Like life, winning at golf is a mental challenge.
Where Is The Top Of Your Golf Swing?
Where the top of the golf swing is has been debated for a long time. A question we address all of the time is “Where is the top of the swing?” It is not unusual to hear the answer from most amateurs is: the top of the swing is when the club is at parallel to the ground. Really? Have you thought that answer out or is that what you have been told for years? See if you agree with this logic…..
Why An Early Break Is So Important In Golf
Whenever we go to a golf tournament and see a really good player hit the ball, we receive two vivid impressions. The first is how far the ball goes with seemingly so little effort. The second is of a certain measured cadence in the upward and downward movement of the club. Both are accurate impressions.
Tips For A Brilliant Start When You Tee Off In Golf
Once you have decided on your clubs, go to the first tee.
Tips To Give You A Great Golf Swing
All crack players feel that they swing from in-to-out when driving.
Using The Thumb Press To Improve Your Golf Back Swing
The natural way to get the open face at the top was with a late wrist break.
The Junior Set Of Golf Clubs
Many manufacturers make golf clubs for juniors. Nike, Ping, Taylor Made and Accu-Length. If a child wants to learn the game of golf, it is best to start with the proper set of golf clubs. The proper golf clubs will make it easier to develop a stance, posture and swing to enjoy the game. Practicing with the clubs on a driving range with some type of instruction is going to be the best way to become accustom to the golf clubs before actually playing a round of nine holes. It is…
The Three Essentials Of The Golf Swing
Now to my mind the foregoing are the three basic feels of the golf swingthe pivot, the shoulders moving in response to the pivot, and the arms moving in response to the shoulders. These are the basic movements of a connected and therefore controlled swing, and they must all be built into the framework of your feel of the swing.
The Golf Bogey Number One
I have christened it Golf Bogey No. 1 because it is the most seductive and destructive medium in the game. It took me most of the years of my golfing life to discover it and even then I could not formulate my ideas about it or counteract it effectively in my teaching until I had come to a proper understanding of the relation between the physical and mental in golf.
The Golf Putt | Are You For Dough Or For Show?
Experienced golfers know the saying; “Drive for show and putt for dough.” If you want to make par on every hole, your score will be based on how long the hole is plus the two putts you make on each green. A little calculating will bring you a world of joy. Par is always based on the two putts on each green and then reaching it in what is called “regulation”. This is just the prescribed number of shots that a golfer has to reach the green. Regulation can mean either one shot, …
The Importance Of Control In Golf
Everything helping the development of good control must be encouraged, everything hindering it avoided. Their building up is largely unconscious and unnoticed, in-deed even a successful pupil will often feel that little progress is being madeuntil perhaps quite suddenly he will be surprised to find himself playing effective, confident golf.
Teaching Golf To Beginners: A Simplified Approach
A typical golf instructor might use the following commands when teaching golf to beginners: Keep your head down! Keep your left arm straight! Don’t look up! Swing easy! This approach can lead to an information overload, and is therefore a typical mistake instructors make. Many golf instructors using this approach cloud their students’ minds and bring about a level of paralysis by analysis. Beginners in the sport of golf learn most quickly when they limit their focus to the …