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Baseball slice fix

Baseball slice fix

Rating: 0

Steven Orr, 10 January 2012 16:04

When the clubhead works up and down on a neutral plane during the swing, that increases your chance of hitting the ball squarely with the clubhead working down the target line. The slice occurs when the player applies a glancing blow to the ball with the club working across the target line from out-to-in. As Steven Orr explains in this ...

 
Set up for launch

Set up for launch

Rating: 3

Steven Orr, 10 January 2012 16:00

Your typical driver comes with around 10 degrees of loft on the clubface but if you look at the stats from the top Tours, players actually launch the ball at around 15 degrees. So how do they acquire this extra height? The answer is that they set up much differently with their driver than they do with their irons, as ...

 
Squash the headcover drill

Squash the headcover drill

Rating: 4

Tom Denby, 17 November 2011 15:52

Weight transfer towards the target not only improves our angle of attack but is also helps the arm get into the right position in the downswing to deliver the club squarely to the ball at impact. Amateur often keep their weight on the back leg during the downswing, resulting in weak and inaccurate drives. This video tip from TG Elite ...

 
Control your sternum for added power

Control your sternum for added power

Rating: 2

Tom Denby, 17 November 2011 15:49

During the golf swing, your sternum is an accurate representation of where the bottom of your swing arc will be. For iron shots, it needs to be ahead of the ball to ensure you hit down on it. But with the driver, it needs to be in line with or just behind the ball, as TG Elite Teaching Pro Tom ...

 
Three steps to better backswing coil

Three steps to better backswing coil

Rating: 3

Tom Denby, 17 November 2011 15:45

Creating power in the golf swing depends on how our body coils up. The more the shoulders turn over the hips, the more potential energy can be created and then unleashed at impact. An easy way to create body turn and therefore power is to think of these three key moves, explained by TG Elite Pro Tom Denby in this ...

 
Control your clubface

Control your clubface

Rating: 2.5

Rich Ellis, 23 September 2011 16:08

Hitting accurate drives relies on us having an awareness of what our clubface is doing during our swing and more importantly, whether it’s square, open, or closed. So it’s crucial to know which part of the body controls the position of the clubface during the swing. TG Elite Pro Rich Ellis explains all in this top driving video tip. Video ...

 
Take off spin for straighter drives

Take off spin for straighter drives

Rating: 3

Rich Ellis, 23 September 2011 16:04

On tight driving holes or when hitting into the wind, we need to have a shot in our locker that knocks the ball flight down and gives us more control over our start lines. As TG Elite Pro Rich Ellis explains in this golf video tip, the key to achieving this is by making some simple adjustments to your set ...

 
Create space to hit a draw

Create space to hit a draw

Rating: 3

Rich Ellis, 23 September 2011 15:59

To hit a draw shot, the clubhead needs to be traveling on an in-to-out path through impact. For this to happen, we need to create the space for the hands and arms to travel in this direction. This means, therefore, that the hips need to rotate in the backswing, as TG Elite Pro Rich Ellis explains in this golf video ...

 
Driving instruction with Sergio Garcia

Driving instruction with Sergio Garcia

Rating: 3

TG Instruction Editor, 05 September 2011 13:25

While his struggles on the greens are well documented, Sergio Garcia’s driving is without doubt one of his strengths. Sending it out there over 290 yards every time on average, you could learn a lot from the way the Spaniard drives the ball. Watch this exclusive video tip below that should give you a few extra yards, courtesy of TaylorMade. ...

 
Lower your spin rate for more distance

Lower your spin rate for more distance

Rating: 4

Hank Haney, 31 August 2011 10:30

As a special treat for you, we’ve managed to get hold of some exclusive video tips from Hank Haney, one of the world’s leading golf coaches, courtesy of TaylorMade. Haney has recently signed an agreement with the manufacturer, and will represent the brand by playing and teaching with TaylorMade equipment, wearing the TaylorMade logo on his headwear and shirt sleeve ...

 

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