Tag: swing 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: 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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Golf instruction: Try this to stop ‘chicken winging’ or ‘flipping’ as you swing

Flipping at impact during the golf swing is a struggle that many golfers know all too well.

Flipping at impact during the golf swing is a struggle that many golfers know all too well.

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Nobody wants to be told they are “chicken winging it” as they swing, so this simple drill may go a long way to help minimize those unwanted errors on the course.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Kent St. Charles from Lab 18 demonstrate a drill with an alignment stick that helps minimize the dreaded chicken wing move at impact in the golf swing.

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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.

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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.

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Golf instruction: How to easily change the flight of your golf ball

Being in control of your golf shot doesn’t have to be just for the professionals.

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It’s crucial to know how to flight your golf ball if you are trying to get under a tree. Or maybe you want the ball to roll out more or perhaps stop when it lands on the green.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to get the trajectory of your shot lower or higher.

Being in control of your golf shot doesn’t have to be just for the professionals. A few simple tips and you are well on your way to the trajectory of your dreams.

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Rory McIlroy and Billy Horschel talking golf swing is music to our ears

Swing nerds rejoice.

Some of the best golf television is not when the commentators are speaking, but when the golfers are discussing shots with their caddies or talking with each other.

That was no different Thursday during the first round of the Horizon Irish Open, where Rory McIlroy, the 2016 champion of the event at The K Club, and Billy Horschel were caught discussing the golf swing walking off a tee box.

At the beginning of the clip, McIlroy, ranked second in the world, stopped while walking off a tee box to act out a swing thought Horschel was describing. Then the latter talked about the feel in his golf swing and more, with the duo providing mesmerizing commentary for 30 seconds that any swing nerd can’t get enough of.

McIlroy and Horschel shot matching 3-under 69s in the opening round. There’s a four-way tie for the lead at 6-under 66, which includes Jordan Smith, Thomas Bjorn, Ross Fisher and Ashun Wu.

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