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By Tom House, PhD Teaching a kid to properly throw and catch will create the foundation for the rest of his or her baseball-playing life. As a coach or parent, you want to show them the fundamentals and give them games they can do to practice them. From a coaching standpoint, you want games that are fun that are also going to make the kids get better without a coach or parent always having to tell them what to do.

Experience what perfect feels like, in real time! Introducing Slow-Mo Drills, which can be found in your Mustard Golf Daily Plan in the iOs version of the app. (Android is coming soon!) This feature will create light-bulb moments and revelations as you feel and learn the proper positioning of the golf club. “It’s much easier to walk through something slowly, then layer in speed as you gain competency,” says Golf Digest’s No. 1 Coach in America Mark Blackburn.

If you’re a pitcher, you’re probably chasing velocity. But you probably also want to learn how you can improve your delivery to increase that velocity, all while staying healthy. To that end, Mustard and Pocket Radar have joined forces. You can now see your Pocket Radar velocity data in the Mustard app, allowing you to seamlessly see and feel the connection between mechanics and performance.

By Tom House, PhD All pitchers can and should work on improving their functional strength to improve resilience, prevent injury and increase velocity. That’s why we’ve added the National Pitching Association’s medicine ball exercises to Mustard. They are designed specifically to help you develop functional strength and improve performance.

Common sense would suggest that the higher a golfer’s handicap, the lower his or her swing score would be in Mustard Golf, and vice versa. This has been proven by the thousands of golfers who have uploaded swings to Mustard Golf and also entered their handicap. The vast majority of golfers whose swing score is in the 8s or above are scratch to plus handicaps. Mustard ambassador and former World No. 1 Justin Rose and LPGA star Nelly Korda typically score in the high 8s or low 9s.

By Mark Blackburn If you’re a typical amateur golfer, your average driving range session likely consists of a bucket of balls and your swing thought or problem club of the week. And if things go wrong and your ball flight isn’t what you want it to be, you try to diagnose and correct the issue right there at the range. The problem is, none of this actually carries itself over to the golf course.

By Mark Blackburn Let’s start out by explaining what exactly we’re talking about here. If you’re a right-handed golfer, a slice is a golf shot that starts left of the target, then curves excessively to the right. The even more-offensive push slice starts off either at the target or to the right of it, then curves more to the right. For a left-handed golfer, slices curve to the left.

By Mark Blackburn If you’re a right-handed golfer, a hook is technically defined as a golf shot that starts right of the target, then curves excessively to the left. A pull-hook starts left of the target and curves even farther left. For a left-handed golfer, hooks curve to the right. But no matter which way you swing the club, constant hooks can make you crazy, in no small part because they generally turn hard and always seem to roll out forever (or until they’re stopped by a tree).

By Michael Jacobs, Golf Digest’s No. 8 Teacher in America A balanced, centered and repeatable setup position is essential to any good golf swing. It also requires absolutely no athletic ability to create. Once you know the proper setup position, all you have to do is repeat it. However, because every golfer looks different when it comes to things like height, weight, posture and mobility, there can be a lot of variability amongst golfers at setup.

By Michael Jacobs While there might not be a universal “perfect” way to hold a golf club, there is a universal “best starting point” for a golf grip. From this foundation, you can make personalized adjustments so your grip works in harmony with your swing and range of motion, allowing you to control the clubface and strike the ball more effectively. For right-handed golfers, the top hand in your golf grip is your left hand. The key here is to properly position your thumb and align your grip.