Author: Jerry Brown

Which tid-bits of golf swing information do you follow? Golf is 90% mental; no……it’s 90% physical! The golf swing is rotary; no……the golf swing is more vertical! The golf swing is like a merry-go-round; the golf swing is like a ferris wheel. Swing with your arms; swing with your body. Swing the shaft, swing the … Continue reading Golf Swing Tid-Bits

First, let us recognize the distinction between professional tournament golfers and recreational golfers (including the skillful, the average, and the beginner). Let us recognize the physical difference between some of the best athletes in the world and the average everyday ‘working-for-a-living’ golfer. Professional golfers’ physical capabilities and their practice protocols are vastly different from recreational … Continue reading How We Learn to Move

Even after trialing the instinct-awakening golf exercises found in Awaken Your Inner Golfer a couple times or more you may be asking, “Why would these “odd” exercises, which don’t appear to have a logical purpose, be effective in improving my golf swing; what’s the reason and logic behind these exercises?” For the purpose of this … Continue reading Instinct-Awakening Golf Exercises

This month, I present a slightly more depthful golf poem for your contemplation and your golf game. INNER WISDOM AND FLOW Do you need an explanationOr can your thrive in the mystery?Have you developed analytical patternsWhat is your history? Must you always have an answer?Must you always know WHY?Is your conscious mind addictedTo always figure … Continue reading Inner Wisdom and Flow

In continuing the theme of quieting your mind and trusting your instinct as presented in the June 2023 and the July 2023 Instinctive Golf Blogs, I again keep it simple with a ‘short and sweet’ golf poem. LEARNING WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW Short and sweetYour swing’s now complete You’ve learned to rely on your bodyRather … Continue reading Learning What You Already Know

In continuing with the theme of letting go of the mind’s judgment and attempts at control of your golf swing as presented in the June 2023 Instinctive Golf Blog, LETTING GO, this month I keep it simple with a golf poem that I hope will help you trust your instinctive ability through exploring the instinct-awakening … Continue reading Instinct-Awakening Golf Exercises

If we accept the premise that letting go of our conscious mind’s tendency to try to control the movements of our golf swing will benefit our golf performance, what do we actually need to ‘let go’ of, and how do we accomplish that ‘letting go?’ I think the primary thing we need to let go … Continue reading Letting Go

In Awaken Your Inner Golfer, I write about “feel” – ‘building feel,’ the ‘feel in your hands,’ and the ‘feel of pure impact,’ etc. But what is ‘feel?’ Where is it? Is it in your body? Is it in your mind? How do you produce or experience it? I’ve used the word ‘feel’ as a … Continue reading Feel

The proliferation of golf instruction that emphasizes golf mechanics and positions in the golf swing often stifles many golfers’ improvement and enjoyment of the game. The focus on conscious attempts at controlling parts of the golf swing and parts of the body may be at the cost of the body/mind feeling a sense of the … Continue reading Feeling the Whole Golf Swing

This article is intended to bridge the gap between golf swing mechanics and playing golf through your instincts by understanding the importance of both an effective golf grip that allows your wrists to hinge and unhinge in your swing and the concept of a “double pendulum.” Having a general concept of the double pendulum mechanics … Continue reading The Double Pendulum Concept of a Golf Swing