Tag: Golf Tips

Golf instruction: Early extension is killing your golf swing

Early extension can be the silent killer of potential great golf shots.

Extension is desired in the golf swing, but early extension can be the silent killer of potential great golf shots.

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This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 explain the problem and demonstrate a drill that can help keep your tail bone back to avoid that dreaded early extension.

Check out this quick tip using a pool noodle or any other flat object that can rest to train your body on the downswing.

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Golf instruction: ‘Keeping your head down’ doesn’t mean what you think

Is it really as simple as that?

Every golfer has heard at least once they are not keeping their head down while swinging. Is it really as simple as that?

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This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 explain how lifting your head from the golf ball does not necessarily mean you are picking your head up, but rather losing your posture during the swing.

Check out this quick tip to improve staying down on the ball at impact.

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Golf instruction: 3 quick things to check when you set up to the ball

Setting up to the golf ball properly is the first step in hitting a great golf shot.

Setting up to the golf ball properly is the first step in hitting a great golf shot.

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This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 give three simple steps to check before hitting a shot. The grip, ball position and posture all aids in a proper set-up and can greatly impact the result of your shot.

Practice these three easy checkpoints before you hit and watch the quality of your shots improve over time.

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Golf instruction: Easy points to master the takeaway of the golf swing

Taking the club outside and picking the club up can make a big difference in the simplicity of the takeaway.

For most amateur golfers, their hands start working away from the body and roll the club inside during their takeaway.

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Taking the club outside and picking the club up can make a big difference in the simplicity of the takeaway.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 demonstrate how to properly takeaway the club using an alignment stick. Getting the shaft parallel to the ground on the way back can make all the difference.

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Golf instruction: How to flight your wedges lower and create backspin

Hitting your wedges high can kill your short-game accuracy and scoring.

Hitting your wedges high can kill your short-game accuracy and scoring.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 demonstrate how to hit lower flighted wedge shots and create backspin.

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Adding more shaft lean at impact can help with this and lower the loft of the club face.

You can use data from TrackMan or other simulator technologies to measure your progress. Dynamic loft and launch angle will be the two most important data points to look at.

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Golf instruction: How to easily create lag in your swing

Try this simple move to help deliver the club and create that sought after lag.

Creating lag can be confusing and daunting, but it doesn’t have to be as complex as you may think.

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This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 demonstrate how creating lag does not come from throwing the club over the top, but the angle of the club shaft and lead arm can create it.

Try this simple move to help deliver the club and create that sought after lag for longer and more consistent shots.

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Golf instruction: This is why you are initiating your downswing incorrectly

Check out this movement that is done with the heel at the top of the swing before the arms move in the downswing.

You have finally gotten to the top of your swing comfortably, but maybe your downswing is now the cause of your headaches.

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It is tough to manage a variety of thoughts while swinging, but this simple cue may transform your downswing.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 demonstrate a movement that is done with the heel at the top of the swing before allowing your arms to move in the downswing.

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Golf instruction: This is why you’re not hitting greens in regulation

TrackMan is one way to gather the carry distances of all your clubs.

Going to the driving range and hitting iron shots at various targets is one way to practice distance control, but it is not the best way.

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Taking advantage of technology to find the average of your carry distances rather than total yardage for each club will help you reach and hold greens more effectively.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 demonstrate how TrackMan is one way to gather the carry distances of all your clubs.

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If you’re looking for more instruction, click here.

Golf instruction: Dial in your backswing position with these 3 things

The top of the swing is a key component to having a successful downswing and impact position.

Everyone has a different way of getting to the top of the backswing, but here are three things to think about to dial in the position at the top.

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The top of the swing is a key component to having a successful downswing and impact position. Some simple adjustments here can go a long way.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 demonstrate how to master that crucial position at the top of the backswing.

If you’re interested in any of Averee’s fitness content, click here.

If you’re looking for more instruction, click here.

Golf instruction: Stop giving up power with your driver

Let’s get your swing a little bit longer.

Using power efficiently in the golf swing is something that most amateur golfers have not mastered. Oftentimes, when golfers try to swing harder they get out of sorts and lose their timing and delivery of the club.

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This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to harness more power when hitting your driver.

Having length and extension in your backswing can lead to a better position at the top of the swing and this can help with a better impact position.

If you’re interested in any of Averee’s fitness content, click here.

If you’re looking for more instruction, click here.