I don’t know a golfer on the planet who doesn’t want to add 20 yards on the end of their average drive. This equates to a club-head speed increase of approximately 8 miles per hour which, for most golfers, is … Continue reading
Category: Moe Norman
The Two Lines and Tension Points of the Single Plane Swing
I spend much of my time stressing the importance of the Single Plane starting position. It has been my experience that when I am unstable or uncomfortable at address, my ability to strike the ball solid and consistently decreases dramatically. … Continue reading
Moe Norman’s Lead Thumb – The Long and Short of It
The lead hand grip is more than just where you place the club in the hand. How your place the hand is just as important. If the golf swing were a jigsaw puzzle, I would consider the lead hand position … Continue reading
Body Match-ups and the Domino Effect
Our recent Instructional Series “The Domino Effect, Back to Basics” is an apotheosis of my time in development of the Single Plane 3D – my deepest dive (to date) into measuring the mechanical model of the Single Plane Swing. Single … Continue reading
They Did it Their Way – Intuitive Engineering
In the 1968 Olympics Richard Douglas Fosbury would win the gold medal in the high jump and became one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field. Besides winning a gold medal, Dick Fosbury revolutionized the … Continue reading
Is Moe’s swing Left or Right Sided?
I hear this question often in one form or another. Here is and example from a recent Youtube comment: “With the single plane swing is the release a right inward throw or a left outward pull?“ I find these questions difficult … Continue reading
Combination: Body Tilt and Trail Hand Position = Single Plane Alignment
I’ve heard it thousands of times. Golfers saying that they “tried” the Single Plane Golf Swing and rarely do they try it correctly. That’s because there is more to the Single Plane Golf swing than just standing further from the … Continue reading
Bacon Strips not Pork Chops
While Moe might have said he didn’t take a divot, what he felt he did and what he actually did were quite different. I have not doubt that Moe could have hit a golf ball off of a Casio watch face. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t take a divot. Moe’s swing was perfectly shallow into impact. He compressed the ball perfectly. Yet, when the ball was on tight turf, he took a shallow divot. Here are some pics that tell the story. Continue reading
Tiger Vs. Moe and the Single Plane Swing
By: Chandler Rusk, GGA Master Instructor Congrats Tiger on your Masters win this past week! So, how about a little Tiger vs. Moe for this week’s instruction. ******************* Before we get started, it is good to know that if you … Continue reading
Callaway, Graves Golf, Moe Norman and Roger Cleveland
How about these names together…? A little over a year ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time at Callaway Golf with Roger Cleveland discussing the new Moe Norman Signature wedge(s) we created with Callaway Golf. As some … Continue reading