Monday Rewind

Monday's on this blog are designated for teaching and trainings.  After a weekend on the links, it's always helpful to learn something new to work on during the week, so you can impress your buds in your next round.

Here's a helpful video to help with wrist hinge in the golf swing and a technique to practice the right wrist action.  Give it a try.  Click on the link below and you'll be directed to the video.  Enjoy and good luck, let me know if this works for you.

http://www.golf.com/video/right-way-hinge

19th Hole Jokester

A golfer was trying everything to beat his personal best at his favorite course, but kept tearing up sod with his tee shots and fairway shots.  Near the end of a round he turned to his caddie and said,

"Man, I'd move heaven and earth to break a hundred on this course."
  The caddie said, "Try heaven. You've already moved most of the earth."

Off The First Tee

"The odds of hitting a duffed shot increase by the square of the number of people watching." - Henry Beard

It couldn't have been said any better by Mr. Beard, that the level of nervousness on the first tee elevates when others are around.  Why is that so?

There is something about the first tee shot which seems to influence the day, the round, the front nine, or at least the first hole.  It is the getting started point which sets the focus and confidence for the next few shots.

Whether in front of a crowd with hundreds of people (not us), or three other friends in a foursome, any player experiences "first tee jitters."  The expectations you as a golfer put on yourself to perform well, along with the desire to impress other people, can make you over compensate for weakness or just plain break down in the swing.  Golfers prepare themselves physically and mentally to conquer the "first tee jitters".  On the practice tee is not where you just hit a few balls.  You should loosen up, stretch, visualize the shots you want to hit and mentally prepare yourself for the first tee.

I find that before I go pound balls on the range, a quick 10 min session of chipping balls in the practice area helps to get the fluids and juices going.  It's not about being precise and trying to chip in every shot or get it close to the pin, but it's about feel and concentration.  Chipping the ball brings in more focus that usual and it works the arms, wrists and hands to loosen up before you head to the range.  Give it a try the next time your preparing for an outing with the fellas.  Good luck off the first tee.

"One of the most fascinating things about golf is how it reflects the cycle of life.  No matter what you shoot - the next day you have to go back to the first tee and begin all over again and make yourself into something." - Peter Jacobsen

I'm Back and Better Than Ever

Hello everyone...I took a hiatus from blogging because I felt that I wasn't really accomplishing what I set out to do in the first place.  It was pretty obvious that I had no direction and what I had to offer had no substance. But after much thought, I think I can craft a platform now that I'm as passionate about as may be you are, and that's Everything Golf.  My intent is to help the everyday hacker with tips, suggestions, personal experiences....jokes, fitness, news, rules and many other subjects.

I  feel like I can speak to the millions of people out there that play golf everyday, because I'm one of you.  Sure, I carry a single digit handicap, but this game is tough, and any help we or I can get is a value in getting better at the game we all love....BTW, it's free...

So I'm going to try this out.  Again, I don't know where this will go and I hope that I can connect with the every day Weekend Hack and help them with their golf game.  Feel free from time to time to let me know what's up.  Feedback is how you get better and that's the whole purpose!