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Author: In the golfing world, “Drive for show, putt for dough” is an old adage. However, the ability to hit long, accurate tee shots takes the pressure off other parts of your game and is undoubtedly an advantage. The driver is the longest club in the bag and, for many golfers, the most difficult to hit consistently. If you can master the driver, the better your chances of mastering all the other clubs in the bag as well.
The key to maximizing your distance from the tee is to swing your driver fast, not hard. Try to stay relaxed throughout your swing and stretch your arms outward to make a wide arc. Rotate your upper body to keep your left shoulder – if you`re right-handed – behind the ball during your backswing. Keep your head and upper body behind the ball, but let you hands turn over and release through impact to achieve maximum club head speed.
Of course, club head speed still counts for very little if the club face isn`t facing the target at impact. To achieve accuracy, you need to be aware of the path, or plane, your club head takes during your golf swing. Viewed from behind, if the ball is at the 6 o`clock position on an imaginary clock face, your hands should reach the 10 o`clock position at the top of your backswing if your swing plane is correct. If your golf swing is too shallow, akin to a baseball swing, you`re more likely to hit the ball to the right from the tee, in the form of a fade, slice or push. If your swing is too steep, on the other hand, you`re more likely to hit the ball to the left, in the form of a draw, hook or pull.
Rhythm is as important in golf as it is in other sports. You may have heard your favourite football tipster say that a certain side plays well if allowed to establish a rhythm and the same principle applies to your golf swing. Try to swing your driver smoothly without hesitation. Club head speed is important, but don`t consciously try to accelerate your downswing. If you swing smoothly, your downswing will naturally speed up as you rotate the club shaft through impact. With a little practice, you should be able to eliminate any natural tendency to try to hit the cover off the ball and consistently achieve longer, more accurate tee shots.
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Golf Swing Tips For Any Level Of Play
By Jeremy Winters
The way in which you swing your golf club is the most rudimentary of golf skills, yet it can for some people be the most elusive. Regardless of whether you are an amateur golfer or a veteran trying to improve your game, there are a number of tips and methods you can implement to either help you learn the game or achieve lower scores. Learning how to properly swing a golf club is one of the most difficult and important parts of the game, but by following some basic golf swing tips it is very easy to increase both your accuracy and the distance of your drive.
A golfer’s grip is the most fundamental part of the golf swing. There are a variety of options when choosing the right grip and determining which grip is right for you is critical in both how far and how straight you manage to hit the ball.
The Interlocking Grip is the most commonly used grip for people with short or thick hands. It allows you to create the required leverage to deliver as much power as you can into your swing. This grip requires the index finger and little finger of opposite hands to overlap and interlock.
The Baseball Grip is the most commonly used grip for amateurs or those who lack arm or wrist strength. In this grip, similar to the sport it is named after, the index and little fingers do touch, however they do not overlap or interlock.
The Backswing is another important part of a golfer’s swing. By allowing the outside knee to collapse during the backswing, you will cause a dropping of the shoulder and swaying of the hips, affecting your swing considerably. During the backswing, one should also remember to keep the arms locked while drawing back to the furthest point possible and to pause at the peak of the backswing.
Another area in which golf swing tips are of use is in the follow-through. Completion of a proper follow-through should leave your head facing the target with your chin over your shoulder. Remember to keep your head behind the ball as you fully release the club and after hitting it to extend your swing through the ball. Condition yourself to hit the ball and the tee together, as this will help you train to carry your swing through the ball rather than at it.
Practicing a few of these basic golf swing tips will allow you to not only improve your game, but to feel more confident every time you step on the course.
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The secret to improve scoring is knowing how your game is doing today and getting the most out of it for that moment in a shot. Learn more golf swing secrets Now.
Introduction
For those who have played golf for many years, it is easy to pick up little habits that can be detrimental to your game. Instead of tweaking and tinkering, it can sometimes be better just to go back to basics and pick up some tips to improve your game that you may have used when you were just starting out.
Problems with the Swing
For many golfers new and old, problems can begin with the swing: At some point in every golfer`s life, as the club comes down, the left knee can collapse which causes your shoulders to drop and your hips to turn too far.
Imagine a Football
Simply by imagining a football between your knees as you swing the club can have a beneficial effect and you can even use a football on the practice areas to help maintain a rigid left knee.
Power Control
If power in the swing is another issue then there is also a simple technique that can remedy this. To achieve power you need control and that control starts with your weaker arm.
If you are right handed try a practice session where you swing solely with your left. The first few shots may be a little wayward but after a while you will notice some control creeping in.
Your left arm also becomes stronger and next time you play a drive off the tee, this combination of power and control can see you achieve a greater distance.
Bunker Play
For many weekend golfers the death of a good round can take place in the bunker and a promising start to your game can be ruined by poor bunker play in an instant.
This is the place where a lot of minor adjustments are made by golfers but once again, going back to basics can produce instant results.
One of the chief reasons for playing a poor bunker shot and maybe even staying in the sand with a worse lie is that the player quits on the shot.
Accelerate
It is important to maintain acceleration throughout the shot. If you stop or slow down, or even hit too hard at the point of impact you won`t achieve the same results that steady acceleration will bring.
It may sound like a simple tip but its amazing how many people forget this basic advice that we were all given when we started playing the game.
Visualize the Game
One of the most important pieces of practice can be done just before heading out on the course.
Mental preparation is a huge part of the game these days and while we can`t all call upon the services of a sports psychologist, there are many things we can do to get focused for the round ahead.
Visualizing your round can be a good place to start:
Before you go out, try visualizing every shot of your round until you`re making great putts, perfect approaches and powerful swings every time.
Positive Thinking
This won`t guarantee you`ll replicate the round that you`ve just made in your head but this form of positive thinking will ensure that you feel good about your game when you step onto the first tee.
Summary
Improve the little things and your golf score will improve. The swing and the mental game are just a few of the things you can work on to get that golf score lower and have more fun.
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We all play golf because we love it and playing better just enhances this love and when little things are going wrong it can help to look at basic free footy tips to turn things round.
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Introduction
I was playing Colony West down here in Ft. Lauderdale the other day and noticed my friend Jim in a bit of a bind playing a side hill lie.
Nothing can be more annoying than having a golf shot on a side hill surface and then skulling it because you just don’t know what to do with it.
The way many golf courses are constructed, you have probably dealt with this lie sometime in your golf experience.
Now I have the solution to the wierd angle dilema.
Read each step and remember what to do and where the ball has a tendency to go.
Analyze the Club Striking the ground
Start out by looking at the ball and how it is angled.
Take a practice swing close with the same angle as where your shot is and observe where the club is striking the ground.
If the golf club strikes the ground near your back foot, then you should move the ball back in your stance; if the club is hitting the ground nearer to the front foot, move the ball forward in your stance.
Setup for Uphill/Downhill lies
The setup when you get these is to position the ball in the stance nearer the higher foot on the downhill lies, and about center on the uphill lies.
Setup for side hill lies
On sidehill lies, position the ball left center or in the same position you normally do.
Remember, if the ball is above your feet on the side hill lie, you will normally hit the ball either straight or have a tendency to pull it to the left.
If the ball is below your feet on the side hill lie, most players will probably go right with the ball or skull it because of the leg action when trying to maintain balance.
Length of the Club For Uphill lies
You will want to have a club that is longer than your normal shot if you are uphill (a 5 instead of a 6). Try to choke down on the club and put more flex in your left knee (if you are right handed).
Much of your weight should be on your front leg. Remember that the ball will generally go to the left, so aim to the right of the target. Position the ball slightly ahead of center and swing in a slow deliberate way maintaining your balance.
Length of Club for Downhill lies
For downhill lies, you will want a shorter club than you would normally use (a 6 instead of a 5). The ball will go right, so aim to the left of the target. Position the ball so that it is back in your stance. Put most of your weight again on the forward foot.
Have some flex in your right knee and then swing slowly and deliberately maintaining your balance.
Length of Club for Side Hill lies
If you are faced with a side hill shot where the ball is below your feet, you will need a longer club than you would usually use.
Setup closer to the ball when you address it and increase the flex in both of your knees. The ball will go to the right, so aim left of the target and, again, maintain your balance with a slow, deliberate backswing.
When the ball is above your feet on a side hill shot, the stance is slightly different.
You will still want a longer club than usual, but you will choke down on the shaft.
Stand more upright and put more weight on your toes. The ball will go left, so aim right of the target and maintain a slow and deliberate backswing as you should be doing in all hill shots.
Summary
Downhill, Uphill or Side hill shots, when you know how to setup and change the length of your club, you will notice that these gems are just another shot that you now know how to execute. Remember the direction they go and adjust accordingly.
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I was amazed at how close this came to being in under pressure.
Phil needed eagle to win and had to hole out from the fairway.
Nailed it to 3 feet. Awesome!
Importance Of Warming Up
I am guilty, I’ll admit it. I show up sometimes about 5 minutes before the tee time and grab a club, take a few practice swings and away I go to another miserable round. Listen my friend, take the time to warm up before you play your next round of golf and you will be surprised by how well your game improves.
A good healthy warm up will prevent injury and will get you to loosen up and be ready to hit.
Start by Stretching
When you arrive at the golf course, go to the practice green or chipping area and do some stretching. A few stretching exercises will begin to ease the tension in your muscles and get you ready to execute your golf swing.
Some exercises for stretching are the torso stretch, the back stretch, the trunk rotation, and the shoulder stretch.
Torso Stretch
This will improve your trunk rotation and increase your flexibility. Start by holding a pitching wedge in the front of your belly button, grabbing the handle with your left hand and the club head with your right. Now turn your upper body to the left, just like you do when you turn to your left during your swing. Now take it nice and slow. turn to the left and then turn to the right. Do this about 5-6 times and increase your rotation each time stretching out your muscles in the back and torso.
Back Stretch
This will give your muscles in your back and shoulders some loosening action. Raise your pitching wedge above your head fully extending as high as you can. Now bend your torso to the left and then to the right without rotation. Repeat about 5-6 times.
Trunk Rotation
This will also increase your flexibility. Take the golf club and place it behind your back, with your inside crook of your elbows holding the club. Rotate your body to the left just like in the golf swing and then to the right, keep a steady rhythmic pace. Repeat about 6-8 times really feeling the stretch
Shoulder Stretch
This exercise will help lengthen your turn. With no club take your left hand and take it across your chest as if you were starting your back swing. Extend it parallel and hold it with your other hand. Now repeat this with the other arm. Do this about 5 times.
Summary
If you stretch and warm up before you start your round you will find you are more flexible and loose and can shave a few strokes off your golf score. The Torso, Back, Trunk, and Shoulder stretch will help you when you warm up
until next time,
John
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