The Laws of the Golf Swing

When a golfer wishes to give special recognition to golf instruction, he predicts that it will still be valid "a hundred years from now." The Laws of The Golf Swing are as old as the game itself and because it's truths are eternal they will still be in use when another century has passed.

Jim McLellan/The Anti-Pro
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Fads !

The '59 Cadillac represented the most outrageous fins display short of World War II's P-38 Lightening fighter aircraft. Fins slowly diminished with every passing year and were soon found only at a classic car show.

Long hair today short hair tomorrow, no hair next week. Long dresses and side burns and short dresses and no burns. Mustaches and goatees and Mr. Clean. Roy & Gene & Tarzan and Superman and The Terminator and Spidie. No meat diets and plenty of meat diets and fasting and honey enemas. Most fads are harmless but some have serious side effects.

No where are fads more a part of the landscape than in our game. Unfortunately they have very real side effects. Fads come and go because starry-eyed golfers sniff the opportunity to unlock the secret to fine golf with the next tip (read FAD). Once again they make fools out of themselves, falling for just one more marketing scheme. These fads have a short shelf life and are dropped like a hot horse shoe once they are exposed as worse than worthless. They are successful and make big money for the marketing bandits, however.

The fins on the '59 Caddy are amusing but harmless and can evoke smiles from those who remember the good old days or wish they did. Breaking bad golfing habits, traded for hard earned dough, is not amusing. BUT . . . as long as there are fads and carnivals and Ponzi schemes there will be customers.

Jim McLellan/Anti-Pro

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The Golfer's Play Ground

Where's your favorite personal play ground for improving your golf? Perhaps your local golf course or maybe a lush-plush golf resort? Maybe you really enjoy a quiet practice session at the local range. Where then is the ideal "place" to hone your golfing skills?

Where does the golf swing live? Does your swing really consist of the muscle memory? If you lost your head somewhere, your muscles would have no memory of your golf swing. Muscle memeory doesn't exist. Your golf swing can be found in your very complex and awesome PC gleaming in the glow of pride and confidence perched high atop your neck!

The golfers brain is as sensitive & delicate as hauling nitroglycerin over a bumpy road in an old truck with no shocks. Yet, reckless golfers would take that truck, pop the clutch, peel out, speed shift, brake the speed limit and endanger lives, besides their own, every day. More information only adds to the Kay-Ah-Tic state in that mass of moist wadded up bubble gum (brain) driving it into a murky, vertigo state of increased confusion, frustration, futility, anxiety and hopelessness. Enough adjectives?

The finest, most efficient "place" to practice lies right between your ears. And the best way to transfer what it needs is through "hard wiring" IE...to practice mentally. The brain can NOT

differentiate between actually swinging the club and thinking about it!!!

Here's the FREE scoop on instantaneous M-Prove-Mint. Expose yourself (be careful), to watching a good golf swing and it will become part of your swing. Warning.... carelessly watching a lousy golf swing will become part of your swing, as well.

The ultimate time of day, to hard wire your swing with the riches of King Solomons Mine, Here comes THE SECRET__ is first thing in the morning while you are still half asleep and the very last thing at night just before falling asleep. And here's how to do it. Next paragraph.

Go to the end of Volume II where I'm swinging to music and watch my swing for 15 to 20 minutes in the AM & PM. Don't analyse it!!! Just let it travel through your eyes and directly attach itself to the motor skill part of your machinery. Can't sleep? . . . get up and watch the swing . . . you can turn off the music if there's someone selfishly trying to sleep. Sit there, blurry eyed, and just watch it over and over and over and over.

One of our star students in Kentucky copped an "all nighter" and emerged with a golf swing far superior to the one he had the day before. John Richardson (read his story on a previous post) of Northern Ireland watched my swing thousands of times on his way to becoming a world class golf instructor extraordinaire.

You will be astounded at the difference in your game in just a dash of time. And, ONE more thing__ burn all your golf books, magazines, and golf videos (except one) and take no more golf lessons, if you are deadly serious about getting better!

Jim McLellan/Dr. Frankenstein

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I Shall Return

Doug, more appropriately referred to as, 5 Star General Douglas MacArthur, is famous for the expression that titles this article.

Those three words also apply to another famous warrior, the outspoken, controversial, colorful, maverick, common sense sage of the golfing venue . . . The ALL Mighty (granted, modest and humble) Anti-Pro. As promised here I come__ Riding a rocket, hat on fire, through your monitor and smack dab, right into the middle of your golf game.

Hi there! How ya been? Come in, kick your shoes off. Care for a cup of coffee or how about some hot chocolate with marshmallows? Sit over there by the fire and lets catch up.

What's new, since our last visit? Have you been watching the McLellan Golf DVDs as you promised? No cheating and looking at other stuff? Hopefully you've kept the rust off your swing with a few minutes of big full gorgeous swings in your back yard.

As for me, I have had a great time these last few months working with and answering emails from my star students world wide . . . Australia, Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Texas, California, Arizona, Florida and many, many more remote locations foreign and domestic. To you, and you know who you are, you've made great progress and it has been my pleasure to help.

I have a new passion, the mandolin! I am learning a lot about helping you with your golf game as I learn to play the mandolin. The same principles apply to both. . . that is--- Have a model, know what you want, practice, practice, practice. Your marvelous brain and body will give you the answers you seek.

This winter, in between answering email from students, playing the mandolin has given me something to show for my time! The very same routine I employed on the mandolin...can make a HUGE difference in your golf game.

In the coming months I will continue to write about what works and what doesn't concerning your golf game. I will share many new ideas, that are simple yet effective, they will have a profound effect on your game.

A personal phone visit opportunity will be made available . . . details as our season kicks in. A new DVD with some visual programming is in the hopper.

Next blog, I will cover the very best place in the world to practice your golf game. Hint hint. . . It's free. See you next time.

Jim McLellan

aka The AntiPro/The Maverick

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Happy New Year

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Tuning out the noise!

Tuning grandpa's radio, in the kitchen of the old farm house in Perry, Iowa, was more a matter of tuning out the noise than tuning in the music or commodities market place report. While some music might be heard, the accompanying noise made enjoying the program aggravating.

The mind can only focus on one thing at a time. More than one thing . . . and the heart beats faster, the palms sweat, circuit breakers snap, and smoke puffs from the ears and nostrils.

Tuning in the golf swing is impossible if there is too much noise. Too many tips, too much to think about, performance anxiety, impending doom and embarrassment, the golf ball . . . are all deadly enemies of the effective golf swing. Did you notice the very powerful adjective EEEEFFFFFECTIVE golf swing?

Tune out the noise and listen to the music in your golf swing, the rhythm/tempo, the smooth power, the marvel of fluidity, and the "thoughtless" beautiful cascading waterfall and artistic presentation of a 2 second phenomenon.

Jim McLellan
The AntiPro/The Maverick
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Golf Instructor

Hi there Jim. I'm emailing from down under to let you know that I "Fired da Bum" and guess who that is. Yes it is me. You see, I have been studying the golf swing for over 20 years and also became an accredited coach through the World Golf Teachers Federation completing a Masters a couple of years ago. I've been teaching with lots of success on a part-time basis and my objective is to finish off my working life teaching full-time. Always keen to learn new approaches/ideas etc.

I've studied Harmon, Hogan, Leadbetter etc. etc. and have also tried to apply a number theories to my own game with some success, but not the consistency that is required to play at a high level. Because I have a passion for teaching I found your website back in 2005 and it struck a cord with me at the time so I bought your DVD. I must admit that when I first looked at it I thought "oh this is just another theory on the golf swing and I can come up with my own answers" - Wrong!!!!

I played to a handicap of 3 going back a few years ago based on my own style and understanding of the various components of the game. So you can see that I have the confidence to take my game to the next level if I can just find the answers. However, over recent times my game has been going backwards. More than likely because, as you advocate, my brain is saturated with so many swing thoughts that I'm not swinging freely.

Out of frustration I thought I would dig out your DVD and take another look at it. To my surprise I suddenly understood/clicked with your philosophies on the golf swing. Probably because I'm a lot wiser now after teaching full time for 8 months at a 5 star resort in Nth Queensland. Anyway, I decided to give your drills a go. My classic problem was a slice and I always thought that my swing plane played a major role in this but I now understand the role that the hands play is the prime determinant leading to an open club face at impact.

I have only been practicing your methods for a week and Jim I cheated today and went out on the course for 9 holes. Apologies, but my excuse is that the weather was too good not to be on the golf course. Anyway, I applied your swing thought methods, just let the ball get in the way and comfortably played each hole to come in one under the card. I know that this was not just a lucky day out because I hit every fairway and green in regulation. I haven't done that for years. My thanks to you.

You can bet that I will be sticking with it and also passing it onto my students. If you are ever looking at starting a school in my neck of the woods I'd love to talk with you about any business opportunities. I'll keep you informed as to my progress. I'm excited about getting to the best level I can achieve and I'm sure that this will happen if I stick with your methods.

I have no hesitation in recommending them to any seasoned players or newcomers -just trust it and it will happen!!

Regards,
Des Heffernan ( Accredited Golf Teacher - Australian Golf Teachers Federation, Adelaide - South Australia )