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Ben Throckmorton is a 20 year veteran of golf instruction. He is the author of the very successful "How To Break 90 in 3 Easy Lessons" golf instruction series and also the author of "The Golf Swing Secret.". Ben's groundbreaking multi-media series have helped golfers around the world in their quest to shoot lower scores. Check out the "How to Break 90 in 3 Easy Lessons" Golf Training system and also The Golf Swing Secret now to see how Ben can get you on the fast track to lower scores.

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Is Posture Really Key to your Golf Swing? Part 1
As hard as it is for me to understand, just like the grip, posture is often overlooked by many people who are learning the game of golf and also by many people who are struggling with their games. They go out of their way searching for the "silver bullet" when the real silver bullet is... Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 08/09/2006 | Golf
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Is Posture Really Key to your Golf Swing? Part 2
Having established the importance of a good posture position in part # 1, here are some important points to bear in mind when developing your best posture. Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 08/09/2006 | Golf
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Golf Training Aids, Golf's Fundamental Misconceptions
Whenever you talk with golfers about golf instruction, they all seem to be very interested in the latest gadget, gimmick, trend, or secret method but mention fundamentals and they tune out quicker than you can say jack rabbit. Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 30/08/2006 | Golf
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Forgotten Fundamentals and Why your Grip is Key to a Repeating Golf Swing - Part 2
One of the most important keys to a repeating golf swing that hits one long, straight shot after another is to have the ability to relax your hands, arms, and shoulders and swing the club back and through impact without tension. With a good grip, this relaxed motion will return the club squarely to the golf ball time after time.... BUT if your grip is bad, it makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to deliver the club squarely to the golf ball without consciously or unconsciously some making some sort of in-swing correction. Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 30/08/2006 | Golf
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Forgotten Fundamentals and Why your Grip is Key to a Repeating Golf Swing - Part 1
You would have to think that mid to high handicappers and beginners who want to improve their golf swings and games in general and who have the most potential to improve their scores would embrace solid, time-tested fundamentals and use these time-tested techniques to improve their ball striking and scores... BUT for whatever reason, most don't. Most look to gadgetry and gimmick teaching to improve their games with little or no results. Every season it's a new theory, a new gadget, a new gimmick, but most important, they shoot the same old score, never seeing any real results where it counts. Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 30/08/2006 | Golf
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Drive for Show..putt for Dough
A popular golf cliche that seems to appear in print and video often is "Drive For Show and Putt for Dough." If you play regularly, you've probably heard it uttered by your playing companions, probably the one who has just drained a long putt to win the weekend wagers or someone who can't keep up off the tee... but is it really true? Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 08/08/2006 | Sports and Fitness
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Is Common Golf Knowledge Ruining your Golf Swing?
Common Knowledge just might be hindering you from improving your swing, causing you major frustration and higher scores. There is a lot of well meaning golf instruction in the market place today that simply will not help your game; in fact a lot of what's out there will hinder you as you try to improve your golf. The focus of my new site, (http://www.GolfMyths.com), is simply to identify this mis-information and to let players know, not only what the myths are, but why these myths are not true and how they do damage to your golf game. Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 08/08/2006 | Golf
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Forgotten Fundamentals - Alignment Part 2
OK, we're continuing to talk about how absolutely essential that proper alignment really is and I want you to put on your thinking cap on and answer a quick question for me. If you are shooting a gun and you want to hit your intended target with any consistency, what is the first order of business? You have to aim the gun at the target in order to hit it...right? I have one more question for you. What chance do you have of hitting the target if you don't aim at it? Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 08/08/2006 | Sports and Fitness
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Forgotten Fundamentals - Alignment Part 1
When I sat down and began to brainstorm about writing and filming "How To Break 90 in 3 Easy Lessons", I tried to think of a couple of sticking points that a majority of all my students over the years had struggled with in order that I might use these common threads as the foundation for my new interactive golf training system. After considerable thought, I came up with three problematic areas that virtually every student I've ever taught has struggled with at one time or another. Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 08/08/2006 | Sports and Fitness
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Successfully Handling Buried Lies
We've all been there, a mishit shot, the golf ball buries in the greenside bunker, and we're left wondering to ourselves, what in the heck do I do with this? Well read on and you'll wonder no longer because here is exactly how to set up and play this m Read
By: Ben Throckmorton | 09/12/2005 | Sports and Fitness