TSS Pin Training Method





— Ernest Dras

Micro technique in Slow Motion

The following drill is designed to teach the student the feel of micro changes in bodily position while he aligns the small hole on the pin at different locations on the club face—heel, toe, center, high, low…

While the goal is to achieve sweet-spot precision consistency, it is proved to be very helpful to occasionally integrate differential practice to achieve that ultimate objective. Differential practice means that instead of just targeting the sweet-spot over and over again, one tries to intentionally hit different locations on the clubface, like top, bottom, toe, and hill. This proved to be a very effective method for increasing club-face awareness and the ability to correct mistakes (off-center contacts) when they creep in.

Based on Ben Hogan’s slow motion drill



Snapshot from much older footage of Ben Hogans’ slow motion practice

Another older footage of Ben Hogans’ slow motion practice demonstration


Micro technique #1: The Sweet Spot

Hitting the sweet spot is not the only subject of the Micro technique, but it is the most basic, the most difficult to master, and therefore the most important. A top tour professional indicates its importance in the following summary of the golf swing:

“It’s about hitting the ball in the center of the club face and hitting it hard.”
Bubba Watson

FACTS: Top players make contact with the ball—hitting the sweet spot—with 1/16 of an inch tolerance.
1/8 of an inch tolerance still allows some really good golf, more than that becomes problematic.

edge coin

1/16 of an inch is
the thickness of a dime

Macro technique vs Micro technique


99% of all instruction currently pushed relates to Macro technique—turn the shoulders, turn the hips, stance, grip, etc. When working on Macro technique, changes are noticeable by the observer with bare eyes. On the other hand, when working on Micro technique, these changes are not visible on golfers body.

Golfers Macro technique is the platform on which he executes his Micro technique, just like a table in an operational room is a platform where the surgeon performs his precision work.

The table, where the patient lies, can be lower or higher, can be slightly tilted, etc. It doesn’t matter, if the table is set in reasonable limits, the skilful surgeon can adapt to it and perform the operation with his knife well. The table is not unimportant, however, surgeons skill in precisely handling the knife is absolutely more important.

Surgeon at work

Surgeon at work


Similarly, golfers Micro technique is absolutely more important then his Macro technique. For example, there are golfers who managed to mold their swings to look almost identical to that of Tiger Woods, however they are light years away from his ability to control the flight of the ball. Why? Because they are light years away from Tiger’s mastery of his Micro technique.


A wear pattern on Tiger Wood's
8 Iron used in 2005

Testing The Solar Sweetspot Training Method

Rick Malm contacted us with the desire to test the training method presented in Ernest Dras's book: Slow Practice Will Get You There Faster: Link between Ben Hogans' mirror practice and his slow motion drillhis slow motion drill. He is an expert in biomechanics with a lot of experience in different sports and has a scientific background. As such, this was a good opportunity to thoroughly test the training method.

Comparison of Rick’s full-speed swing sweet spot accuracy
in a time span of a few months.


The whole testing process is documented in a video ebook (videos embedded in PDF document). Any serious golfer that will follow the steps presented in these detailed descriptions of the training process should be able to make significant progress in this most important aspect of the Micro technique—sweet spot precision—and, consequently, significantly improve his golf scores, just as Rick did.

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    Some other famous golf professionals using Slow Motion practice:


    Butch Harmon about Tiger Woods

    Golf Channel - Brad Brewer



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