Real Swing Golf

"I have been golfing for nearly 6 years now. The best description of my game would be long periods of frustration interrupted by brief and unfortunately fleeting moments of perfection. It is those fleeting moments of perfection that keep me coming back. It is the 7 iron that falls softly by the cup. It is the driver that leaps from your club face flying effortlessly past the 150 marker landing in the middle of the fairway. It is the round when you can't miss a putt when you are in a zone and the line on the green seems to jump out at you. It is these rare moments that capture you and keep you coming back. They keep you coming back because you get a taste of what golf could be, not what it is. For me golf was a battle of wills: mine and the balls. No matter how hard I tried, no matter how much effort I exerted, no matter how loud I cursed, the ball’s will was almost always stronger than mine. Then I learned a simple yet profound lesson. You have to give up control to gain control. How could this be? Give up control to gain control. Under the guidance of Ron Sisson, founder of Real Swing Golf, I explored this thought. Before I could give up control I had to discover what it was I was trying to control. With the patience and wisdom that years of teaching experience brings; Ron led me down a road of discovery. It was a road that allowed me to leave the burdens of the traditional golf world behind. Keep your head down, slow your swing down, keep your elbows in, push your hands out, don't bend your knees, do bend your knees, all the years of advice that I had been given by amateurs, pros, infomercials and instructional videos were set aside and all that was left was one important realization. Feel the club head. The simplicity of the Ron Sisson's Real Swing approach is startling. It really shouldn't be this simple. It should take me years of practice and involve exorbitant teaching fees and the latest overpriced technology before I could completely change my swing, before I could consistently achieve the elusive indescribable sweet shot. It shouldn't take 10 minutes. Yet it did. My only caution to you who are looking for the answer is that you might find it. You might actually play a round of golf confidently and peacefully. You might be sitting in the 19th hole with a smile on your face and a warmth in your heart. Sound a little corny maybe but let me ask you one question- isn’t that really why we play this silly game? The Real Swing Golf method taught by Ron Sisson teaches the game of golf in its simplest and truest form. If we are going to swing a club and pay our hard earned money to play this game, don't we deserve at the very least to enjoy it. I would encourage everyone to spend an enjoyable hour learning the game of golf the way it should be taught - The REAL SWING WAY."- Mike

I was pretty much a self-taught golfer. I learned by watching other people but I never really had lessons or anybody who ever really taught me the game. So I was a chronic slicer and the more I tried to correct it, the worse it got. I learned how to play that way because I would set up about 45 degrees to the target sometimes. So I learned how to play and score reasonably well. But I never could hit the ball straight and after twelve years of constant slicing, you get to the point where you think, “This just isn’t for you – you’re not going be able to play this game.”
I started watching the golf channel to try to pick up any tips I could. My game started to get even worse than it was before because the swing – as I understood it from the golf channel – started to become very complicated. I would start thinking about all those complicated tips during my swing and things went from bad to worse. I remember one time I lined up aiming for the creek on the left and there was water on the right and I still hit the water on the right it curved out so far. That’s when I finally thought, “I’ve got to see a doctor about this.”
A friend of mine told me about Real Swing Golf and what was amazing was that after one lesson, I was hitting straight shots! I learned about a lot of the misconceptions that I had about the swing that were causing my slice and we were able to get it under control and that was pretty incredible after just one lesson. I remember that first swing I took after doing the drills to get the feel for the “real swing.” The ball rocketed off the clubface and just went straight! In fact, I think that was the first time I had ever hit a straight, long shot was during that first lesson. I was hitting my irons twenty to thirty yards further after the very first lesson. It was exciting for me because I thought, “I could learn this game! Golf could be fun!”
I think that the greatest thing about the Real Swing Golf Method was that after that first lesson, I realized that the swing is actually fairly simple. If I start having trouble, I can always go back to that first lesson and get my game back on track. Essentially, after one lesson I knew what to do to fix my game. Just relaxing, loosing the tension, not worrying about anything mechanical about your swing and just swinging the club freely, fluidly and fast. And I was very excited after the first lesson because I realized that the game could be fun and the swing didn’t have to be complicated. You could just go out there and let loose, have fun and play a lot better. Thanks to Ron and the Real Swing Method, I’m hooked and now I want to play more golf because it’s fun again!
- Vince


My previous experiences with golf instructors and instructional magazines were frustrating. Too much emphasis was being placed on where one body part should be in relation to another during the course of a golf swing, I was receiving contradictory messages about body position from different sources, and worst of all, my slice and distance off the tee were not improving.
After my set of 4 lessons with Ron last summer, my understanding and appreciation of the golf swing improved dramatically. After a review of basic swing mechanics, emphasis during the lessons was placed on developing a free, fluid and fast swing, the essentials required for hitting a ball straight and long. Eye-hand coordination was improved by having me focus NOT on the relationship of one body part to another, but rather on the clubhead and clubhead ONLY - ie, the part of the club that actually hits the ball. A remarkably simple concept, but it had never been taught to me before, and guess what - it works!!!! After finishing the 4 lessons my slice was gone, and I was hitting the ball longer and straighter than ever before.
Another benefit to the lessons is that they teach you to be your own "golf pro" during sessions on the practice range. How this is done is also very simple. While there are a whole variety of "bad" golf shots that can occur (hook, slice, duck hook, shank, duff, wormburner, etc), Ron pointed out that there were only TWO reasons why all bad golf shots occur - two different malconnections between clubhead and ball. By understanding these two different mis-hits, and ways of correcting them, it becomes easy to re-correct oneself on the driving range should a bad shot, eg. a slice, start creeping back into the picture.
The lessons also emphasize that practice makes perfect. The concepts that are taught are simple yet very effective, but proper eye-hand coordination will not be developed or maintained without regular practice on the driving range. Another key point I learned during these lessons is that a bad shot is often not the result of a bad swing, but rather the result of suboptimal eye-hand coordination that has not yet been fully developed with practice. Knowing this important concept, and having the tools to correct a bad shot, have made practicing a lot more enjoyable for me.
I strongly recommend the Real Swing Golf program to anyone who wants to improve their golf game - have fun with it!
- Steve A

Hats off to Ron Sisson and the Real Swing Golf program for their simple and effective method for teaching a “real” golf swing. For years I struggled with my “artificial” golf swing. Artificial because it was a collection of advice, tricks and tips fed to me by well meaning friends and technical golf teachers – all pasted onto a stance, grip and balance that were not natural. Ron showed me how it was possible to hit a golf ball long and straight while standing on one leg, swinging with one arm or with the ball placed virtually anywhere within the stance (that was Ron, not me!). When I saw that, I understood that all the things I thought were important in a golf swing were only getting in the way. Ron taught me the only important thing I needed to know was how the club head hit the ball. Within one lesson, I was free to forget the hundred and one golf swing “rules” cluttering my swing and focus on feeling the club head as a natural extension of my hands. Within four lessons I had changed from “robo-golf” to a more relaxed and smoother motion that is now the foundation for every golf swing I take. After some further coaching from Ron in the short game, my average score dropped by 20 strokes! The Real Swing Golf program is for anyone who wants to love the game of golf, but is frustrated by the challenge of achieving a consistent golf swing. 
- Darcy

I like the natural swing that you teach because I don't have to worry about where I have my shoulders or where I put the club. I do it naturally and it seems to work for me. 
- Rob

Real Swing golf has increased my confidence in my ability to golf and I am enjoying the game of golf more now than I have in the past. I don't even throw my clubs any more!
The actual Real Golf Swing has helped me to increase my distance with the driver and I hit the fairways on a more consistent basis. The swing has also helped to improve my short game. My accuracy hitting the green from around 120 yards out has improved dramatically.
Ron has made learning fun. He is professional when he teaches and his attitude toward the game has rubbed off on me.
- Peter

This was the most productive golf instruction that I have had. Simple – straightforward – easy to understand and everything that we learned worked. I loved it. 
- Dawn

I love playing this game and Ron and the Real Swing Method have helped me to enjoy it more and play better.
- Gerry