| know these "secrets" if they are to have a powerful,
repeating golf stroke.
The problem with the
majority of golfers is that they don't know what to do. Oh their
friends, well wishers at best, tell them that they are "bending their
left arm", "raising up through the shot", "coming over the top" and host
of other swing faults. But these are the same people that shoot the same
scores you do! What could they possibly tell you that would improve your
game?
The information you are about to receive is not theory or conjecture but
science. Ooooh, you say, this sounds complicated. Well it isn't, it is
simply the laws of force and motion that govern our entire lives and day
to day living. Once you understand these simply laws your golf game will
forever change...for the better!
Secret #1: A Flat Left Wrist
Because the golf stroke involves a golf club, a left arm, and a wrist in
between, it is called a "lever system". The left wrist acts as a "hinge
pin" much like the old time "flail" used to beat wheat. This "hinge pin"
can rotate, cock or uncock but NEVER Bends!
Golfers however routinely bend the left wrist causing the clubhead to
reach the ball before the hands do. This causes a "quitting" motion,
adds loft to the clubface, points the face to the left of target, makes
the clubhead swing upward disrupting the downward motion that ALL good
golf shots MUST have. Good players DELOFT the clubface at Impact. Poor
players ADD loft to the clubface costing them distance, direction, and
trajectory.
A 5 iron, for example, has approximately 8 degrees for "forward lean"
when soled properly. At Impact with good players the "lean" is
approximately 15 degrees. This turns the 5 iron into a 4 iron. Poor
players reach Impact with a "backward" leaning clubshaft thereby ADDING
loft and turning the 5 iron into a 6-7 iron!
Secret #2: A Staright Plane Line
You only have two choices when it comes to the swing plane, you are
either on or you're off. There is no middle ground!
What exactly is the swing plane? The plane is the angle of the clubshaft
as it sets at address - period! It is NOT Hogans plane of glass as many
would have you to believe. There are only three planes available;
1. Horizontal - a wall 2. Vertical - the floor 3. Inclined somewhere in between
As golfers you and I use the Inclined Plane to swing the club back up
and end, down out and forward, up back and in making the Golf Stroke
three dimensional.
The clubshaft, actually the sweetspot of the club, may travel to any
other plane angle during the swing as long as it DOES NOT cross the base
of the plane. Here is a simple way you can know if you are on plane or
not. Whichever end of the club is nearest to the ground MUST also point
at the base of the plane from horizon to horizon. If neither end is
nearer then the clubshaft MUST be horizontal to the ground and parallel
to the base of plane.
Secret #3: A Lagging Clubhead
Lag by definition means "trailing". When the clubhead passes the hands
coming into Impact there is no "lag". Without "lag" the golf ball cannot
be compressed, we cannot hit downward, and we have a tremendous power
loss. Clubhead lag promotes a steady and even acceleration giving us a
dependable way to control distance.
Look at any picture of your favorite player at Impact. The left arm and
clubshaft are in ONE LINE! Never two lines. This means that the player
is utilizing "lag". When a ball is struck with "lag" it explodes off the
clubface! Without this "lag" the sound turns into one of mush, a soft
Impact instead of a driving Impact.
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If you follow this outline, learn these three "Secrets" you will be
hitting the ball with more compression than you ever thought possible.
For example, a Driver striking a golf ball with a 2 degree "backward"
leaning clubshaft at 100 mph with 9.5 degrees of loft produces a launch
angle of 6.4 degrees and a carry distance of 230 yards.
By changing Impact to a 2 degree forward leaning clubshaft the player
produces a launch angle of 10.4 degrees and a carry of 251 yards. A 21
YARD INCREASE WITHOUT buying a new Driver and simply having clubhead
lag!
YOU can improve your game dramatically by following the steps outlined
above. Become the best player YOU can be and start winning those 4 way
presses! If YOU really want to elevate your game, hit it farther,
straighter, and nearer the hole then practice what I've shared with you.
------------------------------------------------------------ Chuck Evans, G.S.E.D. www.chuckevansgolf.com chuck@chuckevansgolf.com
P.S. Visit our website for more information on how to become the best
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Chuck Evans is one of only 31 Teachers in the world to hold the
designation of "Doctorate in Golf Stroke Engineering", he is one of the
most highly sought after instructors in the world not only by players
but other teachers as well and is known as the Teacher of Teachers!
Chuck has appeared on numerous golf talk shows, written and published
instructional articles in local, regional, and national golf
publications. His DVD, "60 Days To Game Improvement" has sold in excess
of 10,000 copies and his new eBook, "How To Build YOUR Golf Swing" is in
the library of amateurs and Teaching Professional alike. He has also
appeared as the featured instructor for education classes regarding the
golf swing at various PGA Sections and Chapters around the country and
has been nominated numerous times for Golf Digest's Top 50 Teachers and
Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers.
In addition Chuck has held the positions of Director of Schools for the
PGA Tour Golf Academy and the Director of Instruction for the United
States Golf Institute.
You can reach Chuck through his Golf Academy in Mesa Arizona by calling
480.862.6544, by email at chuck@chuckevansgolf.com or through the
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