Why golf science and playing the game don’t mix

Andrew sent me the video below. It’s titled, Golf Biodynamics Explains Bubba’s Swing Science At Live on Masters 2013. It’s an awful title and what generally happens when humans try and write for search engines rather than for humans. That aside,...

What my Dad taught me about playing golf

My Old Man is a terrible golfer and not someone who should be let near a golf course – he’s only played a handful of games and there’s nothing there that would suggest he’d trouble the scorers in a good way. In his professional life he was a...

An impromptu short game lesson with Phil Mickelson

This video is of Phil Mickelson talking his way through how he hit a pitch shot off a cart part. He goes into some detail but most of it is actually set-up and getting ready for the strike. He actually keeps it really simple which I think would enable anyone to give...

You’ve got to try this golf routine

Here’s a golf routine you should try. Golfers typically take too long to play, and the more time you take, generally the worse you’ll do. You end up thinking too much and before you know it, you’ve worked out 17 different ways to muck up the shot and...

Talkin’ with Dillon

The other week Clare and I were invited out to dinner – it was our first outing with young Jessica and boy was it good to get out of the house for a bit. Our host’s young son was Dillion. He is a strapping lad, 17 years old, polite and full of questions. I...

Some coaching is just plain wrong!

This post is going to discuss one of the most important emails I’ve received. It came from Brock (a regular reader) and was in response to this post on cricket. I’m going to add my own thoughts throughout and shed more light on the problems of traditional...