Ever heard the putting advice, “Accelerate through the ball”? Yeah… that was another lie. Of course, I’m giving generations of instructors credit for being intelligent enough to know the truth but sell a deceptive phrase. Otherwise, everyone is stupid. And I, for one, don’t believe that.

Why? Is the same why it’s always been – to propagate an industry. Telling credulous people partial truths in selective language is the best way to break what once we understood simply by observation. “Accelerate through the ball” has predicated the dissolution of putting fundamentals for decades upon decades under the auspices of helpful insight.

Any time you see a terrible putting stroke, ask them what they are trying to do. You can be certain to hear them say, “I want to accelerate through the ball.” And they really think they do! But our eyes don’t lie.

If I could go back sixty years and introduce one correction into the instructional lexicon, it would be the following:

”Accelerate Into The Back of The Ball”.

The cure was always that near. Changing the focal point changes the entire meaning of two similar phrases. Boxers pull punches. Golf instructors pull focus. Go practice your putting knowing the point of greatest putter speed should be at the back of your ball. Prepare to have your gaze expand.

Now, when it occurs to you to go slap somebody for lying to you, or go get your lesson fees back for all that wasted time, take a beat, turn around, and just walk away. If you want to win the day, starve the beast.
Intentionally or not, sad but true, instructors insure the only place to find truth is The Open Stance Academy.

John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy

“A Lie Can Travel Half Way Around The World While The Truth Is Still Putting On Its Shoes.”

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