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by Chris Henry on May 16, 2009
Bye-bye, Badds!
It's not unusual for professional golfers to change their swings and their swing coaches.
Tiger Woods has done it several times - and if it's okay for him, then it must be ok...
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by Chris Henry on April 19, 2009
Courtesy: Golf Digest
It was just about 2 years ago that I wrote a post called "Stack and Tilt: Fool's Gold?"
By now, many know what the Stack and Tilt swing method is.
But I am amaze...
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by Chris Henry on March 24, 2009
Courtesy: BBC
I don't know why I have become so fascinated with the weight shift during the golf Swing.
Perhaps it's because a proper weight shift was always a source of problems for me in ...
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by Chris Henry on March 6, 2009
Courtesy: Getty Photos
Yesterday, I wrote about AJ Bonar's long-standing single move to generate more power at impact, a move that has its supporters and its detractors.
But doesn't every sw...
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by Chris Henry on March 5, 2009
Courtesy: perfectgolfswingreview.net
This morning, as I perused my emails, I realized that golf equipment has a season for new releases like the car industry does.
For the auto industry in North Ame...
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by Chris Henry on October 23, 2008
This was a funny kind of golf season for me. The weather in my part of Canada wasn't always conducive to golf early in the season. Work commitments kept me from the fairways more than once and w...
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by Chris Henry on September 9, 2008
Manuel de la Torre. Courtesy: Golf.com
My most recent post on Stack and Tilt elicited a few comments. But the most eloquent came from Ed LeBeau.
Ed wrote that Stack and Tilt can be traced back to th...
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by Chris Henry on August 29, 2008
Courtesy: Golf Digest
Ever since I posted several stories on Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett's Stack and Tilt swing technique, I have been receiving comments.
And those posts occurred more than a ...
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by Chris Henry on July 15, 2008
I have argued before in this space that most amateur golfers who are men would be well advised to watch how the LPGA Tour players hit the ball.
Why? Simply because the swings on the women's tou...
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by Chris Henry on July 13, 2008
You often hear tour pros and swing coaches talk about "finding the slot" on the downswing.
What is "the slot"? Well, in its essence, it's a flatter swing plane at the start ...
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by Chris Henry on February 2, 2008
Courtesy: shop-safe.com
On New Year's Day I wrote that the internet was opening up yet another avenue for golfers: the online video golf lesson.
I questioned the true value of such an experience...
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by Chris Henry on January 5, 2008
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I was perusing GolfIndustryOnline this morning and noted that they have extensive lists of "top ten" products from last year.
The site breaks the products down into dri...
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by Chris Henry on January 1, 2008
The internet has opened up a world of opportunity for golfers. Not only can you read golf blogs like this one and dozens of others on a daily basis, you can literally shop the world for golf equipme...
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by Chris Henry on December 20, 2007
Courtesy: Golf Digest
2007 winds down and the conclusion of another year often leads to reflection.
As I look back on the year, the first for eagleparbirdie.com, and consider all that has been writ...
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by Chris Henry on November 1, 2007
Ernie's In Synch
Courtesy: Golf Digest
I have come to the conclusion that the golf swing is like religion - there is one that is perfect for each of us.
What happens when you realize that there...
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by Chris Henry on October 14, 2007
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Just a quck post from the U.K. today but one I hope will interest readers.
Bobby Clampett has written a golf instruction book that senior Canadian golf writer, Lorne Rubenste...
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by Chris Henry on October 8, 2007
Courtesy: Amazon.com
There were two events that changed the world of golf instruction forever back in the late 1970s.
First, the VCR was created. Second, the cost of finished video productions desc...
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by Chris Henry on September 12, 2007
Courtesy: Golf.com
Golf really does make use of the ABCs when it comes to swing instruction.
First we had the "reverse C" finish used by guys like Johnny Miller and Hale Irwin, to name tw...
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by Chris Henry on September 9, 2007
Courtesy: GolfToday.co.uk
It has been some time since I have written anything about golf instruction.
As a rank amateur, I am loathe to offer any tips based on my knowledge of the golf swing. That...
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by Chris Henry on September 1, 2007
Courtesy: Golf Digest
Time to catch up with some readers' comments.
Several weeks ago, I wrote a post regarding parents who are highly involved in their children's sports careers, not alwa...
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by Chris Henry on August 19, 2007
Courtesy: Golf Digest
One of the strengths of blogging and the so-called Web 2.0 world is the instant feedback that a blogger can receive and a reader can create in the form of "comments".
...
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by Chris Henry on August 17, 2007
Courtesy: Golf Magazine
Golfers are suckers. We search and search for the Holy Grail of Instruction, stumbling from theory to theory and never seeming to find one that works.
Many of us have tried H...
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by Chris Henry on August 12, 2007
The world of sports is littered with examples of parents who got in the way of their children's successful professional careers.
Women's tennis is rife with them. Men's golf has its share...
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by Chris Henry on July 31, 2007
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One final thought or two on the Canadian Open and then I'll shut up about the tournament.
I had a strong desire to watch Mike Weir on the practice range because he is the latest pl...
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by Chris Henry on July 3, 2007
Courtesy: Golf Digest
The comments continue to come in regarding Stack and Tilt. And they are all positive. I can't remember, now, when I last received a negative comment about the swing.
Here a...
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by Chris Henry on June 12, 2007
Courtesy: Canadian golf academy
I'd like to try something a little different today. I want to begin an interactive discussion on the golf swing.
Specifically, I'd like to know what you find ...
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by Chris Henry on June 8, 2007
Courtesy: Bodog Nation
A couple of things conspired this week to remind me of the importance of the short game in golf.
The first event occurred earlier this week.
I was in attendance at Angus Gle...
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by Chris Henry on June 6, 2007
The most fanatic people you will find anywhere are those who are converts to something or other. Ex-smokers are a fine example.
Me, I'm a convert to golf lessons.
My standard approach in years g...
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by Chris Henry on May 26, 2007
Courtesy: Golf Digest
I want to catch up with some reader comments on several Instruction posts recently.
The Stack and Tilt issue generated considerable response as it is doing on many other sites....
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by Chris Henry on May 22, 2007
It's tiny but it's Stack and Tilt
Courtesy: Golf Digest
The comments continue to flow in regarding the merits or otherwise of the new Stack and Tilt swing that is possibly the number one topi...
