Peter L asked:


For putting…i use the method…4 inches back=10 ft roll…and say peanut during the backswing and follow thru with butter…any similar tips for the golf swing? Been getting pretty good results with this….anything similar to this for a full golf swing?

Javier

vagabond79 asked:


Specifically, it seems that to make a big turn of the torso would require the arms to go way past parallel. Is this true? If not, why?

George

Helen Hecker asked:


No matter what area of your game needs improving, whether it’s balance and alignment or power and speed, there’s a solution waiting for you. Many golfers play golf just to hack around and have some fun; more avid players are always looking for ways to improve their swing and their overall game. Hard to believe but there are roughly 27 million golfers in the world today.

If you’ve hit with your golf driver perfectly once, you can do it every time; the subconscious mind knows the correct number and sequence of muscle contractions and nerve impulses needed, called muscle memory. The positive energy you send out will influence your game, just as negative thinking and therefore negative energy will affect it also. Visualize where you would like the ball to land, as you swing.

Accomplished golfers purposely use sidespin to steer their ball around obstacles or towards the safe side of fairways and greens. Before you swing, make sure you’re relaxed; contract all your muscles tightly for a moment and then relax them. Trust your golf club to do the job it was intended to do.

Use the basic ‘hitchhiker’ position when you’re working on your backswing. One of the problems that most inexperienced golfers share is they think too much about their swing. After the ball is hit, the follow-through stage consists of a continued rotation to the left.

Putts and short chips are ideally played without much movement of the body, but most other shots are played using variants of the full golf swing. Many golfers who are strongly left-handed in their daily life prefer the right-handed swing. Sidespin occurs when the clubface is not aligned perpendicularly to the plane of swing.

It’s difficult for a golfer to practice hitting shots longer than short pitch shots unless one pays to play golf or pays to practice at a driving range or indoor golf training facility.

Use the muscles in your legs and trunk when you swing. Conditioning your golf muscles will reward you with straighter swings. To prevent injury and improve swing speed and distance requires your body to be both strong and flexible. Don’t underestimate the value of fitness when it comes to your golf swing and your overall game.

Golf swing aids will improve your game. Most of all don’t waste your money on a golf swing aid you don’t need or will never use. Overall, investing in golf swing aids will greatly improve your swing and your game.

If you’re a golfing novice just starting out, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Look for golf swing aids at your local golf course. Golf swing aids come in all shapes and sizes including apparel type accessories to correct alignment or a golf club add-on accessory to monitor your swing.

Sporting goods stores have aids to improve your game. Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or just starting out, pick just one golf swing aid and go to work on your swing. There are aids that will help you with swing alignment.

If you’re looking for an aid to improve your stance they’re not hard to find. Golf magazines often review the newest golf swing aids and are reviewed by golfers, making it easy to choose the right one for you.

Practice, practice, practice! When you play a round of golf, concentrate on improving your golf swing, putting or something specific that day; have a plan in mind. Try to concentrate on one golf swing weakness at time.

Kelly

John Y asked:


For a right handed person’s golf swing, should the left leg “post up” and straighten out during the down swing? Perhaps not immediately, but what should the left leg be like before impact, at impact, and after impact on the follow through? Thanks

Tim

yo asked:


I just started playing golf this year (13 yrs old) And in a few months I had an ok swing and could hit the ball pretty well with iron. My dad and I go to the range every week, and this week we went and i couldn’t do anything. I kept topping the ball, missing it, or sending it into the wall of my range space. What is this??? How do I get my swing back? Do I have to start all over again? Im swinging worse than I was when I first started. Could someone help?

Philip

Matt M asked:


This summer I am working out and golfing. I was wondering if the weight lifting that I do affects my golf swing in a bad way?

Tony

RAMO asked:


The way i swing, I tend to bend into my weight shift and then I over correct it and top the ball. I have no idea on how to fix it. Also, i have a wicked slice!

Katherine

John Lynch asked:


By John Lynch I’ll never forget the time a few years ago when my brother in law Steve explained to me how he discovered a major break through in his golf swing. He describes this golf swing takeaway tip as “lightning in a bottle”…the true holy grail of golf! Steve told me he had been sitting at an 8 handicap for about 4 years and was getting very frustrated at his lack of improvement. He practiced diligently however he had truly reached a plateau in his golf game. He went through about 4 golf pros during this time and every one of them told him there was nothing wrong with his golf swing. Eventually he started playing less and less golf and was about ready to give it up altogether. Steve said while on vacation with his family he was browsing through an old book store on Martha’s Vineyard when he came across a used copy of Joe Dante’s “Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf” written in 1972. He said he couldn’t put the book down so out of courtesy to the store owner he bought it.
Steve showed me the book and as I leafed through it I was amazed at all the beautifully drawn illustrations showing how to swing a golf club properly. Andy Brown has since revised this book for the 21st century and offers many media formats to read or listen to the book. Steve turned to the chapter that explains “the early backward wrist break” and told me this one magic move has totally transformed his golf game! He went on to say how golf pros never tell you HOW to break the wrists during the backswing for whatever reason. Steve believes the first 18 inches of the backswing are the most critical. Most golfers fan the clubface open early in the backswing causing them to swing the club way too much to the inside…this knocks the swing off plane early in the backswing. Golfers then usually spend the rest of the golf swing trying to adjust so they can just make contact with the ball…not a good recipe for success! The book goes on to say there should be no open or closing of the clubface early in the backswing…if you correctly perform the early backward wrist break your swing will be on plane early in the swing…Steve says he feels like the club is swinging itself…a truly effortless swing! I am happy to say that my brother in law Steve is now a scratch golfer, thanks to this one magic move that has transformed his golf game! When you make the backward wrist break perfectly - only one knuckle of your left hand (right handed golfers) and two knuckles of your right hand should be visible and the golf club should be parallel to your target line.

(Photo courtesy of The New Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf by Andy Brown and Joe Dante.) You pay a lot of money to play this great game of golf…so why not enjoy it more by playing the golf you are capable of? Try this golf swing takeaway tip and build the early backward wrist break into your golf swing and I promise you will halve your handicap in 2 weeks! Hit ‘em Long and Straight! John Lynch

Annette

Helen Hecker asked:


To play golf you need good hand-eye coordination, balance, and knowledge of golf swing biomechanics, athletic ability and a good amount of creativity. The average golfer’s gross score is about 107 shots. And no matter what area of your game needs improving, whether it’s balance and alignment or power and speed, there’s a simple solution.

You want to play your game of golf with confidence. Know that you’re improving your swing each time that you play. It’s good to approach the game with a positive attitude and repeat predetermined affirmations like, ‘I play great golf all the time.’ Now if you’ve hit with your golf driver perfectly just one time, then you can do it every time you play. The subconscious mind knows the correct number and sequence of muscle contractions and nerve impulses that are needed, which is called muscle memory and is used in all sports. Be aware that the mental aspect of the game contributes to the difficulty of your golf swing.

When you swing your club, you should use the muscles in your legs and trunk. And sidespin will occur when the clubface is not properly aligned perpendicularly to the plane of the swing. If you have problems with your left knee buckling when you swing, try imagining holding a soccer ball between your knees.

Make sure to try to use the proper golf swing technique, never a shortcut. Ask your golf pro to take a minute to evaluate your posture and biomechanics while you’re swinging. And use the basic ‘hitchhiker’ position when you’re working on your backswing.

As the body matures, the ability to rotate the upper torso can be affected and the hand action can also slow down thus requiring a slightly stronger grip than one would use if they were younger. After you’ve hit the ball, you should follow through with a continued rotation to the left. And make sure to swing slowly and steadily using good rhythm and good biomechanics.

At the end of your swing, the weight should be shifted almost entirely to the left foot, the body fully turned to the left and the hands above the left shoulder with the club hanging down over the back. Putting can become a recurring nightmare and a condition called the ‘yips’ has affected not only amateurs but many golf professionals so you should get expert advice and consider a golf swing trainer if this happens to you.

By using just a few simple tips, techniques and stretches, you can increase the distance of your drives by up to 20 yards - almost overnight. One good exercise is to hold a medicine ball in front of you and turn back and forth, left and right as far as you can go. It must be rotational if you want to improve on your driving distance. And because the proper golf swing is mostly rotational it really makes sense to concentrate on your turning ability as it relates to both range of motion and speed. You never want to underestimate the sheer value of fitness when it comes to your golf swing and your overall golf game.

Regarding golf swing aids and golf swing trainers - golf magazines often cover reviews by golfers, making it much easier to choose the right one for you. Before buying any aid or trainer for your swing however, check with an expert to get an idea of what problem you need to work on first, for example, the backlift of your golf swing or the momentum of the downward thrust or stance. Keep in mind that with some of the golf swing trainers, you may still need help from a pro.

And if you’re looking for an aid to improve your stance they’re fairly easy to find. If you’re a golfing novice just starting out, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with all there is to learn.

There are a wide range of golf swing aids and analyzers on the market today to help the both the beginner and advanced golfer improve swing techniques. Most of all you don’t want to waste your money on an aid or trainer you don’t need or will never use so make sure to look for reviews and ratings online or offline for any golf swing trainer that you’re considering.

It’s most important to try to relax and try to really enjoy your game. Consider a golf vacation package as a good way to get in more practice. And if you can’t take your golf clubs and golf accessories with you when you go, you should be able to easily rent golf clubs, golf accessories, golf bags, golf carts or golf cart covers at any golf resort.

So when you play a round of golf, concentrate on your putting, improving your golf swing or something specific for that day; have a firm plan in mind. It makes sense to invest in a few of the newest golf videos or DVDs, golf books, golf software and golf ebooks; older golf books may be outdated - there are hundreds of free and simple golf tips to seek out in consumer and sports magazines also, in books, ebooks, software and DVDs both, online and offline.

Alvin

Helen Hecker asked:


It’s important to remember, your golf swing is what drives your score; not your clubs or ball. You may receive all the greatest golf tips in the world, take countless lessons and get superior instruction and still may not be able to gain consistency. As we all know, golf is probably the most difficult sport in the world.

Don’t worry about what others think or may say about your swing; work to improve it at your own speed. A common mental error golfers make when driving the ball is to hit it as hard as possible. Overall, you generally want to play golf with confidence.

It’s difficult for a golfer to practice hitting shots longer than short pitch shots unless one pays to play golf or pays to practice at a driving range or indoor golf training facility.

Standing over the ball for too long a time and wondering whether you’re going to swing the club correctly can easily result in a skewed shot, or completely missing the ball. One of the problems that most inexperienced golfers share is they think too much about their swing.

Ask your golf pro to evaluate your posture while swinging. The most important thing about the golf swing is the angle and not the strength that’s applied to it. When you swing if you have problems with your left knee buckling, imagine you’re holding a soccer ball between your knees.

Accomplished golfers purposely use sidespin to steer their ball around obstacles or towards the safe side of fairways and greens. Use the basic ‘hitchhiker’ position when you’re working on your backswing. The backswing is a rotation to the right, consisting of a shifting of the player’s body weight to the right side, a turning of the pelvis and shoulders, lifting of the arms and flexing of the elbows and wrists.

Trust your golf club to do the job it was intended to do. Putting can become a nightmare and a condition called the ‘yips’ has affected not only amateurs but professionals as well; get expert advice and consider a golf swing aid.

It’s no secret; most of the professional players actively participate in workouts. Many golfers have improved their golf game by concentrating on golf fitness. The state of the physical condition is very often overlooked as a possible cause of golf swing problems.

If you’re looking for an aid to improve your stance they’re not hard to find. Sporting goods stores have golf aids to improve your game. Look for golf swing aids at your local golf course.

Be careful about the claims on TV commercials and magazine ads; seek expert advice before you buy because they may not live up to their claims. Overall, investing in golf swing aids will greatly improve your swing and your golf game. Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or just starting out, pick just one aid and go to work on your swing.

Most of all don’t waste your money on a golf swing aid you don’t need or will never use. In any case, stick to just one golf swing aid at a time; don’t load up on them. Aids come in all shapes and sizes including apparel type accessories to correct alignment or a golf club add-on accessory to monitor your swing.

Aids will improve your golf game. There are aids that will help you with swing alignment.

If you apply both physical and mental workouts, golf swing improvement will be your reward. Try to concentrate on one weakness at time. With plenty of practice, a better golf swing will be the end result.

Rhonda