The Turn: Lower Body Mechanics

Learning The Swing Motion

LEARNING THE SWING MOTION. Learn to develop a clear road map to a consistent, powerful, swing motion and you’ll develop ‘A Swing You Can Trust.’ Learn how the body moves and discover your unique swing—influenced by your body dimensions, mass, and flexibility. Master the basic turn and weight shift, a simple swing motion that will instill a repeatable move for a reliable golf swing.

Perfect Finish Drill

PERFECT FINISH DRILL. This drill will help you develop a great swing with the perfect finish; you’ll learn to get on your left side and hone your proprioceptive skills and awareness.

Finding Your Unique Swing

FINDING YOUR UNIQUE SWING. Even if you didn’t pick up the game as a teen, you can still learn how to swing like someone who did. Build a swing that feels like you’ve been playing golf your whole life by employing the secrets of the medicine ball. Develop strength, excellent form and a bio-mechanically healthy swing. Great drill for core strength, good posture and ballistic speed.

Drills To Increase Club-Head Speed

DRILLS TO INCREASE CLUB-HEAD SPEED Increase your club head speed and gain distance with ‘the baseball swing”. Learn how to incorporate the best elements of your baseball past in to your golfing future. You’ll increase club head speed and add distance and power for longer drives and powerful results.

Discover Your Power Set Up

DISCOVER YOUR POWER SET UP. Learn to use creative imagery to consistently find your optimal set-up for power and precision. Throwing a knock-out punch has a lot in common with the bio-mechanics of a powerful golf swing. We’ll show you how to develop the same power of a boxer by leveraging proper posture and knee flex.

The Grip

THE GRIP. The grip is your ONLY contact with the golf club.  It is a critical link in the transfer of power from the golf swing to the club head, and ultimately the ball.  Pivotal moments during the swing sequence are determined by how you hold the club.  A proper grip is a major contributor to generating club head speed and is necessary for club stability

Full Swing Posture

FULL SWING POSTURE. Posture is the foremost element of your set up.  Its significance is not only performance related, but also health related.  Good posture increases your potential range of motion, minimizes injury-inducing spinal compression and helps the body execute a fluid and effective golf swing.  Learn about the all-important TWO tilts to develop a great swing foundation.

Full Swing Posture Drills

FULL SWING POSTURE DRILLS. The same fundamentals we learn from yoga, a stretch class, or our trainers, are applied to a set-up for success: learn to minimize compression on the spine and maximize range of motion. A neutral spine, fully lengthened and aligned, is the ideal posture for golf. Learn these balance exercises to achieve this ideal. This drill will help you develop a more reliable swing AND avoid painful spinal problems and back injuries common to golfers with bad swing posture.

Full Swing Arms Position

FULL SWING ARMS POSITION Proper arm positioning is specific to each individual. Centrifugal and centripetal force play the lead role in determining an individual player’s ideal arm position.  Learn where to best place your arms at address by simply making a swing to learn where to start. You can discover, with certainty, where to place your arms , and thus the club, at address for maximum swing results. This exact and ideal arms position will be a mystery no longer.

Full Swing Aim & Alignment

FULL SWING AIM & ALIGNMENT. Learn proper alignment for all your shots.  Why?  Proper alignment insures that all the energy you generate is applied squarely to the ball, sending it successfully in your intended direction.  Learn how to fight the natural tendency to aim well right of your target, or how not to make matters worse by aiming too far left to fix or “play” the slice.

The Turn: Learning Proper Rotation

THE TURN: LEARNING PROPER ROTATION. Rotating your body correctly is one of the basic skills you need to master to create an effective, powerful swing.  Using the proper turn allows all the larger muscles of the torso (last, abs and deltoids) to work in unison to generate maximum club head speed. Learn how to improve your turn.

Drills For A Better Turn

DRILLS FOR A BETTER TURN. Rather than wasting thousands of dollars and hours, and potentially a lifetime, trying to unlock the mystery of a superior turn, try these simple drills to develop a superior turn. The Mirror Drill, offers empirical, demonstrable evidence of turning correctly. The Eyes Closed Drill, teaches you to rely on proprioception and build physical awareness. The goal of both drills is a consistent, repeatable turn. We’ll also teach you a third ‘on the course’ drill for optimal performance when competing.

Full Swing Ball Position

FULL SWING BALL POSITION. Learn to control and optimize the quality of your strikes/ball contact through proper ball positioning. Learn how ball positioning creates ascending, descending or level contact between the club face and ball. By learning to alter ball placement, you’ll be able to determine whether the club face meets the ball directly, or on the way up or down.  Learn to control your “angle of attack” and you will improve distance control with your irons and maximize distance with your driver.

The Turn: How To Coil, Not Sway

THE TURN: HOW TO COIL, NOT SWAY. Our clear explanations, demonstrations and powerful graphics help you understand how to coil, not sway on your golf swing. Learn to eliminate excessive lateral motion. We’ll show you specific gym exercise to reinforce and develop muscle memory. Gain power with performance training and improve your consistency with proper swing mechanics.

Weight Shift Fundamentals

WEIGHT SHIFT FUNDAMENTALS. The movement of the body’s mass plays a major role in power. Learn how to properly shift your weight for the golf swing, and how to avoid the confusion of common advice about shifting your weight. Learn how the direction and geometry of the back swing causes your center of gravity to naturally move, and why proper weight shift is the product of a good TURN.

Weight Shift: J.J. Rivet Drill

WEIGHT SHIFT: J.J. RIVET DRILL. It’s not whether the weight shifts, but how…learn to harness counter pressure with the J.J. Rivet tennis ball drill and you will develop a consistently effective weight shift for your golf swing.

Weight Shift: Step ‘n Swing Drill

WEIGHT SHIFT: STEP & SWING DRILL. Learn to achieve more effective weight shift tempo with this modified version of Gary Player’s step and swing drill to help you achieve a perfectly executed weight shift.

Weight Shift: Rock ‘n Load Drill

WEIGHT SHIFT: ROCK AND LOAD DRILL. Develop rhythm and apply body mass with this innovative exercise. Find your rhythm and use mass over muscle. Develop better swing rhythm and conquer the weight shift with this easy practice drill.

The Full Swing Overview

THE FULL SWING OVERVIEW. No two golf swings are alike, yet great golf swings have common characteristics.  This video will introduce you to the principles of a great golf swing, and help you identify the things you need to do to develop a swing that maximizes your individual attributes:  flexibility, leveraging capabilities, strength and athleticism. Most importantly, it will help you develop a swing you can trust.