| Even with simple golf swing lessons, instructional | | | | for some recommendations. |
| videos and store-purchased aids, your golf game will | | | | Fresh Stage |
| continue the way it has been without consistent and | | | | After your warm-up start working on exercises that |
| efficient practice. Consistent because practice | | | | build on a skill you have not mastered yet or on |
| sessions involve exercises that are meant to develop | | | | parts of your game that have been causing you |
| muscle memory. Efficient because pacing your energy | | | | higher strokes each round. This could be anything |
| to the kinds of exercises you will do is important as | | | | from putting to chipping or driving. The idea is that |
| well. | | | | when you work on these problem areas while you |
| Simple as this point may sound, it is one that is easily | | | | are still fresh and limber from a stretch routine, your |
| overlooked. Many golfers think that as long as they | | | | body responds more positively to the exercises you |
| spend enough time on the practice range, their score | | | | are doing. |
| will improve. Unfortunately, that is not necessarily so. | | | | The thing about most people is that their idea of golf |
| To improve your golf game as well as your golf | | | | swing practice is simply spending time on the driving |
| swing it is important that your practice sessions be | | | | range without even considering whether or not |
| as regimented as the way you play the game itself, | | | | driving is their problem area. But if you are aware |
| or more. | | | | that your short game is what is giving you problems |
| Before you complain about how boring golf swing | | | | then you should hit the greens to work on your |
| practices are it might help to think that golf swing | | | | putting as soon as you finish warming up. |
| practices are what build good playing habits when | | | | Keep in mind that it has been proven that more than |
| you hit the greens. If you approach your practice | | | | 60% of a players golf strokes take place on the |
| sessions as more than a chore your golf swing | | | | green. Unfortunately, this fact is overlooked by many |
| training results will provide you more pleasure on the | | | | players that result in poor golf practice habits and |
| golf course. | | | | higher strokes per round! |
| Typically, golf practice sessions fall under one of the | | | | Fatigue Stage |
| following three stages: | | | | Once you start feeling winded from the earlier |
| - Warm-up Stage | | | | exercises move on to work on facets of your golf |
| - Fresh Stage | | | | game that simply need reinforcement. Since your |
| - Fatigue Stage | | | | body already knows this motion this stage in your |
| In these three stages you will carry out different | | | | golf swing practice serves as maintenance to your |
| sets of golf swing exercises that when done properly | | | | form. |
| will make your practices more effective. This will | | | | If any correction is necessary your stressed out |
| provide you results you can see on the course as | | | | body will not adjust to a difficult form. As in the |
| you play. | | | | previous example, only after working on your |
| Warm-up Stage | | | | problematic short game can you then go to the |
| Many are deceived into thinking that golf requires no | | | | driving range to give positive reinforcement to your |
| strenuous physical activity as it only involves swinging | | | | drives. |
| a golf club and walking. Nothing could be further from | | | | In closing, you can show continuous improvement by |
| the truth. The very nature of swinging a golf club | | | | establishing a good golf practice-to-play ratio such as |
| causes your muscle groups to work in ways not | | | | 2:1 where you invest twice as much time in golf |
| common to everyday routines. | | | | swing training as you do to playing golf. Make sure |
| Your upper torso, arms, and lower back muscles are | | | | that you give yourself sufficient time to rest in |
| the groups most impacted when playing golf. In order | | | | between exercises and in between stages. While it is |
| to avoid injury or strain it is important that you warm | | | | a work out you should not be too tired from the |
| up by stretching before you head out on the course. | | | | activity. Doing so may actually do more harm than |
| When stretching it is best that you start from the | | | | good. |
| top of your head and work your way down to your | | | | If you stick to this simple golf swing training plan you |
| feet. By doing so you will improve flexibility and | | | | will see improvements in your game. Additionally, you |
| prepare your muscles for a full range of motion. If | | | | will become a more consistent golfer and will begin to |
| you are unfamiliar with stretching exercises you | | | | shave strokes off of your golf game. |
| should consult a trainer or the instructor in your club | | | | |