There are many reasons to incorporate golf into your exercise and socializing routine. The golf course remains one of the popular ways for people of many ages to get out there and exercise. Whether you have golfed before or not, the following tips will help you consider whether incorporating golf you’re your life is right for you.
If you have a tough time keeping a firm grasp of your club because of arthritis or other ailments that make it hard to keep hold throughout your swing, consider regripping your clubs with thicker grips. Grips with a larger diameter make it easier to hold if you have sore hands, and they will give you added control through the swing.
In order to maximize the distance of your shots, you simply must get it out of your head that swinging harder is better. Experienced golfers know that distance is not just a function of strength, but instead is created by proper balance, a focused wrist release, and proper shifting of weight through the swing.
Avoid the feeling that you always get more accuracy off the tee with a three wood than a driver. Odds are that you have spent much more time practicing and playing with your driver off the tee, so don’t over-think things and pull out a club that you are not as familiar with in hopes of gaining more accuracy, because this is rarely the end result.
If you have trouble slicing the ball off the tee, avoid the common mistake of compensating for this by aiming to the left. By aiming further left of your target, you actually put yourself in position to hit an even larger slice, as your club head is more likely to swipe across the ball instead of hitting it squarely.
If you have a tough time keeping a firm grasp of your club because of arthritis or other ailments that make it hard to keep hold throughout your swing, consider regripping your clubs with thicker grips. Grips with a larger diameter make it easier to hold if you have sore hands, and they will give you added control through the swing.
Avoid the incorrect thinking that proper weight shift means working your weight from one side of your to the other, thus resulting in leaning backward and then forward. Instead, consider the weight shift more of an idea of transferring the weight from one leg to to the other. Approaching the shift in this way eliminates the extraneous motion that often leads to bad shots.
If you are having difficulty shifting your weight throughout the swing and find yourself leaning backwards after impact with the ball, try spending some time practicing at the range using a baseball-like approach. By doing a slight lift of your forward foot during the backswing and subsequent step back down through the shot, you can get a better feel for how the body needs to transfer weight forward through the swing.
One easy way to help get your shots on a straighter path is to use the buttons on your golf shirt as a guide. Before you swing, make sure your buttons are in a straight line perpendicular with your ball. Then, if you want to shape a swing you can adjust your buttons to point forward for a fade or backward for a draw.
One great way to get a better idea of what works and doesn’t work in your swing is to take video of yourself while on the practice range. Sometimes you may feel like you are hitting your mechanical focus points through your swing, but by viewing yourself in action you are able to see major glitches that otherwise go unchecked.
In order to eliminate your overpowering dominant hand from taking over your short game shots and causing poor results, consider adjusting your grip. Instead of using a traditional baseball or one finger overlap, a grip that involves overlapping several of your fingers from each hand will give you much more stability for these touchy finesse shots.
Because of the fascinating way golf takes hold of its enthusiasts, it has real staying power. Your career as a golfer will span years and even decades when you fall in love with the game. Best of all, by continuing to examine good golf advice, you can make that whole long career one of constant improvement.
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