Posts Tagged ‘backswing’

There are literally hundreds of golf teaching aids on the market, all designed to help the golfer achieve the correct positions in the golf swing. (Anyone’s who’s seen the movie Tin Cup will understand to what length golfers will go to help their golf swing!) Here are three golf aids that I highly recommend and use at the Ritson-Sole Golf School with my students.

An essential component of a great backswing is getting the first part of the takeaway right. With this easy drill you can do at home, Mel shows you how to perfect that first move and improve your backswing.

In this month’s Mel in Motion video golf tip, Mel shows us a drill that clarifies the confusions about how to properly start the backswing and downswing.

Related Tips:

March 2002: Downswing Key – The Position of the Right Forearm
November 2002: Preventing the “FAT” Shot
June 2004: A baseball pitcher’s motion is closer to a good golf swing than … Read more »

This month’s Mel In Motion video golf tip, Mel clearly demonstrates the correct body positions for achieving a better swing and explains how you can train yourself to stop coming over the top.

Getting into the correct position at the top of the swing seems to be difficult to acheive for some golfers. I use the analogy of a baseball pitcher … Read more »

Those of you who have been to our school will be familiar with this drill as I use it quite a bit. This drill helps golfers increase their body rotation … Read more »

This months golf tip comes via a request from Ivan Contreras of Chile, South America who asks, … Read more »

In my September 2000 golf tip I emphasized the correct position at the top of the backswing in order to prevent “coming over the top”. This month … Read more »

This month’s tip comes from Michael Brown of Sumter, SC who asks: "How do I know … Read more »

This month’s tip is suggested by Bob Ferraro of Philadelphia who asks : "I have a problem "coming … Read more »