Full Swing Tips

If you are looking for help with your full swing check out these tips by Paul Wilson.

How to Fade the Golf Ball

ShareThe fade is the shot that I recommend people hit. Why? There are a few reasons. The first is because it is easier to hit than a draw. This means that even when you aren’t playing your best you can usually get away with hitting a fade allowing you to still shoot good scores when [...]

How to Draw a Golf Ball

ShareThe draw is seen by many as one of those magical shots they can only dream of hitting. They dream of hitting a draw because the average golfer usually slices the ball or hits it from left to right. Unfortunately for most golfers, hitting a draw will continue to be a dream unless they understand [...]

How to Practice Your Golf Swing at the Driving Range

ShareHere’s a video tip on how to practice at the driving range. It’s only a few minutes long and can really help your practice sessions because it will help you make the necessary changes to your swing.

Notes:
When you use this method to practice the rules are not set in stone. If you want [...]

Golf Practice Swings – Why You Should Be Doing Them?

ShareOne of the main things that sets Swing Machine Golf apart from other methods is that I want you to make lots of practice swings while working on the positions I teach.  Why?  The whole idea is simple …

What I’m trying to get you to do is outweigh the old with the new.  What I [...]

How to Maintain Your Golf Swing Tempo When You Play

ShareThe other day I received an email from a gentleman who was having trouble with his swing tempo at 170+ yards out when he played.  His email got me on a roll so I wrote a tip about it.  Here it is:
As far as your golf swing tempo is concerned, it is maintained by basing [...]

The Role of the Hips in the Golf Swing

ShareThis weeks tip is about the hips and the coiling of the body in the backswing.  Why?  Well, I was talking to a fellow teaching pro a couple of weeks ago about Swing Machine Golf (he saw my method online and was really excited about the 3 elements of Iron Byron and how I incorporate [...]

What Should You Be Concentrating On When You Play Golf?

ShareThe other day I came across this article entitled, Lack of Concentration ‘Secret to Playing Golf’
You would think that “more concentration” would be the key to playing well.   Not so says the article. What the researchers found was golfers who focused too much on their technique lost consistency in their game.
Here’s the article:
Lack [...]

Swing Machine Golf – Paul Wilson’s Journey

ShareA few weeks ago I found a bunch of old tapes of my swing.  I thought it would be interesting to show some of what I went through as I learned the swing.
If You Can’t See the Video Go Here

Learn From My Story:
I was a self-taught scratch golfer at 17 years old.
At 19, I started [...]

What Starts the Downswing?

ShareOver the years, there’s been great debate over what starts the downswing “the arms” or “the body”.  Hopefully by the time you finish reading this tip, you’ll have a firm understanding of it so you can learn how to start your downswing the right way.
Personally, I teach that you start the downswing with the body.  [...]

Another Success Story

ShareAfter last week’s golf tip on powerless arms, I received the email below from a Swing Machine Golf student who finally got it. Please give it a read. It may help you take the arms out of your golf swing. Also, if you haven’t read the 2 tips I have posted then [...]

Powerless Arms – A New Way to Swing – Follow Up

ShareAfter last weeks tip on “Powerless Arms – The New Way to Swing the Golf Club”, I received a couple of emails from a Swing Machine Golfer who was having trouble making his arms powerless.
Read last weeks tip here:  Powerless Arms – A New Way to Swing the Golf Club

Here are the emails:

Paul,
WOW, I can’t [...]

Powerless Arms – The New Way to Swing the Golf Club

ShareWhen I was about 15 – 16 years old, I used to live at the golf course, all day, everyday. I was a couple of years into playing and had made it down to a 14 handicap.  What I particularly remember about this time frame were the guys working in the pro shop and how [...]

Keep It Simple This Year and You Will Improve Your Golf Game

ShareI was talking to a gentleman last week that was a plus 1 handicap in his younger days.  For quite a few years, he really didn’t play that much so his handicap had crept up a bit.
After returning to the game this year, he got his handicap back down to a 2.  Anyway, he called [...]

Improve Your Golf Game By Mind Mapping

ShareI had a great idea for a tip today.  I got the idea as I was using my Mind Mapping software for another project I was working on.  I figured, why not tell you about Mind Mapping and show you how to use this software so  you can improve your golf game.
What is Mind Mapping?
In [...]

Don’t Keep Looking for the Quick Swing Fix

ShareWell, it seems like Christmas is rolling around again. You know what that means don’t you? It’s soon going to be time to unwrap that brand spankin’ new driver that’s sitting under the tree. Oh boy! Maybe this one is going to be the answer to all your prayers. Hmmm … If you think back, [...]