By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research One of the toughest things for average golfers to learn is to trust the loft on their 3-metal club. With loft angles in the teens from 13 to 16 degrees, that’s not much more loft to look at than…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research To create the proper sequence during the takeaway, your front arm must swing across the front of your body, keeping your triceps muscle snug against the top of your chest. Then, during your downswing, the upper arm stays melded…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research I keep my weight on my front side to hit down on the ball while I set my wrists early to hit the ball high. Notice two things (1) my forearms have not rolled over, so the face is…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In the consistent swing, the hands are responders, not initiators, and it is essential to note that the lower body sets up the release, thus removing from the equation the need for conscious use of the hands. Take, for…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research This is another article in the series on key swing positions that allow you to match your swing to the swing model at key points to see how it stacks up. The model assumes a right-handed golfer hitting a…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Biological sensors located all over your body send information to your brain about the exact position/condition of the body parts they monitor. This specialized body information is gathered by your Proprioception System and then processed by the brain –…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In previous articles, I recounted the story of Duane, a student whose problem is so common that I use it in these pages to help you to learn golf. As you may recall, Duane’s major problem was that he…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In a previous article about learning golf, I took the position that if chimps could learn to operate a prosthetic device using repetition to install the learning module in their brain, so could my student Duane, whose idea of…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Duane is a student who never makes the same swing twice in a row because he is always tinkering with his swing. It’s like teaching Duane and his other brother Duane. When I see him in the lesson book,…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research This is a continuation of our series that isolates key swing positions so you can match your swing to the models to see how it stacks up. The swing position dealt with here is the ‘position at the top.’…
