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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Walk Your Way To A Better Golf Game-11/21/08
by Robert Partain
One of the best golfing tips I ever received came from my wife (of all people). For years she had been urging me to get more excercise than what I was normally getting through work and weekend golf. And for years, I had been brushing her off with every excuse imaginable. Not enough time, too cold outside, do it tomorrow, etc, etc, etc.
My wife, being the cagey woman she is, had a brainstorm and she shared it with me. . . and I'll share it with you.
If you're like me, you probably have a local country club where you play more often than not. For years, I'd been playing at this same club and listening to my buddies say, "What's on the other side of those trees?" or "What's around that dogleg?" Occasionally, I'd have to ask myself those same questions, which one might consider odd. Having spent so many hours on this course, one might assume I should know it like the back of my hand.
Truth is, I didn't know it very well at all. But I do now, and I owe this new-found knowledge to to my good wife.
Her suggestions was simple--and rewarding. Rather walk around the neighborhood (and have to listen to me grumble) she suggested we go to the club and walk a few holes each night. We'd do this in the evening when there were fewer players out and about. We'd pick three holes to walk, a different set each night, and as we walked I'd "look" at the hole's layout.
It's remarkable how much of the geography of a hole you miss when you're concentrating on playing that hole. Concentration is a good thing, don't get me wrong on that, but simply walking the hole, with no purpose other than being there, allows you to see just about everything there is to see on that particular hole. Also, when you're walking in the late day, you aren't being pushed by the group behind you. You can take your time, walk at your own comfortable pace, and take in the scenery, one step at a time.
A really great idea is to grab a score card and jot down notes as you go along. If you're into it, you can pace off distances, make little notes on how the ground rolls, or keep a note on just about anything for that matter.
After a few weeks of this, and a few times around all the holes at your course, you WILL know your course like the back of your hand, and your buddies will be amazed at how much better you are playing.
On top of that, you get some very good low-impact exercise.
Robert Partain has been an avid golfer for over 40 years. He publishes a golf blog that is updated 4 times a week with golf tips, techniques, and information.
One of the best golfing tips I ever received came from my wife (of all people). For years she had been urging me to get more excercise than what I was normally getting through work and weekend golf. And for years, I had been brushing her off with every excuse imaginable. Not enough time, too cold outside, do it tomorrow, etc, etc, etc.
My wife, being the cagey woman she is, had a brainstorm and she shared it with me. . . and I'll share it with you.
If you're like me, you probably have a local country club where you play more often than not. For years, I'd been playing at this same club and listening to my buddies say, "What's on the other side of those trees?" or "What's around that dogleg?" Occasionally, I'd have to ask myself those same questions, which one might consider odd. Having spent so many hours on this course, one might assume I should know it like the back of my hand.
Truth is, I didn't know it very well at all. But I do now, and I owe this new-found knowledge to to my good wife.
Her suggestions was simple--and rewarding. Rather walk around the neighborhood (and have to listen to me grumble) she suggested we go to the club and walk a few holes each night. We'd do this in the evening when there were fewer players out and about. We'd pick three holes to walk, a different set each night, and as we walked I'd "look" at the hole's layout.
It's remarkable how much of the geography of a hole you miss when you're concentrating on playing that hole. Concentration is a good thing, don't get me wrong on that, but simply walking the hole, with no purpose other than being there, allows you to see just about everything there is to see on that particular hole. Also, when you're walking in the late day, you aren't being pushed by the group behind you. You can take your time, walk at your own comfortable pace, and take in the scenery, one step at a time.
A really great idea is to grab a score card and jot down notes as you go along. If you're into it, you can pace off distances, make little notes on how the ground rolls, or keep a note on just about anything for that matter.
After a few weeks of this, and a few times around all the holes at your course, you WILL know your course like the back of your hand, and your buddies will be amazed at how much better you are playing.
On top of that, you get some very good low-impact exercise.
Robert Partain has been an avid golfer for over 40 years. He publishes a golf blog that is updated 4 times a week with golf tips, techniques, and information.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Flexibility, Strength and the Golf Swing-11/09/08
by John Hinds
Consistency is a universal goal in the game of golf. One sure way to improve your scores is to develop a consistent and repeatable swing. Lessons, practice, more lessons and more practice will certainly help develop a more consistent and reliable swing but you also need ample flexibility and strength. Flexibility and strength work together to develop a more consistent and reliable swing by promoting a more efficient, stable, balanced and coordinated swing. Adequate flexibility and strength will enable you to take full advantage of your lessons, your time spent on the range and help reduce the risk of injury.
Flexibility
Although golf is a sport that is generally not considered strenuous, a minimum range of motion or flexibility is necessary. Adequate flexibility promotes an efficient swing by reducing stress on the many muscles, connective tissue and joints involved including those of the neck and back, shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands as well as the hips and knees. Restriction among any of these ‘links’ that make up the ‘kinetic chain’ that is our body promotes compensation. Compensation puts stress on areas above and below the area of restriction and eventually causes injury. For example, restricted shoulder motion causes excessive spinal rotation and can lead to injuries in the back and shoulder and visa versa. Restricted movement also promotes inconsistencies in our swing which may manifest themselves as slices, hooks, fat shots, thin shots, etc. Adequate flexibility results in a more efficient golf swing.
Strength
Strength is important to the golfer for many reasons: yes, strong muscles, tendons, and ligaments help keep us injury free by improving our body’s ability to absorb and distribute the stress of the golf swing. But strength training also provides stability and improves our coordination. Strength in our legs, hips, back, shoulders and arms, which make up the links that connect our kinetic chain, provides a stable base of support for each succeeding link to work off. This allows the forces we generate throughout the golf swing to be transferred through each link to the club head and golf ball in a more efficient and coordinated manner. Improved efficiency yields greater power with less effort and less stress on the body. Core strength (strength in our trunk and hips) is important because it provides the foundation for the extremities to move on. The more stable and efficient our trunk and hips, the more efficient our extremities are. It doesn’t matter how fast you can swing a golf club if the foundation on which you are swinging is not stable enough to control the path of the golf club.
Posture
Strength also provides the ability to maintain proper posture and spinal alignment. The ability to maintain your posture throughout the swing is one of the keys to a more consistent and repeatable swing. Postural strength and stability, combined with leg, hip and trunk strength, allows for a more reliable axis of rotation throughout the golf swing which allows for more precise coordination of the legs and arms with our core. Good posture is also less stressful on your spine and back muscles. The inability to maintain your address posture throughout the swing will result in fat shots, thin shots, slices, hooks, pushes and pulls and possible injury.
Balance
With club head speeds averaging 70-110 mph, the golf swing is a very dynamic movement. Good balance promotes crisp ball contact by preventing excessive movement such as hip slide or sway. In order to be most efficient and successful, to be more consistent and accurate, we need to maintain our balance throughout the swing. Adequate flexibility and proper strength training that includes balance training will contribute to a more balanced swing.
Endurance
Strength training also improves our muscular endurance which delays the onset of fatigue. Fatigue will cause a breakdown in one or more links within the chain and can lead to any number of faults such as loss of posture, balance, coordination and timing, which is not conducive to an efficient or reliable swing. Fatigue also leaves us more vulnerable to injury.
Injury prevention
All of the above reduces the risk of injury and promotes an efficient, more reliable and well coordinated golf swing. Of the hundreds of training devices on the market today, not one is more effective at improving your ability to play the game of golf better than your own body. It’s never too late to start a flexibility and strength training program.
John Hinds is a golfer and licensed Physical Therapist specializing in Orthopedic and Sports Rehabilitation, Conditioning and Injury Prevention. He is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Men’s Golf Team at El Camino College and currently owns and operates JMHinds Physical Therapy in El Segundo, California (www.golfconditioningpt.com).
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Consistency is a universal goal in the game of golf. One sure way to improve your scores is to develop a consistent and repeatable swing. Lessons, practice, more lessons and more practice will certainly help develop a more consistent and reliable swing but you also need ample flexibility and strength. Flexibility and strength work together to develop a more consistent and reliable swing by promoting a more efficient, stable, balanced and coordinated swing. Adequate flexibility and strength will enable you to take full advantage of your lessons, your time spent on the range and help reduce the risk of injury.
Flexibility
Although golf is a sport that is generally not considered strenuous, a minimum range of motion or flexibility is necessary. Adequate flexibility promotes an efficient swing by reducing stress on the many muscles, connective tissue and joints involved including those of the neck and back, shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands as well as the hips and knees. Restriction among any of these ‘links’ that make up the ‘kinetic chain’ that is our body promotes compensation. Compensation puts stress on areas above and below the area of restriction and eventually causes injury. For example, restricted shoulder motion causes excessive spinal rotation and can lead to injuries in the back and shoulder and visa versa. Restricted movement also promotes inconsistencies in our swing which may manifest themselves as slices, hooks, fat shots, thin shots, etc. Adequate flexibility results in a more efficient golf swing.
Strength
Strength is important to the golfer for many reasons: yes, strong muscles, tendons, and ligaments help keep us injury free by improving our body’s ability to absorb and distribute the stress of the golf swing. But strength training also provides stability and improves our coordination. Strength in our legs, hips, back, shoulders and arms, which make up the links that connect our kinetic chain, provides a stable base of support for each succeeding link to work off. This allows the forces we generate throughout the golf swing to be transferred through each link to the club head and golf ball in a more efficient and coordinated manner. Improved efficiency yields greater power with less effort and less stress on the body. Core strength (strength in our trunk and hips) is important because it provides the foundation for the extremities to move on. The more stable and efficient our trunk and hips, the more efficient our extremities are. It doesn’t matter how fast you can swing a golf club if the foundation on which you are swinging is not stable enough to control the path of the golf club.
Posture
Strength also provides the ability to maintain proper posture and spinal alignment. The ability to maintain your posture throughout the swing is one of the keys to a more consistent and repeatable swing. Postural strength and stability, combined with leg, hip and trunk strength, allows for a more reliable axis of rotation throughout the golf swing which allows for more precise coordination of the legs and arms with our core. Good posture is also less stressful on your spine and back muscles. The inability to maintain your address posture throughout the swing will result in fat shots, thin shots, slices, hooks, pushes and pulls and possible injury.
Balance
With club head speeds averaging 70-110 mph, the golf swing is a very dynamic movement. Good balance promotes crisp ball contact by preventing excessive movement such as hip slide or sway. In order to be most efficient and successful, to be more consistent and accurate, we need to maintain our balance throughout the swing. Adequate flexibility and proper strength training that includes balance training will contribute to a more balanced swing.
Endurance
Strength training also improves our muscular endurance which delays the onset of fatigue. Fatigue will cause a breakdown in one or more links within the chain and can lead to any number of faults such as loss of posture, balance, coordination and timing, which is not conducive to an efficient or reliable swing. Fatigue also leaves us more vulnerable to injury.
Injury prevention
All of the above reduces the risk of injury and promotes an efficient, more reliable and well coordinated golf swing. Of the hundreds of training devices on the market today, not one is more effective at improving your ability to play the game of golf better than your own body. It’s never too late to start a flexibility and strength training program.
John Hinds is a golfer and licensed Physical Therapist specializing in Orthopedic and Sports Rehabilitation, Conditioning and Injury Prevention. He is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Men’s Golf Team at El Camino College and currently owns and operates JMHinds Physical Therapy in El Segundo, California (www.golfconditioningpt.com).
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Friday, October 31, 2008
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With over 100 Championship Golf Courses, fantastic weather, a Vegas-style nightlife, the beautiful Atlantic Ocean, and many luxury resorts to choose from that are second to none, Myrtle Beach offers more than any other location for the avid golfer. Over 1000 great restaurants, 8 live theatres, and fantastic shopping complexes make it a vacation paradise for the whole family.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Teebox Pressure - 09/13/08
by David Keegan
If you’ve played golf for any length of time, you have undoubtedly encountered a situation or two which made you nervous. This phenomena is called ‘tee box pressure’, or TBP for short.
Perhaps it’s happened when you were getting ready to hit your tee shot off #1 with a dozen people watching. Maybe it was when you were paired with the top golfer in your club championship. Whatever the situation, one thing is sure: every golfer will find themselves dealing with TBP sooner or later!
WHY THE NERVES?
What is it about golf that gets us feeling this way in the first place? After all, when you step onto the golf course, there usually aren’t any lives at stake. In addition, whether you perform well or not on any given day, there are a billion people in China who will not care!
This is a complicated question which will have different answers for different people. Often times, we have too much of our egos wrapped up in the game. The more we invest in something (and we all know that golf can be all-consuming), the more we expect in return. When the ‘game is on’, we fear failure. With this fear in our mind, our muscles tighten. This, in turn, makes it harder to have the free-flowing swing and effective touch game that is needed to score well.
Here are a few tips which will help you the next time you are getting ready to play a pressure round.
1. PREPARE MENTALLY
During the days leading up to the big game, prepare yourself mentally for the atmosphere you will be facing. You know you are going to be nervous. Being nervous, however, does not mean you cannot hit good golf shots. Think of all the times you have hit good shots under pressure before.
Picture yourself dealing with various situations that will occur during the upcoming round. Think of the feeling as you prepare to hit your first tee shot. Your heart is beating out of control. Then, you swing under control, in good tempo, and strike a solid one right down the middle of the fairway.
Next, imagine hitting one into trouble. You’re confronted with the options and weigh the risks of punching a miracle shot through the trees. Instead, you calm yourself and ‘take your medicine’ by chipping back out to the fairway. This type of clear thinking will help you to avoid those double and triple bogeys which ruin rounds.
2. CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY – CONFIDENT SWING
The term ‘choke’ is applied to people who don’t perform well under pressure. Who can forget poor Greg Norman losing that 6-shot lead to Nick Faldo at the Masters tournament? The main reason people choke is simply because their thought processes become illogical. They start thinking negatively as if they have never hit a solid golf shot. Or, they start to take unnecessary chances and over-swing in the process.
Before the round, make up your mind that you will not beat yourself. Let the other players beat you. Hit shots that you know you can hit. One top amateur player used this strategy in the Minnesota State Amateur qualifying round at the Lake City Golf Club. He wasn’t playing very well on the front nine and was tempted several times to ‘go for broke’. On the eighth hole, a par five, his second shot left him about 110 yards out in some gnarly rough. He had a good angle at the pin, but if the shot went long, it was obviously going down an embankment leading to a difficult chip with little green to work with. However, he felt like he needed a ‘make something happen’. So, he debated whether to try to finesse a full wedge, or to take a full swing with his gap wedge. He had more confidence in the gap wedge because he knew this club would never put him in the big trouble which was over the green. He selected the gap wedge (conservative strategy) and made a confident swing which left the ball 30 feet below the hole. He two-putted and took his par.
This strategy paid off as he made birdie on the next hole. All of a sudden, his marginal round was heading in the right direction! This may not have been possible if he had taken the aggressive route on the previous hole and gone over the green.
3. LET GO OF THE HANDLE BARS!
A player recently quipped, “You’ve got to let go of the handle bars!” How descriptive of the golfer who, when under pressure, holds onto the club as if it had “handle bars”. Unlike riding a bicycle, holding onto the handle bars is a bad thing in golf!
In other words, you’ve got to let the club swing to be effective. Holding on and trying to steer the ball down the fairway will produce less distance and less accuracy. A golfer has to feel like they are ‘giving up control’ of the swing. In other words, the golfer must trust that what he has trained will work when the pressure is on. This is called ‘muscle memory’.
Giving up control gets progressively harder as the round progresses. The tendency is to start counting your score as you try to figure out how you’re faring compared to everyone else. You must counteract that tendency by consciously trying to swing looser and freer as the round goes on. Stay focused on what you’re trying to do – forget about everyone else. You can’t control them anyway.
Keep the game simple. Pick your target, go through your pre-shot routine and let your swing go! Stay within yourself and you won’t be a victim of that TBP!
Dave Keegan’s ‘Push Button Income’ web site at http://www.dkeeganonline.com offers resources to help you build a successful internet business. While visiting, don’t forget to sign up for his *free* 5-part newsletter entitled ‘Online Advertising for the Completely Clueless’.
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If you’ve played golf for any length of time, you have undoubtedly encountered a situation or two which made you nervous. This phenomena is called ‘tee box pressure’, or TBP for short.
Perhaps it’s happened when you were getting ready to hit your tee shot off #1 with a dozen people watching. Maybe it was when you were paired with the top golfer in your club championship. Whatever the situation, one thing is sure: every golfer will find themselves dealing with TBP sooner or later!
WHY THE NERVES?
What is it about golf that gets us feeling this way in the first place? After all, when you step onto the golf course, there usually aren’t any lives at stake. In addition, whether you perform well or not on any given day, there are a billion people in China who will not care!
This is a complicated question which will have different answers for different people. Often times, we have too much of our egos wrapped up in the game. The more we invest in something (and we all know that golf can be all-consuming), the more we expect in return. When the ‘game is on’, we fear failure. With this fear in our mind, our muscles tighten. This, in turn, makes it harder to have the free-flowing swing and effective touch game that is needed to score well.
Here are a few tips which will help you the next time you are getting ready to play a pressure round.
1. PREPARE MENTALLY
During the days leading up to the big game, prepare yourself mentally for the atmosphere you will be facing. You know you are going to be nervous. Being nervous, however, does not mean you cannot hit good golf shots. Think of all the times you have hit good shots under pressure before.
Picture yourself dealing with various situations that will occur during the upcoming round. Think of the feeling as you prepare to hit your first tee shot. Your heart is beating out of control. Then, you swing under control, in good tempo, and strike a solid one right down the middle of the fairway.
Next, imagine hitting one into trouble. You’re confronted with the options and weigh the risks of punching a miracle shot through the trees. Instead, you calm yourself and ‘take your medicine’ by chipping back out to the fairway. This type of clear thinking will help you to avoid those double and triple bogeys which ruin rounds.
2. CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY – CONFIDENT SWING
The term ‘choke’ is applied to people who don’t perform well under pressure. Who can forget poor Greg Norman losing that 6-shot lead to Nick Faldo at the Masters tournament? The main reason people choke is simply because their thought processes become illogical. They start thinking negatively as if they have never hit a solid golf shot. Or, they start to take unnecessary chances and over-swing in the process.
Before the round, make up your mind that you will not beat yourself. Let the other players beat you. Hit shots that you know you can hit. One top amateur player used this strategy in the Minnesota State Amateur qualifying round at the Lake City Golf Club. He wasn’t playing very well on the front nine and was tempted several times to ‘go for broke’. On the eighth hole, a par five, his second shot left him about 110 yards out in some gnarly rough. He had a good angle at the pin, but if the shot went long, it was obviously going down an embankment leading to a difficult chip with little green to work with. However, he felt like he needed a ‘make something happen’. So, he debated whether to try to finesse a full wedge, or to take a full swing with his gap wedge. He had more confidence in the gap wedge because he knew this club would never put him in the big trouble which was over the green. He selected the gap wedge (conservative strategy) and made a confident swing which left the ball 30 feet below the hole. He two-putted and took his par.
This strategy paid off as he made birdie on the next hole. All of a sudden, his marginal round was heading in the right direction! This may not have been possible if he had taken the aggressive route on the previous hole and gone over the green.
3. LET GO OF THE HANDLE BARS!
A player recently quipped, “You’ve got to let go of the handle bars!” How descriptive of the golfer who, when under pressure, holds onto the club as if it had “handle bars”. Unlike riding a bicycle, holding onto the handle bars is a bad thing in golf!
In other words, you’ve got to let the club swing to be effective. Holding on and trying to steer the ball down the fairway will produce less distance and less accuracy. A golfer has to feel like they are ‘giving up control’ of the swing. In other words, the golfer must trust that what he has trained will work when the pressure is on. This is called ‘muscle memory’.
Giving up control gets progressively harder as the round progresses. The tendency is to start counting your score as you try to figure out how you’re faring compared to everyone else. You must counteract that tendency by consciously trying to swing looser and freer as the round goes on. Stay focused on what you’re trying to do – forget about everyone else. You can’t control them anyway.
Keep the game simple. Pick your target, go through your pre-shot routine and let your swing go! Stay within yourself and you won’t be a victim of that TBP!
Dave Keegan’s ‘Push Button Income’ web site at http://www.dkeeganonline.com offers resources to help you build a successful internet business. While visiting, don’t forget to sign up for his *free* 5-part newsletter entitled ‘Online Advertising for the Completely Clueless’.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=David_Keegan
Friday, August 29, 2008
Golf Swing Drills to Help Develop the Perfect Golf Swing - 8/29/08
by Ryan Marx
There are some golf swing drills to help develop the perfect golf swing. If you are struggling to get your golf swing down; then you have come to the right place. We are going to discuss some of the golf swing drills to help develop the perfect golf swing.
However I highly recommend if you are struggling in the game and have tried all kinds of tutorials and reading books on how to properly swing the golf club; then you may want to consider hiring a golf pro to help you improve your game. They may be able to help you with perfect golf swing drills, so that you will be more confident when you are playing your next game.
You can easily do these drills from the comfort in your home; however you may want to step out in the back yard otherwise you may break something.
The perfect golf swing starts with the proper back swing with the golf club swung right back to the limit of your body. When you reach this segment of the golf swing drill, learn how to focus your mind on the rotation of your body and the arm extension; your mind will always be one step ahead of the club.
The next step is the drill is going to move down to the actual swing, which will start at the lower part of the body, which will include your legs and hips. You will want to focus on how you transfer you weight. Instead of transferring the weight from the front to the back; focus on transferring the weight from the back to the front of the knees, thighs, and hips will all be moving forward.
Be Light On Your Feet: A sure way to improve your golf swing is to move your weight through the golf ball. The basic principle to hit long and hard lies in reverse weight shift. You must not sway but turn in such a way that your back foot's spikes are in plain view.
You will want to end the perfect golf swing with the body weight on the outside of the front heel and the inside of the rear foot.
Of course you are going to have to pay attention to the form of your body and will take a lot of practice. You may even have to change your current form; because most likely you have picked up some bad habits, otherwise you would not be looking up information on how to improve your golf swing.
You will have to retrain your mind and muscles to work in this motion. However if you are willing to put in the right amount of practice you can improve your game.
If you found this article on "golf swing drills to help develop the perfect golf swing" helpful; visit our site below. It is filled with useful information on how to improve your overall game! You will be amazed how quickly you can get better and become the envy of all your golf buddies.
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There are some golf swing drills to help develop the perfect golf swing. If you are struggling to get your golf swing down; then you have come to the right place. We are going to discuss some of the golf swing drills to help develop the perfect golf swing.
However I highly recommend if you are struggling in the game and have tried all kinds of tutorials and reading books on how to properly swing the golf club; then you may want to consider hiring a golf pro to help you improve your game. They may be able to help you with perfect golf swing drills, so that you will be more confident when you are playing your next game.
You can easily do these drills from the comfort in your home; however you may want to step out in the back yard otherwise you may break something.
The perfect golf swing starts with the proper back swing with the golf club swung right back to the limit of your body. When you reach this segment of the golf swing drill, learn how to focus your mind on the rotation of your body and the arm extension; your mind will always be one step ahead of the club.
The next step is the drill is going to move down to the actual swing, which will start at the lower part of the body, which will include your legs and hips. You will want to focus on how you transfer you weight. Instead of transferring the weight from the front to the back; focus on transferring the weight from the back to the front of the knees, thighs, and hips will all be moving forward.
Be Light On Your Feet: A sure way to improve your golf swing is to move your weight through the golf ball. The basic principle to hit long and hard lies in reverse weight shift. You must not sway but turn in such a way that your back foot's spikes are in plain view.
You will want to end the perfect golf swing with the body weight on the outside of the front heel and the inside of the rear foot.
Of course you are going to have to pay attention to the form of your body and will take a lot of practice. You may even have to change your current form; because most likely you have picked up some bad habits, otherwise you would not be looking up information on how to improve your golf swing.
You will have to retrain your mind and muscles to work in this motion. However if you are willing to put in the right amount of practice you can improve your game.
If you found this article on "golf swing drills to help develop the perfect golf swing" helpful; visit our site below. It is filled with useful information on how to improve your overall game! You will be amazed how quickly you can get better and become the envy of all your golf buddies.
Sign up for your FREE tips that GUARANTEE You'll Lengthen your Drive and Cut your Handicap by 7-12 Strokes in Just Two weeks.
Receive a Special Trial to our Brand New Apprentice Program!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ryan_Marx
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tips For Teeing Off- 8/22/08
by Robert Partain
Here's a driving tip that just about anyone could use and put into practice immediately. It has nothing to do with your swing mechanics, your club selection or even your mood. It has to do with geography and your own style of play (ie, do you normally fade or draw).
It's rare to come across a course that is all flat or all straight. Courses are laid out with turns and hills and hazards, which makes the game what it is. A key to solid play is to use that geography to your advantage while teeing off.
This tip begins even before you step up on the tee. As you're walking toward that tee, look ahead and get a sense of the layout of the hole. Is it straight, is it a dogleg? Once you determine how the hole is laid out, look for that far away spot that you realisitically feel your tee shot can travel. In other words, where do you want the ball to land?
When it's your turn to tee up, keep in mind that you do not have to place your tee in the center of the tee markers. You are allowed to use whatever room there is there and it's important that you do this.
If you watch the pros, you'll see they take the time to survey the hole and the teeing area. They will "see" where they want their ball to land on the fairway, and then they will tee up in an area that will help them reach that target using their natural swing and ball path.
Say, for example, that your natural golf shot is a fade. On most holes you should tee the ball up on the right side of the tee box, fairly close to the right side tee marker. If you then aim at the the left side of the fairway your fade will bring the ball to the middle of the fairway. If for some reason you hit the ball straight, you will finish on the left hand edge of the fairway. If, however, your fade turns into a slice you should still end up on the right edge of the fairway. Either way, you should still have a shot to the green.
Having that shot to the green, no matter how your ball flies, is crucial to lowering your score, hole by hole. In fact, this one little tip when used properly can shave as many a 8 or 9 strokes off the average player's score (on 18 holes).
As with everything in golf, this takes a little getting used to, but it's certainly worth the effort. It will also give you an enormous boost to your confidence when you play a new course for the first time as this tip works everywhere.
Robert Partain has been an avid golfer for over 40 years. He publishes a golf blog that is updated 4 times a week with golf tips, techniques, and information: Golf Tips Center.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Partain
Here's a driving tip that just about anyone could use and put into practice immediately. It has nothing to do with your swing mechanics, your club selection or even your mood. It has to do with geography and your own style of play (ie, do you normally fade or draw).
It's rare to come across a course that is all flat or all straight. Courses are laid out with turns and hills and hazards, which makes the game what it is. A key to solid play is to use that geography to your advantage while teeing off.
This tip begins even before you step up on the tee. As you're walking toward that tee, look ahead and get a sense of the layout of the hole. Is it straight, is it a dogleg? Once you determine how the hole is laid out, look for that far away spot that you realisitically feel your tee shot can travel. In other words, where do you want the ball to land?
When it's your turn to tee up, keep in mind that you do not have to place your tee in the center of the tee markers. You are allowed to use whatever room there is there and it's important that you do this.
If you watch the pros, you'll see they take the time to survey the hole and the teeing area. They will "see" where they want their ball to land on the fairway, and then they will tee up in an area that will help them reach that target using their natural swing and ball path.
Say, for example, that your natural golf shot is a fade. On most holes you should tee the ball up on the right side of the tee box, fairly close to the right side tee marker. If you then aim at the the left side of the fairway your fade will bring the ball to the middle of the fairway. If for some reason you hit the ball straight, you will finish on the left hand edge of the fairway. If, however, your fade turns into a slice you should still end up on the right edge of the fairway. Either way, you should still have a shot to the green.
Having that shot to the green, no matter how your ball flies, is crucial to lowering your score, hole by hole. In fact, this one little tip when used properly can shave as many a 8 or 9 strokes off the average player's score (on 18 holes).
As with everything in golf, this takes a little getting used to, but it's certainly worth the effort. It will also give you an enormous boost to your confidence when you play a new course for the first time as this tip works everywhere.
Robert Partain has been an avid golfer for over 40 years. He publishes a golf blog that is updated 4 times a week with golf tips, techniques, and information: Golf Tips Center.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Partain
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
PasturePool Golf Now Available on iTunes - 8/19/08
PasturePool Golf software is now available on iTunes. Our software version integrates both offline and online capabilities allowing you to score rounds regardless of cell or wireless coverage. Spend more time playing golf!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Get More Distance with your Driver - 8/15/08
by Adam Woodham
If you want to get more distance with your driver, the web is a great place to find information. The problem is that there is a ton of it and there and you cant; tell which ones are dud and which tips and sites have actually worked for others. Many people will blindly try random tips they find through search engines, but this rarely works. Here is a better idea for locating the tried and true ways to get more distance with your driver.
It's going to sound so simple and that's because it really is. Think about this: Wouldn't it be much more beneficial if you could locate the people who were able to successfully add yards and see exactly how they did it? It sure would and it makes more sense than just going onto the course and hacking away, in hopes that something you do does the job.
To find this information, all you have to do is take some time to look through the various golfing forums across the web. They are filled with ways to get more distance with your driver. They aren't just random tips, though, because a lot of the info is going to come from long time veterans who have already accomplished it. You can read their stories, tips, techniques, links to the things they used and so much more. If you want to get more distance with your driver, there aren't many better starting points than golfing forums. You can even start a bunch of your own topics if you need to ask any questions.
It's a simple way to find the tried and true ways to get more distance with your driver and take a lot of the guess work out of the equation.
You can also find the revolutionary, most original tutorial/guide which includes step-by-step ways to get more distance with your driver right here...
Adam Woodham is the author of this article and runs the informative golf blog Online Golf Tips, which features a personal review of the true leader in learning how to perfect your golf game. Learning to golf like a pro and hit like a champ has never been easier.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adam_Woodham
If you want to get more distance with your driver, the web is a great place to find information. The problem is that there is a ton of it and there and you cant; tell which ones are dud and which tips and sites have actually worked for others. Many people will blindly try random tips they find through search engines, but this rarely works. Here is a better idea for locating the tried and true ways to get more distance with your driver.
It's going to sound so simple and that's because it really is. Think about this: Wouldn't it be much more beneficial if you could locate the people who were able to successfully add yards and see exactly how they did it? It sure would and it makes more sense than just going onto the course and hacking away, in hopes that something you do does the job.
To find this information, all you have to do is take some time to look through the various golfing forums across the web. They are filled with ways to get more distance with your driver. They aren't just random tips, though, because a lot of the info is going to come from long time veterans who have already accomplished it. You can read their stories, tips, techniques, links to the things they used and so much more. If you want to get more distance with your driver, there aren't many better starting points than golfing forums. You can even start a bunch of your own topics if you need to ask any questions.
It's a simple way to find the tried and true ways to get more distance with your driver and take a lot of the guess work out of the equation.
You can also find the revolutionary, most original tutorial/guide which includes step-by-step ways to get more distance with your driver right here...
Adam Woodham is the author of this article and runs the informative golf blog Online Golf Tips, which features a personal review of the true leader in learning how to perfect your golf game. Learning to golf like a pro and hit like a champ has never been easier.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adam_Woodham
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