A great backswing puts you in good position at the top and sets the stage for the rest of the golf swing – a good transition and impact zone. A poor backswing, whether it be off plane or poor tempo, can really hamper your ability to get back to the ball with any consistency. There…
Mike Austin didn’t swing 150+ mph by complete accident. Yes he was a very strong man with a solid classic golf swing, but there was more – in the way he was doing it. You see, One of Mike’s key phrases that he passed on to students was ‘Under, Up, and Out!’. These are feels…
If you have been able to reach the 275 milestone as I demonstrated in my previous video in this ‘personal milestone’ series, you should now start to aspire to getting to the next phase which will really drop your handicap. Hitting the ball 300+ allows you to start dominating golf courses by hitting mid and…
In part 3 of my personal milestone series, we will discuss in great detail exactly how you can reach the 250 yard milestone…first once, then consistently. Here are the basic factors that hold most golfers back from driving a ball this far: You’ll need a minimum clubhead speed of around 89 mph just to hit…
First we contract a muscle. The instant the motion starts, even if just a finger, the forces we put into the ground suddenly change. Then the ground pushes back. If we can put a lot of forces into the ground as we start our downswing, we create a tremendous brace to turn around and hit…
The driver is one of the toughest clubs to make perform consistently. It’s length, bulky head, and low loft makes it the easiest to mistime and go off line. The lower the loft on a club, the greater the potential it has to curve. Also, since we are going the furthest, the geometry would suggest…
You could use all kinds of different golf swing methods and have decent results when it comes to accuracy. I prefer the Mike Austin swing method because I get big time distance with no sacrifice in accuracy. But no matter which type of swing you use, or even your own style, you must have 3…
Although the potential for hitting our longest drives starts to diminish around 45 or 50 years of age, most golfers have never come close to reaching said potential. Which means there is usually tons of room for improvement. We know this by observing the world’s longest hitters on the long drive circuit. ‘Fast’ Eddie Fernandes…
I work with many golfers over 55, and many of them lack the necessary driving distance to keep their scores in the 80’s and 90’s where golf continues to be fun for them. As we golfers age, and through being sedentary, we start to lose flexibility and it affects our golf swings. We start to…
Most golfers get in their own way when it comes to generating clubhead speed. The average golfer stifles the ‘throwing’ action of the arms and hands – or even worse has been coached to hold or control the action of the wrists. The basis for a perfect power golf swing is the free, unimpeded throwing…
