Golf Swing Blog - Everything You Need To Know Site
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Golf Universe

Our Latest Golf Article


Check out Jean Littler's golf book for yourself and learn how to swing a golf club the right way!


By Lee MacRae


How To Swing A Golf Club - Mission impossible?


With swinging a golf club so vital to playing a great game of golf, just about everyone eventually looks for information or lessons on how to swing a golf club. For many it becomes a quest like the Holy Grail, finding the perfect golf swing.


And for some people, learning how to swing a golf club and swinging it well becomes a very simple task. For others it becomes a very difficult task, finding it difficult to understand how you can keep your arms "straight" and still feel natural, swinging a golf club and driving the ball any distance at all. Anything sound familiar here?


No matter how you swing a golf club, the golf swing can be broken down into individual components. You have the backswing, the downswing, the impact of the club with the ball and the follow-through after the impact. Each and every one of these has to be done in a specific way for the shot to be successful. Many people struggle with fitting them all together smoothly. And then many people forget about the pre-shot routine, another aspect of the golf swing that is highly neglected. Take a look at all of your professional PGA golfers and you will see that they have a consistent and usually very brief pre-shot routine. Then visit your local golf course and watch the long drawn out affairs so many people engage in before they hit a golf ball. And if you watch long enough you'll actually see that most people never do the same thing twice. Unlike the golf professional, the duffer has a varied pre-shot routine both in time and method. Neglecting any aspect of your golf swing is a sure fire way to higher scores.


And whether you are just taking up golf, or been playing for some time, you should be aware that you have a tremendous tool to improve your golf swing in your golf game. I'm talking about the videos we can all watch today of golf professionals and how they play. And amazingly we also have on demand videos on the Internet that are absolutely free of great golfers like Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh or John Daly or past greats like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Walter Hagan or Gene Sarazen. Imagine being able to sit and watch how golfers, credited with having great golf swings, perform the task. Talk about a golden opportunity to learn.


Of course, videos are often not enough and golf lesson can be a tremendous benefit. Taking lessons from a golf professional and then watching how everything is implemented by the touring professionals can take your game a long way. Of course, not everyone can afford golf lessons, or at least not more than one or two. in that case, you can add something like an e-book that you can use to study and apply with your lessons and your videos. A book that has been highly recommended is one by golf Hall of Fame legend Gene Littler. He was nicknamed "Gene the Machine" due to his smooth rhythmical swing. Littler believed that, "Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the most misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes." A great philosophy and obviously the kind of teacher to help improve a golf swing and golf game.


Combining free videos from the internet with a few wisely spent dollars on the proper golf knowledge will do wonders for your golf swing and your game. Ignoring the wise path to success will only see you continue to drive the ball left and right instead of straight down the fairway. The decision is all up to you.

About the author


Don't hesitate to buy your copy of Gene Littler's How To Master The Golf Swing.! In this book Gene reveals the golf swing secrets that led to his PGA tour success.

Hints On Hybrid Golf Clubs

You learn to play golf by feel, not mechanics alone. Too much detail is confusing. You cannot think your way through a golf swing. You feel your way!
...PGA professional golf

Keeping the left wrist in this flat position will allow the correct movement of the wrists at the top of the backswing, and the starting of the downswing, which is an up and down motion, keeping the clubface maintained in the proper position throughout the swing.
...PGA

Golf Related News

Balance Basics

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Learn the basics of balance and how this relates to improving your game.

Tiger’s lay-off will be good for the sport, says O’Meara

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:22 +0100
<p> A good thing for the game, the worst news possible. Out for three months, out for a year, possibly longer. Will never be the same again, will be better than ever... </p>

| |

Labels:

AddThis Social Bookmark Button Add to Any Social Bookmark
onlywire Socializer socialize it
Comments: Post a Comment



<< Home
The latest, greatest info on Golf Swing and how to improve your golf game

golf

My Photo
Name:
Location: Brooksville, Florida, United States

I enjoy golf on Sundays and taking a dunk in our pool. We have two children and a cat.

  • golf
  • golf swing aid
  • golf clubs clone
  • beginners golf training aids
  • golf accessories
  • ARCHIVES
    5/18/08 - 5/25/08 / 5/25/08 - 6/1/08 / 6/1/08 - 6/8/08 / 6/8/08 - 6/15/08 / 6/15/08 - 6/22/08 / 6/22/08 - 6/29/08 / 6/29/08 - 7/6/08 / 7/6/08 - 7/13/08 / 7/13/08 - 7/20/08 / 7/20/08 - 7/27/08 / 7/27/08 - 8/3/08 / 8/3/08 - 8/10/08 / 8/10/08 - 8/17/08 / 8/17/08 - 8/24/08 / 10/5/08 - 10/12/08 / 10/12/08 - 10/19/08 / 10/26/08 - 11/2/08 / 11/2/08 - 11/9/08 / 11/9/08 - 11/16/08 / 12/7/08 - 12/14/08 / 12/14/08 - 12/21/08 / 12/21/08 - 12/28/08 / 12/28/08 - 1/4/09 / 1/4/09 - 1/11/09 / 1/11/09 - 1/18/09 / 1/18/09 - 1/25/09 / 1/25/09 - 2/1/09 /




    Subscribe in NewsGator Online


    Powered by Blogger

    golf