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"Little Moe" Signature School
April 2008 Instructional Newsletter
Issue #76
Hello Everyone,
Happy Master's Week Everyone!
Spring has sprung - golf season is officially here - it's Master's time again!!!
Spreading the word
Help us share the word about Moe Norman with the golf world!
If you find something in this Etip particularly helpful, share it with your friends. Just click button below.
Thank you for your help in spreading the word about Moe Norman's simple and effective swing!
Feeling of Greatness Training Club - FAQ's
Have received quite a few questions this past week (not sure why... maybe because golf season is here..) about our training grip club. Wanted to clear a few points up about the training grip club:
1. - It is a graphite 6 iron with the training grip that is molded with markings on the grip and markings on the shaft of the club.
2. - The club was DESIGNED by Todd Graves at the Graves Golf Academy.
3. - It CAN and SHOULD be hit, like any other club in your bag.
4. - It is a grip set up to put your hands on the club EXACTLY like Moe gripped his club. It is set up to leave no doubt as to how you should grip your clubs.
5. - A proper grip is the KEY to a great golf swing. Without it (a good grip), guarantee you will fight consistency in your swing.
6. - There is an instructional DVD that is included with the Training Grip Club to show you how to use the club, proper grip, what the markings are for, etc..
No question, no doubt, used properly along with the leverage bag and hitting balls - it is the ULTIMATE training tool the GGA offers.
If you would like to see more information and instructional video clip about the GGA Training Grip Club you can click HERE.
and/or please feel free to call or email us anytime.
Hopefully this answers some of the questions you have about this training tool.
Orlando Schools Winding Down...
We are leaving for our last series of schools this week. We will not be back (teaching) schools at our Orlando Academy until early fall. We still have a couple of spots left in next weeks camp if anyone can make it down "last minute". Give us a call and we'll work something out with you if you can get away....
If you are interested in getting your year started right and would like to visit us at our Orlando academy this spring, this is what we have left:
Apr. 11-13, 2008 - 3 day school - GGA Academy @ Eagle Creek Golf Club - Orlando, FL (SOLD OUT)
Apr. 14-18, 2008 - Build Your Game Camp - GGA Academy @ Eagle Creek Golf Club - Orlando, FL (2 spots remaining)
(Our Camp is our PREMIER instructional setting - limited number of students, very low student to teacher ratio - please go to our Build Your Game Camp page on the website for more detailed information.
GGA Event Schedule
Upcoming Schools - East Coast (One and only time GGA is NE U.S. in 2008), OKC and Chicago
We are sure many of you are thinking about some kind of instruction as golf season is here. We have been working very hard this year to increase the number of school spots for our students and a way to work with those who can't make the travel to see us. Here is a list of our upcoming schools and the spots we have left in them.....
Please don't hesitate to give us a call or email if interested in attending any of these events... all schools/camps have sold out so far this year - these probably will too.... great thing for us, not so great for those who wait until the last minute to sign up.
2008
Apr. 11-13, 2008 - 3 day school - GGA Academy @ Eagle Creek Golf Club - Orlando, FL (SOLD OUT)
Apr. 14-18, 2008 - Build Your Game Camp - GGA Academy @ Eagle Creek Golf Club - Orlando, FL (2 spots remaining)
Apr. 25-27, 2008 - 3 day school - GGA Academy @ Coffee Creek Golf Course - OKC, OK (SOLD OUT)
May 5-9, 2008 - Build Your Game Camp - GGA Academy @ Coffee Creek Golf Course - OKC, OK (2 spaces remaining due to cancellations)
May 16-18, 2008 - 3 day School - Dover, DE, Jonathan's Landing (2 spots open)
May 20-22, 2008 - 3 day School, East Haddam, CT, Fox Hopyard Golf Club (3 spots open)
May 23-24, 2008 - 2 day Alumni School, East Haddam, CT, Fox Hopyard Golf Club (Open)
June 20-22, 2008 - 3 day school - GGA Academy @ Coffee Creek Golf Course - OKC, OK (Open)
June 23-27, 2008 - 5 day Build Your Game Camp - GGA Academy @ Coffee Creek Golf Course - OKC, OK (Open)
July 12-16, 2008 - Build Your Gam Camp - GGA Academy @ Coffee Creek Golf Course - OKC, OK - GGA Academy (Open)
July 25-27, 2008 - 3 day school - Chicago, IL - Location TBA (will be in Chicagoland area)
August 22-24, 2008 - 3 day school - GGA Academy @ Coffee Creek Golf Course - OKC, OK - GGA Academy (Open)
Sept. 2008 - Changes being made, see School Schedule for updates
Oct. 20-24, 2008 - Build Your Game Camp - Barona Creek Golf Club - San Diego, CA - (Open)
Oct. 25-27, 2008 - 3 day school - Barona Creek Golf Club - San Diego, CA - (Open)
Nov. 7-9, 2008 - 3 day school - GGA Academy @ Eagle Creek Golf Club - Orlando, FL- (Open)
Nov. 10-14, 2008 - Build Your Game Camp - GGA Academy @ Eagle Creek Golf Club - Orlando, FL- (Open)
Others TBA
Please visit our website at www.swinglikemoe.com for updated events and more information.
Online Registration available.
If you would like more information about the schools agenda, etc.. or would like more information about a particular area, please feel free to call or email anytime: TimKGraves@aol.com or 866-377-2316 within US, 405-823-9693 (outside US). We have brochures we can send and/or email.
MAJOR GGA ANNOUNCEMENT!
The Internet Golf Academy
by Scott Renfrow and Dave Predzin
On March 12th, we announced what is likely the most significant program in our history, the Internet Golf Academy. This program will revolutionize your ability to get personalized, one on one instruction from the Academy, and we are VERY excited about being able to get you the instruction you desire whenever you need it.
If you didn't see the announcement of the program, click HERE to view it in it's entirety.
Why are we so excited about this program? Simple, you can now get personal lessons from "Little Moe" Todd Graves, Tim Graves and the GGA staff, no matter your geographical location! Friends, that is HUGE.
In addition, the two most frequent questions / comments we get from you, our students are these:
1 - After I've been to a school, what do I do now?
Answer: Get continual feedback and stay on "path" with the Internet Golf Academy.
2 - I have the instructional videos and training club, but just can't get to a school, what should I do?
Answer: Reinforce your video and training club work with the Internet Golf Academy.
From our (GGA's) perspective, this program will allow us to help you get better each and every day, as opposed to 'back sliding', which we see all too often in our schools. Friends, we cannot begin to impress on your strongly enough how important the Internet Golf Academy is in helping you reach whatever goals you have with the game.
The only limitation of this program is the number of spaces we have available. We are limiting the participation to 100 people, and at the time of this writing, we are about 60% full.
To give you an example of the power of what the Internet Golf Academy can do, Dave Predzin, GGA Master Instructor, PGA(a), and USGTF wanted to share with you his own story:
After 25 years of frustration with my conventional golf swing and game I decided to take the plunge and learn what appeared to be a simpler, more efficient golf swing and approach to the game - Moe's way.
As I begin working with Todd and Tim I quickly discovered that simpler did not equate to simple. I had a very tough time learning to change the way I was swinging the club. The first thing I learned through way too much trial and error was what I thought I was doing in my golf swing was nothing close to what I was doing in my golf swing. My feelings and perceptions were not matching up to reality. The use of video was invaluable in this area. I also discovered one of my biggest obstacles and distractions turned out to be the golf ball, it would trigger my old swing pattern each time I tried to implement a change. Here's an example of how I learned to overcome these problems:
I used to take the club back well past parallel in my backswing and I wanted to shorten it. I found I had to exaggerate by trying to make what felt like a ¼ length backswing (hands no higher than my right hip), this enabled me to make what most golfers would equate to a ¾ length backswing (club shaft just short of parallel at the top). And after several months of working on this I found that my feelings began to match up much closer to reality. The other thing I had to train myself to do was to forget about the golf ball. Like many of you I thought I was special, that I could cheat the process of making changes and the results would immediately be perfect, not exactly. Over time the changes stopped feeling weird and uncomfortable. I began to relax and my ball striking improved.
What I was told repeatedly by Tim and Todd (apparently I had a hearing problem) and eventually learned was that the process of changing any aspect of my golf swing had to include two things: gross exaggeration of whatever it was that I was trying to change and a total disregard for what the golf ball was initially doing.
Good luck!
Dave
To see full information on the Internet Golf Academy, please visit the Internet Golf Academy page on our website. On that page you will see a "How to" video, which will walk you through step by step on how to get set up and use the IGA, and a sample IGA lesson from a gentleman in New Zealand. In conclusion, when you watch the sample lesson on the website, keep this in mind, the gentleman in the video improved his scoring by an average of 15 strokes per round. His quote to me, "I haven't been this excited since my wedding night".
If you have any questions about the Internet Golf Academy, feel free to email me @ scottr@swinglikemoe.com or call me @ (866)377-2316.
Wishing you your most satisfying golf season yet,
GGA "Know Moe" Contest - WINNERS!
We have been running a contest since the end of January for all those helping us to educate others about Moe.
The email spreading the word of Moe was forwarded over 1,000 times.
The winners are as follows:
Build Your Game Camp Winner: Bill Allen of The Villages, FL
$250 GGA Gift Certificate: Ron Hicinbothem of Shokan, NY
$200 GGA Gift Certificate: Phil DeMarie of San Jose, CA
Congrats to all those who won and THANK YOU to everyone for helping us educate other's about Moe's wisdom and swing.
Be looking for similar events and contests in upcoming etips.
Lesson Learned from PGA.com
by Tim Graves, PGA
I had the privilege to be asked by Turner Sports News Media and PGA.com to write this weeks "Lesson Learned". We are very pleased and proud to announce our partnership with PGA.com and look forward to many ventures with them in the near future.
This opportunity gave us the opportunity to share Moe's thoughts and wisdom with more golfers across the world....
You can view this week's Practice Tip and PGA.com "Lesson Learned" at: http://www.pga.com/2008/instruction/features/04/06/shellhouston_graves/index.html
For all those who are recently joined us (after reading PGA.com article, etc..), to answer a lot of your questions of where to begin your journey to great golf as so many GGA alumni/students have done, please see out 'Path to Great Golf' on our website. It outlines a step by step approach to improving your game to whatever level you desire.
Also, we recommend talking to many others just like you who are currently "on the path" to great golf and many who have SIGNIFICANTLY improved their games - you can see/talk to them at www.moenormanforum.com. This is our (GGA) forum for those interested in finding out more about Moe and how to get better.
Always enjoy hearing everyone's comments.
Remember - Always Practice with a Purpose.
Good Luck!!
Moeisms - the wit and wisdom of Moe Norman
Thoughts during his swing: "I'm trying to get the iron in the hole, that's what I'm aiming at. I'm hole oriented, not green oriented."
Please feel free to comment on this or email any of your favorite "Moeism's" to us if you'd like to share with others....
GGA Club Specials
To save space, we have made a slight change in the Club Special section of the newsletter. Below you will find a link to a page that will list all club specials with better pictures, more information, and full pricing for our Club specials.
NEW RELEASE! - Adams Insight XTD a3 Driver - Incredible distance, square technology, recommended by Long Drivers Association of America! Best Price for Square Face Technology in the Industry: $299
See all club specials by click below:
GGA Club specials
Call the GGA at (866)377-2316 or email timg@swinglikemoe.com for all your club questions, club needs, etc. Let the experts help you!
GGA Instruction Materials
This is where EVERYONE should start to learn Moe's Single Axis Swing - a MUST HAVE!!!!
GGA Total Game Overview Instructional DVD 10 minute Freeview.
See our latest and newest release - TROUBLES AND SOLUTIONS - great reviews (visit our chatroom to read them)
GGA "FEELING OF GREATNESS" GRIP TRAINING CLUB: $129.95
GGA / TGGS INSTRUCTIONAL TAPES:
Please see:http://swinglikemoe.com/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=7&=SID
"Little Moe's" Swing for Life $24.95
GGA Short Game: $19.95
Course Management/ "How to Practice": $19.95
Get all three on VHS: $64.95
All three on DVD: $64.95
Volume #1 - #6 - 7 Principles of Golf Improvement - $64.95 each
Entire Series: $299
Leverage bag: $35.95
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* A small shipping charge will be added to all orders.
If you are interested in any of the above specials, please call us at 866-377-2316 within US or 405-823-9693 outside US, or email Tim Graves at TIMKGRAVES@AOL.COM or TIMG@SWINGLIKEMOE.COM
We wish everyone continued success with their golf games, and hope to see everyone very soon.
Tim Graves, PGA, Graves Golf Academy Owner/Instructor
Todd Graves, Graves Golf Academy Owner/Instructor
Scott Renfrow, GGA Director of Customer Relations
Brent Evans, GGA Instructor / School Manager
Dave Predzin, PGA(a), USGTF, GGA Master Instructor
Mick Benson, GGA Instructor
Shannon Kniesler, LPGA, GGA Instructor
Ben Stanborough, PGA (European), GGA Instructor
Clayton Zwicker, GGA Apprentice
Graves Golf Academy
www.swinglikemoe.com - GGA Website
866-377-2316
405-823-9693 (Outside US)
timg@swinglikemoe.com
timkgraves@aol.com
www.moenormanforum.com - GGA Chat Forum
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