Moms, Are You Teaching Your Children How to Play?
My mother was a great golf instructor. She was always telling me, “Stop slouching. Stand up straight.” It turns out that even though Mom never swung a golf club, she was encouraging me in one of the essential elements of any good ball striker: good posture. Check Your Physical Posture. A dependable golf swing rotates around […]
Where’s your “Happy Swing?
Our facility was once a United Artists Theater. My family and I watched the movie Hook from about the same spot where I am now sitting. In the show, Robin Williams’ character, Peter Pan, is taken back to Neverland and has tough time coming to grips with his lack of imagination. Julia Robert’s character, Tinkerbell, tells Peter […]
Get Lean for More Consistent Golf Swings!
Ever wonder why you don’t hit your clubs on the golf course like you do on the range? Maybe the problem starts with unnecessary movements in your swing. Lean manufacturing principles focus on eliminating unnecessary procedures and components and, as a result, product costs. Eliminating unnecessary product components also often increases quality and, thereby, reduces support costs. Lean principles reduce […]
A Great Way to Learn to Play!
Golf has taken many knocks over the six years we’ve been in business. In hindsight perhaps this wasn’t the best time to start a new way to learn and play the game. But, then again is there ever a “perfect time” to start something new? Over the years thousands have entered our door and to most we simply ask, “And, […]
Who’s Going To Teach Your Children to Play?
Great introductory session Thursday evening with nine women. I started the session as I do and asked them why they want to invest time to learn the game. One by one each of the attendees shared their reasons. One wanted to enhance her career. Another came because her husband “pushed her into coming.” But, most of the […]
Just Putt the Ball!!
“Looking for a new putter? Before I make a suggestion, perhaps a few questions will help narrow down the putter that will be right for you. Traditional, belly, forearm, chest, or shoulder? Sideways or face-on? Mallet, blade, or really weird? Face, toe, or heel weighting? Straight steel or plastic insert? Heel, center, or off-set? Steel […]
Why Doesn’t Your Mom Play?
Over the last five years, I’ve spoken with hundreds of families about playing golf. Most of the time, they’re next door having dinner and stop in to see what we’re all about. After a brief tour (we’re not that big), the husband and children often express their excitement about coming back real soon to play […]
Golf is Too Hard! Tradition or Truth?
Ten years ago, two PGA Tour players got an idea to develop a way to help people of all ages get in and stay in the game. Their ideas focused on having fun executing four different golf strokes in a variety of games each producing feedback designed to help the beginner learn the game. Their methodology is drastically […]
Family Time: For What It’s Worth
So, you and your family would like to learn to play golf? Your next question is probably, “How much is it going to cost us?” Great question. Maybe it won’t cost as much as you think. Let’s for a moment assume that your family consists of two adults and two children; the youngest of which is 4 or more. […]
Who taught you how to play this game? (a short story)
Mom told me it was all arranged. Sunday afternoon, I was actually going to learn how to play. She said he would pick me up and take me to the driving range. He told her he had a couple clubs I could hit. I didn’t know what that meant, but I was really, really, really excited. On Sunday, […]