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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: 12 March 2010
I'm here at Port St. Lucie, Florida at the PGA Gol Learning Center and we finished day one of our Peak Performance Golf School. It was a very good day, despite getting rained on two or... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 11 March 2010
I'm here at the Peak Performance Golf School in Port St. Lucie, Florida. This morning, before we started the school, one of our students from a previous school, who lives in South Florida,... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 10 March 2010
Comments: 3
For our friends and members in different hemispheres and warmer climates, please forgive my provincial (my egghead partner supplied the word) outlook on the weather. Yesterday, when we... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 8 March 2010
This past weekend was a good one for seeing some great golf.‚  Camilo Villegas won the Honda Classic by 5 shots, shooting 13 unde,r which is the tournament record score since the Honda moved... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 8 March 2010
This is a great question and one that is asked of me many times in this form or other variations such as how can I hit it farther or longer.‚  Length is certainly an important part of... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 7 March 2010
That answer is simple.‚  Only the player makes the decision to lay up or let it rip and go for the green on those water fronted par 5'€™s that are just egging you on to '€œman up,'€ be... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 6 March 2010
Comments: 1
I read a message from a PPGS Inner Circle Member that said he has been working on the vertical swing for a few months now and things were really falling into place.‚  He said that he was... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 5 March 2010
Here'€™s one of the most frequent questions I get from you. '€œSurge, is there someone in (pick a city, pick a country) who I can go to for the Peak Performance Golf Swing?'€ As a teacher,... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 4 March 2010
It was really interesting reading all the stories about golfers taking out their frustrations on their clubs and some of the very sad ones were there was injury and death.‚  This is the last... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 3 March 2010
Comments: 1
We saw yesterday that one of my students, softly tossing his club toward his golf bag on the cart, busted his nose when the club bounced off the cart, sprang back and hit him.‚  Carrying on... Read More