| You may receive all the greatest golf tips in the | | | | your posture while swinging. The most important |
| world, take countless lessons and get superior | | | | thing about the golf swing is the angle and not the |
| instruction and still may not be able to gain | | | | strength that's applied to it. |
| consistency. If you're like most golfers, you want to | | | | Trust your golf club to do the job it was intended to |
| improve, not just hack around the golf course. It's | | | | do. Many golfers who are strongly left-handed in their |
| important to remember, your golf swing is what | | | | daily life prefer the right-handed golf swing. |
| drives your score; not your clubs or ball. | | | | Don't underestimate the value of fitness when it |
| Overall, you generally want to play golf with | | | | comes to your golf swing and your overall game. It's |
| confidence. It's been proven that thinking positively | | | | no secret; most of the professional players actively |
| about bettering your game will benefit you more than | | | | participate in workouts. Using a weighted club, make |
| playing to compete with your partners and trying to | | | | rotational golf swings to improve your power. |
| win for winnings sake. Approach the game with a | | | | There are swing aids that will help you with swing |
| positive attitude and repeat affirmations if you can, | | | | alignment. Aids are often for sale at your pro shop or |
| such as "I play great golf all the time." | | | | local golf shop. There are golf swing aids that act as |
| Putts and short chips are ideally played without much | | | | driving range simulators. Aids will improve your golf |
| movement of the body, but most other golf shots | | | | game. There are a wide range of golf swing aids on |
| are played using variants of the full golf swing. Try | | | | the market today to help the beginning and |
| not to grip the club too tightly. After the ball is hit, | | | | advanced golfer. Look for aids at your local golf |
| the follow-through stage consists of a continued | | | | course. |
| rotation to the left. | | | | Overall, investing in golf swing aids will greatly |
| The backswing is a rotation to the right, consisting of | | | | improve your swing and your game. Most of all don't |
| a shifting of the player's body weight to the right | | | | waste your money on an aid you don't need or will |
| side, a turning of the pelvis and shoulders, lifting of | | | | never use. Keep in mind that with some aids, you |
| the arms and flexing of the elbows and wrists. At | | | | may still need advice or help from an expert. |
| the end of a backswing the hands are above the | | | | There are a number of good golf swing aids on the |
| right shoulder, with the golf club pointing more or less | | | | market today. Before buying any golf swing aid, |
| in the intended direction of ball flight. Before you | | | | check with an expert to get an idea of what |
| swing, make sure you're relaxed; contract all your | | | | problem you need to work on first; backlift of golf |
| muscles tightly for a moment and then relax them. | | | | swing, momentum of downward thrust or stance for |
| Standing over the ball for too long a time and | | | | example. |
| wondering whether you're going to swing the club | | | | Try to concentrate on one golf swing weakness at |
| correctly can easily result in a skewed shot, or | | | | time. Practice, practice, practice! Take as many |
| completely missing the ball. Ask your pro to evaluate | | | | private lessons as you can afford with a good pro. |