ADVANCED BALL STRIKING
Dedicated to the Great Game in the Greatest Way!
Celebrating the Spirit of the Great Game!
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Master Class Instruction
ABS Offers an 11 Module Training Course Developed by Master Professional John Erickson
For those interested in improving their technique, the ABS Module Program is an excellent choice for top tier instruction.
Equipment
The Greatest Strikers of a Golf Ball Understood Some Very Basic Principles
Golf is first a game of accuracy. We show students how to harness the power of their clubs with advantageous lie angles, removing offset, and working into firmer shafts for control. Golf is a game played with woods and irons. We embrace the great game of golf and the clubs used to execute it.
Understanding the Game You're Playing
We educate all golfers about the three parallel existing games.
History has presented three distinct versions of golf:
1. Hickory Golf
2. Classic Golf
3. Super Golf
Learn more about the game you love and enjoy it.
John Erickson
Founder and Author of Advanced Ball Striking .
Welcome to ABS!
A home for golf purists
I feel blessed to have played and won on tour during the classic or persimmon era of the game. Having the opportunity to compete directly against some of the greatest players in the world, was for me, the best way to learn the game. Real on the job training. I have taken my skills and knowledge of the game and packaged them into "bite size chunks" that students can methodically integrate into their own game. We work hard and get results as the road to improvement presents itself.
ADVANCED BALL STRIKING FORUM
The #1 Forum on the World Wide Web for Golf Purists
ABS has been a home for lovers of the great game since it's inception. Many believe it is the most comprehensive and informative web forum for classic and traditional golf fans. From analysis of the greatest swings and players all over the world, to golf course architecture, scientific theories on golf, changes in the rules over decades, equipment discussions, Moe, Hogan, Trevino, Snead, Player, Nelson, we can't get enough from the greats, the courses, the gear and the joy of the journey we all share.... golf.
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The ABS Module Program
For those who desire to improve their technique
The ABS Module program has been helping high, mid, low and professional players reach their potential for over 10 years. The ABS Modules build the swing through a training program of idealistic intentions that logically stack up upon one another and improve a player's golf swing while allowing for each person's individual expression. Students improves at their own pace and are methodically guided by either myself or a fellow Master ABS Instructor.
Student Feedback
Students have shared thousands of light bulb moments for over a decade on the ABS Forum
Over 1000 personal breakthroughs and testaments to the ABS Ideology:
http://advancedballstriking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=211&t=65
ABS Master Professional Bradley Hughes
Two Time Australian Masters Champion Bradley Hughes
Bradley Hughes became the first ABS Master Professional. Bradley's deep understanding of the game and contributions to the ABS site are epic. Learn from Bradley at Advanced Ball Striking (twomasters)
http://advancedballstriking.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=240
Bradley's E book is available here:
https://www.bradleyhughesgolfforum.com/store/p15/E-Book_The_Golf_Swing-_The_Great_Ball_Strikers.html
You can also visit Bradley at his homepage for insights and instruction:
The ABS Vault
A Historic Collection of Golf Swings and Articles
The most comprehensive collection of golf swing video, pictures and articles of the greatest strikers and players of the game of golf. (curated by Bradley Hughes)
Advanced Ball Striking Class
We teach the GREAT WAY to strike a golf ball properly.
Make no mistake, there is no one secret to masterful ballstriking.
Our students take a well marked path via the ABS Modules. You work hard, you get results!
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Mysteries of the Golf Swing
We take it apart and explain in simple terminology what the Greatest Strikers knew all along
The important difference between hitters and swingers.
You must make a choice for each swing
If there were one thing to master in the golf swing, it's clearly visible in this photo.
We NEVER lose sight of it.
Acceleration is not just a concept, it's a leveraged imperative to great ball striking.
We NEVER lose sight of it.
The great ball strikers understood how to create proper forces in the golf swing. We need know little more than f=ma
At ABS, mass will not be forgotten.
We NEVER lose sight of it.
We can push and pull at the same time.
ABS students learn how.
The great strikers engaded wide stances.
Understanding both weight transfer and balance.
Simple to Understand Diagrams at ABS
The great strikers left an instruction legacy as well.
The 4:30 Line
We NEVER lose sight of it.
A Pivot Driven Hit
George Knudson knew how to do it.
We learn to leverage the rotation of the torso.
Working the shaft at right angles to our spine.
Understand the Tools of Your Trade
The greatest ballstrikers used the finest gear to do it. Learn to understand what you really need out of a golf club. Everything is important from the grip to the clubhead, from the shaft to the lie angle. Find out if upright and offset irons are hurting your game. Your clubs are the tools of your trade and they should be providing you the best on every swing. Never compromise your potential with anything less that a proper set up of your golf clubs. We show you directly how many of the greats set up their gear and why. Our professional staff can do the same for you!
Mike Rees
ABS Master Club Technician
Meet Mike on the ABS Forum with your equipment concerns
Hand Crafted and Custom Club Work
Find Out How to Set up Your Gear
ABS Spec Sets
We have racks of the finest blades and persimmon wood sets ever crafted
Top ABS Professionals
We've got a top notch team!
John Erickson
ABS Master Professional
Come Join the Fun at Advanced Ball Striking!
Bradley Hughes
Two Time Australian Masters Champion
Why not learn from the best?
Learn About TRGA
Advanced Ball Striking Supports the Traditional Rules of Golf
TRADITIONAL GOLF RULES1.Play the Ball as it Lies
2. Universal Drop Procedure for lost ball, OB, unplayable. Simplifies and speeds up play. (Leith Code 1754, 1775 Mod) Diagrams
3. Relief only from sprinkler heads, drain covers, cart paths (ball only, not stance)
4. Players may use up to (11) irons, (4) woods and one putter -total 16 clubs.
5. Players may fix ball marks and repair spike marks.
6. Players may putt with the pin in. Pin either in or out, no attending the pin.
7. Players may share advice but are not required to do so.
8. Persimmon and blade style irons only. No wedges over 56 degrees, no long putters, V grooves only in irons.
9. Steel spikes are conforming.
10. Contested rulings are handled after the round by the designated ruling official or TRGA office.March 8, 2018Join Advanced Ball Striking Today!
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