Superior Dress Superior Golfer

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

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…

How to Putt in Golf: Die or Firm?

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…

College of Golf February 2019 Events

Keiser University College of Golf Director Attends PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit Dr. Eric Wilson, Executive Director of Golf Operations at Keiser University’s College of Golf and a PGA Legacy Master Professional recently enjoyed attending the 16th PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. With the theme…

Use Your Shoulders to Pitch

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…

Deliberate Practice and Golf Training Scars

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

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…

The Senior Swing is Easy on the Back

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

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…