You’ve probably heard the old saying that if people tried to learn how to make love the same way they go about learning the golf swing that the human race become extinct. Sadly, golfers have millions of dollars in lessons and rarely ever improve. No matter how good the intentions of the instructor are, if
Where in the world is CQ?
Hey guys, summer is sadly on the other side of the hill now for most of you as we near mid-August and I’ve been getting a lot of emails about what the heck I’m doing this summer and where’s the Christina Project? Don’t worry, it will be up and running soon, but you can blame
Steve Stricker: A Complete Swing Analysis Part 4 (Move 3-The Downswing)
The downswing is probably the most misunderstood and misinterpreted move by amateur golfers in the golf swing. It must be understood that the downswing is largely an uncoiling motion or a reaction to a proper backswing. The key point that must be illustrated is that the forces of movement in the downswing originate from the
Steve Stricker: A Complete Swing Analysis Part 3 (Move 2-Back to Target)
Move 2 is the completion of the backswing, and specifically, the shoulder turn. To briefly summarize what occurs in Move 2: 1. Shoulder blade glide continues turning the shoulders another 45 degrees for a full 90 degree turn. 2. The shoulder blade glide pulls the hips to turn approximately 45 degrees. 3. Arms elevate,
Steve Stricker: A Complete Swing Analysis Part 1 (Setup)
Steve Stricker’s ascent to the 3rd in the Official World Golf Rankings is an inspirational story to all of us in the golfing world who are striving to improve our games. Stricker joined the PGA Tour back in 1994 and achieved early success in his fledgling career. In 1996, he won two tournaments and compiled
Why Can’t I Stay Centered?
I am entering my seventh month as a certified RST instructor, and the number one issue that I see plaguing my students is the ability to minimize head movement and stay centered during the swing. While it may seem benign enough, I can tell you this problem destroys speed, power, and efficiency of the golf
Learning Proper Weight Shift…from a Frisbee?
Rotary Swing students must have a firm understanding of one of the key goals of the swing model, to utilize a proper right to left weight shift (for righties) just as we would in any other throwing or hitting sport. Most amateur golfers underestimate the importance of this simple yet critical step in the golf
The Secret to Your Success…
I have been playing the game for 27 years, and I have the calluses to prove it. Back in my amateur days, I was fortunate enough to live on a golf course, and I had the time to spend hours on the range perfecting my swing. I would rise at the crack of dawn and
Missing “The How”
“If I stop learning today, I will be teaching badly tomorrow.” (Unknown) Good advice from a relative unknown wouldn’t you say? OK. Vegas is not in my future, maybe I better leave the humor to the professionals. When I began to pursue my dream of teaching the game that my grandfather forced me to
Yesterday, it happened, the perfect golf shot…
Ok, I’ve hit a lot of “perfect” golf shots in my life, but this one was different. I’ve been working hard on making changes to my swing. I’ve changed my…. This is going to be a long list… My setup My grip My posture My knee flex My weight distribution My weight shift My takeaway
Rotary Swing 2.0 Takes a Turn to Revolutionize Golf Instruction
Last week, I spent four days working with Alison Thietje of Motion Memory Golf in St. Louis, MO. Alison and I had been talking about teaming up because our ideas of the swing are so incredibly similar, but approached from two different angles. I’m primarily concerned with sending the ball to the target with the
All Torque’d Up…
Still working here guys. I gave Alison a call for a little guidance on something and she has helped jog my memory on some things. First of all, a good backswing is so torque’d up that it would be impossible to hold that position at the top, or even get there in slow motion. I
Day 2 Progress – Rotary Swing 2.0
A lot more work poured into my swing today, I’m beat, mentally and physically. It’s tiring working so hard on changing a golf swing and rewards often come in only small doses. Today’s rewards were small, nice straight ball flight, decent speed and I’m getting closer to some positions that I wish to achieve, but
Chuck Quinton on Golf Talk Radio with Mike and Billy
I recently did a radio interview with Mike and Billy of ESPN’s Golf Talk Radio to discuss my book, ”The Rotary Swing“ . These guys were really great fun to talk to and are serious golf nuts. They just posted the Podcast of the show, you can listen to it from their website here: http://golftalkradiomikeandbilly.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=393039 If that
