Jeff Ritter is founder of MTT Performance, a Golf Channel Academy located at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach.
Gimme One Thing
Stop duffing fairway approaches from ultra-tight lies
Never fear a tight lie again with these step-by-step keys to making consistent contact from the fairway
Bottom and Bounce
Remember Two Words For Better Chip Shots
If you're looking to become more consistent around the greens, focus on: bottom and bounce. Read on to see how those two words wil …
Gimme One Thing
Flush It From The Rough
When hitting out of the rough, don't turn a thick-grass lie into a one-shot penalty. These three keys will get you out of the toug …
Smooth It Out
A Key To Good Golf: Swing In Rhythm
Improve your tempo from tee to green: If you want to improve your game from tee to green, here are some moves to help improve your …
Five Steps To A Solid Swing
These tricks will make bad shots disappear.
Golf instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #50: Rhythm Master
To develop a quality putting game you need to attain a reasonable level of skill in the elements of distance control, direction an …
Fitness
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge: Super Hip Mobility
A reasonable range in hip mobility is critical to executing a powerful and efficient golf swing. The ability of the hips to move t …
Golf instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #48: Awesome Ankle Activation
One of the more overlooked aspects of golf or any type of fitness has to be ankle mobility. Unless you're a top athlete, you're pr …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #47: The Shooter's Mentality
One of the key mental toughness tools we teach in our golf schools and junior camps is the "Shooter's Mentality." The lesson comes …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge Blog #45: Manifest The Future
You're never too young or too old to start learning the power your thoughts have in creating every experience in life. Each summer …
mental game
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #44: Ultimate Motivation Mix
Nothing makes you want to crush it like the right song or playlist. It's often the fuel that drives us, sustains us and helps summ …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge 43: Back and Shoulder Booster
When it comes to feeling better we often focus on obvious areas of pain or limitation. In golf, common points of concern are the n …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #42: Perfect Putting Performance
Coaching has become a very high-tech industry these days and the vast array of tools now available to teachers and students can cr …
mental game
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #40: Get In The Game
Finding excitement in life is about "getting in the game," by believing you deserve to be experiencing amazing things!There is a f …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #38: Create The State
When it comes to achievement, it can be argued one of the greatest barriers to success is waiting. That is, holding the belief tha …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #37: Bomb It Big
Everyone wants to hit their golf ball farther! Although it helps to be built for power, anyone can very quickly learn to train the …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #35: Super Wedge Spin-Off
Nothing in golf is more fun than making your ball spin. Sometimes it's an appropriate play, whereas in many occasions it's not. Ei …
Fitness
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #34: Ultimate Power Circuit
There's a big difference between being "fit" and training for sport. I learned this years ago when I embarked on a training progra …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #33: Put On Your Game Face
I love Superhero movies, mostly because the idea of a "hero" is really an expression of possibility.In the story, the protagonist …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weeky Challenge #31: One-Minute Swing
A big word I like to hammer home during my coaching sessions is "awareness." In golf, awareness means you have a full understandin …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #30: 50-Yard Flag Breaker
Nothing is dicier than those delicate in between shots inside of 100 yards. This is primarily due to the fact that it's difficult …
Instruction
Make The Turn Challenge #29: Walk To Win
Golf is the ultimate lifestyle sport. There are many ways that the game engages our minds, bodies and senses. It's both competitiv …
Golf instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #27: Hogan's Practice Secret
There's a big difference between practicing hard and getting the most out of your time working on your game. All too often, we thi …
Golf instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #26: Live above the "O" line
Shakespeare said, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." My buddy Chris from New Jersey, paraphrased thi …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #25: Worst Ball Workout
If you care about your game, chances are you've spent hundreds of hours practicing or playing by yourself. Over time, it can becom …
Instruction
Make The Turn Weekly Challenge #24: Healthier Happy Hour
For most adults, a round of golf is commonly associated with enjoying social time in the clubhouse or 19th hole.If you belong to a …
Golf instruction
Make The Turn Challenge #23: Shift Your Perspective
One of the more confusing aspects associated with putting is green reading. The most common problem I see golfers make is signific …