Missing the Sweet Spot

By Jaacob Bowden Third, things change a little bit when you miss the sweet spot. For example, let’s say you hit the ball in on the heel. What happens then is that since the center of mass of the club is not moving directly in to the center of mass of the ball, it...

Understanding Ball Flight

By Jaacob Bowden It used to be thought that the path of your swing controlled the start direction and the direction of the clubface would be where the ball would end up. However, we now know that this is not true. So what makes a ball curve the way it does? And what...

Hitting Straight (Or Straighter)

By Jaacob Bowden In his research studying millions of amateur and professional shots, Mark Broadie also noticed that not only do tour players hit farther than amateurs…they also hit twice as straight. The main thing I want to share with you about hitting the driver...

Hitting Solid

By Jaacob Bowden Let’s talk about another important aspect of getting off the tee long and straight…and that is hitting the ball solidly and consistently in the sweet spot. It doesn’t really do any good to swing faster if you don’t hit the center of the clubface. In...

Raising the Speed of What Feels Accurate

By Jaacob Bowden I do want to clarify one thing about swing speed training. I’m not suggesting that you should swing at max speeds on the golf course. That’s not really a good idea. Rather, we want to raise your max speed so that your playing speed also goes up. This...