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