Coach’s Corner:  “How does a model train make you a better single plane golfer?”

At the beginning of every golf school, we ask our members, What they want to take away from this school? The overwhelming response…. “Consistency”!  The funny thing is that word means something different to each one of them. The fact is the most constant thing & most mid-to-high handicap golfers have in common, is that they are not able to repeat their swing from one shot to the next.

This brings me to the model train analogy. My grandson received a model train set for his birthday, probably just like the one we all had as kids. After assembled it together, he took the controller and immediately went full speed, with a predictable result. We gathered up the train, place it back on the track, making sure the wheels were on correctly. This time he started off slowly, then gradually increased the speed, when the train became unstable, he learned to slow down and find the limits.

Like most kids, after playing for awhile, watching the train on the track, go round and round, over and over again, he got one of his toy figurines and put it on the track to see what would happen. As the train came down the track and interacted with it the toy figurine went flying. The train continued on down the track just as it did before. Whether the toy figurine was there or not, the train kept taking the same path, & the figurine just got in the way.

To achieve consistency, we need to “MATCH THE MODEL” …Moe or the train.  Then work on it slowly, repeating the same movements until that is the “only way” we know how to move our bodies to make a golf swing!

Nick Castle,  Single Plane Experience Director

“Don’t practice until you get it right, practice until you can’t get it wrong”…Moe Norman

If you are interested in becoming a Certified Graves Golf Instructor in your region of the country and would like to spread the message of Moe Norman. please contact me at: NickC@gravesgolf.com