Golf Basic Tips

If you like so many other people around the world love to play the game of golf and need some tips on golf swing, then you’ve come to the right place. In golf the only obstacle you need to worry about as far as method goes is yourself. Once you learn how to master the multitude of different approaches you can take to your swing, you’re all set. This article will outline some of the things you can do to improve your golf swing and have an all together better game which is what any golfer wants.

The first thing we’ll talk about is pacing, which is considered to be one of the most important aspects of the golf swing. This simple means you will want to consider the speed at which you swing your club when you’re playing. Just because you take a hard or fast swing does not necessarily mean your ball will go farther or fulfill your desired goal. Just because your swing is fast doesn’t mean the ball will travel farther, which is a common mistake among beginners.

Obviously an important aspect of golf is the distance which your balls travels, a huge part of the game. In the end this is what matters and it’s what is important. Another common mistake many golfers make is that a hard swing means lots of distance which also isn’t true, especially if your goal is a short distance away. When you consider pacing and speed, it’s similar to playing billiards, just look at how they time their hits and use pacing to their advantage. The swings you take on the green should be controlled and well thought out, you don’t want to swing based on aggression or frustration. Not using your arms when you swing is a helpful hint in taking controlled swings that will send your ball where you want it, whether it be a short or a long distance away.

By: Dave Bronson

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Any golf enthusiast understands the importance of having proper setup and address position before making a swing. Everything must be parallel to your target and you must achieve the right kind of focus before you go and swing your club.  If you have problems with your swing, there are lots of golf swing trainers available. They help ensure that everything is in proper order so you can maximize your golf game.

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As a golfer, you must understand that you must align your feet, knees, hips, arms, and shoulders with your target. You must learn how to grip the club in such a manner that you do not feel like choking or squeezing something. You will know that you are properly setup once you achieve a balanced position. This simply means that you will not topple over if someone pushes you.

Golf swing trainers will also help you understand the mechanics of the upswing. You must remember that the power of your golf swing largely depends on the torque you are able to create with your body. A proper swing involves a nice shoulder turn and a hinge that will bring your club to the right place. Once you are able to completely wind up your body, you will be able to maximize torque and deliver a complete downswing.

Swing trainers will also help you develop your downswing. During your downswing, you will feel some kind of release in your hips and shoulders. Your wrists will unhinge in a relaxed manner and carry your ball away while your arms go down to impact. You must remember not to decelerate during your downswing as this can negatively affect the accuracy and distance of your golf swing. Do not forget to follow through.

If you want to improve on your golf swing, it is important that you seek help from golf swing trainers. Doing so, you will realize that you already understand the ins and outs of a golf swing which can greatly affect your progress on improving in this game.

By: Chris Jensen

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Golf, as anyone who plays will tell you, is a complex game to master, you need to think about every aspect of your stance, movement, balance, swing and concentration in order to be able to play well and this can sometimes take years. As with any type of sport people who play golf have to do so regularly in order to retain any skills that they might have otherwise they will get rusty and this will lead to a drop in their handicap.

One part of playing golf well is the golf swing speed – get it right and you have a good foundation to build the rest of your game on, get it wrong and you will be spending too much time on the fairway and not on the green. Golf swing speed is the speed at which a person can swing their golf club when hitting it as hard as they can, this shot is normally used when teeing off and can make or break a game of golf. And this is one of the reasons that so much emphasis is put on the right golf swing speed.

So that the ideal golf swing speed can be reached golfers will practise tirelessly however to get the best golf swing speed you should not try to hit the ball as hard as you can. It is a common misconception that to have a great golf swing you have to bring the ball down on the downstroke as hard as possible. This is not true. It is far better to perfect your stance and balance and then use these two basics to create a golf swing speed that is perfect. Doing this will allow you to have greater control over your swing which will, over time increase the speed of the golf swing until you are happy with it.

By: Joe Marquart

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The other day I was watching a Golf Channel commercial where Tiger Woods was conducting a clinic.  As part of the promo they played a quote from him where he said, “There is no one way to swing a golf club”.  Boy did that start me thinking.

You know how differently one pro golfer may swing compared to another (Jim Furyk vs Tiger). Yet they both score well and are highly ranked in the World Golf Standings. How can that be?

There is a golfer at our course who I thought of immediately when Tiger made that comment.  We took notice of him some time back as he was normally on the course about the same time we played. He has the most quirky swing I have ever seen.  So quirky that our group would often make humorous comments about it.

This fellow would take the club back to waist high, then pause, turn back, then pause again, then up to the top and another even longer pause and finally he would swing down and thru where he would hold the finish position for the longest time. He did all of this while appearing as stiff and mechanical as is possible for a human being. He reminds me of a human version of “Iron Byron”, the robot used by the USGA & manufacturers to test golf equipment.

As luck would have it, this one Saturday, Dooley Duffer and I were paired with him and his friend. We didn’t realize it was the guy with the quirky swing until the first tee. As he began to take some practice swings to warm up there it was that herky jerky, stiff as a board, mechanical looking, robotic “Iron Byron” swing.

Dooley and I did all we could to hold back the chuckles. Mumbling to each other about how we were expecting a long round with this guy chasing his errant shots all over the place.  We couldn’t have been more wrong!

This guy kept the ball in the fairway and hit most of the greens.  He scored well on nearly every hole.  Even shooting 2 under par on the back side!  All with that quirky “Iron Byron” swing. He really shut us up.

How? He was able to repeat the swing over and over. As Dooley said later, “The ball did not care about all of that herky jerky stuff in his backswing, just the angle of the clubface at impact.” And that guy certainly had a repeating golf swing in spite of or maybe because of all that herky jerky motion.

Here is what Jack Moorehouse, author of “How to Break 80…”, has to say on the subject of repeating golf swings.

The more we can repeat the same swing, the more often we will achieve a predictable result -the secret to lower golf handicaps. To build a repeatable swing, we must:

Stay connected Set the club on the correct plane. 

Staying connected is a common factor found among all good repeating golf swings. The shoulders, arms, hands, and club should all move away from the ball in unison. Hinging or cocking the wrists sets the club on the correct plane, which keeps the clubface square to the path of the golf swing.

Two other important essentials in building a repeatable swing are:

Swinging to the top of the slot and Retaining power in the swing.

If the club’s shaft is horizontal to the ground, it should be parallel to the target line. The angle of the club should match the angle of the forearm while maintaining the original spine angle and head position. Settle the weight smoothly on the front side and start unwinding the upper body. The right elbow should be dropped down to the side.

Now I am not suggesting here that you work on developing a swing like “Iron Byron’s”. I think most of us would find it even more difficult to repeat his swing than a more conventional swing.  That is because for most of us the conventional swing is the more repeatable golf swing.

Dooley went to the range one day and tried the “Iron Byron” swing just for kicks so to speak. He kept hitting the ball with a high fade/slice.  All the more admiration for the guy who made it work so well. At least for that round that very unconventional swing was a repeatable swing. And that repeating swing made all the difference between his scorecard and ours.

If you need sound golf swing instruction to help you develop a repeating golf swing and lower your handicap then I would like to point you in the direction of How to Break 80.  It is far better than struggling on your own or trying to groove an unconventional repeatable swing like “Iron Byron’s”!

The best thing is that all of this help is less than most lessons with a pro, a single training aide or instructional DVD. He is offering a 90-day money back guarantee, so if you don’t like the book simply return it. But, once you get into his drills, I highly doubt that you’ll need that guarantee.

A repeatable golf swing found here How to Break 80.

By: Wayne Hudler

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