by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research There are many elements of the golf swing that create power – the length, the speed, and the solidness of contact are three, but also on the list is one you don’t hear much about; width. When you extend…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research It cost a million dollars + and took several years to complete, but the research by Ph.D.’s Alastair Cochran and John Stobbs produced a scientific answer to the question “Is there a perfect swing?” Their answer was no, and…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research One of the standard gamesmanship moves used to disrupt an opponent is to ask, “Do you exhale or inhale at impact?” This is exactly the question I investigated at Keiser University. John Callahan and I studied a control group…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research The most common mistake in golf is also the easiest to correct – bad clubface aim. Almost 85% of the golfers misaim the clubface – right-handers to the right of the target, lefties to the left. Much of it…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In our everyday lives, numbers play a big role – they are so important that there is an entire area of your brain devoted to answering this basic question – how many? Ben Harvey, a neuroscientist at Utrecht University…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research To promote quiet hands and arms in your swing, you must release your head during the swing. Freezing your head in place forces the hands to flip past the body. I also believe releasing the head reduces strain on…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research If you are having difficulty controlling the distance of your chips, as in one time you cream it too far, and the next one you leave way too short, my diagnosis is that you are probably losing control of…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research If you are a golfer and you want to teach yourself to play better golf, you need to use a correct practice routine to guide your development, a routine in which failure is a harbinger of success. This involves…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Watch a good player swing, and fans usually comment – “It looks so smooth and effortless.” That’s because the pros have learned that there is no hit in a good swing, i.e., no point during the swing where you…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research If you’re like most golfers, you probably hinge your trail wrist backward at the top of your swing — and that’s a good thing. But unlike players on tour, you don’t keep that angle through impact. Most average golfers…
