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Golf Tips - Fix Your Posture

TIPS • 11 April 2021

Golf Tips - Fix Your Posture

In this short video PGA Master Professional and former Ryder Cup player Peter Dawson talks through one of the issues from modern life which impacts our posture in the golf swing.   This simple drill aims to help improve your posture to aid with your golf swing.

Golf Tips - Stop Swaying In Your Swing

TIPS • 28 March 2021

Golf Tips - Stop Swaying In Your Swing

In this short video PGA Master Professional and former Ryder Cup player Peter Dawson talks through a simple tip to help all golfers that may struggle with swaying in the swing.  The tip focuses on correctly balanced your weight transfer.

Senior Golfer Tips #7 - How To Play It Low

TIPS • 21 March 2021

Senior Golfer Tips #7 - How To Play It Low

In this short video PGA Master Professional and former Ryder Cup player Peter Dawson talks through playing a low shot which may come in handy if you find youself close to the trees and off the fairway.

Senior Golfer Tips #5 - Fix Your Slice

TIPS • 14 March 2021

Senior Golfer Tips #5 - Fix Your Slice

In this short video PGA Master Professional and former Ryder Cup player Peter Dawson talks through the common causes of a slice with Golfshake ambassador Andrew Picken.  Peter offers playing lesson style advice to Andy talking through the common reasons that golfers slice the ball and what can be do to help elimnate this dreaded tendency.

Senior Golfer Tips #1 - Reverse Pivot

TIPS • 26 February 2021

Senior Golfer Tips #1 - Reverse Pivot

In this short video PGA Master Professional and former Ryder Cup player Peter Dawson talks through a simple tip aimed at senior golfers to help stop the reverse pivot.

5 Tips To Help Cure Your Slice

TIPS • 17 January 2021

5 Tips To Help Cure Your Slice

In this series of videos we provide a playlist from the archives of 5 videos focused on curing the dreaded slice.  The series features a look at the common causes, 3 quick tips you can take to the range and a further look at control your arms within the swing.

Know When To Play Your Stock Tee Shots

TIPS • 16 February 2023

Know When To Play Your Stock Tee Shots

In this video PGA Pro Ryan Rastall talks through how you can improve your confidence off the tee and assess the situation rather than simply trying to blast if off the tee.

How To Strike Your Irons Better

TIPS • 16 February 2023

How To Strike Your Irons Better

In this video PGA Pro Ryan Rastall talks through hitting your irons better.  Ryan offers some simple tips and the fundamentals to improve your set-up and basics of hitting better shots with your irons.

How To Strike Your Driver Better

TIPS • 16 February 2023

How To Strike Your Driver Better

In this video PGA Pro Ryan Rastall talks through improving your strike with the driver and the principles around playing better off the tee with your driver.

Improve Your Driver Fundamentals

TIPS • 16 February 2023

Improve Your Driver Fundamentals

In this video PGA Pro Ryan Rastall talks through the fundamentals to improve your drive set-up and also some simple drills to help you hit the ball better off the tee.

Senior Tips Series #1 - Body Rotation

TIPS • 15 November 2019

Senior Tips Series #1 - Body Rotation

In this video PGA Master Professional and former Ryder Cup player Peter Dawson talks through a simple tip aimed at senior golfers. This tip focuses on body rotation and flexibility.

Senior Tips Series #3 - Impact Drill To Do At Home

TIPS • 15 November 2019

Senior Tips Series #3 - Impact Drill To Do At Home

In this video PGA Master Professional and former Ryder Cup player Peter Dawson talks through a simple tip aimed at senior golfers. This drill is something you can do at home and focuses on body rotation and squaring your body and someething you can do anywhere.

Senior Tips Series #4 - Stop Your Overswing

TIPS • 15 November 2019

Senior Tips Series #4 - Stop Your Overswing

In this video PGA Master Professional and former Ryder Cup player Peter Dawson talks through a simple tip aimed at senior golfers. This tip focuses on iron play and ensuring you don't overswing.

Confidence Drill #2 - Choosing the right shot

TIPS • 7 May 2019

Confidence Drill #2 - Choosing the right shot

This drill which you can do out on the practice area or driving range helps you focus on adding confidence to make sure you choose the right shot when out on the golf course.

Consistency Drill #3 - Work on the starting path

TIPS • 5 April 2019

Consistency Drill #3 - Work on the starting path

This drill which you can do out on the practice area or driving range helps you focus on getting more consistency with the direction of your shots by focusing on where the ball starts.

Back to Basics Series - The Stance

TIPS • 8 March 2019

Back to Basics Series - The Stance

Cleveland Golf ambassador Andrew Murray is helping us get ready for the new season by taking you ‘Back to Basics’ with his latest tuition series with Golfshake. In this video, Andrew shows us how important the stance is to the golf swing, and you can achieve a better one.

FatPlate Tuition Drill Series

TIPS • 22 October 2019

FatPlate Tuition Drill Series

In this tuition series PGA Professional and FatPlate Golf Product Director, Ben Frost, introduces viewers to the unique FatPlate product, which helps golfers improve their ball striking with a variety of useful drills and tips.

How to Learn a New Swing in 4 Easy Steps

TIPS • 23 March 2018

How to Learn a New Swing in 4 Easy Steps

PGA professional Ryan Metcalfe gives you his tips on the best way to incorporate a new golf swing into your game. Using 4 simples stages, Metcalfe highlights the key points needed to achieve optimum success with a new golf swing.

How to Stop Shanking and Slicing

TIPS • 20 October 2017

How to Stop Shanking and Slicing

For many golfers, the slice or shank can become the most frustrating and damaging shot to any golfers game, however, PGA professional Ryan Metcalfe has a simple drill to combat this shot and fix your golf swing.

Fix Your Slice - Right Arm Control

TIPS • 28 September 2017

Fix Your Slice - Right Arm Control

Ryan Metcalfe the Yorkshire Golf Coach talks through reasons behind why you could be slicing the ball. The focus in this video and range drill is on controlling your right arm and ensuring your aren't coming over the top and cutting across the ball.

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Tip 5: Posture & Balance

TIPS • 23 August 2017

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Tip 5: Posture & Balance

Steve Astle rounds off his 5-part ball striking improvement series with his personal tips for great posture and balance throughout your golf swing. Combining all of the aspects previously discussed in the videos along with correct posture and balance will help successfully improve your overall ball striking abilities.

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Tip 4: Shoulder Rotation

TIPS • 23 August 2017

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Tip 4: Shoulder Rotation

Correct rotation is something many golf coaches speak a lot about, but many amateur golfers still fail to understand the concept properly. Steve Astle explains the correct way to rotate your shoulders and help improve your ball striking.

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Tip 3: Right Shoulder

TIPS • 23 August 2017

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Tip 3: Right Shoulder

Another key factor to help improve your ball striking revolves around the connection in your golf swing, focused predominantly on your right shoulder. The better this should works and more connected you stay during the swing, the more consistent and effective the strike of the ball will be.

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Tip 1: Impact

TIPS • 23 August 2017

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Tip 1: Impact

Steve Astle, the Head of Instruction at the East Midlands Golf Academy analyses the impact position to help you improve your ball striking abilities when out on the golf course.

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Introduction

TIPS • 23 August 2017

Ball Striking Improvement Series - Introduction

The introductory video from Steve Astle's ball striking improvement series. Steve explains the tips and drills he will be referring to throughout the series to help you improve your ball striking. 

Power Drill: Creating Lag Through Your Grip

TIPS • 7 July 2017

Power Drill: Creating Lag Through Your Grip

Ryan Metcalfe helps you create lag in the golf swing by utilising a more successful and positive left hand grip, influencing the lag you generate on the downswing. 

Why You Can't Hit a Draw

TIPS • 7 July 2017

Why You Can't Hit a Draw

Ryan Metcalfe, a PGA professional at the Manor Golf Club helps you cure your constant slice by explaining how to hit a consistent draw, all based on tips that help you create a more successful spine angle. 

Fix your slice with the Diagonal Ball Drill

TIPS • 16 October 2017

Fix your slice with the Diagonal Ball Drill

Phil Akers highlights a simple drill to help you understand why you are causing the golf ball to slice, and the technique to counteract this unwanted golf shot. 

The Cane Drill: Learn how to avoid a Slice

TIPS • 16 October 2017

The Cane Drill: Learn how to avoid a Slice

Phil Akers teaches you all about your club face and what effect that is having on your golf shots. With the help of his simple drill, you can start to understand and develop your knowledge of the club face and its relationship with the slice shot.

Iron Play Tips - How to grip the club

TIPS • 16 May 2017

Iron Play Tips - How to grip the club

PGA Professional and TaylorMade Ambassador, Darren Parris explains how to correctly grip the golf club in order to hit long and straight iron shots.

Iron Play Tips - The Set-up

TIPS • 16 May 2017

Iron Play Tips - The Set-up

PGA Professional, Darren Parris shares talks through how to correctly setup to the golf ball for iron play in order to achieve the most consistent results and hit the ball longer.

STOP Slicing - Manage Your Angles

TIPS • 28 September 2017

STOP Slicing - Manage Your Angles

Ryan Metcalfe the Yorkshire Golf Coach talks through reasons behind the slice and the effect of the spine angle and tilt.  In this video Ryan shows some simple drills to help better manage your spine angles and tilt.

Drill to help gain power in the golf swing

TIPS • 19 March 2017

Drill to help gain power in the golf swing

Ryan Metcalf the Yorkshire Golf Coach talks through reasons for low club head speed and how you can gain more power back in the golf swing with a simple drill.

Drill to help with shot shaping

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Drill to help with shot shaping

Rob Bluck of the 3 Hammers Golf Academy talks through a productive practise drill to help you become more effective with shot shaping.

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