Please Don't Bother Me, I'm Keeping My Eyes On My Golf Ball

If you enjoy the game of golf as much as I do thenOne reason why so many beginning golfers struggle
you have no doubt tried numerous tips, techniquesis because of the natural tendency to look away
and methods of improving your golf game, whetherfrom your golf ball when you're engaged in the
it is by just one stroke or a significant amount.backswing of your golf club. If you can learn to
Unfortunately, no matter what secret formula yousuppress this natural reaction then you will be on
come up with to lower your score and enhance youryour way to a better score and experience with
enjoy for the sport of golf if you don't keep youryour golf game.
eye on the ball then it is all for naught.One way to help alleviate your desire to look away
Keep you eye on the ball. Normally when we sayfrom the golf ball is to ensure that the grip you use
that in conjunction with a sport many people think ofon your golf club supports your wanting to properly
baseball. True, that is a major requirement toaddress the golf ball by looking down at it. It is
succeeding at that sport. That catch phrase alsoimperative that you maintain a grip that keeps your
applies to tennis, football, basketball and many othershand in line with the head of your golf club and allows
to a certain degree, but in my mind no other sportyour hands to travel a path that is parallel to the
truly lives or dies by the saying of, "keep your eyeflight line of the golf ball.
on the ball".Keeping your eye on the golf ball is important no
With the object of golf being to sink a golf ball in amatter what club you're using to hit your ball and it is
cup with as few strokes or hits as possible thealso terrain immaterial. If you're in the sand traps you
slightest mistake when it comes to keeping your eyemust keep your eye on the ball, if you're hitting out
on the ball will easily balloon your score to anof the rough, you must keep your eye on the ball.
astronomical number. Simply put, if you take yourThe whole object is channel 100 percent of your
eye off the golf ball then there is a good chance youenergies into focusing on your golf ball so that you
will miss the ball entirely and an even better chancecan successfully score a solid hit with your golf club.
that if you do connect the golf ball will only travel aOne other tip that may save you some grief is after
few feet, embarrassing to say the least. Golf is ayou decide where you want your golf shot to land
game of skill, concentration and some would say a bitand then address your golf ball don't remove your
of luck. In order to be successful you must eliminateeyes from the ball in order to relook at where you
all background distractions and maintain your focus bywant it to land. This method actually causes you to
keeping your eye on the golf ball throughout yourlose focus on your golf ball and can lead to problems
entire golf swing.when you start your golf swing. Instead once you
The key to zeroing in on your ball like a bull's eyelook at your golf ball remain focused and keep your
target is to look down at the ball instead of watchingconcentration and eyes on the ball.
it at the end of your golf club. It has been provenMost golfers make mistakes as a result of taking
that looking down at your golf ball will significantlytheir eye of the golf ball at some point during their
improve your odds of not looking up before the endgolf swing. In order to improve your golf game you
of your golf swing and thus will allow you to actuallyneed to fight the natural instinct to look away from
hit the golf ball with enough force and velocity toyour golf ball. Master this task and you will soon
send it sailing down the golf course in the directionbecome the envy of all your golfing buddies.
you want it to go.