Stretch band exercise for flexibility

Just a simple band can improve your flexibility with these simple movements. A few reps of these a week and you will see the benefit and gain strength in your golf swing. Great for all ages.

Custom fitting facts

Swingweight - degree to which the club balances toward the club head. Has a direct impact on your distance, feel and consistency a lighter swingweight will increase your swing speed.

Shaft with tip stiff and flexible butt combined with low loft will work better for players seeking a lower penetrating ball flight. The shaft will bend less during the downswing. The opposite applies for players wanting higher ball flight and distance. Shaft with stiff butt and flexible tip with higher loft.

Torque- this is the twisting of the head at impact. The further away the centre of gravity is from the shaft, higher the twisting. 

The greater mass more twisting occurs. Higher the torque the more the club head will twist with a fast downswing, which will result in inaccuracy at impact.

Balancing the driver.

The flex of the driver is crucial to distance, accuracy and trajectory. If distance is your priority, consider a slightly softer flex, which will enable the golfer to load the shaft more, which in turn stores more energy to increase power in the swing. If accuracy is your priority, a firmer shaft will give more control over the release and face angle at impact.

Adjustable drivers.

Sliding weight drivers - moving weight from side to side is not new at all. Mizuno did it first but not patent for it.

First time it was done was in 1995. It wasn't heavy enough though to have any affect.

Tom Wishon researched this back in the late 80's, early 90's and found you have to move at least 25 grams to have any affect on the shape of the shot, heel to toe, toe to heel. At 20grms of toe heel movement, only the the very best ball strikers will see a slight change in draw to fade shape of shot.

Moving weight from side to side in a driver is NOT a means to reduce a slice or a hook. You can only do this by changing the face angle with length reduction. These SLDR  drivers are only for making slight reductions to a nagging fade or draw. To do this consistently requires the golfer to be very consistent in the delivery of the face to the ball in his/her swing path.

E.g if you are a golfer whose swingpath varies from swing to swing 5 * outside to 1* outside in, that's enough of a high to low range that a movement of the weight to the extreme heel side of the head will not bring about a reduction in his/her slice that is going to be visible at all. On the other hand if the golfers swingpath from swing to swing varies by 2* or less, then fine, moving weight side to side will show up.

But again, these weight movement  drivers, no matter whose it might be are for TWEAKING the draw or fade tendency of a shot by 3,4,5, yards, not 20 to 30 yards and for more consistent players too

Tpi screening.

If you're not assessing, you're just guessing


A new paradigm has emerged in golf training that involves biomechanical analysis of the golf swing and much more. In addition to high-tech swing analysis, players are given a full-body movement screen, which tests their flexibility, balance, stability and coordination. Using the findings, a training and therapy regimen is created to improve a player's mechanical issues, weaknesses and negative tendencies.

One company that is in the forefront of this paradigm shift is Titleist Performance Institute (TPI). They put an emphasis on players improving movement fundamentals of mobility, coordination and balance, and only when these fundamentals are mastered do strength, endurance, power and skill acquisition become the focus of training.

Any information on this, please get in touch with me.

Your body dictates your golf swing movement and helps you feel how far you can go.

Yoga for golf

The golf swing is a complex movement pattern, a blend of stability and mobility. In the golf swing, some joints are challenged to provide stability: feet, knees, pelvis, and shoulder blades. Other joints are required to be mobile: ankles, hips, spine, and shoulder joint. Proper kinematic sequencing is necessary to perform with both distance and accuracy. I like the model the Titleist Performance Institute uses of how the joints are stacked from bottom to top in terms of stability/mobility in the golf swing:


As you can see, the pattern is stable, then mobile. Obviously, if something is askew at one of these
joint sites, then golf dysfunction of some kind is bound to occur. Yoga is a blend of strength/endurance (stability) and flexibility (mobility), and immediately provides the golfer with higher levels of both of these. Yoga will finely tune your body, and when the body is finely tuned, better golf is easily achieved.

Speed in golf is determined by the ability to accelerate in a controlled fashion. Flexible muscles move faster and help enhance mobility in the joints. Increases in clubhead speed and better accuracy are easily achieved when a golfer has higher levels of functional flexibility/mobility.

Carlas Cowboys Player of the year 2016. John Sangster

John has really deserved his award this year. His dedication and his commitment has been exceptional! I have really enjoyed working with him and it has been a privelage to see him improve from day one. His manner and his attitude is great for the game of golf. John, it's been a pleasure!

Shaping Shots

Easiest way of shaping shots is to move your left hand on your grip. When practicing through the winter give this a try. Use these pictures for reference.
The pic on the left makes the ball go more to the left, (draw) and the pic on the right makes the ball go to the right, (fade).



I would recommend the more accomplished player to experiment with this as Most mid to high handicappers dont have the correct grip anyway. It would only cause confusion!!

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