Our equipment are constantly getting better but the average golfer is not getting better. What is the reason?
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Let me help you get an effortless golfswing with speed and accuracy. I call it the circle of speed. A good release will help you to a better impact and longer drives and irons without slice and hook. How to swing a golf club need to be adjusted to your skill level and experience.
Long and straight is the goal for everyone but it takes time. Try to focus on one thing not everything when you practise. Impact, face control and swingpath will always be the most important part to drill. We focus too much on rotation but no good golf shot will be executed just by rotating.
I’m naturally right handed but all my tips works for both left handed and right handed golfers playing either way.
We also need to understand that many myths in golf are misleading. Everything that you find on the internet isn’t true. Ben Hogan, Sam Snead are two of the legends that are often misunderstood. To understand golf we need to take it step by step and learn every part of the swing before we move on to the next. It’s like a big jigsaw puzzle that we all can figure out.
Some pro’s that hit draw: Rory McIroy, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Reed, Sepp Straka and many, many more.
We shall not keep our head still, only start with the hips, look only at the ball or keep the left or right arm straight. Understand what do do with the club and let your body find the best way possible.
If you use callaway, ping, titleist or taylor made clubs doesn’t matter you can learn to hit good golf shots. Your loft or your shaft on the club will not change but you can always get better.
Find what inspires you. Golf basics are the same for everyone. The pga tour, longdrivers or other good golfers can all help you find better golf shots. Watch what they do instead of listed to what they say. Listen mostly to your body and figure out what you need to do to produce the same results as the pros on TV. Be careful when you watch a golf swing in slow motion. The result isn’t always what the golfer is trying to do. Feel and real are seldom the same.
Mike Malaska, Mike Austin, Mike Dunaway, Pete Cowen and Steve Pratt are some of my favorite golf instructors online. Find the tips that make your golf better. Decide what you want to hit. I teach a draw but many like a fade and nobody likes a hook or slice.
Your hips or your lag is not the key to golf. Your hands will decide the shot and you can do like Tiger Woods and trust your hands. Teach your hands to hit different shots. Hit big hooks and slices to understand what happens. Only straight is not gonna teach you anything.
Bryson Dechambeu and Kyle Birkshire can inspire you to hit it longer. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson can give you inspiration and motivation to test new things and new golf shots. Linn Grant, Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg can show you the future of golf.
The Masters, Players Championship, The Players, The Open and US Open can make you love golf even more. See the best in the world solve all the problems we all need to master any golf course. Golf is a craft and you need fantasy, feel and skills to master it.
Hurricane Milton is coming.
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Wise words my friend.
Wise words.
Jacko 🇦🇺
Wonderful
So true. In Kendo (japanese martial art), they stopped to give the 10th dan before ww2 and 9th dan in the ´90 because they considered that human being is not capable anymore to work hard enough to reach that level…
Also the handicap system Marcus. Why practice when you can play off a high handicap and win competitions although you can’t break a 100.
Hi Marcus, I love the guitar analogy. If we don’t do the work we don’t deserve to play well. Few of us are naturally gifted so we have to use those few thousand hours well! 🏌️♂️🎸
Bingo! Well said Marcus.
Very accurate assessment Marcus and if truth be told it has always been this way.
Most players I meet hate bunkers…so they don't train playing in bunkers…
Hi Marcus’,
You are so right! It looked like a mini rant 😂.
Greetings Marcel
True
And this applies to everything you want to learn or do better, practice
To get better at anything in life we have to spend the time learning what ever it is we’re trying to master and golf is no different
Matter of fact it’s more demanding and if you don’t have the time to put into it unfortunately you may never get to where you want to be
The average young weekend worrier wants to play better but there lives won’t let them because of responsibilities trying to make a life in business of there choice to support a family and practicing the golf swing is way down on there list
This game is perfect for retired people who have nothing but time to practice and play but now there bodies are hurting and as much as they want to get better the bodies just can’t produce and there dreams of being a scratch golfer if that’s what they want may not be in reach
I’m retired and 71 years old and have my body problems but I practice or play everyday but I too just can’t reach my goals in golf but I keep trying and I find happiness in golf where it is … for me
Why can’t we get better…it’s all about something that’s hard to get but easy to lose and that’s called…time
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Marcus, it must come down to natural talent. Your athleticism with hockey translated well into golf. Hand-eye coordination. Timing. Most of us will never possess that kind of talent, no matter how many golf balls we hit on the range, no matter how many rounds of golf we play. I know. I tried. For years!! When I turned 50, my goal was to break 90, which I had never done before. I am now 69, and I have yet to break 90. I took lessons. I bought new equipment. I tried different golf balls. I bought training aids. I trained. I bought books and dvd's. I am no better now than when I was 50. It is frustrating. But for some reason, I keep searching and hoping, by watching teachers like you, I will one day break 90.
Thanks Marcus for answering my question deeply and thoroughly . We cannot all dig it out of the dirt like Hogan , but we can all work harder !
Thanks and have a happy Christmas and a healthy 2025. Gott nyatt ar !
I was bad at golf for 30 years. When I retired, I wanted to get a little better so the game wouldn't be so frustrating for me. I went through several years of trial and error, experimenting with every type swing methodology out there, watching hundreds of hours of YouTube. I only had small windows of success. Golf teaching just wasn't working for me. Finally, I turned to science as a last resort. Physics, momentum and biomechanics made me think much differently about the golf swing. That's when I finally made some lasting improvement. Focusing on simply throwing the momentum back behind the ball and just letting the club go. I stopped worrying about all the analysis paralysis of golf positions and learned how to better control the forces. A few non-traditional teachers helped me – you Marcus, Dr Kwon and Dan Alton. I'm still a mid-teens handicap golfer but I've improved by 10 strokes from better ball contact. That's made the game much more enjoyable for me now.
What are your thoughts about adding lead tape to the driver face and or counter weighting on grips. I was thinking that one or both would help me feel the release.
Truth!! Don't worry about upsetting people. The truth is more valuable.
As an accomplished guitar player I would like to assure you that, counter-intuitively, you can attain guitar skills quickly by focussing on doing the basics well and not rushing through them, with a focus on YOUR OWN personal end-goal.
It is fun learning complex stuff, but unless your goal is to be a jazz improviser, it is essentially utterly useless because you won't use it/ think about it when playing, especially if, for example, you want to be able to play your favourite rock songs, which are fairly simple in comparison.
For example, I did speed drills to play fast which never worked, and learnt many complex concepts, which I rarely need. Then, counter-intuitively I started to learn the songs I wanted to be able to play, one bar at a time as slowly and perfectly as possible. Then playing fast just happens, like speaking fast under your breath. You know the words so well that you can say them quickly and easily.
The other unexpected consequence is that, without trying, your speed of improvement increases rapidly if you let it happen rather than intentionally trying to improve quickly. Through learning songs you actually improve your music theory and learn complex nuances, because you learn how the theory is ACTUALLY used in the context you wish to attain, rather than endlessly learning stuff, hoping to be able to apply it one rainy day (maybe never).
You start to realise that in the basic chords, that beginners often think is boring or not the 'real-deal' , are all the notes and complex theory that you might have been mindlessly learning in isolation. Learning like this is also a win-win. If for some reason you DO indeed struggle more than most, you will still find joy in being able to play a few of your favourite tunes.
This is not to say that learning theory and complex skills are useless -far from it. (You will naturally start doing this if you enjoy it). But if you are starting late in life and you want to be able to play some of your favourites, or be able to sing along, this can be attained very quickly – as long as you enjoy the process and don't rush.
I personally see this analogy in my golfswing. I love doing slowmotion swing feels mindfully, and find I get faster as a result of this better movement rather than trying to swing fast by creating 'the wrong' innefficient movements faster.
Sorry for the rant, but this is a concept I am quite passionate about, and hope some of what I have said will inspire you to get the guitar out this christmas, and start enjoying it! Best wishes!
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