Inside Approach

The Inside Approach golf training aid is a very simple, easy to use but highly effective swing trainer that should help all who use it groove a better swing. It can quickly get golfers swinging on an inside-out swing plane, which, if carried to the course, should cure a slice.

If you watch The Golf Channel, you've probably seen the infomercial for the Inside Approach. The most impressive part is the "6 Swing Challenge" in which random slicers give the training aid a whirl. Most of them have "cured" their slice in six swings or less with the Inside Approach.

They haven't really cured their slice until they can take that new swing and repeat it consistently on a golf course. But it's an impressive display of the effectiveness of the tool. And there's no doubt that regular work with the Inside Approach - 15, 10 or even 5 minutes a day over time - will permanently eliminate a slice and produce a good swing.

Jim Sowerwine, Director of Instruction at the Rick Smith Golf Academy at Tiburon in Naples, Fla., designed the Inside Approach. While it can be used to address other swing problems, it will be most useful to slicers. And golfers who slice are 85-percent of all golfers.

The Inside Approach provides immediate feedback in a very simple way. If a golfer's swing is "over the top" - bringing the club down on an outside-to-in path - the golfer is going to smash into the cushioned arm of the Inside Approach, sending it flying (don't worry - it doesn't hurt the golfer, the training aid or the club).

Fear of hitting that cushion is a powerful psychological tool, almost forcing the golfer to take the club back on a better plane.

The instructional video featuring Sowerwine and Nicklaus is helpful. The Inside Approach is a great, easy-to-use tool.