And yet my BS detector automatically saw this as a ...
Golf Stretching for More Distance
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 13, 2008
I have just completed one of the best stretching routines I've ever experienced.
A few weeks ago, Mike Pedersen sent me his Golf Stretching for a Better Swing DVD. I shoved it in the DVD player this morning to take a look and decided the best way to assess it was to "stretch alon...
Long Distance Learning
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 1, 2008
...th superimposed colored lines where your club, arms, legs or hips should be during the backswing or downswing.
This is standard computer analysis stuff.
Of course, you don't get this for free; y...
Best Swing Ever?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 20, 2007
...their difficulty in getting weight to the back leg and then transferring it to the front leg on the downswing.
Here's the latest comment I have received. It comes from Marc and sums up the kind o...
Down The Yellow Brick Road
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 1, 2007
...ings are out of synch if we use the one-piece takeaway and that we are busy compensating during the downswing as a result.
How much better a ball striker would Nicklaus have been had he abandoned the...
Alphabet Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 12, 2007
...rved and fleshed into a theory by swing coach, Robert Baker.
Baker has written often about how the downswing starts with the lower body. His previous view was that the downswing was triggered by a ...
Keep It Simple, Stupid
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 9, 2007
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The golf swing and its many components (swing plane, posture, grip, alignment, stance, backswing, downswing, putting, short game, bunker play and so on) can be described in simple fashion or in a co...
Notes from the Canadian Open
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 24, 2007
...individuals around him.
Singh's tempo is much like Ernie Els. Slow and easy with backswing and downswing identical in speed and tempo.
And, no, he didn't pull out the Speed Stik to warm up.....
How do YOU Swing?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 12, 2007
...what you find the most difficult to master with the swing.
Is it the weight transfer? Starting the downswing with the lower body first? The backswing? Grip? Alignment? Do you hook the ball or slice i...
Stack and Tilt: Teaching Pros Chime In
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 16, 2007
...y well with my irons but I couldn't hit my driver to save my life".
Since the predominant downswing in Stack and Tilt is steeply down onto the ball, it's no wonder Mike could hit his iro...
Unnatural Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 24, 2007
...stance robber) or club head speed at impact and teach a better coil or delayed wrist release on the downswing.
In my search for more distance, I fired off an email to my teacher, Mark Greenwood , Di...
Selling Out; Stocks Up Over 10 Percent
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 23, 2007
...t. I've made nice gains, the market's at all-time highs. I'm ready to wait for the next downswing. And what I'm finally realizing after years of being really bad at this is that there&...
Motivate Thyself
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 22, 2007
...bucket went. Sure, there were a few snap hooks here and there, a case of my upper body starting the downswing a hair sooner than my lower body and my grip pressure too firm, especially in my right han...
Marketwatch Joins the Wisdom of Crowds Crowd
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 30, 2007
...toy is MarketPerception , which allows you to vote on whether certain stocks are on the upswing or downswing and then see whether other Marketwatch readers agree or disagree with you. In addition, yo...
Bombing It All Day Long
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 6, 2007
...The right kind of performance enhancing drug could do a lot to promote an explosive, torque-fuelled downswing.
The professional game has never been within the amateur golfer's solar system.
Now,...
Spring Cleaning the Golf Way
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 22, 2007
...ng the abdominal muscles, side muscles and back muscles.
And when you think about it, starting the downswing with the lower body does involve those very muscles.
And, for heaven's sake, don'...
The Long Drivers
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 9, 2007
...s swinging at the ball but you couldn't fault their timing. The lower body always triggered the downswing and the amount of clubhead lag to impact was astonishing.
In other words, they were prime...
Brandt Snedeker vs Tiger Woods
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 29, 2007
... swings, though, doesn't he? It's big and sweeping on the backswing, fast and smooth on the downswing, perfect finish and balance at the end.
Close one eye and he could be Charles Howell or J...
The Hybrid Golf Club
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 16, 2007
...ational women and senior male golfers who have a difficult time holding that angle of attack on the downswing need clubs that have more weight at the bottom".
And when you combine that with the ...