Todd Graves
Founder of Graves Golf and Authority on the Single Plane Swing, Challenging How the Game Is Taught Through Biomechanics and Simplicity
Sample Podcast Questions for Todd Graves
- 1
You’ve said golf is one of the few skills people try to perform before they’re taught how to learn it—where did you first notice that breakdown happening?
- 2
When you studied Moe Norman’s swing, what did you see that most instructors completely missed at the time?
- 3
Why do you think golfers are so conditioned to chase tips instead of questioning whether their starting point is sound?
- 4
Equipment has advanced dramatically, yet average scores haven’t improved in decades—what does that tell us about how golf is actually being taught?
- 5
Many golfers assume back pain and decline are just part of aging—what have you learned from teaching players whose bodies forced them to rethink that belief?
- 6
You talk a lot about structure over complexity—why do humans tend to trust complicated solutions more than simple, repeatable ones?
- 7
How did you and your brother turn Moe Norman’s approach into a system that could actually be taught, rather than something people just tried to copy?
- 8
In The Intelligent Golf Swing, you expand beyond mechanics into decision-making—what does golf reveal about how people process advice in general?
- 9
You’ve worked with golfers across all ages and abilities—what patterns show up consistently when someone finally starts improving after years of frustration?
- 10
If a golfer listening today could stop doing just one thing that’s holding them back, what would it be—and why?
Latest episodes
Key topics
Why most golfers don’t need another tip-they need a different starting point
Golf instruction often piles fixes on top of faulty fundamentals, leaving players stuck in constant rebuild mode. Todd breaks down how starting from a mechanically sound setup removes guesswork and inconsistency. The issue isn’t effort or motivation-it’s that most golfers were taught the game backward.
Why most movement advice fails people as they age, and what golf quietly reveals about longevity
Longevity conversations often focus on doing more-more intensity, more flexibility, more corrective work-when the real risk is accumulating unnecessary strain over time. Todd explains how golf exposes this problem clearly: systems built on timing, compensation, and athleticism break down as bodies age, regardless of motivation. By redesigning movement around structure, repeatability, and joint-friendly mechanics, he reframes longevity as a design problem rather than a willpower problem-an insight that applies far beyond the golf course.
What “intelligent golf” reveals about how we make decisions
Golfers have access to more tips, videos, and opinions than ever, yet many feel more confused-and inconsistent-than before. Todd argues that the issue isn’t lack of information, but lack of clear principles to evaluate it, which leads players to chase fixes instead of building understanding. By using golf as a case study, he reframes intelligence as the ability to filter noise, test ideas against evidence, and commit to structure-an approach that applies just as powerfully off the course as it does on it.
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Latest episodes
Key topics
Why most golfers don’t need another tip-they need a different starting point
Golf instruction often piles fixes on top of faulty fundamentals, leaving players stuck in constant rebuild mode. Todd breaks down how starting from a mechanically sound setup removes guesswork and inconsistency. The issue isn’t effort or motivation-it’s that most golfers were taught the game backward.
Why most movement advice fails people as they age, and what golf quietly reveals about longevity
Longevity conversations often focus on doing more-more intensity, more flexibility, more corrective work-when the real risk is accumulating unnecessary strain over time. Todd explains how golf exposes this problem clearly: systems built on timing, compensation, and athleticism break down as bodies age, regardless of motivation. By redesigning movement around structure, repeatability, and joint-friendly mechanics, he reframes longevity as a design problem rather than a willpower problem-an insight that applies far beyond the golf course.
What “intelligent golf” reveals about how we make decisions
Golfers have access to more tips, videos, and opinions than ever, yet many feel more confused-and inconsistent-than before. Todd argues that the issue isn’t lack of information, but lack of clear principles to evaluate it, which leads players to chase fixes instead of building understanding. By using golf as a case study, he reframes intelligence as the ability to filter noise, test ideas against evidence, and commit to structure-an approach that applies just as powerfully off the course as it does on it.
View all topics →