Golf Tip for juniors with GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher Rick Barry

Inside GOLF Magazine features a golf lesson aimed at helping junior golfers get setup correctly for success with GOLF Magazine TOP 100 Teacher Rick Barry from the Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Also in this video PGA Tour player Heath Slocum speaks about his experience with instruction. Here is the transcript: NOW WE ARE JOINED BY PGA TOUR PROFESSIONAL HEATH SLOCUM, WHO TELLS US WHY HE FEELS INSTRUCTION IS SO VALUABLE FOR ALL GOLFERS. MY DAD WAS A GOLF PRO FOR 20,25 YEARS. SO I GREW UP HAVING AN INSTRUCTOR TEACH ME EVERYTHING ABOUT GOLF. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY GOLF AND, IT?S BEEN INVALUABLE TO ME. THERE?S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SWINGING A GOLF CLUB AND PLAYING GOLF, LEARNING HOW TO SCORE, KNOWING WHAT TO DO IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, HOW TO HANDLE YOURSELF, HOW TO HANDLE SOME CRUSHERS. YOUR AVERAGE GOLFER HAS A CLUB PRO IN THEIR AREA THAT THEY CAN GO SEE. THERE?S NO DOUBT, IF YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT INTO IT, THERE?S NO DOUBT THEY?LL BECOME BETTER GOLFERS. THE INSIDE GOLF MAGAZINE TOP 100 GOLF LESSON IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE U.S.G.A. MUSEUM. COME EXPLORE MORE THAN A CENTURY OF GOLF?S CLASSIC MOMENTS AT THE U.S.G.A. MUSEUM, TODAY. NOW, HERE?S AN INTERESTING GOLF LESSON WITH GOLF MAGAZINE TOP 100 TEACHER, RICK BERRY, DEMONSTRATING THAT, GETTING STARTED WITH THE RIGHT FUNDAMENTALS CAN LEAD TO SUCCESS. HELLO, EVERYONE. THIS IS CHRISTOPHER GATOR. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN CHRISTOPHER FIRST CAME TO ME, IF HE HAD A GRIP AND, THE GRIP PART, WHEN HE HAD IT, DIDN?T LOOK QUITE LIKE THIS. HIS GRIP WAS TURNED A LOT MORE TO THE LEFT AND, WHEN HE HELD THE CLUB AND HE WENT TO HIT IT, THE CLUB FACE WOULD GO BACK AND ROTATE QUITE A LOT OPEN. AT THAT POINT, WHEN HE GOT OFF THE TOP, HE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK AROUND TO BRING IT BACK STRAIGHT TO THE BALL. SO THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE DID WAS, WE TOOK BOTH OF HIS HANDS AND WE MOVED THEM WELL OVER TO THE RIGHT SO THAT HIS HANDS ARE IN A BETTER POSITION. WHICH, WHEN THE GOLF CLUB GOES BACK, NOW THE GOLF CLUB?S GOING TO BE A LOT STRAIGHTER AND, HE?S GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE ALL A LOT STRAIGHTER. IF I CAN SHOW YOU HOW WE LEARNED THAT; WE TOOK THIS LITTLE TRAINING GRIP. WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THEM BUT, WE PUT CHRISTOPHER?S ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND SOME ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO THINK OF IS, THE INDEX FINGER IS LIKE PULLING THE TRIGGER ON A GUN. IT FEELS LIKE A LITTLE WATER PISTOL TRIGGER AND, HE CAN TELL THAT HIS HANDS ARE IN THE CORRECT POSITION, EVERY TIME. HE LEARNED THE GRIP, HE PRACTICES WITH IT QUITE A BIT WITH LITTLE SHORT SHOTS AND PRACTICES AND THEN, HE GOT SO COMFORTABLE WITH IT, THAT?S HIS PERMANENT GRIP AS WE HAVE IT. CHRISTOPHER, WHY DON?T YOU TAKE THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED, AFTER HE GOT HIS GRIP, THAT HE STILL HAD A LITTLE BIT OF PLAY IN THE GOLF SWING. IT WENT OUT AND AROUND, HAD AN OVER THE TOP OR A LOOP TO IT. WHAT I DID WAS, I TOOK THIS MAGIC TEACHING TOWEL AND I PUT IT UNDER HIS LEFT ARM LIKE THIS AND, HE TOOK HIS BICEP AND HE SQUEEZED IT UP AGAINST HIS LOGO. WHEN HE TOOK IT BACK, HE COULD FEEL THAT HIS ARM WAS CONNECTED TO HIM AND THE GOLF CLUB WOULD GO UP AND COME DOWN EXACTLY LIKE WE WANTED IT TO. DIDN?T TAKE VERY LONG. NOW, HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THAT GOLF CLUB WOULD DO AND EXACTLY WHAT HIS ARM AND HIS SWING WOULD FEEL LIKE WHEN HE HAD IT CORRECTLY. NOW, CHRISTOPHER, WE'VE GOT YOUR GOLF SWING IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE; WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE GOLF COURSE. WHAT WE?RE GOING TO DO IS A FEE- SHOT ROUTINE. WE HAVE TO DECIDE A FEW THINGS BEFORE YOU HIT A GOLF BALL. NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT IT?S GOING TO TAKE TO HIT THE BALL DOWN THE FAIRWAY. WE CHOSE YOUR DRIVER, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD CHOICE. WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE FAIRWAY, YOU?RE GOING TO SEE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME WATER AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT SIDE OF THE FAIRWAY WE WANT TO GO. WE HAVE TO CHECK ON THE WIND TO SEE IT?S FLOW. IT?S SIMPLE. AFTER WE MAKE OUR DECISION ON YOUR GOLF CLUB THAT YOU?RE GOING TO USE, WE?RE GOING TO MAKE A VISUAL OF WHERE WE WANT THE BALL TO FLY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE FAIRWAY, YOU CAN SEE YOUR BALL GOING RIGHT TOWARDS THE FLAG OR TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY. YOU?VE GOT YOUR DECISION-MAKING, YOU?VE GOT YOUR VISUAL OF WHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO SO, IF YOU WOULD WALK IN, I?LL NARRATE AS YOU GO IN THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, CHRISTOPHER?S WALKING INTO THE BALL. HE?S GOING TO TAKE A PRACTICE SWING, FIRST. AND THEN, HE?S GOING TO WALK IN WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT, PLACE THE CLUB BEHIND THE BALL, MOVE HIS FEET SHOULDER?S WIDTH APART. KNEES ARE FLEXED. HE?S CHECKING, NOW, TO SEE HOW FAR THE PUTTER CLUB IS FROM HIM. ONE OF THE THINGS CHRISTOPHER HAS DONE IS, HE?S COME UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT HELPS HIM WITH GOOD RHYTHM AND TIMING. WHEN HE TAKES THE CLUB BACK, HE SAYS TO HIMSELF, TIGER WOODS. SHOW THEM HOW YOU DO IT. TIGER WOODS! IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO PLAY GOOD GOLF, GIVE THEM A GOOD GRIP, TIGHTEN THE SWING UP WITH THE MAGIC TEACHING TOWEL, GIVE THEM A REAL GOOD PRE-SHOT ROUTINE AND THEN, LET THEM HAVE SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE, TIGER WOODS AND, HIT THE BALL AS HARD AS THEY CAN AND, THAT?LL MAKE THEM A GREAT GOLFER.

Golf Life | May 26, 2009

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