Keys to Success
 

Equipment

• Golf clubs, 1 per student

• The "whooshing" should be heard as club comes down just past hip height and through the ball position.
• Feel your thumbs point to the rear on the backswing, and down to the target on the forwardswing.
• Practice 3 swings at 50% speed first to feel the motion of the target arm with the weight shift.
• Use a full body turn on the backswing and forward swing.

• Practice with a partner; hold your club on the swinging partner's head to feel the turn about the center.
• After 5 repetitions, alternate a regular full swing between each wide whoosher swing.

• 10 swings with a loud "whooshing" sound

• Reduce reps to 6

• Increase reps to 20
• Have students swing with the target arm only, placing the rear hand on the back of the hip and pushing forward with it on the start of the forwardswing, in order to feel hip turn.

Equipment

• Golf clubs, (SWs, PWs, 9-irons)
• Golf balls, 20 per student
• Tees, 10 per student, plus extras

• On the golf course, the pitch shot is used whenever you need a relatively high trajectory and a shorter distance (20-90 yards) as you approach the green.
• Practice visualizing a bush or bunker you need to hit over onto the green before each shot.
• Limit your shot to a max of 50 yards.
• Make 2 practice swings before each shot, feeling the swing pace for the desired distance.

• Play Bogey with a partner, picking a landing area and the desired trajectory.

• 15 total swings, visualizing the desired shot and distance before each swing

• Let student use tees.
• Set up actual obstacles and targets.

• Have student visualize higher obstacles, such as trees.
• Have student visualize multiple obstacles.
• Increase the distance to the landing areas.