What’s in a Name? by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research I’ve seen it happen many times: Golfers who learn accuracy first fail to become long hitters. They grip it and guide it rather than grip it and rip it.It’s like the game of bridge: Most…
How Do You Know Where the Target Is? Blindsight Part 2 by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In Blindsight Part 1, I wrote of the concept of “Blindsight” (seeing without looking) and my belief that the great players don’t see the same golf course as…
How Do You Know Where the Target is? The Strange Experience Called “Blindsight” – Part 1 by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In 1967, Nicholas Humphrey at the University of Cambridge in England removed the visual cortex of a monkey named Helen, but surprisingly, after…
The Match of the Millennium by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In 2009, Golf Magazine ranked the greatest players of all time: Jack Nicklaus No. 1, Tiger Woods second, Bobby Jones third and Ben Hogan fourth. Hard to argue with this ranking, but I will….
A Balm that turned into a Bomb – Jim Gets Worse By Dr. TJ Tomasi This is the sad but true story of Jim, a decent player with a problem his teachers could not cure him of – the shank. His practice swing was great, but as soon as a ball was introduced and the swing…
The No-Backswing Backswing – How to Get Ready for the Big Match By Dr. TJ Tomasi, College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Your big match is right around the corner, and the pressure is already starting to mount. Your swing is normally silky smooth, but the fear of “folding under the pressure”…
by TJ Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty Member and Director of Research Lee Trevino said ‘you can talk to a fade but a hook won’t listen,’ and one reason is that the toe of the driver is moving about 14% faster than the heel at impact. But that’s not news to you,…
by Dr. TJ Tomasi, College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research What do all these great players – Watson, Nicklaus, Norman and Seve – have in common? Their swings are different, their backgrounds are different, and their body types aren’t all the same either. The answer is that every great player has performed…
By Dr. TJ Tomasi College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research To be an average putter avoid three putts. To be a good putter you must learn to make key putts when you have the chance – here is where practice comes in. To be a great putter, you must make key putts…
by TJ Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Maya Hohmann and Terry Orlick, University of Ottawa, interviewed fifteen elite Canadian pilots at a Royal Canadian Air Force base in Canada. ‘All 15 participants described the use of mental imagery, or ‘chair flying,’ as part of their preparation for flight’…
