by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research When talking about power, I’m often asked, “How does someone like long-drive phenom Jamie Sadlowski, who in his prime produced 400-yard drives even though he weighed only 170 pounds?” One reason is the amount of coil he produced. Sadlowski…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Once you arrive at the memory state called Unconscious Competence, where you can do something like hit a golf ball without thinking about it, you then begin preparation for the last stage on the performance ladder called Total Competence….
by Bradley Turner Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction, MBA, PGA The title of this article is not a misprint. You can practice any aspect of your golf game while sitting on your family room couch. The time on the couch must be productive and purposeful, so taking a nap will…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research After a swing change, you need to do four things to take your new swing to the course: First, don’t keep score for the first few rounds. All motor learning has an incubation period, so relax and take the…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research When your elbow flies away from your trail side during your backswing so that it juts out at the top of your swing, it can cause you some problems at impact. And then again, it may not, depending on…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research The golf swing has two distinct parts categorized by time: the address position to the top and the much shorter interval from the start of the downswing to impact. In the first part of the swing, elite players stay…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Science Says: Stronger muscles allow you to have better balance because you can better hold the high-speed positions during the golf swing. But it probably won’t help your swing to train the balance system by doing general (generic) balance…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Why is short putting so hard? It’s a question I hear a lot about putts from eight feet and less. It’s understandable why it’s hard to make a 45-footer, but many people mistakenly think putting should be easy from…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In the Hero World Challenge a few years ago, Tiger Woods hit some amateurish-looking pitch shots, and so did a lot of others in the field. Why? It is a simple shot made hard because of course presentation –…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research When I watch golfers practice putting before a round, here’s what I often see: They throw down five balls and, from 15 feet, they leave the first putt short, pull the next two, push the fourth and crash the…
