| Why do we find a move that seems so easy | | | | how the amateur golfer understands it. |
| to the professionals so incredibly | | | | Amateur golfers think you need to start |
| difficult to perform? | | | | the golf swing powerfully BUT the pro |
| Recently I discovered that psychologists | | | | golfers know that you put the effort in |
| believe that we learn differently as | | | | at the bottom of the swing. |
| adults than we do when we were children. | | | | If you try and take this point on board |
| And I believe this may be the key to | | | | this will start the process of adjusting |
| explaining why we have such a difficult | | | | your mind. |
| time of it. | | | | Over the next few pages I'm going to |
| The large majority of professional | | | | OPEN your EYES to how the golf swing |
| golfers will have taken up golf when | | | | actually works - much of which us |
| they were kids - Tiger Woods was | | | | amateurs don't appreciate. |
| swinging a club well at 3! | | | | Understanding is the 1st key to |
| But, I would imagine the majority of | | | | unlocking your golfing potential. |
| amateur golfers took golf up when either | | | | Towards the end of my book I'll show you |
| in their late teens, early twenties or | | | | where to get a piece of software that |
| even later in life - as adults. | | | | will by-pass your conscious mind and |
| The psychologists believe that as | | | | reprogram your sub-conscious mind to |
| children we learn from repeating the | | | | believe what you will see and start to |
| model that we see - we know that kids | | | | understand about how the pro golf swing |
| are very trusting of what they are told. | | | | works. How YOU can swing powerfully |
| Yes, they ask lots of questions but they | | | | without effort. |
| trust the answers given. They see, and | | | | EYE-OPENER No. 2 |
| are told, and DO. | | | | What part of the body contributes the |
| Now as adults we learn differently. We | | | | most to generating the maximum speed of |
| have already formed opinions about how | | | | the club head? |
| the world is and how things operate. So | | | | This single answer allowed me to make a |
| when we learn something new we actually | | | | huge leap in my understanding of the |
| test it against the rules that we have | | | | golf swing, and in everything I had seen |
| already built up in our heads as to what | | | | and read about the golf swing none of it |
| is right and wrong. | | | | emphasised it enough. |
| Unfortunately for us, the golf swing is | | | | I carried out a survey on the Internet |
| actually illogical. That's where the | | | | over several weeks and asked visitors to |
| problem stems from. In our heads we | | | | my web site the question:- What part of |
| can't actually accept or believe that | | | | the body contributes the most to |
| that is how the golf swing works. We | | | | generating the maximum speed of the club |
| then trust our instinct and test it | | | | head? |
| against our rules and go back to what we | | | | Only 20% got the answer correct - That's |
| believe is logical. | | | | only 1 in every 5 golfers! And these |
| Here is what is illogical about the golf | | | | golfers had a wide range of handicaps |
| swing: | | | | down to single figures. |
| A Golf Swing without Effort = A Powerful | | | | Interestingly this figure corresponds to |
| 300 yard drive | | | | another golfing statistic - Did you know |
| It's been said before that the secret to | | | | that only around 20% of golfers have a |
| the pros swing is that it achieves | | | | handicap of less than 18? It made me |
| 'Power WITHOUT Effort - how illogical is | | | | wonder whether the misunderstanding of |
| that! | | | | the fundamental aspect could be the one |
| It's a bit like saying we're going on a | | | | thing that is holding so many golfers |
| 200 mile car journey, but we're not | | | | back. |
| going to turn the engine on! No ones | | | | Which part of the body do you think |
| going to believe you. | | | | creates the maximum speed of the club |
| That's how our brains interpret it - we | | | | head? |
| think there's no way you can hit a golf | | | | Is it: Shoulders Arms Hands Hips Legs |
| ball 300 yards without LOTS of effort. | | | | Torso wrists |
| So next time we coil up on the backswing | | | | (Graphics and explanations omitted here) |
| our brain tells our muscles 'right guys | | | | ....So the answer to the question that I |
| we need plenty of effort if we're going | | | | posed above is that it is the hands (or |
| to send this ball long and straight'. | | | | wrists) that contribute the most to |
| Pro's do actually put effort into their | | | | generating the maximum club head speed. |
| swings to get the ball to go that far | | | | The club is moved through over 180 |
| (look at Tiger Woods face just before | | | | degrees whilst the arms move through |
| impact and you'll see what I mean) BUT | | | | less than 60 degrees - all of the rest |
| they put it in at a completely different | | | | of the movement of the head of the golf |
| point in the swing to amateur golfers. | | | | club is generated by the movement of the |
| They also know the technique that allows | | | | hands. Unfortunately the large majority |
| them to produce such great results - and | | | | of golfers think that it is with the |
| it doesn't involve power, certainly not | | | | shoulders and arms. |