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My Secret

Discover my secret, the missing ingredient for better ball striking. Actually, it’s no secret at all, because all the best players in the world do it, whether they know it or want to admit it.

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A common denominator that exists with all the best players is how they have the ability to square the club and put it in the ideal hitting position at impact on virtually every shot. Pros control the clubface and control their shots by letting the club do all the work.

Learn (as I did) how pros maximize the true source of power and control that comes from the correct use of the hands, wrists and forearms. All great ball strikers use their hands and wrists for hidden power, so should you!

If you’re ready to improve your ball striking with all your clubs (putter excluded) click here. For under $10 you get the Front Nine eBook and a video download. You’ll see a selected group of golf’s best pros (male and female, righties and lefties) as they demonstrate their usage of the Thumbs Down method. The video shows a live demonstration on Inside Golf, as Alan Martin cured the slice of producer Ken Aldelberger and made him a better ball striker in minutes.

If you like what you see, I’ll give you 100% trade-in for the upgrade to the Pro edition.  For less than the cost of one round of golf at a private club, Teach Yourself the same method used by the best ball strikers on tour. Thumbs Down for Thumbs Up results!  Click here to learn more about the Pro edition.
 

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I had a ball striking problem in the early 1990s. The power fade which served me well for 25 years had turned into an out-of-control slice, which I couldn’t fix it with anything on the market, including my first golf lesson ever, so I fixed it BY MYSELF and so can you.

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Alstarz Sports Pub  - www.alstarzsportspub.com
140 Route 130 South
Bordentown, NJ 08505

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Alstarz Golf Center:
Practice, practice
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
BY BILL KENNEDY, The Times Golf Page
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BORDENTOWN — Hitting balls on a practice range during lunch hour is something a few golfers do occasionally. In the process, most of them probably skip lunch.

But now the opportunity to do both during spring, summer and fall is available at the Alstarz Sports Pub Golf Center on Route 130 south in Bordentown.

Alstarz Sports Pub opened Nov. 19 with 24 TV screens, features an outdoor patio and excellent cuisine. Like most business of its kind, Alstarz runs all kinds of sports promotions, and the latest is the creation of a golf center, which features some very unique equipment.

“We want to attract the type of people who play golf,” said Michael Mastoris of Upper Freehold Township, a 61-year-old retired chiropractor who owns the pub.

So he hired one of his former patients, Alan Martin of East Windsor, as the center’s director of golf, which is located adjacent to the patio.

Foremost among the interesting equipment at Alstarz is The Net Return, which is a light sports net that can be used for numerous sports and easily could sit in a backyard, and possibly on a porch or deck of a golfer’s home. The Net Return knocks down the hardest shots a human can hit, and is used in football, soccer, baseball, softball and lacrosse, among other sports.

Also available at the golf center are: the Hillshot Golf Trainer and Birdie Ball, which enables a golfer to practice hitting off uphill, downhill and sidehill lies; the Perfect Putting Machine, a training device to groove a putting stroke, and the Perfect Release, which enables a golfer to standardize a smooth swing. Then there is an artificial putting green and a chip shot mat.

“We are thinking about creating memberships,” said Martin, a past Springdale Golf Club President’s Cup champion, who is the originator of the “Thumbs Down Method” of golf which is outlined on his website www.thumbsdownmethod.com.

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Alstarz Sports Pub: drinks, food, TV … and golf
Sunday, June 22, 2008
BY JEFF OFFORD - Burlington County Times


When you come right down to it, sports bars are a lot alike. They all serve drinks, they all serve food, and they all have an abundance of televisions.
Very few, however, have a place to play golf.
Alstarz Sports Pub in Bordentown not only has a place to practice your putting and your driving, it also has a director of golf on hand to help with your game.

Alstarz, located on Route 130, opened last November and is owned an operated by Michael Mastoris — yes, he’s part of the famous Mastoris family which owns the diner right next door. As you might expect the bar has plenty of TVs — 24 to be exact — and the menu is quite extensive. But one of the things that really sets the place apart is what happens outside.

Alan Martin, who has been interested in golf since he first saw Arnold Palmer on television, has helped his good friend Mastrois offer golfers a unique experience. Just outside the doors at Alstarz is an area that holds some of the best and most interesting golf training equipment on the market right now.

There’s training equipment that helps golfers hit from uphill, downhill and sidehill lies. There’s another piece of training equipment that helps golfers incorporate a good putting stroke and another that helps players develop a more consistent swing. There are also nets where golfers can swing away, hitting balls with their full swing. All of the equipment really is a must-see. And it’s fun to use. “When the bar was first built there was a piece of property that we didn’t know what to do with,” Martin said.

“What we wanted to do was put some of the game’s top inventions there. It would be a very unique area.” Not only can you practice the game at Alstarz but you can also learn how to play better. Martin is at the club pretty much every day. One of the things he loves to do is teach his tried and true methods toward curing a bad slice. Called “Thumbs Down,” it’s not very complicated and has produced positive results.

Martin isn’t a PGA professional or a full-fledged teaching instructor. He’s just an avid golfer who loves the game and enjoys playing it well. He also enjoys bringing the game to you, even when you’re not expecting it. “The theory behind the idea of the bar and golf is that people will come during their lunch hour or after work just like they would go to a driving range,” Martin said. “Even if you don’t have your clubs with you, we have them, both righty and left. We’re just trying to do the most we can.”

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To schedule times or to use the golf center or for special group rates (over 10 people), call or contact the front desk (609) 291-0200. For more details or information about golf memberships,  instruction or other questions contact Alan Martin (609) 448-2114, or AJM.ME@ThumbsDownMethod.com.

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“Not only have my scores fallen, I now feel as if for the first time I have a sound, self-correcting understanding of the golf swing that I can take on the course with me and use at any time”.
      
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It’s the answer amateur golfers like you and ME have been searching for. Discover my secret, the missing ingredient for better ball striking, today.

To cure your slice in minutes, to order or learn more about the Thumbs Down method click here or go to www.GolfInstructionMadeSimple.com.The Front Nine eBook starts at under $10. I’ll give you 100% trade-in if you upgrade to the Pro edition, which includes ball striking drills, do’s and don’ts, a video and costs less than the price of one round at a private club. It’s a priceless value!

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East Windsor Resident to Appear on GOLF CHANNEL’s New Reality Series
Will Alan Martin’s ‘Thumbs Down Method’ be America’s top Golf Invention?

 Series Video Preview: Fore Inventors Only Preview Video

   ORLANDO, Fla., (June 27, 2007) - East Windsor resident Alan Martin just may have discovered the next big idea in golf, and will put his inventions to the test on Fore Inventors Only, a new GOLF CHANNEL original series premiering Tuesday, July 10 at 10 p.m. ET. Martin’s invention, Thumbs Down Method, is a training method for better ball striking.  The method squares the club at impact by promoting the use of the hands and wrists for power, accuracy and control.  An author and entrepreneur, Martin has invested $15,000 thus far on his invention.

            PGA TOUR professional Fulton Allem, renowned golf instructor Bill Harmon and Golf for Women Senior Editor Stina Sternberg will be tasked with critiquing and paring down the 103 inventors to five finalists, while uncovering inventions from brilliant to ludicrous along the way.

            Hosted by Vince Cellini, Fore Inventors Only scoured the country interviewing and auditioning more than 1,000 inventors to find the cast who will compete in the series.  Following the first stage of competition, the judges will oversee field testing and consumer product pitches before narrowing the candidates to five finalists.  Ultimately, viewers will cast their votes to determine the winner on the series’ live season finale on Sept. 4.  The winner will receive shelf space at golf retailer, Golfsmith, for one year; a fully-developed infomercial and $50,000 worth of commercial and promotional air time on the GOLF CHANNEL.

            The GOLF CHANNEL (www.golfchannel.com), co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMSK), is available in more than 100 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies.  It features a programming schedule that includes more live golf coverage than any other network - an extensive blend of golf competition from around the world - as well as news, instruction and original productions, such as the popular The Big Break.  The GOLF CHANNEL is the exclusive cable home of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, and the exclusive television home of the Nationwide Tour, European Tour and Canadian Tour.  The network also televises other competition from the LPGA Tour, USGA, PGA of America, PGA Tour of Australasia and Sunshine Tour of Southern Africa.

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