TST Instructional Content

[mvmac]

Threads and Articles

Basics

• Big List of Golf Terminology
• The 'P's (Positions) or 'A's (Alignments) in the Golf Swing

General Instructional Stuff

• "Swing Thoughts" forum
• "So You Joined TST and Posted a Member Swing" topic.
• "My Swing" Video Threads RULES - Please Read
• "Filming Your Golf Swing" blog post
• "My Preferences (If Forced!)" topic.

Instructional Threads

• 5SK Video Topic
• The Secret to Hip Slide/Sway in the Golf Swing
• A Centered Pivot and How to Make a Centered Hip Turn
• Why Flaring Your Feet at Address Makes Golf Easier
• Quickie Pitching Video - Golf Pitch Shot Technique
• Chipping With a Putting Method
• Putting - DO NOT Accelerate Through the Ball
• 3 Keys to Better Putting
• How to Grip a Golf Club, Commonalities of a Functional Golf Grip
• Shaping the Ball
• Good Golf Posture (How to Address the Golf Ball)
• A Conversation About Lessons and Practice
• The Four Stages of Competence
• Hitting Up or Down with the Driver in an Inline Pattern
• How to hit Sand/Bunker Shots
• Shorter (Probably Better) Swing? Keep the Right Arm Straight
• Five ways to tune your game, no talent necessary
• How to Draw the Golf Ball (or How to Stop Slicing)
• How to Hit a Driver (Hit it Further and Stop Slicing!)
• How to Effectively Create Lag
• Simple, Specific, Slow, Short, and Success - The Five "S"s of Great Practice
• How to "Flight" Your Wedges and Short Irons
• How to Hit Partial Wedge Shots - Learn your Tweener Yardages
• Proper Grip Pressure: It’s Firmer Than You Think
• Speed from the Arms in the Golf Swing
• Stop Aiming at the Flag
• 65/20/15 Practice Ratios - Where to Devote Your Practice Time

 

---

Videos

Key #1

Key #2

Key #3

Key #4

[Mac62]

I vote for this thread being made a "Sticky"!

[iacas]

Mac62 said:

I vote for this thread being made a "Sticky"!

Done!

[TN94z]

This thread is FULL of information!!  Very nice!

[MichaelViolence]

I came up with a little wristband you could write on called the Swing Thoughts Wristband. I made it to the golf channel Fore Inventors Only show in Orlando stage 2 but failed the pitch. I still have them for sale and use them all the time as swing thoughts are so important to the mental side of golf. 

[Shindig]

I was looking for two threads a few minutes ago that I thought would be listed here but aren't.  I thought I'd put a link to them here in case anyone else is looking for them (although they're easy enough to find in the "Swing Thoughts" forum anyway):

Of course, I'm not the author of either of these.  I'm just putting the link in one more place in hope they'd be in what I think might be the first place many people look.

[iacas]

5 hours ago, Shindig said:

I was looking for two threads a few minutes ago that I thought would be listed here but aren't.  I thought I'd put a link to them here in case anyone else is looking for them (although they're easy enough to find in the "Swing Thoughts" forum anyway):

Thanks. I added them to the list above.

[RandallT]

The "four stages of competence" was a thread that seems worthy of saving in the grand collection of instruction threads. Like the 5 S's thread, it seems to be a good resource on how to learn as opposed to what to learn.

 

[iacas]

1 hour ago, RandallT said:

The "four stages of competence" was a thread that seems worthy of saving in the grand collection of instruction threads. Like the 5 S's thread, it seems to be a good resource on how to learn as opposed to what to learn.

I'll add it above.

[Shindig]

Another thread I was looking for that is a good candidate (in my view) for this list:

(as before, obviously not my writing)

[Yff Theos]

Very nice videos. Bravo!

[Bluefin646]

how do i start a new topic in swing thoughts>?

[boogielicious]

13 hours ago, Bluefin646 said:

how do i start a new topic in swing thoughts>?

It is restricted to Admin and Moderators. You can start a thread in the Instruction and Playing Tips section.

[sofingaw]

I want to add my thanks and my endorsement of the material here in this thread. 

As anyone who has read anything I’ve posted here can tell, I’m still not a skilled player.

But I revisited my grip and my stance, using only the threads linked to here, and had my best range sessions possibly ever, this week. I’m still hitting my share of poor shots, but contact is much improved, and my swing feels much more comfortable now. Mostly due to setup alone! 

All I did was mimic the grip in Mike’s grip thread, and flare my feet, and I’m now hitting from a neutral stance, with a neutral, firm handed, (yet loose- wristed) grip.

My grip wasn’t drastically different before, but the seemingly small changes make it incredibly comfortable and much more solid now that it has been tweaked and made better.

I find that most of my really big misses are gone, and while I still push, pull, and even hook and slice some.. my misses are within a noticeably smaller ‘cone of uncertainty’. 

I also notice that very small changes to grip and stance now have the expected and desired effect on my shots. For example, if I hook one, then  very, very slightly strengthen my grip or open my stance, I’m likely to hit he next one straight, or fade it if I hit it cleanly. Never could adjust predictably before.

Very encouraged by, and appreciative of the instruction provided here, -for free, may I add!

Thanks a million.

[Shindig]

I was looking for this thread a moment ago and am surprised it isn't on the list above:

 

[boogielicious]

2 hours ago, Shindig said:

I was looking for this thread a moment ago and am surprised it isn't on the list above:

 

It is now. 😀

[Puttin4Dough]

When I read this in the topic "Regular users can't start threads here" I have no interest in this thread.  It's why nobody bothers responding since July.  I don't get it.

[iacas]

17 minutes ago, Puttin4Dough said:

When I read this in the topic "Regular users can't start threads here" I have no interest in this thread.

Only @mvmac and I can start topics in the Swing Thoughts forum. Anyone can post a response in a topic posted in Swing Thoughts, just like you did a few minutes ago.

19 minutes ago, Puttin4Dough said:

It's why nobody bothers responding since July.  I don't get it.

Nobody's posted in this one topic since July because this topic is simply an index, a listing of "TST Instructional Content" in the first post. The place to post about any one specific thing is… drumroll please… in the specific topic, not in the "index."