Golf Basic Tips

Whether you are an armature golfer or a seasoned one there are always tips to help your swing and take some strokes off your score. Improving one's golf swing is all about learning and perfecting the basics, and from there you build your way around it. The biggest problem is that no two people are the same, and ever body is different and reacts to certain motions completely different. So the keys is for ever person o perfect is swing in there own unique way.

The fundamentals of a swing are as follows;

1. Grip, how you hold the club.  
2. Posture is how you set yourself up to the ball. This is a key to a successful golf swing. The width of your stance, the amount of knee flex, the straightening of the back is all aspects of posture. The angle the back maintains throughout the swing and the bending from the hip socket are also related to the posture  
3. Pivoting, how you move your body from your head to your toes this excludes your hands and arms.  
4. The hand and arm relationship, what the hands and arms do in the golf swing.  
5. Alignment, how you pick and set up to your target.  
6. On the mental side, is the ability to play using different strategies. I would think that this is the most important aspect of the golf game. Why is it when we get so frustrated with our poor play that you just go up and hit a great shot without thinking about it? Most sports are 90% mental and the rest is skill. Tiger Woods is a perfect example of this principle.

The first tip would be keeping your head still and keep the eyes fixed on the ball. Doing this will keep your club face to the hitting zone. Most often, when you miss a shot, you take your eyes off the ball either by lifting your head even for a split second before taking the shot.

The next tip is to relax as you approach your shot and stay relaxed through your whole swing. Gripping your club to tight and having a rigid stance will play apart in bad play, you need to relax. When you relax you will let the club do the work.

So getting back to basics and relaxing should produce a lower game score and better handicap, so you will enjoy your game more.

Tags: Golf Basic Tips, Tricks and Products // Add Comment »