Category Archives: The Full Swing

How to get the “real” of a new swing change to become the “feel”

November 19, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD The November 18th episode of Swing Expedition with Chris Como went back to Grant Waite in Orlando.

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Never Doubt the Bottke

August 29, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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To swing first-rate, you must ulnar deviate

April 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Please follow us on Instagram

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The Fact-Based Future of Golf

October 8, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD When I started The Golf Project in the summer of 2016, I created this website to serve as a personal

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The Flying Right Elbow drill to start the transition with a shaft-flattening move

April 24, 2020- by Steven E. Greer

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The spine has to tilt sideways to maintain a proper shoulder plane and spine-axis

April 26, 2020- by Steven E. Greer I saw a good post by Jake Hutt of Stanford about how the spine actually tilts sideways during the swing.

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The Greer Down-pump drill to hammer into your scared brain the feel of max hip turn

April 12, 2020- by Steven E. Greer For me at least, as a flipper afraid to shift to the left leg and get maximum turn, this is the Holy Grail drill.

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Tip: Use a smash ball as a golf hitting bag too

April 11, 2020- by Steven E. Greer I nought this heavy

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Release the right elbow flexion in the transition

August 19, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Please follow us on Instagram Well, it only took me five-months, and about $5,000 in lessons from the finest teachers and

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Did I just find a cure for Flipper Syndrome?

September 26, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I am a lifelong

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Best trick shot ever?

April 9, 2019- I hit so far under the ball on the tee that it popped up with backspin right into my hand.

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Using the ground like Tiger, Trevino, or Finau for power and body turn

May 5, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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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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Negative feedback drills are essential to eradicate bad habits

February 17, 2020- by Steven E. Greer I have said many times that I believe the key teaching method used by Jack Grout on the young

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The World’s Shortest Drive: One-Inch

November 14, 2019- by Steven E. Greer Golf is humbling. Before I hit the nice shots in the video above, I literally hit the shortest drive

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Use a Smash Ball on the golf range to feel the legs use the ground

February 3, 2020- by Steven E. Greer I bought a 20-lbs smash ball (rubber shell with sand filling) to feel the proper golf throw. It works very well for me.

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The Viktor Hovland pause-backswing might be the ideal backswing

Update June 23, 2019- He used it in a real round during his pro debut. I too use this backswing

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The Greer Disk

March 3, 2020- by Steven E. Greer What do you think?

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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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The pilgrimage to Harmon Floridian

March 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD As I have written about previously, I have zoomed in on the most important part of the swing for a

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The Split-Grip Drill

February 8, 2020- by Steven E. Greer

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The swing of Maxwell Moldovan

November 26, 2019- by Steven E. Greer Maxwell Moldovan was the AJGA best golfer of the year award last night as Nicklaus handed out

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Tiger’s son Charlie swings like dad

January 12, 2020- by Steven E. Greer I think I have supernatural powers to foresee the future. The Ohio State golf coach, Jay Moseley,

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The Magic Move (for me, at least)

January 21, 2020- by Steven E. Greer

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How to get the most out of a teaching session

January 15, 2020- by Steve E. Greer After making a lot of progress, I realized that I still have a terrible problem of tilting the spine to the right at impact.

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Get the belt out

December 1, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD The Greer Belt Drill really works great. Using your readily available belt, put it around your right upper

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Check your center of gravity

December 23, 2019- by Steven E. Greer Fascinating: I knew there was something drastically different between my swing and any good golfer.

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Working on posting low numbers in 2020

January 1, 2020- by Steven E. Greer From my work last year,

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Warren Bottke explains key hand movements of Brooks Koepka

July 1, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have tried numerous different experiments to get the hands ahead of the ball at impact the way that elite

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Working on the perfect swing for 2019

December 31, 2019- Well, with 8-hours left in 2019, I finally found the swing that was my

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What is early hand release (i.e. flipping) and what causes it?

December 30, 2019- by Steven E. Greer I have made a lot of progress with my swing this year, but something was still off. I was hitting

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Finding the feel for altering spine tilt

Incorporating Jim Furyk’s extreme swing moves to rid me of the deadly tilted spine Update December 27, 2019- I finally did it. I incorporated Jim Furyk’s extreme moves in order to rid me of that deadly

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Visualize the sternum turning on an arc to maintain balance through impact

December 21. 2019- by Steve E. Greer

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Stop, Drop, and Roll

Update December 9, 2019- by Steven E. Greer Hitting nothing but driver for weeks got me out of kilter with irons.

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How to create new neural pathways for complex swing changes

July 4, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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A great drill to learn how to push off of the ground

October 16, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I recently wrote about my improved club speed caused by better form. However, I am still not dipping

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A good drill to give you elite pro body turn and the Reverse-K

October 17, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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The Bottke Arm Piston Drill

July 23, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have made a lot of progress in my transition and understanding of the movement that happens

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No. The golf swing is not like a baseball swing.

October 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD Over the last three-years of this Golf Project, I have spotted the obvious similarities between

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Awesome swings from the 2019 Masters

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Study your right upper arm movement in the transition

November 26, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I think I am on to something. It is the initial transition move that is controlled by the right humerus,

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