All my life I had been using practice swings, and the more I thought about why, the less sense it made. Sometimes I’d do two practice swings. Sometimes one. I hit good shots after bad-feeling practice ...

Don’t take a practice swing, Jeff Ritter says. Instead, take a rehearsal swing. But actually rehearse. Think school play. “The whole point of a rehearsal is to make sure you’re not going to suck,” ...

It is my firm belief — and I emphasize the word firm — that nearly all swing cancers can be traced directly back to setup flaws. A poor grip, bad posture, incorrect distance from the ball, faulty ...