The Real Value of a Practice Swing

The Real Value of a Practice Swing

In earlier articles I have written about the benefit of having a routine with our golf shots and how each phase can be beneficial in leading us to the point where our execution of the shot is in auto –...

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Routines

Routines

It has long been accepted that in games like golf (closed skill environment) that using a routine is going to enhance performance. Even in other game types there a situations where a routine is used – perhaps a good example...

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Controlling your Low Point

Controlling your Low Point

Although golfers will have undoubtedly suffered from a lack of form at some point in their golf games this article is not about the mental highs and lows we experience. It is about putting our attention on the lowest point...

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Self Confidence

Self Confidence

If you look at all the different components as to what makes us play well, one of those elements that will be included by most sports persons is Self confidence. Confident beliefs influence how you feel, think, motivate yourself and...

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Extend Thru, Don’t Chicken Wing It

Extend Thru, Don’t Chicken Wing It

First off let me explain what the term “chicken wing” refers to in a golf swing. It relates to the follow through action of a golfer, usually a slicer of a ball, where the left arm (right handed golfer) has...

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Extend Thru, Don’t Chicken Wing It

Extend Thru, Don’t Chicken Wing It

First off let me explain what the term “chicken wing” refers to in a golf swing. It relates to the follow through action of a golfer, usually a slicer of a ball, where the left arm (right handed golfer) has...

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Mental Blocks

Mental Blocks

We all know that playing the game is not just a physical challenge but a synergy between the way we process things in our brain and our technical proficiencies. In order to play your best golf on a consistent basis,...

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Mental Blocks

Mental Blocks

We all know that playing the game is not just a physical challenge but a synergy between the way we process things in our brain and our technical proficiencies. In order to play your best golf on a consistent basis,...

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Bernard Gibbons honoured at Golfer’s Guide Award Night 2015

Bernard Gibbons honoured at Golfer’s Guide Award Night 2015

Powerscourt Golf Club Manager Bernard Gibbons was recognised in the golf industry this week at the Golfers Guide to Ireland Awards Night 2015. Bernard was presented with a plaque to acknowledge his outstanding service in the golf industry by Golfer's Guide...

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Swing Centred – Weight Shift

Swing Centred – Weight Shift

Swing Centred – Weight Shift We know there are lots of ways to swing a club but as a golf pro I have always been a fan of a centred swing idea. “Keep your head still” has been a phrase...

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Chipping Considerations

Chipping Considerations

The basic strategy for a chip shot is that the ball lands on the green, preferably on a flat area and then rolls up to the hole. This of course represents chipping in its simplest form. In more cases than...

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Chipping Considerations

Chipping Considerations

The basic strategy for a chip shot is that the ball lands on the green, preferably on a flat area and then rolls up to the hole. This of course represents chipping in its simplest form. In more cases than...

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Manage the aspects you can control

Manage the aspects you can control

Manage the aspects you can control Golf throws a constant challenge to all of us who play the game in the many number of different aspects that can affect our game but sometimes having the wrong attitude to things that...

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Manage the aspects you can control

Manage the aspects you can control

Manage the aspects you can control Golf throws a constant challenge to all of us who play the game in the many number of different aspects that can affect our game but sometimes having the wrong attitude to things that...

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Thoracic spine

Thoracic spine

Thoracic spine A key to longer drives is making a bigger, more powerful rotation with your torso, first away from the target and then toward the target. To do that, you need to learn where that rotation should come from...

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Thoracic spine

Thoracic spine

Thoracic spine A key to longer drives is making a bigger, more powerful rotation with your torso, first away from the target and then toward the target. To do that, you need to learn where that rotation should come from...

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The chipping utility

The chipping utility

Most golfers these days carry hybrid clubs or sometimes called rescue clubs. They are an incredibly useful alternative to long irons, and for a lot of golfers also help bridge the gap between the woods and irons. If you don’t...

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Squat for better control

Squat for better control

Squat for better control Increasingly one question seems to be asked of me, “What exercises should I do for golf?” A very simple deep squat is a great exercise for 2 reasons. Research has shown that any limitation performing a...

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Squat for better control

Squat for better control

Squat for better control Increasingly one question seems to be asked of me, “What exercises should I do for golf?” A very simple deep squat is a great exercise for 2 reasons. Research has shown that any limitation performing a...

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Putting to the beat

Putting to the beat

Great putters have a wonderful ability to control the speed of the ball. This skill really is the foundation to good putting. A common feature of these golfers is they have a pendular/ metronomic timing to their stroke. That is...

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