PERFECTSTROKE™ - GOLF INSTRUCTION
PERFECTSTROKE™ is a golf company that specialises in the manufacture and supply of golf training aids. It also provides golf instruction services ranging from individual golf lessons, one, two and three day golf school training programs to full time training courses for international and domestic students. PERFECTSTROKE™ for all golf swing & putt stroke training aids and professional golf coach supplies.
PERFECTSTROKE

Written by Mark Officer
Australian PGA Member

 Australia's Number 1 Ranked Golf School providing 1,2 and 3 day schools, individual instruction and international golf school for overseas students. PERFECTSTROKE™ for all golf swing & putt stroke training aids and professional golf coach supplies.
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TRAINING PROGRAM
  1. The Grip
  2. Alignment
  3. Set Up
  4. Power Sources
  5. The Full Swing
  6. Shaping Shots
  7. Ball Flight Laws
  8. Putting
  9. Chipping
  10. Pitching
  11. Bunker Shots
  12. Video Analysis
  13. Analysis & Performance
  14. SAM PuttLab

Section 10 - Pitching

 PERFECTSTROKE™ is a golf company that specialises in the manufacture and supply of golf training aids. It also provides golf instruction services ranging from individual golf lessons, one, two and three day golf school training programs to full time training courses for international and domestic students. PERFECTSTROKE™ for all golf swing & putt stroke training aids and professional golf coach supplies.
SAM PuttLab
It analyses the 28 most important parameters of your putting stroke and displays the results in easy to understand graphic reports. Discover your individual strengths and weaknesses for a better and more efficient training.
After analysis by the SAM Puttlab system the best way to practice and make sure that you implement any corrections to your putting stroke is to use the Perfectstroke Putting System which includes the Perfectstroke Putting Aid, the Channel Mirror, the Perfectstroke Putting Mirror and the Perfectstroke Putting Line.
Swing Analysis

Putting Aid
 Developing a feel for speed is the final component crucial for consistent putting. This can be improved by matching the backswing and through swing lengths which can easily be practiced both using the PERFECTSTROKE™ training aid at home or hitting putts on the practice green. The shorter the putt the less backswing,- longer putts more back and throughswing. This means you can take the hit out of the putting stroke. The matching of backswing to throughswing and height the putter head lifts on back and through is often referred to as a pendulum stroke. This is the type of stroke demonstrated by world class professionals in the past, now and experts agree in the future.
 

Pitch shots should be considered to be almost a small version of the full swing or a larger version of the break and block style chipping action. 

Again, feel for distance is one of the most important things in developing consistent pitching so it is recommended that you learn different length swings in order to get the ball to travel different distances in the air. 

Ball position and weight distribution changes can be made to change the trajectory of the shot but generally for pitch shots the ball should be a little more back in the stance and the weight a little more forward.  

The club should still travel along the target line with a good path and on a good plane, which will encourage a good angle of approach.
 
Standard address parallel to target line left arm just short of horizontal
  First Swing - perhaps > 20metres LW Second Swing  > 30metres
 

Distance control for pitch shots should be regulated by the amount of back swing and therefore the amount of club head speed developed.

Five different length back swings should be able to be developed to produce differing distance shots and this amount of back swing should be able to be called upon when required to hit the ball different distances.
PERFECTSTROKE™ is a golf company that specialises in the manufacture and supply of golf training aids. It also provides golf instruction services ranging from individual golf lessons, one, two and three day golf school training programs to full time training courses for international and domestic students. PERFECTSTROKE™ for all golf swing & putt stroke training aids and professional golf coach supplies.
Swing Setter
Swing Setter has a moulded grip to help learn correct grip. The Swing Setter is a golf swing training aid developed by the world’s number 1 coach David Leadbetter. It helps to develop the four keys of a successful golf swing. Here is what they say on the Swing Setter site – The Swing Setter develops your grip, swing plane, release and tempo – the four keys to a great golf swing. A perfect tool for golfers who want to get better but just don’t have the time. As little as six minutes twice a week will give you the feel for a great swing, solid ball striking and will improve your distance , accuracy and consistency.
 Swing Setter has a moulded grip to help learn correct grip. The Swing Setter is a golf swing training aid developed by the world’s number 1 coach David Leadbetter. It helps to develop the four keys of a successful golf swing. Here is what they say on the Swing Setter site – The Swing Setter develops your grip, swing plane, release and tempo – the four keys to a great golf swing. A perfect tool for golfers who want to get better but just don’t have the time. As little as six minutes twice a week will give you the feel for a great swing, solid ball striking and will improve your distance , accuracy and consistency.

From Beginner
to Winner
David Leadbetter, renowned for working with the world’s top golfers has designed a DVD aimed at improving a novice’s game. Computer graphics have been combined with footage taken from all the key angles, to give the clearest possible understanding of the golf swing and how to correct common faults. Also covered are the essential components of the swing set-up, grip, posture, and alignment. By teaching you the fine art of pitching, chipping, bunker play and putting, Leadbetter instructs you on how to cut shots off your score when you are close to the green. Good course tactics are imperative to playing good golf. Key areas covered include developing a routine, picking strategic targets, club selection and swing thoughts. This Golf DVD is approximately 95 minutes in length.
David Leadbetter
PERFECTSTROKE™ is a golf company that specialises in the manufacture and supply of golf training aids. It also provides golf instruction services ranging from individual golf lessons, one, two and three day golf school training programs to full time training courses for international and domestic students. PERFECTSTROKE™ for all golf swing & putt stroke training aids and professional golf coach supplies.
Third Swing > 40metres Fourth Swing > 55 metres Fifth Swing > 70 metres
 

When combining these five different back swing lengths with different wedges, perhaps three different wedges, we should be able to produce differing trajectories and different landing distances for any shot.  Imagination and lots of practice is what is required to become a good pitcher of the golf ball.
Break and block follow through normal back swing direction half back swing
     

You need to be able to hit a variety of shots, not just play the same shot because situations will demand that you be able to play high soft landing shots or low advancing shots that skip up the green or even land short of the green.  Gripping down lower on the club, making longer and slower swings, altering the ball position or getting more weight on the left side are all things that can be experimented with to help give you this variety of shots.  Not all shots around the green have to played in text book style as feel is far more important than perfect technique.
 
 
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