The best explanation for HOW the PRO-HEAD® trainer WORKS can be found in the book, Jack Nicklaus, Golf’s Greatest Champion by Mark Shaw.
Shaw relates the story about how teaching professional Jack Grout, taught young Nicklaus, age 11 to stop his “head bobbing.” Grout believed that since the head was ‘the balance center” for the swing, it had to be rigid from address to follow through.
“When young Jack addressed the ball, Grout instructed his assistant to grab a lock of Jack’s blonde hair and hold on while Nicklaus made swing after swing.”
The PRO-HEAD® Trainer in Use
The PRO-HEAD® trainer is a mechanical arm that performs the same function as holding on to the golfer’s hair. The specially designed rubber connector allows for any slight head movement, but not for head bobbing or for any change to the spine angle. You can easily observe these aspects of the golf swing by watching some interesting videos.
Ask yourself if you can hit something at which you are not looking or cannot see? Try hitting the head of a nail with a powerful swing of a hammer without looking at the nail. You may make a solid hit ten percent of the time. But more often than not, you will make a glancing blow. Similarly when taking a full swing with your driver or fairway metal. You must see the ball at impact.
Just as with young Jack, the golfer must develop the muscle memory that will eliminate the “head bob” so that s/he will see the ball at impact. The low handicap golfer must consistently repeat those elements that make for a good swing. The PRO-HEAD® trainer helps to do just that. It can also help the low handicap golfer regain her/his groove, if and when they may temporarily lost their grooved swing.
