ABOUT COACH PETER COWEN

Code 2 - perfect practice makes perfect

Are you practicing Golf incorrectly?

Since the 15th century we have been practicing golf as if it is a moving ball game. Picking the club up and just hitting the ball. This is fine for a moving ball game but it’s not good for a stationary ball game such as Golf. So what we have to do is move the club correctly?

You’ve got to match the body and the arm hand and club movement to allow the ball so simply get in the way of the movement.

“If I had my time over again - This is what I would do.” Peter Cowen

I’ve hit more golf balls than anybody, probably 4 million or more and I’ve never seen the clubhead hit the ball because it happens so fast. So I might as well be blind folded and just make a movement because the ball is going to be there. Improving one's strength can of course help but it is not the be-all-end-all. What you’ve got to understand is that if you get someone who is 80 years old and they get the correct movement with what the arms and the club are doing, they can still hit decent shots. It’s a physical movement that won’t injure you because it’s much more natural. I want players to be able to more natural. I want players to be able to repeat the same body action every time and then I can complete that with the arm, hand and club action that is going to swing the club on an arc, relative to the shot that they intend to play. This arc with an iron will collect the ball prior to the low point in the arc of the swing. In other words we compress the ball before making contact with the ground. So if we want the game to progress – and I do – I know that there is a better way to improve quickly and it is all here