From the Fairway

"Feel Is Learned, Not Taught" - Here you can see Mike Pedersen, Golf Swing Biomechanic Coach

Founder - Effortless Golf Training System and PerformBetterGolf.com show you how simple it is to establish the connextion between the smaller muscles that deliver the speed to the swing with the large muscles that deliver the power. It is this meeting of the two sources at exactly the right time that will deliver more power and consistency in a repeatable manner.

Tiger Woods once said, “One of the biggest misconceptions about the golf swing is that a solid one requires great timing. The reason top players work so hard on grooving the swing is that we want a repeatable pass more dependent on proper mechanics than on timing. Golf nirvana occurs only when we're able to synchronize the upper and lower body. Some people refer to it as "staying connected." It's a fluid motion that appears almost effortless.

That was the most significant change during my swing overhaul of 1998. I worked hard on eliminating timing as a factor. I was blessed with fast hips. Sometimes they're too fast, and my lower body outraces my upper body. That's when you see those flares to the right or quackers that take a quick dive to the left. Fortunately, I was also blessed with very fast hands, which sometimes allow me to save shots when my swing is out of sync.

I don't have to rely on my hands nearly as much as I used to, and that has made me a much more consistent ball-striker. I've had stretches--like my run during 2000--when my swing was nearly on autopilot. That's a great feeling. Synchronize your upper and lower body, and you'll know that feeling, too.”

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I know you can say this for every shot in golf but it is really true, staying connected throughout the swing will lead to consistency of ball striking and consistency in ball striking will lead to confidence in your shot.

You have heard golf commentators refer to a player as being a great ball striker because of their “compact swing with few moving parts”. It is obvious that the fewer moving parts there are the easier it it is to be a consistent player.

The Perfect Connextion is designed to show you just that. By learning to connect the small muscles of the hands and arms with the large muscles of the chest, core and legs you reduce the number of independent moving parts in the swing needing to do the exact right thing at the exactly right time every time.

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