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Ballantyne Magazine Golf Tips
By Marc Lapointe: Senior Instructor
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LET YOUR HEAD TURN ON THE FOLLOW-THROUGH
By Julie Cole: Director of Instruction
Players of all skill levels often listen to the advice of others to "keep your head down"! This advice usually occurs after topping or skulling a golf shot. Topping the golf ball happens from an outside-in golf swing or scooping the wrists at impact.
One of the most important moves in your golf swing is to follow the flight of the golf ball. If you keep down, you will have a difficult time shifting your weight forward and hitting fully through the shot. All of your athletic ability and swings energy should be directed to the target.
Let your head turn with your follow-through and then work on solid contact into the golf ball.
HYBRID Chip to beat the yips!
By Julie Cole: Director of Instruction |
Hybrids continue to gain popularity in replacing long irons and helping golfers hit long shots to greens and escape the rough.
But many golfers have not learned to use the hybrid for chipping around the green. Chipping can be a difficult shot for many weekend golfers, finding themselves sculling the chip or unable to control the distance.
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Perfect Pitching - two club drill
by julie cole: director of instruction
One of the best pitching drills Julie uses with her students is the TWO CLUB DRILL. The drill is so effective that it can fix four of the most common faults. If you have the following errors this drill is for you: hitting behind the ball, distance control, solid contact, and topping.
Click here to read Julie's golf tip on how to the the
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Improve Your Golf Swing During the Off-Season
(Over the Winter Practice to Break 100 90 80)
Learning and practicing throughout the winter is a productive way to improve your golfing skills. Instead of putting your clubs away, build a lesson program into your schedule now that will get your golf game in great shape come spring.
At Dana Rader Golf School, we suggest the following ways to winterize your golf game:
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Begin a specific golf fitness program that sustains you through the holidays when the average person gains 10 pounds.
> Schedule a lesson with one of our instructors. They will discuss your golf goals with you, assess your golf swing, and provide a recommended golf program designed specifically for you.
> Plan small but attainable goals for practice, remembering short, more frequent practice sessions are more effective than long hours of practice and long intervals between practice sessions. We suggest planning an hour each week to practice the short game and full swing, and then one day a week to play at least nine holes.
Dana Rader Golf School has all-weather hitting bays and is open to the public for practice during the winter months.
Call Dana Rader Golf School today at 704-542-7635 to make an appointment for your personal consultation. Or visit www.danarader.com.
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TIPS FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR GOLFERS
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The parent's role in the healthy development of today's junior golfer, both as a player and as young person, is of importance for anyone whose child is either beginning golf or is already playing the game and aspires to progress into new competitive arenas. This video highlights four areas that will enhance the relationship and communication between the junior golfer and their parents. It will assist in creating an environment where they will learn how to win and keep their motivation high as well as learn life skills that can contribute to their physical and emotional well being.
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7 Tips to Prevent Dehydration in Children
Warm weather has finally arrived in most parts of the country. It is extremely important to keep kids hydrated!
The following tip is from 7 Tips to Prevent Dehydration in Children:
Children love to play outside, especially when the weather's warm. Parents, however, should know that active children do not adjust to hot temperatures as well as adults. Their body surface, as a proportion of their overall weight, is much greater than an adult's. So they produce more heat during physical activity and they sweat less than adults. This reduces their ability to get rid of body heat and could lead to dehydration.
In addition, kids often don't drink enough to replenish the fluids they lose during prolonged activity since they're too busy having fun. This can lead to severe dehydration and potentially life-threatening heat illnesses. That's why they need adult supervision and plenty of fluids readily available.
At Dana Rader Golf School, we carefully structure and supervise our junior programs and provide water to students for their safety. Please discuss with your child the importance of hydration.
Please click here for the full article.
Have a fun, safe and successful season!
Chalk Up Another Win for the Long Putter
By: Stan roach, club fitting specialist
Unless you have been living under the "Proverbial Rock" you have been witnessing the"Belly Putter Craze" on the PGA Tour.
| Four of the past five PGA Tour events have been won by players using non-conventional-length putters, including two victories by Webb Simpson and his belly putter, and Keegan Bradley, who became the first to win a major championship using a long putter (belly version) at the PGA Championship. In all, seven Tour events have been won by players using a long putter.
Securing the grip end of the 40" to 45" putter to the front side of your belly button and keeping your normal putting stance and posture will give you a more consistent putting stroke. They show all the Players making putts and winning tournaments, but what they don't show is all the Players being fit for these longer style putters just like the standard size putters.
Standard length for putters was determined to be 35" not because most players were a certain height, but because the putter at 35" was perfect a length to stand up in the bag properly. This brings me to the question - Have you been fit for your putter?
If you are interested in a Belly Putter, don't just pick one off the rack. Stop wasting your time and money trying one putter after another or switching from a standard grip to a "Jumbo" grip and back. Come see me at the Golf School for a proper fitting. I have been doing this for 21 years, and I can get you making more putts and having more fun doing it.
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