Guitar Hero

GH,
I have become interested in the Wild Bill Mehlhorn teachings and I saw that you consider the book/dvd one of your top 5. Could you do a brief review of his ideas and the DVD. What do you think of the grass whip? Thanks.

morning gh, i didn't want to post this on the open board, and start a storm of crap... lol

are you still planning on posting a youtube video of the "robotic fade" ...

thanks for all the posting you do,

duane, charlotte, n.c.

Mike,

Here is how I teach and it might not be for you but it is how I do it.

Here is what I did to learn back the Mike Austin pattern and teach it to golfers. This was not easy for me with my back problems but it can be done for any pattern. I use a trainer that will provide positive transfer dynamic motor skill training for the pattern the golfer is learning and have many trainers I teach patterns with that are not on my site. It works every time and golfers learn their pattern and can repeat the pattern in just a few days of training.

The Mike Austin Power Golf Swing

What does it take to learn the Mike Austin Power Golf Swing?

I worked with Mike Austin from 1981 to 1996 and learned all the secret power moves and correct motion required to produce the Mike Austin Power Swing. I have a video lesson with Mike from 2-24-1994 at YouTube - rovergolf's Channel and my goal was to have this project done for the 15 year anniversary of that video lesson. So I decided about 6 months ago I would design a swing trainer and get back in shape for this project.

Here is what I did.

The last 6 months I have been working out with proper diet and have lost a total of 65 pounds and went from 32% body fat down to 14%. I now weigh 185 pounds which is 5 pounds less than I weighed back in 1994 but my body fat was 12.5% in 1994. I have also have increased my range of motion to where I can now make a full parallel back swing again which is required for the Mike Austin Power Golf Swing. I am 51 years of age now and was 36 back in 1994 and 28 when I first took a lesson from Mike Austin. During the 6 months of training I also designing a swing trainer for the Mike Austin Power Golf Swing called the Swing Factor...

The Swing Factor

To learn the Mike Austin Power Golf Swing and take advantage of all the power secrets you must be able to make a full parallel back swing with the hands high. You can get some of the benefit from Mike's power moves with a 3/4 back swing but it will never produce the true power of his swing. I was working out and stretching but due to my back problems I still could not make a full parallel back swing with the hands high. I knew the only way I would be able to do this was design a swing trainer that would ingrain a positive transfer dynamic motor skill for a full parallel back swing with the hands high.

I knew this would not be easy to design as I also needed it to ingrain other positive transfer dynamic motor skills for The Mike Austin Power Golf Swing. I designed two versions that I took to the PGA Show as I knew I would have many golfers to test them. The first version only 7 golfers could make the moves I was looking for and the second version all the golfers could make the correct moves. I even had a lady who was 71 that could do it. I had the perfect swing trainer so now all I needed now are the instruction DVDs

The Instruction DVDs

Again I tested different instruction ideas with the Swing Factor with the golfers at the PGA Show to find what they would understand and make it easy to learn the Mike Austin Power Golf Swing. I would use different words to describe the action I wanted the golfers to do with the Swing Factor and it was very interesting what really worked.

Here is how you learn the Mike Austin Power Golf Swing.

Until now there was never an easy way to learn the correct positive transfer dynamic motor skills for the Mike Austin Power Golf Swing. If you put in the time with the Swing Factor and follow the instructions on the DVD you will learn Mike's Power Swing and benefit from all the power secrets he used. The first step is increasing your range of motion so you can produce the high club head speed that is required for long drives. The Swing Factor will do this for you as well as ingrain the correct club head path and club face alignments Mike used in his swing. The Swing Factor will also increase your forearm strength that is required for the throw Mike used. I am now working with 7 golfers that are committed to the training and the practice it takes to learn Mike's swing and all are hitting drives well over 300 yards in just two weeks of training. You can do the same with the Swing Factor and the instruction DVDs at home or at the office.

For more information on The Mike Austin Power Golf Swing go to Power Driver Pro by Rover*Golf

The next 3 Golf Academy Live Shows I will cover some of the information on the Mike Austin Power Golf Swing DVDs. For more information about the Golf Academy Live Shows go to www.golfacademylive.com

To Better Golf,

John W Rohan-Weaver GSEM

I really don't want to spend $54 on something that I have no idea how valuable it might be- If you'd be willing to put your book on a "loaner" program for $10 or something- let me know. Thanks, Mike