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Lesson 32: Swing Myth 8: The Tiger
Effect proves to you that to
isolate a body part and to move it faster in an artificial way is completely
useless and exceptionally poor advice. To spin your hips, shoulders or whatever it
may be in search of a greater generation of power and club head speed is totally
misguided, dangerous and will improve nothing. If you are constantly standing in
front of a driving range mirror breaking down the natural flow of movement in your
golf swing into pieces then the mirror is lying to you big time. The only thing
this achieves at best is a stretch often with poor form. Tiger Wood's golf swing is
exceptionally powerful but his hips are no different to yours or mine. The immense
generation of power, as you will learn, is not a result of isolating a body part
and forcing the speed of its movement but rather...
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Lesson
33: The Mirror Never
Lies, that is if you learn to use it
correctly. You learn a simple technique that increases your muscle memory
for the correct body movements in your golf swing. This is really simple and
exceptionally easy to perform. This is a method that you can use in the comfort of
your own home to ensure that you are correctly programming your body to complement
the movements and rotations in your golf swing. Perfect practice will ensure that
your golf game is as perfect as can be.
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Lesson 34:
Signature Swing 3rd Gear
Body introduces your body into
your correctly directed swing path, once again within your guides and controls. I
take you step by step and prove to you how simple and natural your golf swing can
be as you pack on the muscle and see the real benefits of
building your own golf
swing from the ground up. It
will amaze you how simply your body turns and moves as part of a chain reaction of
naturally occurring events…
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Alan Thompson (English National Elite
Coach)
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I have known Lee for
seven years as a pupil and a Golf Professional. During this
time I have seen him work diligently on his technique with an
intensity and commitment given to very few people. This same
quality is evident in his conduct around the Pro’s Shop and in
his own teaching where I know his attention to detail and
enthusiasm for the job at hand ensures that his customers and
clients receive the very best of attention. (1998)
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Alan
Thompson has inspired many England International junior boys and
several England girls and ladies, including two Curtis Cup players.
He is coach to many European Tour Professionals, PGA Professionals
and to the England National Elite A Squad. Much of the future of
English golf rests in his hands.
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Lesson 35:
Swing Myth 9; Perfectly Still & 90. "Coil your upper body up against your lower body so that
you can feel the tension." This is a highly recommend yet worthless piece of advice
that you should run a mile from. I would go as far to say that this is coming from
someone who has no interest in your improvement or has no idea how your body is
designed to move. Do you feel tense when you throw or kick a ball to a distant
target? You will discover that powerful and accurate is
certainly not tense or perfectly
still & 90 as many lead us to
believe…
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Lesson 36: Core
Rotation. The core is the middle of your body, your heart and soul
and where your natural balancing mechanisms function at their best. If your
movement or body parts stray too far away from their core, your body will have to
adjust and compensate to support it, spending valuable energy in the process. Many
golfers are totally obsessed and brainwashed into believing that a golf swing is
not a golf swing unless you are constantly battling with your hip or shoulder turn.
In this lesson you learn the priceless truth of how to use your natural tools to
the max whilst at the same time remaining within your core. It’s simple common
sense that many totally overlook…
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Lesson 37: Swing
Myth 10; The Biggest Cock-Up is drilled into golf swings on driving
ranges all over the world and it’s completely misunderstood. In fact I can say,
with a lump in my throat, that this is the biggest cock up of all time. I know
first hand how frustrating and debilitating the consequences of the incorrect use
of wrist hinge in a golf swing can be. There are many golfers, including elite
professionals, that make this mistake time and time again. They are left
bewildered, wondering why they are losing control of the clubface at the top of
their backswing and on into their downswing, unfortunately often when it matters
most. This is a priceless lesson learned the hard way (myself included) that many
overlook, once again due to its simplicity. I will prove to you how, when and why
your wrists hinge, cock or break. It will blow your socks off and save you a
fortune in ammunition…
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Jason
Green
(Sidney)
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As a Scratch
player, for many years I have always found it hard to control
the clubface throughout my backswing. I bought your
Signature Golf Swing 3 months ago, got to say
the lesson on wrists hinge was worth every cent, top class. My
ball striking and consistency off the tee is the best it’s
ever been,
awesome.
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Lesson 38: The Power in
Transition is often misunderstood, complicated and broken down into
individual body parts taking the lead and moving in isolation. Consciously
initiating your downswing with your hips and/or left hand is, as you have already
discovered, totally artificial. I will prove to you through my teaching with the
aid of easy to use exercises that this breaks the free flowing movement that
produces the natural forces in the first place. The power in transition delivers
exceptionally powerful ball striking and is the real reason so many amateurs are
breaking their necks to hit down on the ball. You will learn how simply dynamic
your golf swing can naturally be by utilising the power in transition…
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Lesson 39: Drive to Top
Gear is where you come face to face with the facts that will make or
break you. It is here that you learn that you are the only one that can cheat
yourself out of a successfully built Signature Swing. It’s my job to make sure that
you don’t, with three pearls of wisdom that have made many a master…
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Lesson 40: 4th Gear;
Personality steers you away from the number one golf swing killer.
You learn to embrace your own instinctive feelings by stamping your personal
Signature Swing with its individual personality. You
won’t be left to let your hair down and run totally wild as your safety net of
guides and controls ensure you don’t stray too far from home…
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Denis Pugh
(PGA *MASTER Professional)
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Lee Kopanski
regularly visited me for golf instruction over a 14 month
period during the time I was based at the Warren Golf Club in
Essex. Lee made a big effort to travel from his home in the
North of England and thereby proved his commitment to
improving both his golf swing and his knowledge of teaching.
His understanding of the mechanics of the golf swing plus his
interest in the skills of teaching will, I am sure, serve him
well within the future.
(2000)
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Denis Pugh is the renowned
golf analyst on Sky Sports Golf Night and was a former tour player
himself. He has coached over 150 Tour Professionals since 1988. He
is most famous for his long time association with 8 time European
Order of Merit winner and Ryder Cup star Colin
Montgomerie.
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*PGA Master Professional.
Awarded by the PGA to qualified Members
held in high national or international esteem. Members that have made a
significant contribution to the development of golf as a player, coach,
administrator, or course designer. A leader in their field for a number
of years. An innovator. |
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Lesson 41: 4th Gear; Up to
Full teaches you how to simply polish up on your mirror image,
programming your body with all of the correct swing feelings and movements. You
learn how to recognise the correct positions and key check points whilst at the
same time ensuring that your individual instinct and feeling for the shot holds
precedence. If you want to build your own golf swing with your own two hands to fit
your body naturally, the way it should, then this lesson is priceless!
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Lesson 42: True Impact up to Top
Gear is the only way that you can truly build your own
Signature Swing and truly call it your own.
Throughout the building process to make a true impact on your golf all that is left
for you to do is grab a bucket of balls, select a target and throw as many
instinctive impulses at it as your grey matter can handle! This lesson is fully
focussed on naturally drawing the best out of you!
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Lesson 43: 4th Gear all the way up to the
top will do exactly that! You are taken clearly, step by step through
all of the key aspects, all the way up to the top of your Signature
Swing. You learn how to naturally position your body to achieve the
correct angles and rotations, as an extension of your guides and controls. Nothing
is left to chance as your Signature Swing reacts
consistently to your target, producing great golf shots time and time
again.
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Simon Evans (Kent,
UK)
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I thought I was a
“has been” having once played off a steady 2 Hcp then I
totally lost it. My handicap crept up every year and it was
that bad at one stage that I didn’t touch a club for 8
months. I found Lee Kopanski on the web and thought he
would be churning out the same old techniques that I was tired
of hearing about. Got to give it to you Lee your lessons are
top notch and for the most part new to me. The lesson on core
rotation is simply fantastic and with the help of your
Signature Golf Swing book I am back to striking the ball just
like the good old days and I’m now chasing that 2
Hcp!
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Lesson 44: 5th Gear; Power in
Transition is introduced into your Signature
Swing at Top Gear. Top Gear is the basic framework of your
Signature Swing; the Power in Transition on the other
hand is the wild stallion busting to get out onto the arena. Sit tight and enjoy
the ride; a beast will never be fully tamed but work with him, the natural force
that he is and every second will be as thrilling as the last. Your golf swing, no
matter what the make or model you are, can be as or if not more powerful than the
slightly built guy who drives the ball past everyone he plays. We all know
one!
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Lesson 45: Pack on the Muscle: Power in
Transition is where you really see the fruits of your labour come to
fruition. As an extension of your guides and controls you begin to utilise
the true dynamics of your
Signature Swing. You can guarantee that your new found power and
distance will be guided within a controlled environment, ensuring your success.
This lesson uncovers the secret of the slightly built golfer that can hit the ball
a great distance simply by utilising the full dynamics of his golf swing to the
max. If you work together hand in hand with Mother Nature the rewards are
guaranteed to be nothing less than dynamic!
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Lesson 46: Top Gear is you
and your Signature Swing fully firing on all cylinders, it’s the place you want to
be. You learn to avoid the mistakes that many a golfer walks straight into,
scattering their swing mechanics out on a cold hard floor trying in vain to screw
all the nuts, bolts and body parts back onto the main chassis. Your Top Gear is
your Signature Swing full of instinctive feeling as you
spread your wings and free yourself of your guides and controls. Well done my
friend you’ve made it…
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Joe Doyle (London,
UK)
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"I have played golf
and took golf lessons for over twenty years so there’s not
much I haven’t heard or tried. Lee’s teaching methods on the
other hand were a breath of fresh air I don’t think about my
hips, shoulders or any of the other complicated stuff. In just
one season I dropped from Hcp 17 to Hcp 8 using his guides. I
am made up, I owe you a few beers, cheers
Lee!
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Lesson 47: Master Plan. As
you shift through the Gears and your Signature Swing matures
you will develop your own dominant shape. There is no golfer in this world that
hits perfectly straight golf shots and on the contrary, it is here that you learn
how advantageous this can be. Jack Nicklaus, one of the greatest players of all
time, revealed that before a tournament he’d go to the driving range to find his
shot for the day. You learn to find yours with a master plan and I guarantee the
fairways and greens will double in size. Your target will be cornered with no place
to hide…
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Lesson 48:
Your Dominant Shape. Your master
plan has found your dominant shape and your shot for the day so this is where you
learn to use it. You learn to master your strategy playing to your
strengths and minimising your weaknesses. Every great player knows that they can’t
hit the perfect shot every time but a bad shot will never be that painful
again…
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Lesson 49: The Zone. We can talk about swing mechanics until we are blue in the
face but just mention mental preparation and the general response is “there's
nothing wrong with me!” To be in your zone you don’t have to be an elite athlete or
a Shaolin monk for that matter. Have you ever driven your car or ridden your bike
arriving at your destination without recalling how you got there? This is you in
your zone, the place that mental master minds rave about and you do it naturally,
simply without thinking. Ever wondered how?
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Lesson 50: Your Golf Swing Zone:
Key Elements. Pressure makes a
golfer’s hands sweat, their heart pound and their head spin, so how do great
players push the pressure away? You learn a simple nine-point pre-shot routine that
is easy to use for all golfers without exception. A simple
system distracts you from the intensity of the moment to ensure that you are
fully focused on the shot you are about to play. Breathing is something that we all
take for granted. The golfing greats and elite sportsmen on the other hand are
fully aware that simply breathing correctly focuses the mind, relaxes the soul
and strengthens the body ten-fold. It is here that you learn one of the most
fatal mistakes that golfers of all levels make especially under pressure. I can
assure you this lesson is certainly not just full of hot air, it will astound
you as it did me! Using the correct breathing patterns and correctly preparing
your body and mind for action will guarantee that you excel. You will
never say that you didn't give it your best shot ever
again…
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Bill
Ferguson (PGA MASTER Professional)
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I have known Lee
Kopanski for the past two years and I have also taught him not
only about his personal golf swing, but also the golf swing in
general. I found him to be a very personable young man,
articulate and well mannered. (2000)
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There are not
many people that can claim Colin Montgomerie as a caddy but Bill
Ferguson can. Bill was Monty's first mentor as a nine-year old and
coached him well into his professional career. Bill Ferguson's
playing highlights include lifting the PGA Club Professional
Championship in 1976. He was the English national coach for 25
years and is a past Yorkshire captain of the PGA as well as serving
on the executive committee. Bill Ferguson has been a mentor to many
great players including; Colin Montgomerie, Ian Woosnam, Howard
Clark, Darren Clarke, Seve Ballesteros and Paul
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Lesson 51: Time Zone. Make
sure that neither the group behind you, your competitors nor the rules guy are
breathing down your neck, waiting for you to play your shot. Dwell too long over
your pre-shot routine and you will be as stiff as a board. Fly through it and you
are wasting your time. No two golfers are the same. Learn to master your own
individual time zone and be fully focused on the shot you are about to
play.
*AMAZING
VALUE*
Signature Golf Swing: Stop fighting with
complicated swing
mechanics!
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