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Colour Path Golf is a revolutionary new coaching technique and training
aid that will change the way you understand and learn the golf swing.
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f you’ve ever had a golf lesson, the chances are
you’ll have heard the term ‘in-to-out swing
path’. But what exactly does that mean? Do
you know where the clubhead should be ‘in’
and where it should be ‘out’? Even if you do,
how much of an ‘in-to-out’ angle are we looking for
specifically? Golf is hard enough without getting
into tricky semantics, so wouldn’t it be so much
easier if your coach could actually show you exactly
where the clubhead needs to travel for the ideal
‘in-to-out swing path’ – or any other movement or
element of the golf swing, for that matter?
That’s exactly what PGA pros John Glenn and
Kevin Merry thought, so they came up with Colour
Path Golf. Each CPG kit contains 28 pieces of
plastic in different shapes and colours that are used
to help you understand where and how the club and
your body should move during the swing.
“We were looking for a way we could create
greater clarity when delivering instruction to our
students,” explains Merry. “Traditional coaching
methods often focused on internal thoughts around
body parts, which have been proven to be less
effective when learning motor skills related to
sports-specific movement. So we created Colour Path
Golf to enable pros to influence the movement of the
swing with colour as an externally focused reference.
“We use each colour to influence a specific
response. Yellow is for attention so things like target
lines and the takeaway. Blue refers to cool and calm
aspects of the swing so the backswing and
in the swing, speed and control elements, clubface
alignment and ball position.”
It’s completely revolutionised how Merry and
Glenn are now teaching their students, from
complete beginners to tour pros. No longer are
messages lost in jargon and interpretation.
The instructions are clear to see in glorious
technicolour – and golfers are loving it.
“When using the kit, we only talk about either
end of the club (butt end and clubhead) and its
reference to the coloured strips that we’ve placed
specifically on the ground,” says Merry. “It’s
unlocked the barrier of communication. Our
students are talking in the language of colour in
their lessons and no longer feeling overloaded with
too many technical thoughts, which enables them to
swing the club with greater levels of fluidity.”
Merry continues: “I was teaching an American
gentleman who was complaining about a terrible
slice with his driver, so I asked him to place the
pieces of kit on the ground the way he interpreted
the swing shape that would allow him to draw the
ball. He positioned it in the swing shape that
produces a slice. I then placed the kit down in the
correct position to influence a draw and he hit a
beautiful high draw with his very first swing.
His face was a picture!”
While the Colour Path Golf kit is at its best in a
lesson situation with a qualified pro, it’s also a superb
tool for displaying the basic concepts, fundamentals
and movements of a good golf swing. Turn over to