By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In a recent tournament a tour pro lined up the winning four-footer and the announcer whispered that it was a straight putt – the key was to hit it firmly into the center of the cup – and when…
SUPERIOR DRESS, SUPERIOR GOLFER? By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Researchers from Northwestern University suggest that in addition to your clothes saying something about you, they also say something “to you,” and it is in this way that your clothes can influence your golf performance….
More About Training Scars by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Review the previous post om training scars here. Training Scars [TS] are mistakes in your practice protocol woven into the very fabric of your training so that when the practice mode ramps up, the…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research There are two ways to putt: 1) Die the ball into the cup using the curve of the green and 2) Firm the ball into the cup so that every putt strikes the back of the hole. Depending on…
USE YOUR SHOULDERS TO PITCH by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research If you’re pulling your pitch shots, you may be swinging the club too much around your body and not enough up and down. To improve your direction, make sure to aim your clubface first…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research As part of his concept of original practice, originator Anders Erickson says that how players structure their practice routine is the crucial factor, and to learn best they must constantly challenge themselves, which means developing a practice protocol that…
EMOTIONALIZING THE GOOD AND ‘FACTUALIZING’ THE BAD by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Memories are our past experience captured in knowledge units that find a home in special docking receptors located in the brain. The more receptors the experience commands, the stronger and more resilient…
Where Should the Golf Ball be Positioned in Relation to My Stance with Irons and Woods? By John Callahan, PGA Professional, Golf Magazine Top 100 Adjunct Instructor Keiser University College of Golf Where Should the Golf Ball be Positioned in Relation to My Stance with Irons and Woods? The answer to the question of where…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Bad backs are the bane of many a golfer – even some of the best golfers in the world. Just ask Jason Day, Tiger Woods, (isn’t it great for golf to see Tiger win again?), Fred Couples, and most…
How You Handle Stress is in Your Genes By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In a previous article, we saw the dangers of the swing compensation where the player, instead of fixing the problem, introduces another error as a tenuous fix. The problem is that…
