| To achieve the proper golf swing you need lots of | | | | to power the shot, they swing the club too far |
| practice and perseverance. These 5 tips will help you | | | | during the backswing. This is a bad posture and giving |
| overcome any difficulties. | | | | attention to a few things will correct these mistakes. |
| You need a lot of perseverance and practice to get | | | | There should be a 45-degree angle between the |
| that perfect and proper golf swing. The best way to | | | | shaft of the club and your arm, the left one. Keep |
| do it would be to watch the way professional golfers | | | | your hands close to the ground during takeaway at |
| execute their swings. The following tips, which if | | | | the same time move the head of the club rapidly |
| followed scrupulously, will have you winning | | | | upwards. Did you ensure that your left arm was |
| tournaments in no time. | | | | parallel to the ground and the shaft of the club at |
| 1. The force that gets the golf ball soaring does not | | | | right angles to it? This should prevent a bad posture |
| come from the arm alone but by the use of the | | | | leading to a too far backswing and a reverse pivot. |
| entire body, as will be attested by any professional | | | | 4. Though it is tempting to practice indoors, chipping |
| golfer. If you have been using your arms, wrists and | | | | should be practised outdoors as golf is an outdoor |
| hands to swing at the ball, then it will be a little | | | | game. The best way to perfect your chipping is to |
| difficult to switch over to using your entire body. | | | | use a wooden rod or a busted club. Your left arm |
| Practice using your entire body, with emphasis on | | | | should remain hard as the club impacts; if not, the rod |
| your torso and legs. When you get the hang of it, | | | | you are using will hit your left side. Practice makes |
| you will find that the ball flies with more accuracy. | | | | perfect. |
| 2. Your shoulders should pivot perfectly every time | | | | 5. It is rare for a professional golfer to lose flex but |
| you execute a backswing. Keep your right arm | | | | at times are caught red-handed doing it when trying |
| parallel to your spine with your wrist flat. Ensure that | | | | for distance. Success at golf will evade you if your |
| you get this proper golf swing — your elbow | | | | swinging is inconsistent. Practice in front of a |
| and arms forming a triangle at the top of your swing. | | | | full-length mirror to get that proper golf swing. Look |
| A guaranteed sure fire accurate hit. | | | | at the mirror every time you get into a posture |
| 3. There are two reasons why most amateur golfers | | | | — start-up and backswing. You can see any |
| fail to get that solid hit. In the first place, the | | | | postural flaws in the mirror. Faithfully following the |
| swivelling of the wrist is delayed during the | | | | above tips should show a marked improvement in |
| backswing resulting in the takeaway going too low to | | | | your way to a proper golf swing. |
| the ground. Next, assuming that this is the best way | | | | |