Recently, I told you about a book I read, called The Max Golf Workout.  I was privileged to have an extended chat (see below to jump right in) with author John Little about The Max Golf Workout as well as the Max Contraction system, on which the Max Golf Workout is based.

The two main ingredients to Max Contraction strength training are:

Loading a muscle with maximal weight for a brief period in a fully-contracted position until 100% [...]

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Note:  Stay tuned this week for a podcast of my recent interview with John Little followed by a post about my experience with The Max Golf Workout.

The Max Golf Workout by John Little is a revolutionary look at how we as golfers work out.

The author of several books, Little developed a strength training system called Max Contraction.  The idea behind Max Contraction is that optimal strength training should involve maximum weight, held in a fully-contracted position for a brief period [...]

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Short putts are supposed to be easy.  Three feet?  Bah!  Except, try making 100 in a row and then say that.  Too many putts are missed in the two to five foot range, assuming you’re not picking them up as gimmes.

One of the common problems in this situation is a tendency to forget that a putting stroke involves a backswing and a follow through.

Often, a player will be intimidated on a short putt by a little break or [...]

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Things are starting to click now.

In my lessons, we’ve been addressing a few problems.  Here’s a rundown of the tweaks I’ve had to make:

Stop taking the club way inside to start the swing.  I’ve been concentrating on taking it more back along the line.  To me, that action feels like I’m taking the club back outside the line and re-routing it on the downswing.  Of course, I’m not, but it’s way different than taking it back inside the target line.
Stand [...]

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When I first set out to write this post, it was going to be a list looking at some of the more creative players in golf history.

That plan changed some as I leafed through the August 2008 issue of Golf Digest.  In Jim Flick’s column (p. 48) he related a story that I found so fascinating that it made me want to shift gears and talk about the role of creativity in golf.

Flick shared a story where his colleague Mike [...]

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