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Category Archives: Backswing
The importance of pronating the trail forearm to start the backswing
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Drill for getting tall and loaded: Face the camera in the backswing
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The crucial Counter Fall move that all good golfers do
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Fixing my pelvis and pivot
May 30, 2022- I have made good progress, but could tell my spine in the backswing was getting stuck.
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I finally understand why the wide-arc, fast-tempo backswing works
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A sidearm football throw teaches you how to move the elbow in the golf throw
February 6, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have written many times previously how the ideal golf throw resembles a sidearm football
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Our strong reflexes to maintain balance prevent us from swinging properly
September 13, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Please follow us on Instagram I am heading to Palm Beach Gardens for another session with Warren Bottke. I think that I have finally
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The Segmented Backswing Drill
May 9, 2021- by Steven E Greer I got this tip from a Martin Chuck video. It was hugely important for me. All this time, I was getting
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Place a stick under your right elbow to feel where the arms should be
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The Clubface Controls the Body Via Torque
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Control your center of gravity with your rear-end
April 9, 2020- by Steven E. Greer, MD The key to good ball striking from fairway to green is to have a shift of the center of gravity towards
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Curing Tin Man Syndrome
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Use the Nicklaus left heel lift to make the backswing turn easier
July 3, 2020- by Steven E. Greer I have been feeling like the frozen up Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz with my backswing. I have
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The Greer Anti-flip wrist drill
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RX to cure a case of “The Steeps”: Watch Lee Trevino QD
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My latest thoughts on achieving a long backswing
March 4, 2020- by Steven E. Greer I started The Golf Project in 2016 with my abbreviated backswing as my biggest problem. Several swing coaches tried to label me as inflexible.
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The Viktor Hovland pause-backswing might be the ideal backswing
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The Greer-Hovland pump drill is a great way to transfer weight to the left foot at the top of the swing
February 24, 2020- I was on the verge of quitting again. Nothing I tried could fix the early stalling
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Working on the perfect swing for 2019
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The Golf Project: Visualize throwing your clubs, not hitting at the ball
December 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Over the last few months of indoor swinging and thinking, I have started to view the entire swing as a
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Beware the “Golf Scientist” quack
January 20, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Along with the advent of modern golf analysis technology is the downside of data overload. What do we