Coming over the top is one of the most common problems in golf.  How to stop coming over the top is not that hard at all.  Simply hit the inside of the ball.

Okay, that might be easier said than done so I will help you out.  Try this drill:

The Uphill Drill

Go to a hill and place a golf ball about a foot above your feet with you looking up at the hill.  Set up to the golf ball.  It will feel almost as if you are standing straight up in a baseball stance, but that is fine.

Next, i want you to just hit a bunch of golf balls from this position.  Focus on hitting the inside of the ball.  Don’t worry if the first few fly way to the right, that is to be expected.  After a while, your body will start to correct itself and your shots will fly straight.

This drill trains your body to aim for the inside of the ball.  It is extremely difficult to come over the top from this stance so it eliminates that.  If you hit enough shots from the position, your swing will begin to permanently change to more of an inside swing path.

That is the quickest, easiest drill I know to stop coming over the top.  IF I ever encounter myself coming over the top I go right to this drill and in 20 shots or less I am hitting the inside again.  Try it out, you will not be disappointed.

By the way, if you have any questions about this drill please ask.  I am pretty sure I am the only golfer teaching this method, but I can guarantee it will work.  Let me know what you think of it!

Loose hands during a golf swing is crucial.  You have probably heard in a thousand times and you will probably hear it a thousand more.  Do you really know why you should have loose hands?  Have you ever stopped to question if this is even correct?  Well you don’t have to, because this post will shed some light on the subject.

Why exactly do I need loose hands during a golf swing?

1. It allows your hands and wrists to roll over.  A tight grip means tight muscles in your arms.  This really makes it hard for your arms to roll during the downswing.  And rolling hands does a couple of things that you want.  First, it is the only reason your balls flies straight.  Second, is adds some power.  Third, if you ever need to hit a draw, you will inevitably need to roll your hands over.
2. It adds tons of power.  Besides the added power from rolling your hands, there is a whipping motion at the bottom of your swing that causes lots of the power of your golf swing.  The whipping motion will be amplified if your hands are loose.  Think of a whip cracking.  At the end of the whip, the whip is actually traveling faster that the speed of sound!  Now think of doing the same motion with a stiff rope (whatever that is)  There would be no whipping motion, thus, no Mach 1.  Loose hands = Mach 1.  Not really, but it does add a lot of whipping action, and power.
3. It allows you to have more feel. With a strong grip you lose a lot of your feel.  Although many golfers do not rely heavily on their feel, it is still an integral part of the golf game.  I would argue that feel is more important that even knowing distances.  So a loose grip will give you way more feel of your club head and how you are contacting the ball.

Like always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask me below or on the contact page.  I promise to write back, so let me know!

Just as there is no perfect golf swing, there is no perfect tempo for a golf swing.  Every golfer is unique.  Every golfer has a unique swing, a unique body type, and is totally 100% unique.  So how could your tempo be the same as someone elses?  So what the hell am I writing about?

Well above when I said there is no perfect tempo, I kind of lied.  There is a perfect tempo.  It has been proven a thousand times over.  Here is what I am talking about.  A man by the name of John Novosel studied hundreds of films of professionals.  He found out that every professional has the exact same ratio of backswing to downswing.  Is that amazing or what!

The ratio is exactly: 3 parts backswing and one part downswing.  So he found that many golfers spend 21 milliseconds on their backswing and 7 milliseconds on their downswing!

How can this change your game forever?  Well, you need to adopt this tempo.  Next time you are at the course and hitting balls try this:  I want you to count in your head during your backswing.  Count to three.  At three your club should be at the very top and your downswing should just be starting.  On four you should be making contact with the ball.

Now make sure you count at your own pace.  The speed you swing does not matter, it is really all about the ratio.  For example, John Novosel noticed that when a player came in after a particularly bad round and said that they couldn’t get into the groove, he tracked their ratio and it was off of the normal 3/1!  Amazing!

So try this out and I can almost guarantee your will be hitting straighter and farther with almost no work!

The perfect golf swing does not exist. It simply doesn’t. I have said it a hundred times, and I will say it a hundred more. Here is what does exist: A golf swing that is perfect for you.

Some swings are better than others though. Here is one of the greatest swings you will ever see. Enjoy.

Now can you find anything wrong with that swing? Tiger Woods has practiced that swing for more hours than I have been alive probably. Well the fact of the matter is that he is closing in on his own perfect golf swing. That swing would not work for you and me as well as it does for Tiger.

I am sure, if you were to ask Tiger woods if his golf swing was perfect, he would say “Hell no!” Or some variation of that.

So you must find your own perfect swing and realize there is no “one perfect swing”

The perfect golf swing would definitely be a powerful golf swing as well as accurate. For a swing to be powerful you must have a high swing speed.

How can you increase your swing speed?

Well the most obvious way to increase your swing speed is to get stronger. Work out! Specifically work out your core, forearms, and thighs. These are the muscles that drive your golf swing.

Check out this video for some great tips on how to build some muscle as well as endurance.

I have a great ebook on increasing your distances as well. If you want it, you can send me a contact message above, and I will send it off to you for free.

If you have any questions, like always, leave a comment below and I will make sure o get back to you.

Here are 40 things you should not do on a golf course.

1. Don’t throw clubs
2. Don’t stand in the line of sight of the person swinging/putting
3. Don’t yell curse words
4. Don’t cry
5. Don’t 6 putt
6. Don’t compare yourself to a professional
7. Don’t try too hard
8. Don’t give up either
9. Don’t get in a fight
10. Don’t try to jump anything in a golf cart
11. Don’t spank the drink girl
12. Don’t spend more time fishing for golf balls than golfing
13. Don’t hit golf balls at people
14. Don’t tee off on the wrong tee
15. Don’t let a kid beat you
16. Don’t cry if he/she does
17. Don’t take more than ten shots in a sand trap
18. Don’t pee all over the place (it happens)
19. Don’t run
20. Don’t try to hit a golf ball out of water, no matter how shallow it may be
21. Don’t swing like Charles Barkley
22. Don’t throw flag sticks like javelins
23. Don’t stomp on greens
24. Don’t give up golf after every round
25. Don’t only post your high scores to your handicaps!
26. Don’t bump music
27. Don’t play super slow when you are in front of me
28. Don’t fight an alligator, Bob Barker, or Shooter McGavin
29. Don’t smoke the grass
30. Don’t play a slice
31. Don’t make your own golf balls or clubs
32. Don’t kill anything (That’s a pretty good rule everywhere else too)
33. Don’t hit farther than your boss
34. Don’t wash another man’s balls (Again, that’s a pretty good rule everywhere else too)
35. Don’t bet with a man that has a deep brown sun tan and a two iron in his bag
36. Don’t yell when driving like some long drive competitors
37. Don’t expect people to give a crap that you got a par on hole 14
38. Don’t enter a birdy pool unless you have gotten a birdy before
39. Don’t buy $1,000 clubs to improve your score from 120 to 80
40. Don’t spend 10 minutes lining up a three foot putt, and especially don’t do it if you are going to miss anyway

Here are some golf swings of pros.  Like a lot of people, I think Tiger woods has a beautiful golf swing.  What do you think?

The last one is a joke, but let me know if any of these are your cup of tea. Maybe someone else?

The Perfect Golf Swing

First off, the perfect golf swing will not come easy!  It will take lots of work.  Lots of hours on the range.  And lots of fun.  If you aren’t having fun, you won’t get good at golf, simple as that.  In this post, I am going to talk about the mindset you will need to achieve the perfect swing.

• It doesn’t exist.

What?  You just said you are going to talk about the mindset I will need to achieve the perfect swing. What I mean by the perfect swing is your perfect golf swing.  Your perfect golf swing is unique to you, and you alone.  Do all the pros have the same swing?  Look at Jim Furyk.  So dispel the notion of “the perfect golf swing” and focus on “your perfect golf swing.”

• You must be mentally prepared to achieve it.

Your mind is where your swing begins.  I can tell you this, if you think your shot will suck, your shot will likely suck. And if you genuinely believe your shot will be good, your shot will likely be good.  This is just a small demonstration of how your mind influences your golf swing.  You must get your mental game under control before you can get your golf swing under control.

• You must be willing to devote time to achieving your perfect golf swing.

Like anything, practice makes perfect.  I can guarantee, you will not get any better at golf, just by reading about it.  You must hit the range and put in some sweat hours.  A lot goes a long way, though.  Practice 2 more hours a week, and in a month you will be astounded at how much better you are.  This brings me to my next point.

• You must enjoy the game.

If you don’t truly enjoy golf, you will never get off your rump and go practice.  You will not be completely motivated to improve.  This is a decision you have to make for yourself, but I am going to assume you want to because you are here reading this.

So those are some things, you need to check on before you start your quest for the perfect swing.  If you have any questions, let me know below.