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The Reverse Grip: Short Game Help

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 31 Oct 2008

In the last grip article we looked at the Baseball grip and how with a bit of a tinker you could learn to feel more of how you load a...
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Master Your Wedge: Part Two

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 16 Sep 2008

In the club release articles, we looked at dropping the loaded bomb, but the mechanics of how to drop it was left until now. Here we will deal with the...
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Master Your Wedge: Part One

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 25 Aug 2008

We all know how bridges and airplane wings are built using supporting beams and struts, so it is fairly logical that if we wish to hit a ball hard that...
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Maximise Your Woods From The Fairway

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 26 Jun 2008

We had a look at fitting for a driver in the first of this series. This time around we will tackle the shot where the ball has made its way...
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The Baseball Grip

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 26 May 2008

Baseball and golf seem a world apart yet the baseball grip is a means to clamp the club in a basic manner, which can work just fine for some and...
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The Power In Your Grip

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 14 Apr 2008

In the previous article on grips we looked at a variety of grip types. Here we will look at how power can be added or its potential power can be...
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Sick of Hacking? A Chat with Lynn Blake

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 05 Nov 2007

As a teacher of this great game of ours there are some people who you just really enjoy having a banter with. Nearly a quarter of a century later, having...
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Want Power? Discover Lag - Part 2

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 08 Jul 2007

In part one we focused on lifting the bomb to its designated destination for the job at hand. The coil spring was in place, the further up the hands went...
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Want Power? Discover Lag - Part 1

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 02 Apr 2007

Loading the Bomb In previous articles in the Golf School section we have covered the basic requirements of what a Plane is and how to stay upon it, as well...
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Self Help Fitting: Driver

IN: Club Fitting and Repair | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 26 Feb 2007

In the club fitting article, we talked about the club fitting interview process and looked at a general shot profile a player might employ when trying to make the best...
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Control Your Clubface

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 28 Jan 2007

This has to one of the greatest mysteries in learning and playing golf. Everything in the downswing happens so fast that by the time we realise what is going on...
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Pitching: From outside 40m

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 13 Nov 2006

In the previous pitching article we examined the Flat Footed wedge shot with little or no wrist cock nor hip turn for the short range shots. Now we will look...
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Playing From Greenside Bunkers

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 29 Sep 2006

"A ball will always roll down a hill and stop, unless there is sand or water at the bottom of it." Now, water is a hard medium to play out...
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Pitching 101

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 31 Aug 2006

In the previous article we looked at the short Chipping stroke and here we will move up the power food chain to the slightly longer shot most would call a...
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The Making of Grips

IN: Club Fitting and Repair | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 19 Aug 2006

Grips are often overlooked by golfers as just a bit of rubber to hang on to, yet they are the only part of the club that we are connected to...
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Chipping 101

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 26 Jun 2006

I have heard many people say that their short games depend upon feel and imagination. On a good day it's brilliant; on a bad it's terrible. Much of this perception...
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Vikram Sethi: Teaching Golf in India

IN: News | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 12 Jun 2006

iseekgolf.com has a wider international audience than sometimes we might believe. One of India's top coaches, Vikram Sethi, enjoys reading iseekgolf.com and took the time to chat recently with Paul...
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The Making of a Forged Club

IN: Club Fitting and Repair | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 29 May 2006

I have always been intrigued by the Japanese Samurai sword. Throughout history they have been seen as the highest quality swords ever produced, and the craftsman who made them also...
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Driver First Aid: Stop Slicing

IN: Golf Instruction | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 30 Apr 2006

If I had to list the top question I get asked when people come to see me, whether for clubs or for lessons, it would be: "How do I tame...
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Ken Starr Interview: Zelocity Launch Monitors

IN: Club Fitting and Repair | BY: Paul Smith | DATE: 13 Mar 2006

Ken Starr is the co-owner and CEO of US-based Zelocity Corporation who manufacture the Pure Launch Golf MonitorQ: Launch Monitors are not widely used or well known downunder. What has...
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