Golf News & Reviews

It seams amazing that there are as many theories for the perfect golf swing as there are golf swing instructors. Where does all the confusion come from? Well, about one hundred years ago, there was no high speed photography or moving pictures to help analyze the mechanics of the golf swing. Instructors had to rely on the naked eye to try and analyze certain swing faults, and as a result, there was a lot of guessing and rationalizing.

Therefore, there have been a lot of misplaced ideas spread about the proper swing principles that have been taken as fact for nearly one hundred years. Now, thanks to the knowledge of the biomechanics of the golf swing through scientific analysis, new swing techniques have developed and been put forth as “secrets” of how to swing a golf club.

I have just finished reading a book called The New Four Magic Moves by Andy Brown, Joe Dante and Len Elliot. I was amazed to learn in the book, that there are indeed four “magic” moves that will dramatically cut strokes off your handicap.

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If you have played golf for any length of time, you will sometimes have had those times when you lost your way with your swing. You may have a good swing and a good game, but suddenly you loose it. So, what will improve your golf swing? Read on…

It can be very frustrating not knowing what has happened to your swing - you just want to get it back. So, how do you fix the problem that has crept into your game? Well, Australian golf coaching expert, Cameron Strachan faced the same problem, and he wanted to know the answer.

After reading several golf swing training manuals and still not getting to the core of his problem, he decided to fully research the topic. He set out to find the answers of how to produce more power, how to find the fairway, and how to become more consistent.

By teaming up with a group of sports biomechanics, they analyzed the biomechanics of the golf swing to better understand the golf swing, scientifically.

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An excerpt from the book Golf Swing Eureka by Jon Barrett

Why do we find a move that seems so easy to the professionals so incredibly difficult to perform?

Recently I discovered that psychologists believe that we learn differently as adults than we do when we were children. And I believe this may be the key to explaining why we have such a difficult time of it.

The large majority of professional golfers will have taken up golf when they were kids – Tiger Woods was swinging a club well at 3!

But, I would imagine the majority of amateur golfers took golf up when either in their late teens, early twenties or even later in life – as adults.

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The number one improvement that most golfers want is their golf swing. I know, it is a bit generic as there are many components to the golf swing, but what all golfers really want is to learn how to swing a golf club – properly.

So is it possible to have a perfect golf swing? Probably not perfect, but you can change a few fundamental elements that are making you slice or hook the ball, or that rob you of distance.

There is one book that makes the following promise: “I GUARANTEE You’ll Lengthen your Drive and Cut your Handicap by 7-12 Strokes in Just Two weeks.” David Nevogt has developed a system that he guarantees will cut 7 strokes from your score; it is called The Simple Golf Swing. Actually, his goal is for all his clients to break 80.

Here are some statistics about David Nevogt and his book; his book has been sold in 36 countries on 7 continents; he has helped over 16,000 golfers in the last 3 years; there is a 95% success rate for golfers using his system; bogey golfers have managed to lower their handicap by at least 7 strokes in only 2 rounds of golf; the average improvement actually is 12 strokes. Quite impressive, but what makes his system work?

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We all strive to attain that all elusive perfect golf swing because without at least a decent golf swing, we are never going to improve our golf game. There are many factors that may affect the golf swing; address position, alignment, a poor grip, taking your eyes of the ball, etc. but according to research, it has been found that about 90% of golfers have a problem with their golf swing plane.

When you think about the fact that the average golfer has not lowered their handicap in the last 25 years, even though there has been vast improvements in golf equipment and golf instruction technology, it stands to reason that the problem has always been a fundamental one; a poor golf swing plane.

A poor golf swing plane causes golfers to hit the ball shorter, with less accuracy and less consistency. But there is a solution; Nick Baley, a New Zealand golf professional, has been studying and analyzing the swings of top professionals like Tiger Woods against the swings of amateur golfers and has discovered the one major golf swing difference between them. This one golf swing fault is stopping the average golfer from striking the ball consistently and preventing them from improving their game.

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