Golf Impact Continued

Last week we introduced a video of PGA Tour Player John Sendon. Let's go back to that video for a moment and study the section from 1:35 to 1:39. Click Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbKyakBdMO0

Some of you are familiar with the term "angle of approach", or "arc of the swing" or "hit down on the ball", but few have ever really understood what it means to do this correctly. "hitting down on the ball" is very dangerous terminology. Most people who try to hit down on the ball do so with their upper body and create steep & inconsistent divots. The ideal angle of approach is to "hit down on the ball", but the downward strike is a very shallow strike. Let me explain further.

As you study the video you can probably make a rough estimate that the club is approximately 3 inches above the ground in the frame right before impact and approximately 2 inches off the ground in the frame after impact. With the impact zone right in the middle we can make an educated guess that the club was descending past the point of impact with the ball. However, with close observation you can see that the club descended gradually. It did not drop five or six inches through the impact zone. Now that we know the club must be descending at a gradual rate, next week we will discuss where the bottom point should be and how to achieve a "shallow" angle of approach.

Your Partner In Golf Success,

Scott Seifferlein

Fuerteventura Golf Tips, Improve your Golf

We continue our short series on Goal Setting for your Golf Game. This week you will be required to take some action. So get out a stop watch and a pen and paper. Implement each step before you read the next step.

STOP! Do not read any further without having your pen, paper and stopwatch ready to go.

Step #1- Write 5 most important values in the world to you. You have 60 seconds. No wrong answers. Start now.

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Successful golfers know what they stand for and they never compromise their values. Your values will be exposed in your actions, especially when under pressure.

Step #2- List your 3 most important golf goals right now. You have 30 seconds. Write fast.

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Step #3- How would you change your golf life if you won $1million cash today and you could only pick up the money if you could answer the question? You have to write 5 things in one minute or you don't get the money. Do NOT write what you would do with the money but how you would change your golf life. You have 60 seconds. Go now!

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Step #4- What would you do with the game of golf if you were given 6 months to live. Your doctor has given you the perfect bill of health for 180 days but on day #180 you will drop dead. Write five things. You have 60 seconds. Write quickly.

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Step #5- What have you always wanted to do in golf but were afraid to attempt: Write the first thing that comes to mind. 10 seconds. Write it down now.

Congratulations. You have taken a giant leap towards defining your Major Definite Purpose. Next week we will go on a journey of peak experiences, dared dreams, and the most important exercise of the year. You won't want to miss it! Be sure to save this weeks answers.

No Magician Has a Greater Power Than Yours

As you read this golf tip, please keep in mind that it may not apply to your unique needs. Always consult with your local PGA professional (that would be Scott Seifferlein if you are new to how this works:) before attempting to apply any golf tip you have read from a newspaper, magazine, book, internet, your 20 handicap brother-in-law, etc.

When you get your wake-up call at some Disney hotels, you hear something like: "It's 7:00 A.M., have a magical day in the Magic Kingdom."

No need to rely on Disney or anybody else to give you a magical day. You can create them for yourself at will, in your GOLF GAME or your own personal life - although, truth be told, in the imaginary Magic Kingdom or your own, the very best of days only has some magical moments or hours, some mundane ones and usually, some not so good ones.

Several years ago, in professional golf, I had my own magical day. After implementing a new putting system for distance control in July of 2000, I entered the West Michigan Chapter Championship in September that same year. It all came together with 28, 26 and 27 putts over the three rounds of the tournament. Never before had I putted so well for three consecutive rounds.

Also in that same tournament I won the only skin with a chip-in eagle for $900 cash, plus the $3,000 for winning the tournament and the assistants tournament with-in the real tournament.

You just don't get too many like this one in an entire golfing career. However, being in the golf business, if you get away from your club for a tournament you have to work double to catch up and I was just too darned tired to join any post tournament celebrations.

Is any day ever entirely magical?

Well, anyway, I guess my point is: you make your own magic.
Just as performance coach Lee Milteer says "there are no victims, only volunteers", I'd tell you there are no really greener pastures in the distance; certainly not greener than you might make those you own already.

There are no real wizards or magicians endowed with magic greater than yours; certainly not greater than the powers you possess you could strengthen and exploit.

As your golf instructor my service to you is not to give you magical powers but to show you where your hidden talents lie. To get the most out of your golf game. To motivate you to train throughout the winter. To feel good about your victories. To learn from your losses. To beat your competitors without apologies. To make continual improvement 52 weeks out of the year. That is what I am here to provide you, right here, in this Champion Success Strategies e-mail. 52 weeks a year.

If you missed them in this months newsletter here are the winter training strategies:

Lead Hand Control: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX6g5BUmI5s

Perfect Pitch Tip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epsXXvvwol4

How To Add 15 Yards in 5 Minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msl4mMzp-us

Your Partner In Golf Success,

Scott Seifferlein
PGA Golf Guru