2012 Schedule:

Featured Clinics…

February 18th, 2012 .. Mark your calendar! Don’t miss this chance to learn AimPoint and play one of the Southwest’s hidden jewels – ” The Chase” at Coyote Springs Golf Club.  Your registration fee entitles you to 18 holes of Championship golf including cart along with either an AimPoint Fundamentals or Advanced Clinic! Come and learn or polish your AimPoint skills on some of the most challenging greens in the Southwest.

Date:            February 18th, 2012

Time:         Advanced Class               9-11:00 am  Tee times start at 1:00 pm                    (5 spots remaining)

                    Fundamentals Class        1-3:30 pm Tee times start at 8:00 am                        (7 spots remaining)

 To reserve your spot contact Martin Mills at martinmills@shaw.ca or 250.215.4188

Clinic Date Reservation

Here is a great link which features AimPoint Technology Founder Mark Sweeney explaining the concept of Putt Geometry.

http://www.youtube.com/user/aimpointgolf#p/u/12/L2f2on6hAb0

Martin Mills becomes certified as an Advanced AimPoint Instructor by Mark Sweeney of AimPoint Technologies.

March 7, 2011

Martin Mills becomes an AimPoint Certified Instructor for Greater British Columbia. “I am extremely proud of this achievment and i am looking forward to representing Mark Sweeney and AimPoint Golf throughout British Columbia this summer” For upcoming clinics click here.

January 28, 2011:

Martin Mills hosts an AimPoint Green Reading Clinic at Falcon Ridge Golf Course in Mesquite, Nevada. AimPoint Senior Instructor, Tim Tucker from Bandon Dunes, Oregon, will provide instruction. Participants included: Mary Smith from Wyoming a participant in the 2010 USGA Senior Ladies Championship and a number of local and visiting PGA Professionals.

October 18, 2010:

Martin Mills wins the Senior Division of the USGTF Cup in Primm, Nevada. Finishing with a stellar round of -1 in very windy conditions Mills took the Championship by 2 strokes. Said Mills of his victory`Ì struck the ball solidly and putted extremely well coming down the stretch`. Mills birdied the final hole with a nice 20 foot putt to clinch the victory. Mills credited his victory to his recent training with the Aimpoint Green Reading System.

October 2010

Martin Mills is scheduled to play in the USGTF Cup to be held in Primm, Nevada on October 18-19. Mills will making his debut as a Senior Player at this event. Mills last played in the USGTF Cup in 2007 with a top 10 finish.

August 2010

Martin Mills attends an Aimpoint Green Reading seminar put on by Tim Tucker, PGA in Portland, Oregon. Mills had one on one training with Mr. Tucker. The Aimpoint Green Reading system is set to become one of the most important instructional pieces of information in the field of golf instruction.

November 2009

Martin Mills received his Diploma for Advanced Clubmaking, Fitting and Repairs. Mills along with 6 other students learned about the latest in club fitting techniques using launch monitors, shaft profiling using frequency measurements, MOI matching and the latest advances in clubmaking technology and repairs.

October 2009

Martin Mills Golf is pleased to announce its affliation with Premium Golf Management Company Ltd. (PGMC). As a result, golfers in the Kelowna area will have access to a series of premium golf shaft products which include:

KBS Shafts by FST www.kbsshafts.com

Mills joins a team of more than 250 of the best Professional Club Fitters in the world who promote the benefits of ACCRA shafts, KBS Steel shafts, UST shafts, and Kanata Scandium products to their customers. Accra shafts are sold only those whom are dedicated to Custom fitting and offering the very best to their customers.

September 2009

Martin Mills completed his training as a Certified Golf Fitness Instructor at the Titliest Performance Institute in Calgary, Ab. Mills attended the course along with over 70 other professional golfers, medical professionals and fitness trainers. Martin Mills is one of only two professionals certified to provide the TPI Fitness Screens in the Kelowna region.

September 2009

Martin Mills becomes certified to fit putters using the Chris Aoki Fit2Aim® method. Mills studied under PGA professionals Chris Aoki and Kirk Smith. Martin Mills Golf is the only company certified to use the Fit2Aim® method in the British Columbia Southern Interior.

Martin Mills Golf is pleased to bring one of the most elite performance enhancement programs to the Okanagan. The TPI Fitness Screen will identify any physical factors that limit a player’s performance. Then, in conjunction with your team of specialists (Golf professional, Fitness trainer and Medical advisor), a program can be developed so that you can train like the Pros! Martin Mills is one of the few uniquely qualified golf instructors in British Columbia who is able to provide the TPI Fitness Screen.

Here is what is included in a typical assessment:

• Video review with C-Swing software
• TPI Fitness Screen
• Summarize findings 
• Provide a (3) month follow-up review

Note: Before starting any fitness routine consult with your physician or doctor.

Here are the 12 common swing flaws:

S-Posture- This posture is caused by the golfer creating too much arch in the lower back and by sticking the tail bone out the setup position.

C-Posture- This posture occurs when thegolfer’s shoulders are slumped forward at address and there is roundness in the back from the tail bone to the back of the neck.

Loss of Posture- This occurs when there is any significant alteration in the golfer’s original set up angles during the golf swing.

Flat Shoulder Plane- This occurs when the shoulders turn more on a horizontal plane than the axis of the original spine angle.

Early Extension- This occurs when the lower body does not rotate thru impact. Instead, the lower body pushes forward towards the golf ball.

Over the Top- This occurs when the golfer’s arms lead the downswing, causing a very steep angle into the golf ball.

Sway- This fault is caused by any excessive lower body lateral movement away from the target during the backswing forcing the weight to the outside of the back foot.

Slide- This fault is caused by any excessive lower body lateral movement toward the target during the downswing.

Reverse Spine Angle- This occurs when there is any excessive upper body backward bend or excessive left lateral upper body bend during the backswing.

Hanging Back- This occurs when a golfer does not shift his or her weight correctly back onto the lead side on the downswing.

Casting- This fault is caused by any premature release of the wrist angles during the downswing and through impact.

Chicken Wing- This fault is caused by a loss of extension or breakdown of the lead elbow through the impact area.

Services Include:

• Re-Gripping
• Re-Shafting
• Putter Fitting/Modifications
• MOI Matching

Do you know which eye is your dominant eye?  If you don’t here is a simple way to help you determine it. Extend your arms from your body and face your palms away from you. Overlap your fingers and thumb of your right hand with the fingers and thumb of your left hand to form an equilateral triangle. Then, with your arms outstretched, scope a target approximately 20 feet away from you with both eyes open. Close your right eye. If the target is gone, you are right eye dominant. If the target disappears when you close your left eye, you are left eye dominant.

Once you have determined your eye dominance, you must now determine where to position the dominant eye in the stance. Here are the steps:

1. Have a ball marked with a straight line on it.
2. Position the ball so that the ball is lined up to the left edge of the cup
3. Take your putting stance with the dominant eye behind the ball and ask yourself where the line is aimed.
4. Repeat the procedure again only this time have the dominant eye over the ball.
5. Repeat the procedure again this time with the dominant eye in front of the ball.

Whatever position you take over the ball that finds the line correctly lined up is where your dominant eye should be placed during putting.

Parallax:

The definition of parallax is an apparent displacement or difference of orientation of an object viewed along two different lines of sight. In putting, parallax usually occurs after you have gone through your pre-shot routine and are addressing the ball. This is the moment when doubt occurs for most golfers. The line or target that you determined when standing behind the ball appears different from the line that appears as you stand over the ball. This is caused through parallax. The diagram below will illustrate the differences caused by parallax.

 This is why a pre-shot routine is so important. You must eliminate all doubt so that when you do stand over the ball you are fully committed to the intended line or target for your putt.

Take a page out of one of the greatest golfers of all time, Tiger Woods. He  prepares for his putt each time by reading the line from both sides of the ball. He follows this by walking a complete circle around the ball – viewing it from both the high side and the low side of the putt. At this point he is also engaging his kinesthetic awareness. Kinesthesia refers to the ability to determine where a particular body part is in space. Here, he is using his feet to “feel” the slope around the line of the intended putt. He uses this pre-shot routine to process all of the information, eliminate any and all doubts and completely commit himself to his putt. Remember the formula for successful putts?

Line + Speed + Committment = Successful Putt

Well here is an example of one of the greatest putters of our time using AimPoint concepts in action.  AimPoint Green Reading Seminars are your best bet to dramatically improve your putting. Check our schedule for an upcoming clinic near you.

Welcome to Martin Mills Golf!  I am proud to represent leading edge golf performance strategies here in British Columbia. I hope you enjoy these pages.

Martin Mills