Tuesday, December 24, 2013

THE 5TH ANNUAL TELLING OF THE STORY OF SANTA'S NEW GOLF SWING - AN OVER THE TOP CHRISTMAS TALE




THE 5TH ANNUAL TELLING OF THE STORY OF SANTA'S NEW GOLF SWING - AN OVER THE TOP CHRISTMAS TALE
 

NORTH POLE - The golf season at the North Pole is short so people like Santa, his elves and others from here are , naturally, very poor golfers. No matter how much they want to, becoming proficient at the game presents the same obstacles year after year. Everyone's got that over the top, outside-in swing path. How can one learn a proper golf swing in the course of a month–and-a-half golf season? And businesses that cater to golfers are rarer than scores in the 80s in these parts. Around Christmas time, consumers here don’t have a great need to update their lessons, equipment, golf instruction videos and eBooks other than to stock up on those orange Top Flites. Poor Santa Claus had reached his wits end.

Most people have conflicts involving business and family. That wasn’t the case with Santa. There’s Mrs. Claus, of course, but her interests by now are mostly trying to manage Santa’s cholesterol. And his work year basically consists of one day.... Well, one madcap evening to be precise. You don’t really think it was him who answered your letter in 1962 do you? No, Santa really should be a scratch player but for the ice and snow.

Most golf instructors are reluctant to travel 3,000 miles for a 45 day golf season so lessons here are practically non-existent. Santa, however, manages to fit a twilight lesson in on Christmas Day at Doral before the reindeer whisk him back to the chilly north. Therein lies St. Nick’s problem. Many of the elves residing at the North Pole are self-taught golfers but they routinely kick Santa’s ass. Every year his trip back home from sunny Miami is filled with optimism at how he would soon squash each and every one of those elves and take their money at the 19th hole. Talk about visions of sugar plums dancing in your head….

But alas, each year saw the same result. Mrs. Claus admonishing Santa for losing his hard-earned cookies and milk to those pesky and opportunistic elves. “The golf lessons are too difficult” he would cry out. “They are asking a 350 lb. man to swing inside-out, impact the ball with a square clubface and finish in perfect balance on my left side.”

Well guess what? Santa discovered the secret to the elves’ domination. The mystery of how a bunch of dwarfs were able to consistently get into the big guy’s pocket was known as The OVER THE TOP GOLF swing . Santa, along with about a half-million hackers throughout the world, had wandered right past the solution to all of their golf-swing problems. The ability to walk confidently up to the tee and smack a long drive straight down the fairway was now in the bag and man, would he make those elves pay!!

It was actually Mrs. Claus who learned about OVER THE TOP GOLF eBook from a child’s letter. The youngster had learned the OVER THE TOP GOLF swing and began shooting under par. The child wrote to ask Santa for a new set of Mizunos so he could pursue his dream of playing on the PGA Tour. With this golf instruction method, Santa discovered that by employing just five set-up changes, he could use his own golf swing to achieve great results on the links - even with his outside-in swing path. And of course, by now, his handicap was up to a hefty 30 strokes.

The elves never had a chance.
 
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Keywords for this article: golf, instruction, lesson, over the top golf, swing, Christmas, golf, golf instruction, golf lesson, golf swing, golf tips, golf video, outside in, inside-out, OVER THE TOP, Santa Claus, swing path, ebook, elves

Originally published12/24/2009, 12/24 2010, 12/24/2011, 12/24/2012
 


Wednesday, December 4, 2013

THE ANTITHESIS OF TYPICAL GOLF INSTRUCTION? PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS? WELL PUT, STEVE!


THE ANTITHESIS OF TYPICAL GOLF INSTRUCTION?
FORT PIERCE, Florida - Some time back I invited golfers who purchased the OVER THE TOP GOLF® instructional eBook to write about their experience with my golf swing method. Seems there aren't many writers out there but now and then someone does take the time to share their thoughts, In fact, Steve's first email simply said "How much do you charge to review a video of me using your swing?" To which I replied "No charge." Then I received this very nice letter from him.

I went to the range today after viewing your e-book several times. Golfers who are looking for mechanics, grip, swing planes, multitude of swing thoughts may not know what to do with your eBook. It is the antithesis of typical golf instruction--It is an extremely liberating swing--there is no paralysis by analysis--if you are thinking much at all, you are approaching it the wrong way. Go at it the way you want to instinctively hit the ball without holding back(but were told/read that that isn't "correct)'--the ball doesn't care.

The swing allows me to go after the ball without hesitation-one can hit very solid shots with this  over the top swing--the key is walking through the ball--it will also release any pressure on the lower back. Most shots were straight or a mild draw. Most misses were left/some hooks--more a function of figuring out alignment. But these were for the most part solid hits as well.


Most golfers have this swing in them already and know how to do it--golf instructors feel its their job to exorcise it from one's blueprint. If you are frustrated with all of the info out there, let Frankie show you how to do it .Several years ago, the Natural Golf company was on the scene--I tried making it work but it never felt natural at all. The OTT swing is the REAL natural golf swing- its the easiest way to hit a ball. (I have tried a multitude of methods).Thanks ,Frankie for sharing your ideas with us all so we may enjoy this great game. - Steve Fink, Safety Harbor, Florida

PS--I threw out my "other' golf instruction DVDs, etc. Your OTT swing is my game--it will get better as I'm more comfortable with it. Certainly didn’t play any better taking lessons/practicing/etc. with other methods. This is way more fun.
 
Keywords for this article: antithesis, golf instruction, eBook, OVER THE TOP GOLF®, mechanics, grip, swing plane, paralysis by analysis, instinctive, hit solid shots, swing thoughts, golf, swing, instruction

Revised 12-05-2013