A Swing You Can Trust – The DVD!

In December 2010, The Fourth Tee featured the instructional book, A Swing You Can Trust, by Roberto Borgatti.

Now, just in time for golf season, you can learn how to improve your game directly from Roberto Borgatti, in the comfort of your home.

A Swing You Can Trust – The DVD, is a comprehensive instructional video by the world-renowned, and much sought after golf pro, Roberto Borgatti.  Covering the full swing, the short game, putting, special shots and golf fitness, Roberto demonstrates and explains the techniques you can use, both on the course and in the gym, to change your game for the better.

To learn more about Roberto Borgatti, or to buy the DVD, visit his website at:  http://borgatti.org/.  There, you can preview a clip from the DVD, contact Roberto directly, or follow links to purchase the DVD.

Putting Lesson with Coach Todd Bordonaro, PGA

Chipping Lesson with Todd Bordonaro, PGA

Todd Bordonaro, PGA professional, is the Director of Programs and Instruction of The First Tee of Metropolitan New York.  In the youtube video below, Todd shares tips and technique on chipping.   The attached youtube video is courtesy of Todd Bordonaro.

 

Off to Church! – Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible

Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (Dave Pelz with James A. Frank)

Dave Pelz speaks truth. Right there, in the first chapter, in the first sentence, he tells the awful truth:  “In golf, how you play inside of 100 yards is the prime determinant of how you score.”

Don’t I know that! Actually, all golfers know that, whether they are recreational or professional golfers.  Knowing is one thing.  Fixing your broken game is another.

We see it all the time on TV with our favorite PGA Tour players.  We all know these guys can drive a ball to ridiculous distances.  But many games are lost inside of 100 yards.   Heck, even I have won several long drive competitions at golf outings.  But, what always separates the winners from the losers is how quickly they close the deal –   i.e., in how few strokes they are able to first, get on the green, and then sink that putt. My scorecard usually gets a bit busy around this phase of my game on any given hole.  For instance, I’ve been known to get on a par 4 in 2 shots and be off in, say, 6.  Or, blast the ball down the fairway and then play footsie in and around the green for several shots before I decide to finally make it on to the dance floor.  Sigh.  In a word, my “scoring game” is broken.

In his renowned book,  “The Short Game Bible,” Dave Pelz defines the “scoring game” as the combination of your short game which he defines as “the game played from 100 yards in to the edge of the greens” and the putting game which he defines as “the game played on the greens.”  In “The Short Game Bible,” Dave Pelz offers a sophisticated and eye-opening approach to lowering scores.  His method combines scientific research, math, statistics, and technique to educate and instruct readers how to master the “finesse swing” and lower scores.  In fact, Mr. Pelz describes himself as “a teacher, a scientist, a physicist, and a player.”  This book is not a quick fix approach to lowering scores.  It schools you in the science of golf which will then necessarily inform the way you will play and hopefully improve your game.

Dave Pelz’s Texas-based company, PelzGolf, Independent Golf Research, Inc., conducts golf clinics across the country every year.  Visit PelzGolf’s website at www.pelzgolf.com to learn more.

The Core Four: How to Develop a Phenomenal Golf Swing (A Swing You Can Trust by Roberto Borgatti)

A Swing You Can Trust: A Breakthrough Approach for Confident, Low-Scoring Play

How do you develop a “phenomenal” golf swing?  By mastering the “Core Four:” Swing Motion, Setup, Turn, Weight Shift.

According to much sought-after golf teacher and author of A Swing You Can Trust, Roberto Borgatti, mastery of what he calls the Core Four, all independent elements of the golf swing (i.e., the full swing), will result in a swing you can always trust.

Below is a brief description of Roberto’s Core Four swing technique instruction, as detailed in A Swing You Can Trust.

Swing Motion (Chapter 1)

Roberto defines swing motion as “how your body moves through space, even when you are not holding a club.” He likens it to dancing.  According to Roberto, “The key factor for a correct swing is developing a feel for how your entire body moves from the beginning, through an intermediate point, to the end of the swing.”  Included in this chapter is a description and great visual demonstrations of the swing motion drill to help golfers develop that feel.

Set Up (Chapter 2)

According to Roberto, proper setup “includes posture, grip, aim and ball position.”

Set up begins with proper posture – i.e., how you address the ball.  It begins with a “primary tilt” toward the ball, and a “secondary tilt” of the spine away from the target.

Next up is the grip.  Roberto states that “holding the club in a manner that maximizes stability and leverage must be Priority No. 1.”  But what does that mean?  According to Roberto, it means that “the golf club will sit stably in your hands with minimum effort or pressure.”

With regards to aim, Roberto states that the objective is to “aim the clubface at the target” with “your body (stance, hips, and shoulders) aligned ‘parallel left.’”

On ball stance, Roberto goes through the technicalities of whether the ball should be forward or back in stance.  Ultimately, he writes: “Where to stand and when to strike is entirely up to you, but it is essential to establish a standard placement, one we can count on.”

Turn (Chapter 3)

Roberto considers the turn a basic skill in creating an effective and powerful swing:  “a good turn is as essential to the swing as the air you breathe.”  Because the body turns around the spine in the golf swing, Roberto states that the “key to power” is “turning your shoulders perpendicular to your spine.”

Weight Shift (Chapter 4)

Roberto states that “the essential key is that a subtle weight shift should occur primarily from the waist up.  It is your upper body that moves, shifting the center of gravity.”  In order to achieve the proper weight shift, your weight must be “centered over the balls of your feet.”

What is the result of mastering the Core Four?  According to Roberto, “When properly executed and coordinated, they cause hundreds of successive movements to occur fluidly, without conscious effort.”  And that, is a swing you can trust.

A Swing You Can Trust does more than teach you how to develop a phenomenal golf swing through mastery of the Core Four.  In the book, Roberto provides great instruction on several crucial elements of your game including:  The Full Swing (discussed above); The Short Game; Special Shots and Drills; and Golf Fitness Training.

To learn more about Roberto Borgatti and his instructional book, A Swing You Can Trust, visit his website at: http://borgatti.org/