Minimalist Golf Swing

Beginner Golfers – and MGS A recent purchaser of the ebook DIY (do-it-yourself) GOLF from my website, emailed to say that, “As to the attractiveness of the book for beginners, my own gut feeling is that most beginners will prefer to be taught the most orthodox golf swing possible because, as with most people in […]

The MAGIC MOVE of the MGS Many MGS users think the trick is in the set-up. Some feel it is a wrist-less arms-only stroke which cannot produce power. Some think MGS is counter-intuitive because it requires positions which are not used in other sports. The answer to all of these statements is that MGS WORKS […]

Which matters most? Should the golf swing be club-centric or body-centric? A debate as old as which comes first – the the hen or what she hatches? If the swing is club-centric, then any-body, including that of a gorilla, or no-body should be able to make the club move! If the swing is body-centric, does […]

A fairly successful user of the long-putter described what he tries to do with his long putter – he simply rocks his shoulders. The MGS response to that: most golfers feel that when they rock their shoulders, it is a movement around the sternum. However, this move was surely (as many in golf are) described […]

Recently read a book by Thomas Myers, called ‘Anatomy Trains’. It talks about ‘myofascial meridians’, which in simple terms means specific lines along which the ‘fascia’ which surround our muscles and soft-tissue lie. ‘Fascia’ is basically connective tissue which binds many structures of the body together, and ‘myo’ implies fascia connected to the muscles. ‘Myofascia’ […]