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Ferris Wheel and The Perfect Golf Swing
Ferris Wheel and The Perfect Golf Swing
Authored by: Brady
Posted on: 3 May 2026

A student named Jim Wiley sent in a comment that stopped Surge in his tracks — and it's worth sharing with every golfer who's ever struggled with consistency.

Jim made the case that a more vertical swing is easier to repeat because it removes one of the trickiest timing requirements in the rotational swing: squaring the clubface at impact. He backed it up with three analogies. Bowling — try taking the ball around your body and releasing at exactly the right moment. Rock skipping — go straight back and through, or good luck controlling where it lands. And landing a plane approaching the runway from the side, having to time your turn perfectly just before touchdown - known as crabbing. All three hit home, but that last one is especially sharp. The plane is still moving fast. So are you at impact — accelerating as hard as... Read More

Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 23 June 2010
  Today we are going to actually two questions in one, because they are both relatively about the same issue, sand traps, and hitting shots out of sand traps. One is the problem of the... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 22 June 2010
Larry Roland asks a question about problems with the follow through to the finish. Larry says, '€œI have the same problems that others have mentioned with my follow through. It is not so... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 21 June 2010
I have a question from Hamburg, Germany, from Chris Mueller. Chris states, '€œI have changed my grip from the suggested little finger interlace to the baseball grip because of pain in my... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 20 June 2010
Got a question from Bill that is really making me have to think deep about coming up with a good answer and I think I got it. Bill'€™s question is this, '€œI have been converting to the... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 19 June 2010
When Numier wrote in saying he had polio and I gave him some things to work on in his golf swing, it brought up another good blog question from Alan. He said that he also had polio when he... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 18 June 2010
'€œI was fit at the driving range out of a fitting cart!'€ '€œI was fit at the local retailer hitting into their net on the simulator!'€ '€œI was fit at a friend'€™s house that asked me... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 17 June 2010
As I mentioned in the first Myth Buster article, the series was '€œinspired'€ by a question that I had received from a PPGS member and client that went through the fitting process with me... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 16 June 2010
The third myth that I would like to dispel is one that most professional club fitters/builders run up against very often. That myth is that if it'€™s not a '€œname-brand'€ that you'€™ve... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 15 June 2010
Comments: 2
Yesterday we dealt with the myth that bigger heads have larger sweet spots and are more forgiving than smaller heads. In today'€™s article, we'€™ll take on the club manufacturers position... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 14 June 2010
I had an email yesterday from one of our PPGS members that I have also done some work with in the area of club fitting. His question involved the use of graphite shafts as opposed to steel... Read More