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Choosing the Right Golf Clubs
Planning on becoming the next Tiger Woods? If so, the first thing you might consider is getting some new golf clubs. Choosing the right golf clubs can make the difference between spending your time on the fairways and greens and spending your time...
Golf and Fishing what have they got in common?
Golf and fishing could not be more different but they both have something in common and that being is, how they give enjoyment and pleasure to all who participate in the sport. For most people they are hobbies and for others it is how they make...
Golf Lessons From a Zen Master
When watching golf on television, one cannot help but wonder how
men and women can make millions of dollars playing a game that
looks so simple. Honestly, who can't hit a ball into a hole with
4 or 5 tries? Ahh, but golf is another one of those...
Time for the Trico Hatch
Ahh, yes. Trico time, the time of year accomplished fly fisherman throw down their rods in disgust. Take up the golf clubs, repaint the house, design the ninth wonder of the world. Anything but test their patience and skill against the dreaded...
What is Golf Exercise Equipment…And How Can It Help
Golf exercise equipment can be a variety of pieces; but what truly is golf exercise equipment? You’d be surprised to find out it is not expensive; and is not necessarily in a gym or health club either. Yes…there are golf “machines” for stretching...
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"In Search of Golf's Bad Habits"
Nowhere in recorded history is there witness to a baby’s first words being, "Give me a cigarette and a shot of whiskey." Mini humans are not born with these vices. They are acquired. But, heck, you knew that. Let's assume that the babe adds a few years to his/her life and bumps into the game of golf. The stars and planets are in the correct alignment and Sam Snead becomes his golfing bud. Everyday they play golf. The "babe" watches Sam's sweet swing. Sam offers no advice.
The young prodigy watches the master, notices the still head, the full backswing and follow through. Through osmosis, the rhythm, and the tempo of the swing become part of his swing. Soon, they are both "swinging to music."
On the other hand, let’s say the pup doesn't have this phenomenal happenstance and falls into the traps and pitfalls of other ways to "learn" the golf swing. He takes golf lessons, reads books, and devours golf magazine (and Internet) tips These methods address the thinking part of the brain, the cerebrum. Motor skills are not acquired with this part of the brain. In paragraph two above, the golf swing is learned the correct way. The swing is consistent, powerful, reliable, accurate, low maintenance, simple, and will last a life time.
In paragraph three above, the swing is contrived, complex, confusing, inconsistent, lacks power, and is never understood. The recipient is addicted to searching for the swing that the "lucky" kid owns. Those who have the "paragraph two" golf swing do not read golf tips and do not take golf lessons. Those who have acquired bad habits through the incorrect approach to finding the mysterious beautiful golf swing keep returning to the source of their bad habits. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the first sign of insanity. Are you starting to get it?
Scooooot up a little closer - so the Anti-Pros words don't fall on the floor before they reach your hammer, anvil, and stirrup...YOU ARE NOT BORN WITH BAD GOLF HABITS...YOU ACQUIRE THEM from some golf pros, bad advice, magazine golf tips, golf books, etc.
I have been in this game since the earth cooled. I get phone calls, letters, and e-mail every day from golfers of every skill. Their stories are always the same. They are confused and frustrated because some golf pro told them to do "such and such." Or a magazine tip that suggested some idiotic body maneuver the pretzel twins with the carnival would find impossible. Interested in facts? 99.9%, no make that 100%, of the problems golfers have today are not from lack of information. The source of their woes is bad golf information they have swallowed hoping and praying it would help them.
The typical golfer knows Way too much about what is NOT important and Very little
about what is!
To learn more about Jim's simple approach to learning your best golf swing in the shortest period of time visit his site at www.mcgolf.com.
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The Anti-Pro is NOT saying... "I know what I'm doing and NO one else does." The Anti-Pro articles are the effect of a 50 year study on what works and what does NOT work regarding improving ones golf game. In essence, MOST golf instruction will do more harm than good. How much is MOST??... It is likely that over 90% of golfers/students trade substantial money for ridiculous "tips" that are practiced and then become "bad" habits. Eventually students become frustrated, confused and quit golf thinking they are NOT smart enough or talented enough for the game. The golf instructor must understand how to activate the motor skill part of the students brain to reach the potential of that students capabilities. Less than 5% of all golf "instructors" are gifted enough to impact positive benefits for the student, the remaining 95% should be flipping burgers at some fast food diner.
About the Author
Introduced to golf in 1948 At age 15, students came to him at his family owned golf course from four surrounding states for lessons.
Jim attended Arizona State University at Tempe on a golf scholarship and graduated from the PGA Golf School in Long Beach California in 1960.
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