Saturday, August 11, 2007

Can A Golf Swing Video Change your Game?

There are many golfers who have been exposed to many a golf swing video and yet there has been no effect on their game. At least not a positive one.

In fact for some their game has consistently gotten worse whenever they try to implement stuff that they learnt from a golf swing video somewhere. So the truth of the matter is that there are many golfers who do not believe that a golf swing video can have any sort of impact in a golfers game or even its quality.

There are several reasons for this. For instance there is no way a golfer can perform consistently or even hope to see their game gradually improving, without being physically fit or at least golf fit.

The truth of the matter is that the game has changed tremendously in recent times. For example the trend towards larger club heads and therefore heavier ones has put additional strain on the required physical strength and endurance that a typical golfer requires to perform at any level and not just the highest.

Is it any wonder that the golf swing video does not impact most games?

The fact is that the golf swing, for example is a very unnatural swing action to the body. In fact the more unnatural it is, the better effect and results a golfer will tend to have.

This is the reason why it is usually difficult for most golfers to implement the swing techniques they view frequently in golf swing videos. There really is only one effective solution to the problem and that is exercising and conditioning the golf muscles in the body to find the golf swing as natural as possible.

This can easily be achieved by enrolling in any golf-specific exercise program carried out by somebody who is qualified and knows what they are doing.

Thats really the only way a golfer can fully benefit from the useful advice and techniques available in most golf swing videos.


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Thursday, April 19, 2007

LAS VEGAS GOLF TIPS

LAS VEGAS GOLF TIPS

Trying golf and looking for that perfect hot green spot to visit and swing that club on? Perhaps you are looking for Las Vegas; an excellent environment for beginners and professionals alike.
Las Vegas is known for its wonderful golf courses. To date, there are at least 40 golf courses offering the best golf tee time packages that everyone will surely find enjoyable.

The following tips are designed to make your booking for golf tee times as ideal and perfect as possible, while enjoying all the amenities the golf course has to give.

Ø General Structure of Golf Courses - One consideration you have to make in planning your tee times is the general structural plan of the specific golf courses you are going into.

The greens should be specifically kept intact and fairways and tee boxes should be strategically located. Clubhouses should be built in appropriate focal points where golfers and other guests could rest along the tournament.

Ø Practice Facility and Driving Ranges
Adequate and efficient practice facility and accessible driving ranges are also important. Holes should be properly placed on locations where enough excitement is felt along the game as you go through swinging that stick and putting that ball into that hole!
Ø Hazards: Spices of Life
Additionally, professionally designed natural and artificial hazards are the spices which makes golfing an interesting game to play. However, beginners should not be as concerned as professional golfers in as much as the general plan of the golf course is concerned.

If you are a beginner, general structure of golf links should not even pose an issue; instead you are advised to learn the basics of golfing and using the right materials which you can use to start with and learn all that swinging technique!
Ø Booking on the Internet!

There is no other excellent portal to getting information on the current hot spots in golfing. Las Vegas boasts its' more than top 40 golf courses complete with amenities which everyone can enjoy.
Best deals are usually advertised on the Internet through authorized Las Vegas Golf Course agencies and are only available for a specific period of time.
Ø Great Rates!

Don’t be afraid to book in one of the most famous gambling cities in the world! Great places need not be expensive. Surely, you will be able to find great deals which matches everyone else’s budget.
Daytime and nighttime rates differ, usually ranging from $200 to $600 per person including taxes and other applicable fees for car and range balls. Enjoy 18-holes championship golf links across a 7000 yard field. Everything you’re gonna need is in Las Vegas!

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Perfect Putting

Perfect Putting

Ok, so there really is no such thing as perfect putting —— but you can get pretty close. Just follow some of these helpful tips:



GRIP and STANCE
Start with the correct grip. Lightly place your hands on the club. It's not a python you have to squeeze to death before it kills you. Use a very light version of your normal grip, but with the pinky on the club, rather than overlapped or interlocked. When you close your fingers, don't force the club into an angle. Address the ball squarely.

Relax.
Place the ball toward the front of your stance, centered between your shoulders. Keep your hands near the top of the grip and focus your eyes directly over the ball. The target line is perpendicular to a power saw that would slice your body in half. This makes it easy to give a natural pendulum stroke along the target line.


If you're right handed, lock in your left hand. Left-handers, lock in the right. The putter face should be perpendicular to the target line, and the ball at the sweetspot, usually. As you lean over, your eyes come into line parallel with the target line. A ball dropped from your nose would land onto that line.


Feet will be generally set no wider than the hips, weight balanced slightly toward the inside of their left heel.


BALL
Your ball should be placed roughly between the center of your stance and your left instep. This squares up the path and the clubhead prior to impact. Also, it allows any approach angle to level out enough to for good follow through.


STROKE
Sweeping strokes are usually positioned slightly left, while a tapping motion should be more centered. Your goal is to strike the ball in the center (the sweetspot), unless you're putting on a downhill slope. Then, try hitting closer to the toe of the putter. This gives slightly less impact force, and lowers the odds of overshooting the hole. A smooth stroke back, followed by a forward motion in the same plane is the ideal. Remember, left hand holds, right hand strokes. (For right-handers.)


PRACTICE
If you look closely at most golf balls, you'll notice a line around the 'equator', where there are not dimples. A well constructed ball will be perfectly balanced, with equal weight on any line through the center. But not all are. Good manufacturers, ensure the cover is the same thickness all around, and the core materials a uniform density.


Still, not every ball is perfect. On a practice green (flat, dry, and level), try lining up the line on the ball with the target line toward the hole. Take a few practice putts from 3-6 feet from the hole, then ten feet. Look for any tendency of the ball to veer one way or the other that isn't due to errors in your stance or stroke. (Be honest!)


Now lay down a series of markers (strings or quarters, for example), at different distances from the hole. Try one foot, three feet, six feet, 10 feet, 15 feet. Practice shooting NOT for the hole, but to consistently place the ball within the markers. This will give you a good feel for how hard an impact at what angle rolls the ball how far.


Change the distance between the markers, making them closer together, and repeat until you can put the ball anywhere you want.


See, now you are perfect!


Saturday, February 24, 2007

Keeping Your Swing Free and Easy

Keeping Your Swing Free and Easy
Every golfer knows that keeping your swing free and easy is the key to successful drives and chips. Having tense muscles is a guaranteed way to have problems. How do you stay relaxed and have an easy and free swing?

You first need to learn that your pivot center is between your shoulders. The center of your stroke is not in your hands, wrist, or head. The muscles that put energy into moving the club forward are in and below the center of your shoulders.

Think about the muscles that control your head. If you keep your head still, then you can keep your balance and your center of gravity. If you can keep your balance and hit the ball with the toe of the club then you will have a shot that travels the correct distance.

Extending your arms can help give more power to the ball than when you bend your arms. If you keep your left arm and club shaft in line with each other, then you have a fixed way to guide the club.

Don’t over think the shot. Many times, players take too much time thinking about angles. Then they move their heads and tense up their muscles when they swing. Tension destroys any chance that you had at a shot and reduces your power and accuracy.

Keeping your arms pulled into your body allows you to control your downward stroke more efficiently and easily. This way you only have to yield a little to reach the ball, but if you are going beyond the ball, it is much harder to pull in the hands. This is why it is good to try to keep your arms in toward the body.

You will not need as much effort to guide the club if you let the centrifugal force work for you. Let it carry your club out during the downward swing until it makes contact with the ball. Then you can use your energy to propel the club.

Ensure that you do not reach for the ball during the address or your muscles will stiffen up.

People just learning to play golf usually swing short. Due to the great amount of centrifugal force that is created, the beginning golfer may pull in their hands involuntarily because they are afraid that they will go beyond the ball.

If you keep your hands still during the address then they will most likely be in the correct position when making contact with the ball. This also helps for you to achieve a comfortable position so your muscles will stay relaxed. The angle that you address the ball will have little influence on your game. It is the way you move at the top of the swing that makes the difference.

The best advice I can give you is to keep your arms straight and pulled in close to your body. Keep your club shaft and left arm in line with each other and parallel to your right leg. This helps to give you better control of the golf club.

Using these tips should help your swing become more easy and free. The most important thing is to breathe deeply and relax. If you approach the game of golf with enjoyment, then the rest of your body will follow suit!

Monday, February 12, 2007

Golf Widows' Revenge

According to figures derived from the National Golf Foundation and the US Census, there are at least 5.5 million golf widows in the United States. They are the women who stay home or sit by the pool while their spouses enjoy golfing with their buddies.


But two can play at that game — literally. Today, more and more women are playing golf for both recreation and development of business relationships. Though they tend not to be able to hit quite as far, on average they have superior accuracy so scores are comparable.


Gone are the days when it was exclusively a men's club. (Augusta notwithstanding.) Even a chauvinist can rejoice. Where else do you get to see a fine form in motion without penalty?
It's been said that living well is the best revenge, but I lean toward the old saying that getting better is better than getting even. So beg, borrow, or buy (ah, credit card revenge!) a half-set and take some lessons. It won't be long before you're embarrassing the mate by sinking that twelve-foot putt when he or she just missed a two-footer.


Of course, those without an interest in golf (bite your tongue!) can enjoy other pursuits. It's not difficult to make sure that planned trip to Maui for a week on the links contains sights and delights to occupy the 'abandoned' spouse, male or female. Makena's 1,800 acres of lush green and dramatic cloud bedecked mountain views practically guarantee that.


If African safaris are more to your taste, there's even a course in The Gambia, a little sliver of a country with a coast carved out of Senegal. I'd stay out of the water traps, though.
For the stay near home types of either sex, you might welcome a chance to get a few of those projects done without some of the — oh, I'm sure very valuable, yes indispensable — advice they often engender. If you'll forgive the pun.


Such projects could involve taking the spouse's second set of clubs to the repair shop for getting that long-delayed re-grip. Or, for the really ambitious and tidy, you could polish the grass stains off those woods and take a good saddle soap to that leather bag. Er... not what you had in mind? Hmm... some people are just couch potatoes, I guess.


Probably the best advice I've heard to rein in a golf fanatic is to make easing up seem like the duffer's own idea. Of course, it's hard to get them to sit still long enough for hypnosis to take effect.


So, how about this?


Rather than harangue and insist the golfer play less golf — suggest they play even more. Yes, but add that it would be just delightful if the three children were taught to play. That way the golfer still gets to golf and the whole family can still be together.


Of course, all would just have to have individual custom sets at $2,000 per. Not to mention, those great $100 shoes — which, kids being kids, would need to be replaced every few months. Throw in three more course fees twice per week — more during summer vacations.


Pretty soon the hobby, er... excuse me, the "well-spring of life sport", is costing an extra $1,000 a week. Before long that photography hobby is looking like a bargain.


Or, the golfer could just play less golf. Ouch! That hurts just to say out loud.
And, please, don't show this article to my spouse.

Monday, February 05, 2007

Getting the Right Golf Clubs for You

With so many clubs out there, deciding which one to get can be a tough decision. Here are some tips on how to narrow down the selection.


- Decide on your levels for playing Some play for the weekend game and there are others who’d like to move up in the ranks. If the occasional game is your pace, a low- to mid-performance club can work for you, while a high-performance club is suited to those who’ll play more regularly.


- Set a budget

The notion that the more expensive the club, the better it is simply doesn’t hold water anymore. If you do enough homework and read reviews you’ll find a club that matches your level of interest. Don’t be afraid to check out used clubs as they can give you the best chances of getting the club you need at a good price.



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Now that you know your interest level and have established a budget, here’s a brief run-through of kinds of golf clubs and what each one does.


WoodsA typical golfer's bag will have a driver (called 1-wood) and a couple of fairway woods (3- and/or 5-wood). A driver is the longest club (usually 45 inches) making it the toughest to control during a swing.


IronsIrons feature thin clubheads with grooves on it. Experienced players opt for a blade style iron while beginners get a cavity-back style. A blade-style has a clubhead with a full back, whereas a cavity back’s clubhead is hollow. It is hollowed out to create a perimeter weighting effect helpful for less-experienced golfers.


Irons are categorized as long (1, 2, 3,4), mid- (5,6,7) and short (8,9). Short irons are the easiest to hit while the long ones are the hardest. The shorter the iron, the more loft there is and for beginners, the more loft, the better.


PuttersPutters are the clubs most often used in the game and come in clubhead styles of blade, heel-toe and mallet. Lengths come in belly putters, standard and broomstick (long) putters.

Which option to get is a personal choice.


Utility clubs/hybridsThe clubs combine features of woods and irons and are best for beginners who may not want to buy too many clubs straight out.


Finally as a final word before taking them out of the store, most new clubs fit individuals at the average height of 5’10” for men and 5’5” for women. If you are significantly shorter or taller than these figures, you should get your club fitted to your height.


Start off with these considerations to build on your research when choosing your golf clubs. The game becomes that much more fun with the little effort you make now.


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