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How to Reduce Your Head Movement & Eliminate Fat Shots

Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:56
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head movement spine angle drillFor most players, extra head movement during the swing is a nuisance. It can result in inconsistent contact, and quite often lead to fat shots. The players on tour that get away with extra head movement, like Jim Furyk, get away with it because they are able to maintain a consistent spine angle throughout their swing. This type of swing is not something that can be taught, it takes years to perfect. So with that in mind, a simple, repeatable swing that maintains a consistent spine angle is the best approach to improving consistency and ball contact. The easiest way to maintain your spine angle is to reduce your head movement – this drill will help you achieve this.

This drill is simple enough to perform… you don’t even need a club. Face a wall, and get setup in your address position. Cross your arms across your chest, and move towards the wall until your head is making contact with it. Next, start back as if you were performing a swing – at the top of your backswing - hold the position… your head should still be in contact with the wall. Next, follow-through, focus on keeping your head touching the wall until after impact.

This simple drill will help you steady your head, and feel what a stable spine angle is like. With some practice, you shouldn’t have any issues with fat shots anymore. Give it a try.

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An Interview with Vibrant Golf

Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:56
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Vibrant Golf Company

Spring has finally arrive (Canada excluded). For many of us, it’s time to take the clubs out of the basement, and start getting ready for the season. Buying new clothing, clubs, golf balls and re-gripping your clubs are all likely on your list. This year however, you may be interested in trying something a little more... vibrant. We recently interviewed the President of Vibrant Golf – Willis Santamaria - a company with a unique vision and product offerings for golfers looking to put some color into their game. We think their product line-up will resonate with many of you.

We are excited to share our interview with you:

Enjoy!

1. For our readers who don't know, what kind of products do you offer golfers? What are your most popular products?

Vibrant Golf currently offers two lines of golf club customization products. The First is our VibraCoat Steel golf shaft coating. VibraCoat Comes in two versions, VibraCoat Gold Series, and VibraCoat Standard Series. Both versions of our VibraCoat Products are ultra durable and come with a 1 year warranty against cracking, chipping and wear. The only difference in the two lines are the colors that are available in each line. Gold series colors are brighter and more "vibrant", where the standard colors are more subdued.

Our second product line is our Vibant Golf Colored Ferrules. These colored ferrules come in 12 different colors and 4 different sizes to fit any club in the bag. They are a great addition to any set, regardless of shaft color.

We also have what we call Vibrant Golf Custom Shop. Within the Vibrant Golf Custom shop, customers can fully customize their equipment with custom colors, personal engravings on both the head and shaft of their clubs, and custom logos in assorted colors. We also have the ability to build a customer's clubs with their preferred specifications and in most cases can do these adjustments at no charge.

Our most popular products are our Gold Series Coatings in Pearl White, Sparkle Red, and Blue. We also sell quite a few Ferrules with our most popular color being white.

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How to Fix A Snap/Duck Hook

Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:56
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Snap Duck Hook Faults, Fixes and Drills

The snipes, snap, duck hook – whatever you want to call it, it’s a frustrating and damaging shot that usually plagues better players. Snaps can creep up with nearly any club in your bag, but is most common with longer clubs like your driver to 5-iron. The shot, for right-handers, starts low and left and hooks further left with plenty of speed and running power. In this article, we’ll cover some of the most common causes of the snap hook, and give you some great drills to try and fix it.

What causes a snap hook?

A snap hook is caused by one thing: over-active wrists into impact. There are many causes for over-active wrists however, so have a look at the list below to see if any of these faults sound familiar for your swing.

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Chipping with Control

Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:56
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Chipping Golf Tips Choke Down

When faced with short chip shots around the green, you should be getting up and down with ease. I like to consider a short-chip shot like this, as a modified putt.

Here are some suggestions to help make these short chips more automatic.

1) Choke Down – For this short shot, you will need the added control and reduced power that a choked down club produces.  This forces you slightly closer to the ball and should help you judge distances more accurately.

2) Acceleration – The number one fault of amateurs around the green is the deceleration. It's hard to notice if you’re not looking specifically for it, but if your chipping is extremely inconsistent, I’ll put my money on it that you're deceleration .

Even on these short shots you must be accelerating! Let the length of your backswing dictate the amount of power your chipping stroke generates, never the speed of your follow-through.  Far too often do I see players "chipping" with long backswings that are slowing down as they near the ball.  For pretty much every kind of chip, you must follow-through to ensure the ball gets out cleanly... acceleration ensures this happens.

3) Putt It – When chipping, your stroke is identical in length and style as a putt to the same target. With a proper chipping setup, the ball will be positioned slightly further back in your stance, resulting in a downward blow that pops the ball over the long grass and gets it rolling soon after it hits the green. Apart from ball position, the stroke is identical to a putt.

Practice this swing and use these tips and start saving your strokes guys!

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3 Simple Yip Cures You’ve Likely Never Tried

Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:56
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I hate the yips. It seems that every two years or so, after missing a couple of short putts – my mind goes into “don’t miss it” mode, and I’m faced with another couple weeks of awful, yip-filled rounds of golf. Now I guess I really shouldn’t complain, I’ve heard the horror stories of players quitting the game because their yips got so bad, or even people whose yips have progressed to affect their chipping and full-swing shots. I’m glad I’m not suffering that bad.

With all this said, I’ve spent countless hours on the putting green working on different things to help cure myself of the yips. I’ve tried different putting strokes, different setup routines, different putters and various drills – you name it, I’ve tried it. Oddly enough, I’ve found that some of the simplest changes to my putting stroke have made all the difference. In this post, I’m going to share with you those simple changes – so that you too can benefit – enjoy.

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