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You need great hand-eye coordination, balance, athletic ability and creativity to play golf. The biggest concerns of golfers today are inconsistency first of all, followed by slicing and distance. Finding ways to improve your golf game, then applying what you’ve learned and practicing, is the number one way to get ahead of the game.

Approach the game with a positive attitude and repeat affirmations if you can, such as “I play great golf all the time.” Visualize where you would like the ball to land, as you swing. A common mental error golfers make when driving the ball is to hit it as hard as possible.

Try not to grip the club too tightly. Make sure to use the proper technique. At the end of a backswing the hands are above the right shoulder, with the golf club pointing more or less in the intended direction of ball flight.

Swing slowly and steadily using a nice rhythm. Standing over the ball for too long a time and wondering whether you’re going to swing the club correctly can easily result in a skewed shot, or completely missing the ball. Accomplished golfers purposely use sidespin to steer their ball around obstacles or towards the safe side of fairways and greens.

Ask your golf pro to evaluate your posture while swinging. At the end of a swing, the weight has shifted almost entirely to the left foot, the body is fully turned to the left and the hands are above the left shoulder with the club hanging down over the players’ back.

As the body matures, the ability to rotate the upper torso is affected by age, and the hand action can also slow down requiring a slightly stronger grip. After the ball is hit, the follow-through stage consists of a continued rotation to the left. Putting can become a nightmare and a condition called the ‘yips’ has affected not only amateurs but professionals as well; get expert advice and consider a golf swing aid.

Many golfers have improved their golf game by concentrating on golf fitness. The golf swing is mostly rotational so it makes sense to concentrate on your turning ability as it relates to range of motion and speed. Conditioning your golf muscles will reward you with straighter swings.

There are golf swing aids that act as driving range simulators. Golf swing aids come in all shapes and sizes including apparel type accessories to correct alignment or a golf club add-on accessory to monitor your swing. If you’re looking for an aid to improve your stance they’re not hard to find.

There are a number of good golf swing aids on the market today. Look for golf swing aids at your local golf course. Make sure to look for reviews and ratings online for any golf swing aid you’re considering.

Overall, investing in golf swing aids will greatly improve your golf swing and your golf game. Ask an expert, who is not associated with the shop you would buy your golf swing aid from, for advice on the right aid for you. Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or just starting out, pick just one golf swing aid and go to work on your swing.

There are golf swing aids that will help you with swing alignment. Keep in mind that with some golf swing aids, you may still need advice or help from an expert.

There are hundreds of useful golf tips to seek out in golf magazines, consumer magazines, sports magazines, in books, ebooks, DVDs, online and offline. If you can, sit in on a friend’s golf lesson to see if you connect with the pro. If you apply both physical and mental workouts, golf swing improvement will be your reward.

By: Helen Hecker

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Ok.. make believe, for a second, that this is you.

Last week you took a golf lesson, it was a really good one and your golf instructor gave you some great thoughts to keep you on the right track.

This, you thought, was the best golf instruction you have ever had. So, to take this golf lesson to the course was going to take some practice on your part.

So off to the range you go. With the following thoughts in your head from your very best golf lesson ever.

Thoughts for setup:

1. feet shoulder width apart at the heels

2. feet, knees, hips, and shoulder all square to each and to the target line

3. Chin up

4. knees bent

5. bend at the hips

6. back straight

7. **** out

8. good grip

9. right elbow pointed at right hip

10. weight even on both feet

11. tilt the spine to the right, just a bit

12. feel athletic

13. look athletic

14. arms hang straight down from the shoulders

These, you think, are not bad. You feel like you can do all of these and then just forget about them.
You have confirmed in your mind, once again, that this was the best golf instruction you have had yet.

Now see if you can get some movement into this whole affair.

thoughts for the takeaway, or backswing:

1. use a forward press to get it started

2. move the chest first taking the arms with the chest

3. use this as the one piece takeaway

4. keep the clubhead low and long

5. take the clubhead down the target line

6. keep the clubhead outside your hands

7. shift your weight to the right side

8. turn your left shoulder under your chin

9. keep your right leg bent

10. keep your spine angle the same throughout

11. keep the club on plane

12. keep the club on the correct path

13. **** your right wrist

14. get behind the ball

15. turn your back to the target

16. keep your right elbow pointed down

17. keep you left arm straight but not stiff

18. keep your left heel on the ground

19. your left knee should point at the ball

20. your right hip should turn away from the target

21. your shoulder should turn twice as much as your hips( almost)

22. the club shaft at the top should point down the line ( target line)

23. your left arm should stay very close to your upper chest with very little separation

24. you should not sway

25. you should not turn outside of your right leg with your upper body.

26. the back of your left hand should be flat not cupped backwards

With these in the back of your head, you have decided that perhaps the golf lesson was a bit too comprehensive and you will need to parry this list down to one or two that will work for your swing. Too bad the golf instruction didn’t include an edit program. Because this is going to take months.

But, being that you have a match coming up, you decide to do the best you can and even with all this in your head, you somehow, finish your back swing.

And your exhausted! ” Nice backswing” someone yells.

But you know the dreaded downswing looms large in front of you. For you know that a half swing is not a swing at all. So off you go once more .. re-living the golf lesson from hell. Once thought of as the saving grace. Now appears to be more than you bargained for.

Thoughts for the downswing:

1. first move slight bump to the left side

2. drop the right elbow to the right side

3. maintain the angle between your right arm and the clubshaft

4. maintain the right wrist angle as long as possible

5. push the right arm hard toward the ball

6. keep the club head on an inside path

7. begin to clear the left hip

8. hit down on the ball

9. maintain your spine angle

10. keep your left arm close to your chest

11. fire the whole right side

12. the right shoulder goes lower than the left shoulder

13. head stays back behind the ball

14. it is a down and under move

15. keep the clubhead in front of your chest

16. maintain your angles as long as you can

17. stay focused on hitting the ball

18. make sure you finish the swing completely

19. do not force the finish position

20. get a match

21. that means the chest on finish should point to where the ball went

22. pose

Alas! You have done it.. you know that you didn’t think of all the swing thoughts that you learned in your golf lesson, and , of course you feel a tab bit guilty. No worries. If you got that many you will never really want to play again anyway.

Note that you do remember that these are not in the exact order of things and that may cause you some troubles if you thought this is the correct sequence of events. It’s close but no exact.

Sometimes a small thought is enough to keep you on track. I like to take the right arm and clubshaft angle that I have at set up, and move it as a unit on the moveaway. This keeps my angles good for at least the beginning of the golf swing and then I have a better chance of maintaining them throughout the swing. It’s an important move. It is a power position. Try it!

By: Paul Macleod

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To learn golf swing on the computer, you can view videos of others swinging their golf clubs and sometimes the announcer will give you a play-by-play of what is going on with their swing. There are other sites which slow the person on the screen way down so you can see each movement, frame by frame to make sure you are going to learn how to do the same thing they are doing.

If you can not afford a trainer or a coach, learn golf swing on the computer is the next best thing to the actual person standing next to you. There are programs on the computer in which you can learn golf swings from some of the top names in golf and not have to pay a single dime for what they are teaching you. You simply sign up at their sight or download their software and you are ready to go. If you are able to, you can hook up your computer to your television for a wider, larger view of the swing instructions and still be able to learn golf swing on the computer.

Looking for a computer site to improve your golf swing is easy, you need to go to one of the major Internet search engines and type in the words learn golf swing on the computer and there will be thousands pop up in which you can choose from. If you are a man, it might be best to choose a computer site which features a man giving the instructions and the same goes for a woman, you would be better off learning golf from a woman than a man. It seems they each know the secrets of the other and its best learned that way.

To learn the a better golf swing on your computer is a great idea for everyone, even those who can afford a trainer because you can learn at your own pace, whenever and where ever you want to. If you can’t sleep, you can get up and turn on the computer and learn then, or if you have a few minutes at the office, all you do is log in and pick up your club and away you go, start swinging. You will use your own clubs on the computer exercise sites and that is exactly what they are, exercise sites to get you prepared for the real games. They will help you to learn various swings you may have never known before or seen.

Some of sites will have an animated person or a live person, the choice is up to you and how you learn best. There are sites that are sponsored by club companies, golf course companies, golf clothing companies and so on. You can decide for yourself which company you want to endorse and which you like better, an animated golfer or a real golfer to help you learn golf swing on the computer.

By: Christian Bayler

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Is a single-axis golf swing the best way to hit a ball? Fueled by the success of the Moe Norman, who popularized the single-axis approach and was widely known for power, consistency, and correctness at impact, the debate rages on. He introduced a concept called “Natural Golf” many years ago. It’s not likely to stop anytime soon.

Norman is among the best ballstrikers ever. Even the great Ben Hogan admired his swing. Hogan was once quoted as saying, “Moe is the only guy that I would walk across the street to watch hit balls.” Hogan was not alone. So what’s behind the debate? Let’s take a closer look at the single-axis swing.

While the single-axis swing isn’t something I talk about in my golf lessons and golf tips, it still intrigues. Taking away and returning a club on a single plane–not the two planes of the modern approach, simplifies the golf swing. At the very least, as I explain in golf instruction sessions when asked about it, it improves the most important part of the swing–impact.

Key Difference Between Swings

The key difference between the conventional golf swing and the single-axis swing is the relationship between address and impact. With the conventional swing, the player sets up with his arms and hands directly below the shoulders, forming two separate lines that create an angle between the arms and clubshaft.

With the single-axis swing, the address position aligns the club on the same plane as the impact plane. In other words, the single-axis swing starts the club on the same impact plane and stays there throughout. Thus, the golf swing is simplified. Solid ballstriking, which I emphasize in my golf lessons and golf tips, is facilitated.

Address:

With the conventional swing, the player takes a narrow stance with the lead arm on a different line than the clubshaft. The trail hand is on top of the club and the hands are behind the clubhead. With the single-axis swing, the hands are positioned in front of the clubhead with every club. This position forms a straight line–the same line that occurs at impact when the lead arm and clubshaft align. Moe Norman called it “the rod.”

Backswing

Since the conventional swing starts on a different plane at address, the player must hinge his or her wrists to get the club back on plane. The address position also creates a steeper shoulder plane. Also, the spine tilts forward a little, away from the original spine angle going into the downswing. Since the single-axis swing starts on the same plane, the player keeps the club on plane by maintaining the relationship between the lead arm and the lead shoulder established at address. The spine tilt remains the same as at address and the shoulder remains on plane.

Top of the Swing

The traditional swing forces a steeper, more vertical arm movement to the top of the backswing. The spine moves toward the target, in a reversed C position, and the right elbow (for right-handers) has been lifted and will need to drop down to get the club back on plane in the downswing. With the single-axis swing, there’s no need to drop the arms into the slot. They’re already there. The wrists are cocked and ready to deliver as much power as possible into the back of the ball.

Downswing

With the conventional swing the lower body rotates with the lead leg straightening and the back foot lifting to create room for the lifting of the clubhead into impact. The trail elbow is slightly behind the trail hip, which can “trap” the arm behind the body. With the single-axis swing, the head remains behind the ball, the trail foot is on the ground, and the player’s spine tilt maintained. The lead leg remains flexed and stable. Nor is there any need to move the body to make room for a steeper shaft.

Impact

The impact positions of both the conventional and single-axis swing are similar at impact, as they should be. The key difference is, as we have pointed out, how they arrived there–through multiple planes or on a single plane. What’s more, the single-axis swing produces minimal movement throughout the swing, compared to the traditional swing.

Release

The conventional swing requires a full release of the entire body, with excessive hip rotation and the need to lift the trail foot off the ground. Also, the forearms must cross to square the clubface. That’s unlike the single-axis swing, where the arms power past a flexed, yet posted lead leg and moves straight toward the target, like a pendulum.

That’s the single-axis swing in a nutshell. Many of the fundamentals of the single-axis swing can be seen in today’s Tour players, like Craig Perry, Tom Lehman, and Mike Weir, while Mark O’Meara is almost a carbon copy of Moe Norman in the release position.

So the debate rages on. The conventional swing has many proponents, but the single-axis swing also has its share of advocates. If you struggle with consistency, you may find it worth while to investigate, what is at the least, a simpler way of achieving a solid impact position. It certainly can’t hurt.

By: Jack Moorehouse

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If you are new to the game of golf then you may be interested in some beginner golf swing instruction. There is so much information around, it can be quite daunting trying to figure out which instructions are suitable for a novice and which are more advanced.

There are lots of different types of instruction too, some aimed at techniques and styles and others aimed at fitness. It can be hard knowing which is the best for you to look at. One of the reasons that there are so many different types of information is because we all differ in the way that we learn and the aspects of our game that we need to improve.

However, there are some basic instructions which we will all benefit from, whatever level our game is and whatever faults we have with our swing. It is most important to be physically fit. You may think this is a bit odd as amateur golfers are not always that fit but think about it carefully. In order to be able to make the correct movements in the swing action, you need to be flexible.

By working at toning your muscles that you use when you swing, you will become more flexible and this will help you. You will also be stronger and therefore better able to hold the club in the correct position and move it in the required way with a smoother action and therefore hit the ball more accurately and harder.

So before you search for beginner golf swig instruction consider your fitness levels.

By: Mike T Pedersen

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