Get the correct information from a qualified teaching professional so you don't waste your time working on the wrong techniques.

PRACTICE! I firmly believe the statistics of people who do not improve is directly relevant to limited practice.

Remember to practice short game pitching, chipping and bunker play!

Your time commitment is proportional to your success. Make practice fun. Have at least four drills to work on and a definite plan and goal during your practice sessions.

No Negativity! Work on the positive. Don't keep finding things wrong with your swing. When you hit a good shot, remember the feeling and visualize or picture your feeling,

PICTURE AND FEEL YOUR SWING - An example of what I picture and feel in my swing is a powerfully connected and unified left and right side moving thru the shot with leverage of my feet, legs, and thighs resisting and opposing the pivot and rotation of the hips,and torso. I also picture and sense that my arms rest naturally but remain closely connected to my body throughout the pivoting motion. I also sense a delayed release or angle retention of my wrists as I near impact which finally unleashes into a free wheeling release of the arms, hands and clubhead through the striking area. I also don't overswing and? picture a controlled and compact backswing swing as well as finish. I am very aware of the feeling of connection, especially in my right side with my right elbow and tricep snugged in against the right side of my chest. I also can acheive this powerfully connected feeling of my right side through a preparatory movement in my set by a very slight turning in of my right knee and hip toward the target to initiate a pivoting motion and a transfer of my body weight into my feet as they resist the ground. This preset movement not only encourages a snugging of my right arm and side at address, but discourages any independent lifting of the club on the takeaway with my hands and arms. The last thing I want to do is initiate my swing with just my arms and hands. Remember if our arms were as strong as our legs we'd walk on our hands. My arms are not tight, but close and secure to my body at address. It's very close to the feeling I want through impact. Thats why many pros say they can feel their shot through their address position. Everything feels compact, together and powerful as I initiate the backswing with a subtle transfer of weight into the resistance of my right leg allowing my body to rotate and swing my arms, hands,and club up on my backswing loading stored potential energy into my right foot, thigh, hip, side, hands and fingers. My body is now in a loaded position to deliver a powerfully consistent blow to the ball on the through swing. PLEASE NOTE, the culmination of this release of energy and power may feel as though my right hip and side whip the clubhead through the ball with great velocity and freedom however the power is really set up through the preset address, footwork, and pivot. As my right side and hip turns into the ball the clubshaft will be thrown back against the index finger of my right hand. That is why it is vitally important to have the correct grip with feel mainly in the fingers. If you've ever seen a picture of a baseball pitcher in his delivery. That contorted backward looking position of the arm elbow and hand just before the ball is released is the same priciple of how the clubshaft is thrown backward against my right hand in the golf swing. This powerful angle of retained energy is the final moment of truth in the golf swing and is directly relevant to whether your shot takes off like a missle or a pop gun. (power is created through a resistance of your feet and legs against the ground. It travels upward into your center of gravity, and is released outward through the arms and hands to the clubhead as a result of this pivoting torsional rotation and freewheeling whip action).

REMEMBER: Everyone can and will improve if you want to!