HITTING OFF THE BACK FOOT IS ROBBING YOU OF POWER. WALK THROUGH THAT SHOT AND LET THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.

LET THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

FORT PIERCE, Florida - Many golfers are aware that coming through the ball is an important part of creating power in the golf swing. What comes natural to us, however, is the tendency to hang back and hit off the back foot. The reason for this is that it's difficult to maintain balance after making a hard golf swing. My OVER THE TOP GOLF® swing method incorporates five set-up changes into your existing golf swing, one of which is a walk through move. By itself, such a motion isn't worth much except for when a golfer needs to propel his or her club head through a deep lie in very thick grass. As a cohesive part of the five set-up changes I mentioned though, the walk through not only creates torque on it's own, it solves the balance problem altogether.

A SIMPLE GOLF SWING IS THE BEST GOLF SWING

The PGA-style of teaching is, admittedly, uncomfortable and difficult to master. It is for that reason that golfers require so many golf lessons before becoming adequate enough players to take their swings to the golf course. I have been surprised at how beginners seem to adapt to the OVER THE TOP GOLF® swing method more readily than more experienced, low handicap players. A famous line from the movie Star Wars sums it up nicely. "Let the force be with you." In the context of swinging a golf club, one must lose many of the cumbersome things they've been taught in order to allow the innate to take over. While I don't recommend that you blindfold yourself as Luke Skywalker had to do in the movie in order to find his inner strength, the concept is basically the same. Lose the inhibitions that are part of your conventional golf swing and, as the British say, "have at it." The equation is this: The PGA-style golf swing method = difficult. The OVER THE TOP GOLF® swing method = simple. Trust me as Luke Skywalker trusted Obi Wan Kenobi. The results will speak for themselves.

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SWING YOUR SWING? ARNOLD PALMER AND HIS SHAMEFUL SELL-OUT OF GOLFERS EVERYWHERE.

ARNOLD PALMER - THE PIED PIPER OF GOLF

FORT PIERCE, Florida - Dick's Sporting Goods has unveiled a new series of television commercials that essentially tell us that our golf swings are perfect in their imperfection. This premise seems silly, especially to those of us who struggle with a slice, a hook or a lack of distance. "Swing your swing," as Arnold Palmer tells us in the Dick's commercial, and "you can be capable of greatness." What a crock! And people are buying it. Some of the comments I've read shouldn't have surprised me as much as Arnie is revered in the golfing world.

 

"What an absolutely inspiring commercial! It gave me the chills just watching it. A great message, great commercial all around. You really nailed it, Dick's!"

 

"I hope you continue to air this commercial for years, it might be the best golf commercial of all time and its timeless."

 

Then there are those comments from golfers who aren't buying into the "Arnold Palmer-as-Pied Piper" baloney.

 

"My swing gives me 90s, sometimes 80s, and twice 78 in a blue moon. So I don't want to swing my swing, I want to swing better swings."

 

"Fix your swing."

 

I'm aware that everyone loves Arnie and that this will be an unpopular post. And I'm also aware of the fact that I have been saying essentially the same thing for that past six years except for one big, no, make that VERY BIG difference. While Mr. Palmer is advocating that you continue walking down that comfortable road to mediocre golfing, my message has been that the OVER THE TOP GOLF® swing method works because it builds upon your foundation - your own golf swing. The five set-up changes in my golf swing method serve to improve your performance without starting from scratch with lessons that most of us can not possibly do. I love the premise of the Dick's commercial but it is essentially a dead end. It offers nothing. And why on earth would this sporting good's retailer trumpet such a message? If you extend that line of reasoning, why not stick with your old golf clubs instead of spending hundreds of dollars for a new set at Dicks?

 

I agree with the concept that golfers should explore alternatives to PGA-style teaching methods but I certainly don't concur with the idea of settling for a second-rate golf game by going through life simply "swinging your swing." I'm sure that you were well-compensated, Mr. Palmer, but the fact is, you have sold us out.