Golf Impact Zone – Mastering The Moment of Truth

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:29:50 +0000

â��Bobby Clampett is one of the most knowledgeable golfing minds in the game.â��â��Tom Lehman, 1996 British Open Champion, 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team captainÂ Impact has long been called golfâ��s â��moment of truth,â�� and great golfers have spent countless hours working on their swings trying to upgrade their impact dynamics as the golf club approaches, contacts, then swings through the ball. For the first time, with The Impact Zone, golfers will have a book that focuses their attention on the very same region of the swing on which professional golfers have always concentrated. Â The Impact Zone is a unique instructional guide in that everything in it either focuses on or applies to improving a golferâ��s understanding and execution of impact.Â Here, acclaimed professional golfer Bobby Clampett concludes that the overwhelming bias and convention of todayâ��s contemporary teaching environment is to value swing styles over swing dynamics, and in so doing, the overwhelming majority of golf teachers miss the boat in terms of teaching the game effectively.Â Ultimately this emphasis on swing style comes at the expense of helping golfers to develop sound swing dynamics, which are the real keys to consistent ball striking and better golf.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â With the help of CBSâ��s Swing Vision high-speed cameraâ��using images from many of the gameâ��s greatest contemporary players (including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Sergio Garcia, and more)â��The Impact Zone takes an unprecedented look at the most important six inches in golf, those that immediately precede, contain, and follow impact. To further demonstrate these principles, Clampett presents photos and drills that convey the five essential dynamics golfers need to produce and reproduce solid impactÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Throughout these instructional pages, Bobby Clampettâ��teamed with veteran golf writer Andy Brumerâ��relays his own personal story of straying from swing dynamics and how he found his way back.Â He recalls memorable stories from the Tour, blending innovative instruction with his colorful, engaging anecdotes.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Clampett and Brumer create an essential instructional guide with clear, concise adviceâ��on creating great swing dynamics through the impact zoneâ��the universally acknowledged key to more consistent and better golf.Â Advance Praise for The Impact ZoneÂ â��I had played many times against Bobby on the PGA Tour and was always impressed with his in-depth approach to the golf swing. But after working with him at CBS for several years, I have come to understand why. The Impact Zone will reveal to the golf world Bobbyâ��s unique insight as to why so many different â��styledâ�� golf swings work. God knows my swing isnâ��t one the named teachers are having their students copy, but it was good enough to win twenty-one PGA Tour events and the â��77 PGA Championship.Â Â Â Itâ��s about time someone finally put in print to refute the myths about â��style of swingâ�� and get down to the meat of the matterâ��impact! Itâ��s no surprise to me that Bobby was the one to get it done right!â��â��Lanny Wadkins, lead golf analyst for CBS SportsÂ Â â��Itâ��s great for all golfers that someone has finally structured an instruction book around dynamic impact. Nor does it surprise me that Bobby Clampett is the one to have done it.Â He is as good a student of the game as Iâ��ve ever known.Â Whatâ��s more, he was a great player in his day, and his journey as he struggled with his swing, as well as his experience as a commentator and observer of the contemporary game, qualifies him more than most as a teacher to whom all interested in improving their golf games should listen.Â I know I will.Â His unique perspective will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the golf world for years to come.â�� â��Johnny Miller, lead golf analyst for NBC Sports and author of I Call the ShotsÂ â��Back when we were both in college, Bobby was a boy genius in golf. For fifteen years as his colleague at CBS, I have continued to be amazed by his comprehensive knowledge of the golf swing. He remains as erudite about the technical nuances of the game as anyone on the planet, and I am thrilled he is now sharing his expertise with the rest of the world!â�� â��Jim Nantz, CBS Sports golf anchorÂ â��Bobby Clampett is a true and loyal friend as well as one of the most knowledgeable golfing minds in the game. He has always known that the strike is what matters most. What the swing looks like is really of no concern; the quality of the impact between club and ball is the heart of the matter.â��â��Tom Lehman, 1996 British Open Champion and 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team captain

Smash Bag Golf Impact Training by Rick Smith SKLZ

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:53:06 +0000

Learn the feel of the correct clubface impact with the SKLZ Rick Smith Smash Bag. An ideal training tool for the beginning and intermediate golfer, the Smash Bag provides visual feedback on the quality and accuracy of impact. All you have to do is line up and swing, then take a look at the angle of the proprietary target map to see how you did. If your swing was true, the bag will remain aligned. If your swing missed the target or hit it a skewed angle, the bag will retain the depression for further analysis. On the whole, the bag helps eliminate fat and thin shots and cure slices. Made of a heavy-duty, high-impact material that quickly fills with towels or clothes, the Smash Bag is perfectly safe for both you and your clubs. Target map provides visual feedback on your clubface impact. About Rick Smith Famed golf instructor Rick Smith has helped guide some of the most accomplished golfers in the world to major championship wins, including three-time major winner Phil Mickelson and two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen. He's also worked with such golf luminaries as Jack Nicklaus, Vijay Singh, Paul Azinger, Greg Norman, David Duval, Billy Andrade, and Raymond Floyd. Regarded as one of the PGA Tour's best sounding boards for swing advice and consistently ranked one of the top 10 golf instructors in the world by Golf Digest magazine, Smithy currently runs Rick Smith Golf Academies at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan, and Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The smash bag fills with towels or clothes. About SKLZ The flagship brand of Pro Performance Sports LLC, SKLZ was built around the popularity of the company's legendary baseball swing trainer, the Hit-A-Way. After starting with a complete line of baseball and softball trainers, the company expanded into football, tennis, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, and most recently, a full spectrum of golf training products. Headquartered in San Diego, the SKLZ team consists of both seasoned professionals and young upstarts in the sporting goods industry who are passionate about delivering the best skill development products to athletes of all ages.

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Golf Impact Zone – Mastering The Moment of Truth

Smash Bag Golf Impact Training by Rick Smith SKLZ