| The perfect golf swing is the most important thing | | | | by your head and neck will dictate the force of the |
| for a golfer of any handicap and experience. | | | | drive that you can deliver to the ball and flight. Once |
| Greenhorns and veterans of the game strive to | | | | you are hunched over the ball it will move to either |
| make their golf swings a little better than last | | | | sides or fall short of the green no matter how hard |
| weekend's 18 holes. There are a lot of instructional | | | | you hit it. |
| videos and booklets that are available to improve a | | | | Another important factor is balance. You should have |
| golfer's swing but none of them will work if you fail | | | | good balance to deliver a good amount of forward |
| to understand some of the basic concepts of what | | | | thrust to your swing. And unbalanced footing usually |
| makes a golf swing bad. | | | | hinders a golfer from delivering the full impact of the |
| The Set-up | | | | clubhead motion to the ball. This is because of the |
| The key element of a bad golf swing is sometimes | | | | uneasiness that the golfer feels about his stance. |
| not the golf swing itself but the most of the time it | | | | Delivering a solid blow usually means your footing |
| is the golfer's set-up. The set-up may pertain to | | | | should be sure. Posture and balance problems can |
| different things like the golfer's clubs, his accessories, | | | | easily be corrected with practice and good habits. |
| the clothes and etcetera. Some golfers think that a | | | | Once your muscle memory is comfortable with the |
| good set-up can make up for the lousy swing. | | | | position you want to achieve you will have no |
| One of the most crucial mistakes that a golfer can | | | | problem at all. |
| make is underestimating the time spent on the | | | | Chicken Wings |
| set-up than the game. Some even think that they | | | | Chicken wings are good especially after a good game |
| can have all the names in golf with them and just | | | | of golf. But when you bring your chicken wings to |
| whack the ball silly. It may have worked for Happy | | | | the game, things will definitely turn out for the worse. |
| Gilmore but it sure won't work for Average Joe and | | | | It is better that you leave your chicken wings in a |
| his lousy swing because Happy Gilmore is in a movie | | | | basket at home where they can be the perfect in |
| and Average Joe is not. | | | | game munchies. |
| One of the most important things that you should | | | | When we say a chicken wing this means a bad habit |
| remember is that the set-up should not pertain to | | | | a golfer may be doing when taking a swing. When |
| the clothes you wear and the clubs you carry, but it | | | | putting or in a putting game, letting your arm and |
| should mean the preparation for your swing. | | | | wrist go limp is what you call a chicken wing. What |
| Bad Posture can kill your game | | | | happens after this is that the golfer's arm goes flying |
| If you are one of those golfers that overlook their | | | | up in the air losing all the power to your swing. |
| posture, you should think of considering a new sport | | | | Golfers who tend to take their swings lightly usually |
| because golf is not for you. It is important in golf | | | | commit chicken wings. When you lose the power of |
| that you know when your posture is bad. The key | | | | your swing it usually ends up chopping or slicing your |
| element of a good swing is the proper alignment of | | | | golf swing. |
| your neck and head. The straight line that is formed | | | | |