Monday, January 31, 2011

Why Stack and Tilt if You're Not Square?

Recently this teacher attended a "Stack and Tilt" seminar. While this relatively new swing philosophy is quite fascinating and puts in question many old teaching dogmas, it has, at its basis, the assumption of a square club face during all positions in the swing. How do you know if your club face is square? Obviously the flight of the ball will tell you the answer, but that's a little too late and can be very confusing to most amateur golfers.

Why not be sure if your club face is square by simply referring to a color index positioning on the shaft of a swing trainer? The "Stack and Tilt" swing, like most conventional methods recommends a slightly inward path on takeaway and downswing which creates an angular accumulation of force to maximize power. (much like a soccer style field goal kicker) But this doesn't work very effectively unless the club is square to the target line. The easiest way to work on achieving that..... the ClubFace Swing Trainer, of course!

ClubFace Visits the PGA Show in Orlando

Full of gadgets, giveaways and gobs of new clubs guaranteed to improve your game, the annual "Big Show" in Orlando was again a candy store chocked full of goodies for golfers. But how much money can you spend on "game improvement" clubs if you don't try to improve your game? All the big tour players are constantly trying to make their swings better, why doesn't the average golfer? Is it too complicated? Are they getting bad instruction, or no instruction at all?

Many teachers and golf club manufacturers realize it's time for golfers to take the game in their own hands and use one of the simplest, most effective swing trainers ever invented. Everyone who saw the ClubFace Swing Trainer was pleasantly surprised at it's colorful, user friendly design. And the prevailing theme at this year's show was "how can we make the game more fun, especially for beginners". After all, if we don't create more golfers and increase their frequency of play, how can we expand the game?