Medicus Driver Review
A Review of the Medicus Hinged Driver presented by Shopperosity.com
If you are having trouble off the tee, you may be tempted to go out and buy a new driver that promises to cure your slice,
give you more distance and lower your scores. Gee, who wouldn't want that? The problem is, if you are hooking or slicing, pulling your shots, hitting topped shots or hitting your dirves anywhere but where you aim, you need a new swing, not a new driver!
Regular Drivers Don't Cure Swing Faults
Sorry to have to be so harsh about it, but it's true. Oh, there is no doubt that golf technology has come a long way and some of the new drivers can do some spectacular things with a faulty swing. But generally speaking, new golf technology will actually help you most if you already have a pretty good swing. For example, the new high MOI drivers and such don't correct swing faults, they simply attempt to mask them as best they can. If you have a bad swing, you can still hit shanks, worm burners and banana slices with these clubs. It's much better to fix the swing first. Even with a "fixed" swing, you will occasionally hit it off center, and that's where the new golf club technology will kick in and pay off.
How Do You Get New Swing?
So how do you get a new swing? You are probably thinking that it will take long hours of practice over weeks and months. But actually, it may not be as hard as you think. Obviously, going to a golf pro and getting a lesson is a great start. The problem is, the golf pro will usually need multiple sessions to correct your swing flaws, which means extra cost. And then after you get your swing "fixed," you will have to go back for more lessons every time your swing goes south on you.
Believe it or not, golf swing aids can do wonders for your game, and most of them now come with instructional DVDs so you can see exactly how to use them to their maximum benefit. The best swing trainer I have found for improving your driving distance and accuracy is the Medicus Hinged Driver.
Golf Training Devices are "Teachers for Life"
The great thing about these devices is that once they work their "magic," you can continue to use them either on a regular basis or whenever problems arise again — at no extra expense like lessons. You may be scared away at first by the steep price tag of the Medicus Driver, but before you go into sticker shock, just remember that it still costs less than what 3 lessons from your local pro would cost, and only a fraction of what it would cost to go to one of those nationally known golf swing gurus. And as I said, you can keep using the device throughout the golf season and from year to year with no further cost. Purchasing a quality golf swing training device is literally an investment in your golf game! For me it was well worth the initial investment.
My Own Experience with the Medicus Driver
Probably the most famous of the golf club swing aids is the Medicus, and in my opinion it is also one of the best. The original hinged golf club has evolved into a dual hinge design that forces you to swing on a correct swing plane or else "break" the club at the hinges. The breaking action gives immediate feedback that something is amiss, and lets you know the exact point in your swing the flaw is occurring. As you work to make the club not break during the takeaway, backswing or downswing, you will build valuable muscle memory for what the correct swing should feel like.
The Secret is In Feeling the Way a Proper Swing Should Feel
Did you ever wish you could get inside Tiger Woods' body just for a couple swings, just to know what a great swing like his feels like? Well, with the Medicus, you don't have to live in a fantasy world anymore. The Medicus helps you feel what a good swing should feel like. Okay, so it's not going to give you Tiger's swing, but it will help you to maximize what your potential is based on your athleticism and flexibility. The key to playing golf well is to have a well structured repeatable swing. That's exactly what the Medicus does and what it did for me.
I Doubted this Stupid Looking Device would Really Work
I will admit that I was skeptical the first time I used the Medicus. I had seen an infomercial with Mark O'Meara years before but always figured it was a gimmick. But the fact that it was still around after all these years made me wonder. Gimmicks don't have that kind of lasting power. Besides, tour players like O'Meara and Camillo Villegas said it was great and Tiger's swing coach, Hank Haney even endorses it. So I bit the bullet and ordered one. I ordered the dual hinged Driver , since I was having trouble coming over the top and was pulling all my drives dead left. When I did seem to hit it straight, it wouold always slice off weakly to the right. I wanted to change that.
After my Medicus Driver arrived, it took me about 10 minutes before I was finally able to swing without "breaking" it. Once I could do that, I decided to try to hit some balls. Well that was a little different. You know how you can have great tempo on your practice swing and then swing totally different on your real swing (usually swinging way too hard)? Well, that's what happened to me when I first tried to hit a ball with the Medicus. Even though I could swing without breaking the hinge on a practice swing, everything changed when I tried to hit the ball. After about 20 failed attempts to hit the ball (it kept breaking on my dowswing), I finally hit one without breaking the hinges. I didn't hit it real solid and my swing was a bit tentative by this point. But I now had the feel of what it took to make a correct swing at the ball. As it turned out, my big problem was that I was lunging at the ball and then casting the club "over the top" in my attempt to get back on plane. Within another 20 minutes and about 50 more balls (I'm a bit of a slow learner!) I was finally hitting the ball consistently with the Medicus without breaking the hinges on the downswing.
Result: A Smooth Swing with an Added Bonus
I was amazed at how my tempo had changed. Have you ever noticed how some of those tour pros look absolutely effortless on their iron shots and yet the ball goes zipping off the club face long, high and straight? Well that's exactly what happened to my swing! Instead of trying to swing as hard as I could, I had a nice smooth swing with a great release and the ball just seemed to jump right off the club face with very little effort. I was a decent golfer before using the Medicus and my normal driver carried about 220 yards. After it rolled out, I could get anywhere from 235-250 yards total depending upon how much slice I had. After my 30 minute session with the Medicus I was hitting my drives 240-250 yards on the fly - almost every time! And the total distance with roll was about 260- 275 yards. The best thing was that my drives now went straight. And even after I switched back to my own driver without the hinges, the muscle memory was still there and I continued to average around 270 total yards for my driver. It was absolutely phenomenol! Needless to say I was very pleased.
The Medicus Helps Maintain the Proper Swing
The swing 'feel' I learned with the Medicus 5 iron translated well to all my other clubs too - even my irons, so my entire iron game is now greatly improved. If you have more trouble with your irons than your driver, I would recommend the hinged 7 Iron.
As for me, my scores went down by about 4 strokes per round initially, and they continue to drop, mainly because I can now concentrate on other aspects of my game like chipping, putting and strategy instead of always worrying about where my ball is going to go. I still use the Medicus whenever I go the the driving range. I use it for my preliminary warm ups to make sure some funny hitch hasn't crept back into my swing. Once I'm confident that the swing is okay, I start using my own driver and watch the ball soar. It's also a pretty neat feeling when you see other people watching you hit the ball on the range (and they will because you will have such a nice swing!)
The Medicus Works for Many Different Swing Faults
Will the Medicus Driver work for you? I can't say for sure, but I do know that I have loaned mine to a half dozen of my golfing buddies, and they all found problems in their swings and got them fixed. One buddy was so impressed he bought the Medicus hinged 5 iron. My brother was always a good driver, but when I loaned him my Medicus driver he found that the Medicus driver exposed a different flaw in than I had in my driver swing. He was trying to really swing around his body, but in so doing was actually getting too flat and starting the swing too far to the inside. At the top, his club was so severely behind him that he had to drastically manipulate the club during the downswing that led to frequent off-center hits and a definite strong fade. By correcting that, he now strikes his drives much more solidly and with less fade. He still has little fade in his drives, but he has gained at least 30 yards on his drives. I keep telling him to buy his own Medicus, but he still just borrows mine occasionally to work on his swing.
If
the Medicus is
a little out of your price range, you may want to check out the Refiner.
I have not personally tried it out, so I can't guarantee it will work as well as the Medicus, but it works on the same principal and is a costs a little less. It may be worth a look.
Whatever you do, keep working on improving your golf game and you will have more fun with it. Isn't that what it's all about?
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