Adding Techniques to Your Brain By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research The elite level of competition is structured with challenges that force the player to acquire a wide range of techniques. The course is set up to surprise the player with challenging situations – as…
by Dr. T.J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Fairway metals, such as your 3-metal, are often the most difficult clubs in the bag to hit effectively because they have the worst of both worlds — large metal heads and not much loft. This dangerous duality leads to a…
The Miracle of Restoration By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In order to make solid contact, you must use the “long-arm” method: The arms are long (not stiff) at address, and in the backswing, the back arm folds and the front wrist cocks, decreasing your…
The Downswing is no Place to Give Yourself a Lesson By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Researchers at the renowned Max Planck Institute discovered that subconscious commitment to a plan of action is made as long as seven seconds before we actually act – i.e.,…
Which Comes First: Confidence or Performance? By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Here’s a question I’m often asked: “Which comes first: confidence that you can perform or the actual performance?” Or, stated another way, “How can I have confidence that I can shoot low scores…
The Board of Education By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty Member and Director of Research I tell all my students that spin is the enemy of roll, so they should chip the ball rather than pitch it as a first choice. As a rule, use the least lofted club…
Give Yourself “The Gift of Time” By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research You make a golf swing in four dimensions, the three spatial dimensions of height, width and depth and the fourth dimension – time – the “when” you do something. In the golf swing,…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research When the center of mass of the clubface is inside the hand path, the clubface will automatically attempt to line up with the hand path during release – this is just the way rotational mechanics of the…
Three Ways to the Top By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Here’s a question for you – how does the clubhead arrive at the top of the swing? The answer is that there are three contributors to height/arc in this regard: (1) The fold of…
Golf’s Grand Illusion By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Bobby Jones, Hogan, Trevino, Floyd, Nicklaus, Woods, etc. – what is the one characteristic all players have once they get the usual suspects on board? It isn’t power, great putting, grit, determination, working hard or any…
