Monday, May 19, 2014

GOLF SWING MECHANICS - JOHNNY CUETO AND THE OVER THE TOP GOLF® SWING

JOHNNY CUETO FULL BODY TURN


FORT PIERCE, Florida - Anyone reading this article has to ask, "What does Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto have to do with golf swing mechanics?" It is amazing how many of our everyday movements bring to mind the inherent human body actions that were incorporated into my OVER THE TOP GOLF® swing method. For those who are just now becoming familiar with my golf swing optimization method, there are five set-up changes that, when added to your naturally occurring golf swing, will result in dramatic increases in distance and improvements in accuracy. Those who have purchased the OVER THE TOP GOLF® instructional eBook already know that I have used drawings and explanations using both claw and sledge hammers, weed whackers and frisbees to illustrate golf swing dynamics - not the swing itself, mind you, but "dynamics." 


JOHNNY CUETO WEIGHT TRANSFER

One of those realizations of how fundamental human movements compare to my OTG golf swing method happened while watching Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto do his thing. Similar to legendary pitcher Luis Tiant, but unlike just about everyone else, Cueto actually makes a full body turn away from the target before throwing. This mimics not only the OVER THE TOP GOLF® swing but a conventional golf swing as well.

JOHNNY CUETO WALK THROUGH AND BODY TURN

Next, in order to create a tremendous amount of power, a baseball pitcher essentially spins his torso by walking forward. A golfer using a conventional swing, by contrast, executes the entire swing with his feet remaining planted. Can you imagine a baseball pitched doing that? Where would his power come from? This is weight transfer times ten.

ROGER CLEMENS READY TO FIRE

One of the five set-up changes that makes up the OVER THE TOP GOLF® swing method is a walk-through move. Without the other four components, this in itself doesn't work worth a darn but it is, in and of itself, the engine that creates the added distance that all golfers seek. Throwing a baseball and swinging a golf club are obviously two different things but if you'll use a bit of imagination, the correlation between the two becomes evident.

ROGER CLEMENS WALK THROUGH AND BODY TURN

I have also included a few photos of baseball pitcher Roger Clemens. There are few comparisons between Clemens and Cueto but Roger stands more upright upon completion of his pitch and this reminds me more of how I stand upon completion of the OVER THE TOP GOLF® swing. One of my comments in the eBook is that I sometimes even find myself walking toward the target after my swing. A golfer using my golf swing method creates so much torque that it's almost impossible not to keep walking after doing a hard swing.


ROGER CLEMENS FINISH POSITION FACING THE TARGET

These illustrations will hopefully convey how much power is lost using a conventional golf swing that fails to employ the rotational and forward movement of the torso that comes with walking through the shot. The last illustration is from the OVER THE TOP GOLF® instructional eBook showing yours truly at the finish position after using every ounce of power my body could manufacture - something that I hope you will consider doing yourself.


THE OVER THE TOP GOLF® FINISH POSITION


Keywords for this article: golf swing mechanics, over the top golf, Johnny Cueto, golf, swing, method, Roger Clemens

Thursday, May 1, 2014

PLAY WINNING GOLF WITH AN OVER THE TOP GOLF SWING

PLAY WINNING GOLF WITH AN OVER THE TOP GOLF SWING

FORT PIERCE, Florida - It was an offer that I couldn’t refuse. April was free golf lesson month and it came in the middle of one of the most horrible slumps I’ve ever endured. As any golfing snowbird will tell you, spending the winter in Florida is not only a luxury, it’s also an opportunity to work on things that will enable you to crush your friends back home come springtime. It was a no brainer – pay fifteen dollars for the Over the Top Golf eBook, try it out for size, write an article about the experience then get a refund. I read your web site. Your method is not a cure for an over the top swing. Check! It doesn’t fix an over the top swing. Check! According to you, Over the Top Golf will optimize my golf swing whether I swing over the top or not. Check! Well, here’s my article and guess what? I don’t even want my money back!

The Over the Top Golf eBook is a well-narrated pictorial showing step-by-step instructions how to change my swing. In the past there have been countless golf pros who tried to do exactly that, without success I might add. First the book discussed golf swing dynamics, pretty basic stuff that, nevertheless, contained some illuminating ideas that I have incorporated into my repertoire. When one of them doesn’t seem to be working too well, I can switch to one of the others.  Next, the instructor went through the five set-up changes necessary in order to make the whole thing work. I must say, the geometry and physics were shockingly simple yet I have to ask myself why no golf instructor ever figured it out before now. Without giving away any proprietary information, all of these changes are a lesson in simplicity. A front view, a side view and even a top view of the Over the Top Golf swing, shown one frame at a time.  Then there’s a small box in the upper right corner that depicts the entire sequence in action. For such a simple little lesson, the presentation is impressive. For fifteen dollars, I’d say that it’s incredibly impressive!

Now for the results. I have always been a fader, high trajectory drives of 200 yards if I was lucky. No amount of lessons and practice time could cure me of that outside-in, over the top swing. I have never been able to hit long irons from the six iron on down so my approach shots are either with a hybrid or I play three shots to the green. Even my seven iron through pitching wedge shots always strayed off to the right. A decent bump and run short game and above average putter has enabled me to maintain a handicap in the high teens.

The currents state of my golf game has improved so much that I’m moved to sing the praises of the Over The Top Golf swing to anyone who will listen. On the driving range, and this never fails, people come up to me asking what kind of golf swing I’m using. Yes, your Over the Top Golf swing does look different but then so do my golf shots. Being able to duplicate straight shot after straight shot seems incredible to people watching. Your swing has been compared to that of Gary Player on more than one occasion.

Off the tee, I now hit the golf ball low and straight, sometimes with a slight draw. My distance has improved by almost fifty yards. I now hit my hybrids on a lower trajectory as well which means that they are running over the backs of greens – something that never, ever happened with my high floaters. The Over the Top Golf swing has such power to it; I can even hit a five iron now. In fact, I use it more than my hybrids. Lastly, all of my short iron and wedge shots go as straight as any pro out there on the PGA Tour and that’s no exaggeration.  One more thing that’s no exaggeration is that I have won more than that fifteen dollars I spent since learning the Over the Top Golf swing so keep the money with my blessing and if you ever decide to go public with your company, keep my name and address because I’ll be first in line to buy the IPO. - Eddie Reade