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Keep your chin up, save your sanity and your swing
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 14/05/2025
» To keep checking your posture and distance from the ball is important, so don't get complacent. The way you stand to the ball dictates how you swing the club, so getting the correct posture governs the distance you'll be standing from the ball. To do this, simply hold out the club in front of you, with the butt of the club pointing into your belly button. Lock your arms and knees. Then, retaining the angle in the hands, bend from the waist until the club head touches the ground.
Mastering spine angle: The secret to precision in swing
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 05/02/2025
» When setting up try to get the feeling that your hips are positioned so that there is a slight upward tilt in the direction of where you're trying to hit the ball. The feeling is that your left hip should feel that it's slightly higher than your right. Let's think about this for a minute as the overall feeling of your right side being set lower than your left comes because your right hand is positioned below your left on the club.
Pulling left? The simple fix you need to know
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 14/08/2024
» A hook doesn't hurt the average golfer, it's the pulled hook that hurts. If your drive flies straight and hooks towards the end, don't worry about it. However, if your ball starts off immediately to the left, and then hooks, look for some help immediately.
Strike the ball consistently and cleanly
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 13/09/2023
» Thanks for last week's feedback on the golfing use of shoulders in the backswing, which is to charge up momentum by coiling the body to be in the position to unleash power during the swings transition.
Doug Sanders: Legend who took adversity on the chin
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 19/04/2020
» I often wonder to myself how many golfers' dreadful attires, taste and style seem to go out of the window, especially with those who seem to be experiencing a midlife crisis and those younger are not much better, copying Tiger Woods with outfits more appropriate for a racing driver than a golfer.
Don't dip head while chipping
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 20/05/2018
» Here's a good chipping tip that's proved helpful over the years.
Get your shoulder to starting position
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 13/05/2018
» This tip works on golfers of all levels -- it's about positioning your left shoulder so that you catch the ball first and the ground second when swinging an iron.