FMM Swing Academy

Almost everyone who plays golf wants to get better and tries to get better, but doesn’t get better. Why?

Let’s look at what differentiates a good golfer from a not-so-good golfer. It’s really just one thing—but that one thing makes all the difference:

The good golfer’s ability to RELEASE the golf club in a proper way.

Can it really be that simple?

Yes, it can.

As long as someone doesn’t know how to release the golf club properly, they will never become better at golf. And the reason someone cannot release the club is because their knowledge and perception, idea, or picture—call it whatever you want—of what a golf swing is, is wrong. As long as this idea is in place, the person will be locked in swing jail with no chance of parole.

When the knowledge and perception of the swing changes and the true nature of the golf swing is understood, it allows for new intentions, which in turn changes the release.

A bad release creates major power leakage and swing flaws.

A proper release builds the foundations of a great swing.

Anyone can change.

I love the old movement fundamentals because they 1) are much easier to perform than modern complicated patterns and 2) still live inside the world’s best players today.

They are often explained at a superficial level but very rarely taught in an achievable manner. This is what the FMM Swing Academy is about: explaining what is never said and making it achievable by focusing on the stuff that matters.

I’ve identified, explain and teach three different old movement fundamentals and responding release styles.

When you find the release style that fits you, your pathway for development becomes clear. All components are built around it: the backswing, the downswing, and the follow-through. The pressure shift, lateral movement, and rotational body pattern. All of it.

This is the realm of anyone from Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, George Knudsen, Peter Thompson, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and many many more.

It’s the most unintuitive way of performing an athletic task. It’s basically the opposite of what you think and it only works in motion and in collaboration with the right stimulation of centrifugal force.

The easiest form of it would be Thompson, Knudsen and Trevino. These are basically swing hacks constructing motions that are so simple that they can be performed in their sleep. They sacrifice distance for accuracy but it mounts up to more majors than most can count anyway.

Sam Snead is slightly more difficult since it demands tranquility and slight intentful body work but still very achievable.

Ben Hogan being the trickiest since he involves most power protocols around into the mix whilst maintaining accuracy.

Point being – all of them utilize the same backside entry to their pretty late releases.

Now, important to understand here is that this style fits with very specific body patterns in relation to ground pressure usage and lateral shifting. It’s in one way (Nelson, Thompson, Knudsen and Trevino) the easiest form of golf and in one way pretty darn complex (Snead and Hogan).

Here we’re talking about the most major wins in golf, since it’s quite possibly the easiest form of a golf swing that still delivers tremendous amounts of power with decent control. This would include anyone from Nicklaus, Weiskopf, Watson, Ballesteros, Stewart, Els, Woods, Scott, McIlroy (early years), and of course Scheffler.

It’s a completely different release style. It’s about stimulating loads of centrifugal force as soon as possible so that you can make use of it in a big arc.

The release entry is very different from the backside releaser. It’s not the same. It’s also much more dependent on a continuation of the swing arc’s journey than, for example, Byron Nelson’s chopped-off 8-irons.

How do some of these players have their arms in the sky, come almost “over the top,” and still deliver almost positive numbers at impact? The shallowness created by the club in the downswing.

The weight and pressure pattern shifts as well. In comparison to the backside release you go earlier to the lead foot and power the swing arc from it’s more powerful position. Different power systems, different pressure patterns.

It’s the easiest to teach and the easiest to perform, since you get most of the body action completely for free. IF you fit.

This is a very simple release motion for golfers who are trail-arm dominant. You’ve been told not to use the downswing, right? Just let the club fall? Well, that fits pretty nicely with Sam Snead’s specific pattern—just in a completely different release variation.

What if the downswing, when you understand which athletic intentions to use, is the biggest power booster in golf? This is, again, a different release entry from the other two.

This is the realm of players like Craig Stadler and Ian Woosnam; to some extent Colin Montgomerie, probably Nick Price, Lee Westwood, and quite possibly the inner layers of Henrik Stenson’s power. I would also place Mr. O’Grady’s early-80s swings in this bucket. He came from an over-casting motion and, back in the 80s, taught something very similar.

They’ve built their entire careers on trail-arm usage.

And the cool statement from Ian Woosnam—“the release is like hitting the wheat of the shaft”—perfectly describes the release exit and the adapted layer of blade control that made him a major winner. This statement also aligns with 80s MORAD early wrist recock.

You have loads of elements of verticality in it, and it makes sense from a brain perspective since the ball is on the ground, right? BUT you need space for momentum.

Your body pattern will be different that the above two since your power profile is so clearly trail side dominant. How do you make as much as 80% of your body movement reactive?

This pattern will fit you that love to feel a bit of a hit.

Old-school communication leaves out all the goodness, and modern instruction overcomplicates the swing into oblivion.

FMM bridges the gap.

Furthermore, FMM is about explaining and teaching the inner layer of what the best of the best forget to mention. It’s about going to the root cause behind power and control — the stuff that creates what you see when you observe someone (or yourself) performing a swing.

INNER LAYER WORK – CHANGES THAT STICKS

Normal fault-search mode with slow-motion video analysis only brushes the surface, and that’s why changing small surface details never really sticks or converts to the course. It’s the wrong layer — like painting over the rust on your car.

Act in the correct inner layer and anyone can change.

I favor old movement fundamentals because they are accessible through simple brain tasks — simple intentions. I don’t ask you to “release like A.” I tell you the task that creates A.

Today we have 3D vests and force plates. Back in the day, they had, for instance, a tire. I argue that the swings from the 50s–70s are the best of all time — before video analysis started focusing on the wrong layer. (Don’t get me wrong, I use video all the time. I just use it differently.)

The point is this: we don’t have endless mental space. The brain can only handle very simple instructions when you stand over the golf ball. Extremely accessible and easy tasks. And they need to happen in the part of the swing where the brain is accessible at all.

A System = Your way back

You’ve got that sweet-spot feeling in your swing and you’re just killing it on the course.

For a while.

Then it leaves you, and you’re in no man’s land, not understanding what to do. You search for the fault and are exposed to superficial fixes that are 1) not addressing the root cause, and 2) often based on completely different swing styles.

It’s really hard not to take someone else’s medicine and to actually understand what to do. That’s why you need a reference system that provides clarity in how you create power, control, and a fully functioning motion for your swing style. You need to understand why you miss and what to do about it.

A golf system isn’t created for your good days. It’s created for your recovery from running cold.

FMM SWING ACADEMY – FULL VERSION

The Academy is all about simplifying your golf life through you finding what FITS you.

Three different release styles. Three swing patterns.

Sixty-five short, knowledge-first videos give you the base understanding of how this works. It takes you 2–5 hours to get the proper foundation—pure school-bench study.

The different swing patterns are covered with key success factors for the base motions, training steps for development in the inner layer of your swing, misses-understanding, and additional information about how to take this to mastery level over time. With proper training, the base-level motion takes roughly a month to become comfortable with.

In the future, I will also cover club variations, shot-shape mastery, and specialty shots within the pattern. And of course, Master-level player profiles for those who want to go super deep. All of this will develop during 2026.

Back to the starting sentence: I do this to simplify your golf life. When you boost your knowledge and adapt your perception, the doors for change open. And when you find the release style that fits you, you’ll start changing the inner layer of your golf swing. This leads to complete clarity, which in turn creates simplification in the task. You gain the abilitiy to know what to focus on and maybe more importantly what to ignore.

You will be released from the mechanical swing thought prison and feel like a player.

I price this at $299 but will likely raise it in the future.

Feedback? My aim is to make the material so good that you won’t need me — but of course I’m available. For VERY reasonable prices.

I’m currently at version 4 of the FMM Swing System which covers 2 of the 3 mentioned styles. Version 5 will come in late 2025 or early 2026. I constantly perform updates and you as a full member get them for free.

Click here to see my availabilty. Or on Skillest here. Or just email me on forgottenmastermoves@gmail.com

LIGHT VERSION AND TESTING

In late dec 2025 or early 2026, I will launch my light version of this. It’s for those who don’t want to dig too deep and are okay with not knowing everything.

You will get all the good stuff that goes into great golf but not in depth of explanation like in the full version.

This will be priced at $99 and will be available through Skillest and YouTube Membership.

Wish to test it out? In late dec 2025 or early 2026 I’ll have a free test layer available. Before that, just send me an email. forgottenmastermoves@gmail.com

SELECTION OF TESTIMONIALS

You can check out all 45+ ratings on Skillest yourself here: Click this link.

And thank you all for the kind words!

Petter always provides excellent feedback that is spot on. With his vast knowledge of various styles and methods of power generation, he easily dissects ones swing, identifies the areas that are helpful and the ones that need work, provides alternate methods of approach while always being encouraging and uplifting. He is a fathomless resource.

Firstly, Petter is just a great human being! You can sense his genuine love of the game and passion for teaching when you speak with him. His ability to convey complex concepts in a couple of minutes that other instructors would draw out in a 30 minute YT video is a refreshing change. Im a golf nerd and have watched more hours of golf instruction than I care to admit. Petters concise explanations provide so much in only a few words. I think this speaks to the simplicity of the style he promotes. Best of all, the first time you put together his concepts correctly and see the ball fly through the air with a flight and sound you typically only see on TV, youll be hooked.

Ive been an over the top swinger for 10 years. At first I wasnt sure I understood what Petter was talking about. But after a few days of watching his videos and hitting the range it started to make sense. Im hitting pure shots now, and if I miss I actually understand WHY thanks to Petters videos, and can easily correct. He is a phenomenal teacher. Book him now!

The most thorough coach I have ever spoke to! Very kind and full of wisdom. Greatly appreciate him laying out my options.

Incredible coach. What a wealth of information! I am smashing the ball now by default because of my swing change with Petter.

Amazing lesson as always. I always take away an incredible insight of my game. Thank you for everything.!

Peter helped me overcome my over-the-top swing and understand how to generate real power in the golf swing. I started golfing later in life and didnt truly understand how to use the club to create power efficiently. The FMM system has been an invaluable resourceits designed in a logical progression that helps beginners learn the fundamentals of the golf swing, while also offering advanced insights for players aiming to reach scratch or better. Peter is an excellent communicator and motivator. Hes incredibly patient and always goes out of his way to explain concepts clearly. He has often created customised videos to help me better understand certain ideas. I still have work to do, but with the FMM system, I finally feel like I have a blueprint to reach my goals. Overall, Im very happy with our collaboration, and I believe other players in a similar position will benefit from Peters coaching as well. Book a consultation session with Petter and youll know exactly what I mean.

I come from a long period of injury where my golf swing was forced into certain patterns. Petter made me understand how to use the forces in the club for a much more effortless motion with sustained and actually increased power. I truly appreciate our dialogue and the possibility to learn through the information material. I now have an understanding of the impact area and feel much more secure in my game. I actually felt like this in the early 90s but somewhere I forgot how to swing naturally. My game has already improved a lot and I’m really pleased with the entire process. Thank you! Stefan

Ive been working with Petter for a while now, and I can honestly say hes the best golf coach Ive ever had. Not only is he a highly skilled golfer himself, but he also brings a fantastic personality to every lesson. Hes approachable, encouraging, and genuinely passionate about helping me improve. What really sets Petter apart is his ability to communicate in a way that just makes sense. He spots issues in my swing that other golf coaches have missed and addresses them with a straight-to-the-point, no-nonsense approach that I truly appreciate. Theres no fluff just clear, easy-to-follow advice and practical drills that deliver real results. Petters FMM video series has been a game-changer for me. Its well-structured, easy to follow, and packed with valuable insights. Even better, his FMM system is gentle on my body because it doesnt require me to get into awkward or extreme positions that only elite athletes can manage. I highly recommend the video series to anyone serious about improving their golf game. If youre looking for a coach who truly knows his stuff, communicates clearly, and delivers results, Petter is your guy.

He sees more and explains it better than just about anyone I know — and I am a golf coach myself

I’ve read basically every bit of golf information on the internet and this is the first time it makes sense to me. The absolute difference between seeing and doing was the ticket. The intentions I play golf with are directly connected to the club. This is non mechanical world class teaching and I’m very happy that I’ve started with it. I’m 70+, very physically fit and hit my 5 iron 200 yards right now. FMM unlocked my power and understanding. This is great Petter.

Best instruction ever, after decades of trying this golf game.

Very clear diagnosis and instruction to fix the bad swing habits and thoughts. Petter is great!

Fantastic! found the feeling of the holy grail! No effort swing and plenty of distance! Petter is great!

If you are tired of trying to hit mechanical positions and fit into swing molds that don’t feel natural to you, Petter is your guy. He will find abstract intentions that build upon your natural swing tendencies. He is knowledgable on the swing, but more importantly how to work and communicate with other human beings.

Podcast participation – FlagHunters

Justin Tang and Jesse Perryman were kind enough to have me on their show, Flaghunters Golf Pod. Quite a humbling experience, since coaches like Mike Malaska, Jim Hardy, Sean Foley (coaching Tiger for a stretch), John Erickson, Bradley Hughes, Pia Nilsson, Gabriel Hjertstedt and many more have frequented the discussion over the years.

A big thank you to Justin and Jesse for the possibilty to spread my vision and philosophy of the golf swing. You find the episode here: Spotify – Apple

In relation to the FMM swing system, I really enjoyed hearing Justin mention that it took him only 10 balls to intuitively understand it and hit the ball as hard or as soft as he wanted.

Milestones & Conclusions 2014-2025 (Click year to open)

Entry point into the project – find a swing that works for sub-par scoring. I came from a two-way miss and shooting 73-90 without any form of consistency.
First trial: Narrow-stance, less-mobility swing = scoring 75–77 without hiccups. “Boring golf” mode.
Second trial: Delay the release through active ground work, hand manipulation, and intentional rotation. Success. Took 6 months and 30,000 balls to accomplish. Shooting 72-78 alot but with more power and more compression.

Beating par on a regular basis (with a weak short game). Taking one side out of the equation makes golf easier. In my case, it was about eradicating the snap-hook miss. The delayed release swing was developed and grinded into something that I could trust. Injuries started as well though….

Started as Instructor/Coach with high engagement and commitment. Very pleased with the results, but I knew less than I wanted.
“Over the Top” (90% of golf lessons) doesn’t come from an open blade or standard instruction. It comes from the task we form in our heads. Reach the inner layer, and change happens.
Too much target linearity leads to body-position issues. Injuries occur when you manipulate too much.
Instruction needs absolute personality adaptation to work. Advanced mechanical swing thoughts (like what I had done to myself at this point) don’t work for minds that are wired differently. Having one mold for all will never work.
Only the students who take complete ownership truly succeed.

There’s more than one model for a golf swing. Roughly 3–4 different swing models are used, but described very differently.
The old school swing style was uncovered in a couple of vague variations. Not even close to being understood though…
The more push based swing was less than understood but could see it.
The baseball sling shot motion is something quite unique and using different power mechnisms that most other motions.
Started PGA education properly. Met amazing people, but it wasn’t the path I wanted. Left it to pursue my new task: what is a high-functioning, achievable golf swing, and how can I teach its inner layers?
Results with students massively improved when I could enter swing thought territory. Could get pretty much anyone to unleash their potential in the studio but outside it? Moderate results.
Major insight? Knowledge is needed for true ownership.
Own golf? Producing amazing results and at the same time injuring myself over and over again. Lowest score 64 with 9 birdies.

Left on site coaching to improve my skills. Thought 2 years max. Took 7…… Contineously working with students in a tighter
Swing studies bonanza in combination with swing change trial and error. 5 major swing changes in one year to refine and understand the process. This is what I need to understand to be the best coach I can be. I need to understand it from the student’s perspective.
Change 1 – Advanced Ball Striking with the old school Hogan inspired motion. Achievability difficulty? 2/10. All in drill form which is a cool and very efficient solution. Key success factor? Drilling like crazy and tying my feelings to some kind of execution layer. Course abilities? Pretty darn good to be honest. I liked it but it also felt like I left alot out there when it came to power. My 117-118 mph clubhead speed had gone down to 106-108 and I couldn’t really perform the shallowing as much as needed no matter how much I drilled. If I wasn’t on a mission of my own I might have just sticked with this. Likely one of the best instructions in golf but I didn’t enjoy the game as much as before.
Change 2 – Perform the baseball style motion with a massive transition move. Achievability difficulty for me? 10/10. Key success factor? Thinking about the golf swing as three big tempos. Course abilities? Very limited. Just not a fit with my golf swing personality.
Change 3 – Jump into the MORAD world with Stack N Tilt. Liking the systemification of it. Limited power and some injury inducing components. Achievability difficulty? 5/10. Key Success Factor? The full body extension and less of a hit. Course abilities? Decent but a glitch in my mind with it. My body didn’t want to do it, I had to force it.
Change 4 – MORAD interpretations and continued work with the 80s motion. Much more free motion and a controlled feel. Achievability difficulty? 3/10. Key Success Factor? Time and space for the trail arm extension and less of a hit. More of a passive centrifugal force stimulation. Course abilities? Could never get rid of the mechanical shackles unfortunately. The geometrical idea didn’t translate into my comfort demands of a golf swing.
Change 5 – Moe Norman style golf swing. Too unnatural to me. Also quite injury inducing with the “hit 4 golf balls in front of the ball”. Achievability difficulty? 3/10. Key Success Factors? The distance from the ball. Course abilities? Decent.
This was two years of massive discovery and understanding but still not answering the questions I asked in 2018. ABS was closest to answering it though. MORAD 86 2nd place from my very personal experience of this.
Starting to use mechanical understanding with the absolute task of simplifying the motion as much as possible. Starting to develop “my own swing system”.

Core swing principles were formed for the Project. The project core principles of my future golf swing system became (and still are):
- a Non-Injury-Inducing golf swing
- both Power & Control
- Achievability
I started using the methodology I’ve brought with me from the corporate world (sales mgmt, project mgmt, business development etc). Clear structure and key success factors needs to lead the way for this massive agile project.
Key success factors for a student’s succes?
- Answer the WHY = Developed the Knowledge-First Approach instead of K.I.S.S. 99% of my most successful students shared one trait: they wanted to know how it works first. Intellectual understanding leads to mechanical acceptance.
- Encourage OWNERSHIP.
From a swing technique perspective heavy dialogue with fellow coach Per Källfelt. Our joint coin drop “The observation is deceiving” led the way in initial studies. What I see isn’t what you do also used as key word. Or put in a much simpler way – What’s actually behind great motions.
The inner layer of golf swings starting to clarify. A body can react to much simpler brain tasks. The P-system abandoned from a technical teaching perspective.
It became clear that simple intentions can create advanced mechanics. But what are they?

The modern instruction wasn’t cutting it for me. Deep mechanical instruction without catering to personalities or the mind’s abilities limits the scope of teaching. It makes it teachable only to the “talented” one. Let’s put it another way. A mechanical mind fits with mechanical instruction? Problem with that? Only 1-2/10 have that wiring.
The more old school the better in the performance but still not there.
Massive studies of old school swings followed. Questions: How does it differ from modern? How did they strike a balata ball with such distance and accuracy 50 years ago when today’s average golfer barely hits the range? How can this help me to take a 10hcp player to scratch?
What are the road blocks? The shut face in the backswing, the delayed release, the non stimulation of centrifugal force. This was in complete contrast to all the old school statements.
Discovered that Bobby Jones, Snead, Nicklaus, and Watson did things slightly differently than Hogan, Player, Trevino, and Thompson. Began studying hand-, eye-, and swing-dominance zones—completely uncharted terrain (to my knowledge) from a clarity perspective.
Colin Montgomery, Ernie Els, Fred Couples, Payne Stewart harnessed some parts of the Nicklaus and Watson motions in a slightly more modern setting.
The biggest problem in golf is downswing ability. Standard “shallowing instruction” doesn’t work for 90% of golfers because of mental barriers. How can you create shallow and inside striking with a simple downswing intention?
Starting to digging in simple brain intentional concepts. How can I take mechanics and make them a byproduct of simpler brain tasks. 5-6 different intentions starting to form. Still not sure what they were but one thing was clear – this led to achievability.
If the club, hands and arms drives the golf swing then you can actually perform a much more advanced motion than if you think body first. Achievability just became much more available.
The concept of the black zone of the mind starting to develop = some parts of the swing are “unthinkable” and you need to match the instruction to this ability/inability.
Went to work with own old school exploration:
- Ben Hogan’s swing style deciphered with pretty decent results. It was too high in the achievability score though. The biggest enigma in golf but 95% certain of how to teach it (one variation of master level in early 2026).
- Trevino, Thompson, Player etc studies and implementations.
- Nicklaus and Watson focus with great results. Their swing arc usage was maybe the most achievable of it all. Old sayings and quotes deciphered and (kind of) understood.

Refining intentions and understanding their variations. Taking 5-6 major intentions and making them into 1 downswing and 1 follow through intention. Joint it would create a simplified feel.
The old school mechanics with swing arc usage, club rotation, centrifugal & centripetal force interplay and how the abstract intentions leading to a reactive body starting to be more clarified.
Simplification efforts in what to say and what NOT to say. What’s not needed in golf instruction (in my opinion) clarified.
The golf swing just became achievable and started ginny pig testing. My own results just came naturally and started shooting under par straight of the bat (without injuries and adequate power). Test students having amazing results but my way of communicating needed improvement.
The fundamentals of the backswing started to be understood. What’s behind the scenes and the Tiger 00 swing led the way.
Creating the first version of the Knowledge First Approach – 10 theoretical concepts in book form. 90 quite unreadable pages.
Creating the first unoffical teaching version of the FMM Swing.
Understanding how one handed motions and grip pressure influence mechanics and how it can build passive swing skill.
Understanding how swing dominance zones can be very influencial for teaching.
A hybrid of drills and “thinkable” swing change starting to form.

The understanding that what we see in all top golf is the final layer of an already high funtioning engine. You need to develop your swing arc first and then add the layer of the greats. The base level tool box idea starting to form.
Myself I could break par with a completely reactive body and my ginny pigs were showing great results with a very simple motion.
Unofficial version 2,3 & 4 done and now pretty much good enough for the first official version.
Launched in Q4 2024. 3 students and all had great succes but the communication wasn’t good enough. The theoretical Knowledge First concept was still in book form but the Swing Change part was pure video. How to make the coin drops happen more efficiently and how to improve the teachings.

Version 2 was basically a decent explanation of the Swing Arc User entry into the FMM universe. 10 students and 7/10 succes rate.
The student needed too much “skill” to be able to perform it properly.
Clarification needed in communication and messaging. Much better than unofficial versions but still not there.
Clarification in how you match instruction to student personality needed both from mechanical and intentional perspective. The thought of 2 entries into old school golf starting to form.
- The Power Hitter & the Swing Arc User.
Swing Arc User still needing some understandings from a communicative perspective since it involves more of “what you can’t see”.
Youtube channel launched with kind of unclear videos. Becoming gradually better at communicating but still novice at the whole social media space….

Version 3 created in late April 2025.
The Power Hitter route was discovered with a refininement of a very potent active downswing intentions. This style creates most power before the golf ball.
This opened the pathway for taking a 10 handicapper to scratch. An active downswing intention utilizing a space for momentum would ignite almost any engine.
Blade Control starting to be better understood and it’s relationship to the Follow Through clarifying. Ian Woosnam’s Wheat of the Shaft starting to make more and more sense.
The understanding of a downswing engine ignition being the biggest problem in golf (because of a shut blade in the backswing) starting to clarify.
The athletic low point, spine angles and ahtletic response starting to become clear.
40 new students and success rate going through the roof.
The Knowledge First material starting to deliver but still work to be done. Almost at a satisfactory level.

Version 4 launched in early September 2025. This is the first version where I feel it’s fulfilling my demands and actually answering the questions in 2018. What’s a highly functional golf swing and how can I teach it?
65 Knowledge First Videos in 15 ish theoretical concepts. Actually answering the WHY of swing technique on an adequate level.
Both Power Hitter and Swing Arc User entry into old school golf
150 videos total in shorter format on a better technical solution.
The Execution Layer added to simplify intentions into a much simpler course swing.

Version 4 of the Toolbox is pretty much good enough to make a base level old school swing. This alone can take you into + hcp.
But I’m not done. I will continue to develop the Toolbox to version 4.5 with improvements and..
I will dive into what I call the Master Level. Explanations and instructions for those that have a well grooved engine. Right now I have 5 variations in mind that have different mechanical and intentional concepts behind them. It will be the Hogan Variation (maybe the most difficult), The Nicklaus/Watson Variation, The Scheffler Variation (yes modern but old school principles), The Woods 2000’s variation and then I’ll create my own FMM variation as well.
I’ll also create what I call a shot & club variation course where I describe anything from shot shaping to speciality shots. Even though that old school golf makes life easy there still goes a lot into playing the game at your optimal level.
Also in the works for a Power Package and Physical Training Course.
And much more but let’s keep it a bit vague for now.