| Are you at that time in your golfing career when | | | | that the 'thunk' was missing when you were trying to |
| your drive is no where near as good or as long as | | | | hit harder? |
| the other players? They all seem to be able to shoot | | | | To overcome this, you need to relax and forget |
| 300 yards or more while you are barely able to make | | | | about distance altogether. Instead, concentrate on a |
| 200 - and that's if it goes straight. | | | | proper golf swing. When your swing is right, |
| You watch in envy as their balls soar away into the | | | | everything else will fall into place and then respectable |
| sky in a high glorious arc, while even with your best | | | | distance will follow automatically. |
| effort your ball barely rises above 50 feet. How | | | | There are good ways and bad ways to improve to |
| frustrating! | | | | find your proper golf swing. |
| So what did you do? If you are like most people, | | | | The bad ways include getting advice from friends |
| you would try to hit the ball harder. Surely, you | | | | (who probably have a bad swing themselves and will |
| would think, the harder I hit the ball the higher and | | | | teach you bad habits that may be hard to break |
| the further it will go. But the more you tried to hit | | | | later) or trying to fix it yourself. |
| the ball harder, the worse things became. | | | | The good ways include taking a lesson from a pro |
| It is a very common mistake that almost all amateur | | | | (which are very expensive - and you don't really |
| golfers make; they try to hit the ball harder, and that | | | | know how good they are at teaching) or getting a |
| is wrong wrong WRONG! | | | | good manual to study in conjunction with video clips. |
| What you must realize is that it is not YOU that hits | | | | This method gives excellent results and is extremely |
| the ball, it is the club head. If YOU try hitting harder | | | | affordable. A good manual will only cost around $50 |
| then it is almost as though the club is not involved. I | | | | to $70 or so which is only a fraction of ONE lesson |
| know that sounds stupid, of course it is involved, but | | | | from a pro. Also, a manual is there for ever for you |
| if YOU are trying to hit harder the club is then unable | | | | to refer back to and you can expect a good result |
| to perform its function properly. | | | | to cure your faulty swing. In addition, they offer |
| The club will function perfectly if you have a nice | | | | advice on chipping, putting, course etiquette and |
| easy proper golf swing that allows the club head to | | | | heaps more. |
| connect to the ball with a solid 'thunk'. Did you notice | | | | |