| If you've been playing golf for a while or even if | | | | speed of your swing suffers as well. The slower your |
| you're just beginning to try to make sense of this | | | | swing speed is, the shorter the distance your shots |
| crazy game we all love, I guarantee you've heard or | | | | will travel so just relax and start hitting it out there |
| read this fateful statement on many, many | | | | with the big dawgs. |
| occasions. | | | | The last benefit of relaxation that I'll point out here is |
| Unfortunately this statement is completely misguided | | | | that when you're relaxed, you have a heightened |
| and in most players, will cause more harm than good. | | | | sense of feel for the sequence in which your swing is |
| The golf swing should be fluid and free flowing. | | | | flowing and how your body, hands, and arms are |
| Making any conscious effort to keep your left arm | | | | working together. |
| straight will promote a short, stiff, tense motion that | | | | When you tense up and individual piece of the golf |
| produces no speed, no distance, and little accuracy. | | | | swing or worse, pieces, it makes it much more |
| Players should strive to maintain as much relaxation | | | | difficult to feel the necessary motion required to hit |
| as possible in their arms, hands, and shoulders while | | | | solid shots straight at the target. |
| over the golf ball and throughout the golf swing. | | | | It's very difficult to square the club-face to the |
| With the proper set-up and grip, this relaxed state | | | | target line when you're tense. |
| will allow the swing to flow in the proper sequence | | | | "First tee jitters" are a classic example of this point |
| and the club-face to return square to the intended | | | | and we all know how hard that first tee shot of the |
| target line swing after swing, producing shots that fly | | | | day can be. |
| straight toward the intended target. | | | | Bottom line if you want to heighten your feel and hit |
| Now that you're hitting the golf ball straight at your | | | | longer, straighter shots... |
| target, the second added benefit of this relaxed | | | | JUST RELAX and let it happen! |
| state is increased distance with every golf club in | | | | Exile tension from your swing and you'll be amazed |
| your bag. | | | | by the results. |
| Anytime tension creeps into your swing, not only | | | | Squaring the club-face to the target line at impact is |
| does the sequence of events tend to suffer but the | | | | the key to a highly effective golf swing... |