The Traditional (Conventional) golf swing is a method that almost all professional golfers use and amateurs attempt to copy.
It is based on winding or coiling up the back muscles and spine on the back swing to store up energy similar to a wound-up / coiled-up gate spring or a stretched elastic band.
At the top of the back swing, the body is put under physical stress; the more it is wound up, the more stress it is under and the more stored up energy is waiting to be released.
Since a human has two legs, a good part of the body weight is shifted over the back leg during this back swing coiling-up process.
On the downswing the traditional golfer attempts to shift the weight to the front leg while unwinding / uncoiling the wound-up back muscles and spine.
This combination of unwinding the back and spine, and the weight shift to the front leg acts as the primary power source for the stored up energy to be released.
In addition to this primary power source, the traditional golfer also swings the arms around the body by often rolling the forearms over each other (hinging at the elbow joints), which creates a dramatic face angle change through impact as the toe of the club head passes over the heel.
This brute force torquing of the body technique and swinging of the arms creates the power and speed of the club head which hits the ball.
Unfortunately, the Traditional golf swing is a very high maintenance way to swing a golf club. It takes lots and lots of practice to get all the timing correct to try to align the face of the club head square to the ball at impact while the body is unwinding and weight shifting.
Also, the torquing of the back muscles and spine is physically hard on the body and often eventually causes back and/or spine health issues.
For most recreational golfers it is an extremely frustrating way to swing a golf club because it is so hard to consistently get all the timing correct - especially as they get physically tired as the golf game progresses and it gets worse as they get older and their aged body becomes less flexible.
The TRADITIONAL Golf Swing ends up to be a lifelong uphill battle to try to hit the ball straight consistently.
The WHEEL POWER golf swing is simply a SMARTER and more EFFICIENT way to use the parts of the human body to swing a golf club.
It is based upon using the body parts to emulate a simple wheel-turning machine.
By keeping the TOP of the spine as a stable swing center pivot point, and shifting only the LOWER spine (hips) in a lever action, it creates a rotational movement at the shoulders - which emulates a rotating center inner hub of a wheel.
The arms (attached to this rotating wheel hub at the shoulders) behave like flexible wheel spokes by alternately folding and unfolding at the elbow joints, which causes the outer RIM of the wheel to rotate even faster than the rotating inner hub.
The wrists (one of the fastest moving joints in the human body) act like a well-oiled swivel hinge as they ride along the very fast outer rotating wheel rim.
The hands just hold onto the golf club and follow the wrist-hinging action.
This triple power source of the (1) inner rotating hub, (2) the even faster rotating outer wheel rim and (3) fluid wrist-hinging action all combine to create a an effortless amount of club head speed without the need for coiling or torquing the back muscles and spine.
The back and spine act like a shifting lever instead of a coiling and uncoiling gate spring.
Because the TOP of the spine acts like a stable swingcenter point, the head of the golf club is whipped around the body with both speed and accuracy, providing a much more reliable and consistent bottom of the swing arc.
The wrist-hinging action works without the forearms folding over each other dramatically through the impact zone, which allows the face of the club head to stay perpendicular to the swing arc where the club toe and heel travel together.
This creates a much less dramatic face angle change through impact with the ball, almost eliminating any chance of side spins - which would cause slices or hooks. Shots are almost always perfectly straight.
In summary, the rotating wheel powers the head of the golf club to be whipped around the stable top of the spine (the swing center point) - which is why it made visual sense to call it the WHEEL POWER Golf Swing.
This swing concept was first described around 1960 by the late American Mike Austin which he called the Mike Austin Swing Method. Mike Austin was a superb athlete, golfer and an expert in the field of kinesiology (the study of human movement). He came up with a more efficient use of the parts of the human body to swing the head of a golf club around the body.
As described by golfers who knew him well, unfortunately Mike Austin, although a brilliant genius, described the swing motions in a very technical and complicated way and the vast majority of the mainstream golfing world in his time never caught on to his swing method.
Using much older golf clubs and golf ball technologies, Mike Austin was still able to average over 300-yard drives even when he was in his late 70's.
Over the years, several other golf instructors attempted to explain his swing method, but there were often subtle discrepancies in the descriptions which led to even more confusion of his swing method; so his brilliant golf swing concept never caught on.
Except for a very small cult-type following, very few golfers today know who Mike Austin is or of his swing method.
I, Norm Rosen - a Canadian senior recreational golfer who stumbled upon this brilliant method many years ago, tried to come up with an easier way to describe this swing concept so that golfers today could become aware of it.
Although I never met Mike Austin personally, I took swing lessons from John Marshall (a senior long drive champion) who had studied under Mike and currently teaches the Mike Austin swing method.
I then produced some light-hearted, hopefully entertaining videos with simpler and more visual explanations in the hopes that golfers today would catch on to this totally different and more body-friendly golf swing concept.
To be very clear, I, Norm Rosen make no claim nor take any credit for inventing this amazing golf swing concept. After over 5 years of study, practice, analysis and consultation with golfers who knew and worked with Mike Austin, the videos and swing explanations are my own personal interpretation of the Mike Austin Swing method.
The Wheel was one of the earliest inventions by humans to make physical tasks easier to perform, so I gave this revisited golf swing a nickname: WHEEL POWER Golf Swing to use as an easy-to-remember and more visual reference in understanding the swing concepts described in my own videos.
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As the main power source, the Traditional golf swing used by most golfers today relies on twisting / coiling / torquing of the back / spine to store up energy and then uncoiling to release all that stored-up energy.
This coiling the back / spine up like a gate spring and then uncoiling to create power eventually causes stress on the delicate vertebrae of the spine. It is no secret that this causes back and spine issues with many golfers to the extreme that they require back and / or spine surgery.
The Wheel Power golf swing does NOT coil up the back / spine like a gate spring; it shifts the lower spine so that the spine itself acts like a rigid lever to create the main power source.
The lever was also one of the earliest inventions by humans to make physical tasks easier because levers provide a mechanical advantage (they help you create more power with less effort).
These different body mechanics used to swing the head of a golf club around the body will require golfers to use new and different body movements.
To prevent injuries, each golfer should proceed slowly at their own pace and exercise caution as they learn this new way of using their body to eventually break locked-in muscle memory habits of the traditional golf swing.
The #1 challenge that almost every golfer faces is trying to be consistently good.
This swing will definitely allow you to hit the ball straighter and longer much more consistently. You are emulating a wheel-turning machine so the head of the club will follow a much more reliable and repeatable swing path.
Learning something new takes determination and patience. This concept is very different and not everyone is willing to get out of their comfort zone.
You must try to perform it exactly as per the explanations in the videos and make sure you understand the concept and practice it.
The reality is that some people are not willing to make the effort to learn something new.
You must be willing to make the effort to get it working correctly and not give up after a few tries.
This swing makes full and efficient use of all the major joints in your body. If you have had knee or hip issues or replacements, this swing concept may not be for you.
If you go through the videos carefully and truly understand the concepts and perform them correctly, you will start to immediately notice that you can hit the ball much straighter more often.
You will initially hit the ball the same distance as you do today - but with much less effort. Eventually you will hit it longer as you gain more confidence in the concept and just turn the wheel faster.
Slices and Hooks will very rarely happen, if at all. You will have much more confidence knowing that the ball is going to go where you are aiming at - or not far from it. You are emulating a wheel-turning machine and your ball direction and flight will be much more reliable and repeatable.
You will start to notice several things:
You will not be wasting time looking for balls in trees or bushes.
You will not be losing so many golf balls.
The clubs that you thought needed replacing will seem to work just fine.
You will start to realize that you know exactly why you made a bad shot because you will know exactly the moves you need to do to make a good one. You will start to be able to analyze your swing on your own. You will realize that you will find it easy to become your own swing troubleshooter.
Your back pain will go away.
So who will NOT like this very efficient golf swing?
Golf Ball Manufacturers
because you will be losing a lot fewer balls. Having said that, you can now afford better quality balls because you will be losing a lot fewer balls!
Golf Club Manufacturers
because most of your old clubs work just fine now that you know how to swing them properly.
Golf Swing Instructors / Training Centers
who teach the traditional golf swing because, once you understand how this simple swing works, you can figure out how to correct your swing on your own and don’t need dozens of lessons, DVDs or dozens of golf swing videos to watch.
Golf Practice Ranges
because you will be spending more time playing golf instead of beating buckets of balls to figure out swing problems at the driving range.
Chiropractors, Physiotherapists and Back Surgeons
due to much fewer back and spine issues.
And the people that will dislike this golf swing the most, will be your Golfing Buddies when you start lowering your scores, beating and outdriving them!
We tried our very best to make the videos so easy to understand that if you review them often and practice along with them, you should be able to perform this swing perfectly.
Our goal was to create easy-to-understand videos and not to do swing analysis; however, we recognize that some golfers still may have problems grasping the new body movements or sometimes think that they are doing them correctly, but in fact, are not.
For those reasons, yes, we do offer Analysis of your Golf Swing as a service.
See Personal Swing Analysis for more information on how this works.
For the same reasons mentioned under Personal Golf Swing Analysis, we are not looking to do personal golf swing instruction.
We believe our time is better spent responding to viewer comments and perhaps either enhancing our existing videos, or adding new ones to help clarify points that may come up over time.
We are offering a program that allows golfers worldwide to become certified instructors of the Wheel Power Golf Swing and assist other interested golfers in learning this swing technique.
See the Instructors page if you are interested.
Our goal is to help change the golfing world by making everyone aware of this very efficient golf swing through the internet and social media.
Once you get the hang of it, you should see a big improvement in your golf game and you will never want to go back to the Traditional golf swing.
If you realize just how great this swing is and you want to teach it to other golfers, you can go through our simple inexpensive certification program and have your name and contact information listed on our website. Interested golfers in your geographical area can contact you and learn this swing from you.
You do not presently have to be a golf instructor or pro. If you can learn to do this swing technique, there should be no reason why you can't demonstrate and explain it to other golfers.
Not everyone has the patience to watch videos and some golfers prefer one-on-one instruction.
Note: We do not get involved in any financial transactions between you and your students.
See out Instructors page for more information.
Our FREE INTRODUCTION video explains the difference between the TRADITIONAL golf swing and the fundamentals and concepts of the WHEEL POWER golf swing. It shows you the basics of how to perform this very different and more efficient swing technique.
Our inexpensive Pay-per-View ADVANCED TRAINING video provides a lot more details about self-troubleshooting, fine tuning, and also explains several advanced techniques and bonus features such as: shaping shots, dealing with uneven lies, pitches and chips, adding extra power/distance and much, much more.
It is definitely worth watching this video to help you learn this swing really well. Watch the FREE ADVANCED TRAINING TRAILER video for a quick overview of what it offers.
Note: If your are interested in our swing analysis service or in becoming a certified instructor of this golf swing, you are required to have watched the Advanced Training video.
When learning something totally new, some people catch on and understand it right away.
Other people struggle grasping a brand new concept.
By showing several different examples and analogies with the help of demos, props and graphics, it helps solidify and clarify the concept to those people who might initially be confused.
"OK, cool... NOW I understand!"
Before making my videos, I had watched hundreds of other golf training videos and read thousands of comments by viewers of those videos. I learned several things from watching those videos and reading the viewer comments.
Any golf swing can be performed in many different ways, and it is unlikely that you will see several golfers (even the pros) use the EXACT same precise body movements.
Every human body is unique and even really good golfers use slightly different movements based on their own body shape characteristics, age, strength, flexibility and skill levels.
In general, I noticed that most video viewers who comment are often appreciative of the effort made by the instructor or person who created the video to explain a technique or their own point of view on how something can be done.
There are also many viewers who make very legitimate criticisms of the videos that they watch or of the instructor's explanations or technical performance in the video. As every human body is different, it is extremely easy to find a flaw or a move that could be done more efficiently.
Unfortunately there is also a very small percentage of video critics who can get rude, nasty and even insulting. They like to throw out buzz words or highly technical terms trying to prove that they are smarter than the instructor to bolster their own ego on the internet.
If you watched ALL of the video(s) and actually made a serious attempt to learn this swing technique, or you learned something new, or at the very least were entertained by the video(s), then I feel that I have accomplished my goals in making them.
Depending on the volume of comments that the videos receive, I will try my best to respond to some selective serious comments that ask polite legitimate questions around the technique and concept.
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