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Bill Maitland - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Bill Maitland is a keen golfer with several club tournaments to his name.
He lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia.
He delights in helping others with their golf but they have to ask first. He does not offer advice unless asked.
In his early days, he was coached extensively by Ian Triggs. Ian now coaches very high profile professionals. Karey Webb from Bowen Australia being one.
He has written a beginners ebook with huge attention ... [More]
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- Grooved Golf Swing - How To Read The Greens
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] When you step onto the green do you have a really good way of reading the path to the cup? Here is a really good routine that you can follow. It will result in you sinking many more puts than you do now. With putting, anything that helps is great isn't it?
- Grooved Golf Swing - How To Stop Three Putting And Why You Do
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] We all three put don't we? Even the pros three put. However where it is rare for the professionals, it is quite common place for we amateurs isn't it? Here are some ideas about why we do this and some things we can do about it.
- Grooved Golf Swing - Stop Three Putting By Improving Your Short Game
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Three putting is the dread of most of us, isn't it? Did you know that putting is not just hitting the ball towards the hole when on the green? How we set up our puts is so important too. You can do this by improving your short game. Here are some ideas how you can do this.
- Grooved Golf Swing - How To Hit Your Golf Ball For Maximum Distance
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You are on a par five and you need a good drive. A good long one would be nice. What ever you do don't try to muscle the ball. To get maximum distance, you have to swing with rhythm. Here's how.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - Critical Advice About Feet & Weight Distribution During The Golf Swing
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Why do we hook off the tee? Why do we lift our heads and duff a golf shot? Why do we sway? Why do we hit fat shots, thin shots or top the golf ball? It is all a matter of weight distribution and proper use of the feet.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - What About Your Feet During The Golf Swing?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Balance during the golf swing is probably the least thought about aspect of the whole swing. Balance is a thing we probably take for granted. We pay little attention to it believing that it will look after itself. The swing is good enough so the balance must be too. Wrong. read more about this very important topic and see how the feet play a huge part in maintaining balance during the golf swing.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - First A Golf Secret And Now Arms, Legs And Elbows
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] I have already told you how to turn your body to achieve a great golf swing. However, if you do this alone, you will hook your ball. Here is the rest of the swing and what to do if you are hooking instead of hitting a crisp straight ball.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - A Major Golf Secret - The Proper Use Of Your Body During The Golf Swing
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Here is what the professionals do when they hit their golf ball. They use their body and hardly use their arms at all. When you stand with a golf club out in front of you, and swing it around your body, you are performing an incorrect move. Have a look at this article and see what I mean. Your game will go through the roof.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Work Out A Stance And Ball Position To Suit You
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Orthodoxy is all very well, but does it suit you? Do you hit a lot of your golf shots thin, or hit behind the ball? Do your legs restrict your swing? Where should your train of thoughts be heading to overcome these problems? Can't find an answer? there is one here for you to try.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - A Look At The Basics Of The Game Of Golf - A Reminder For All
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] There is more to the grip during your game of golf than merely holding the club correctly at address. What about at the top of your swing, just after you have hit your ball, and in between? Here are some thoughts on the rest of it.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - The First In A Series - Review The Basics And Improve Your Golf Game
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Every golfer has a wealth of knowledge about how to play the game of golf. Beginners and experienced players vary in the amount of knowledge they have. The problem with the experienced player is that he has forgotten many important points and needs to be reminded from time to time.
- Grooved Golf Swing - When It Gets Tight On The Golf Course, Don't Steer Your Ball - Hit It
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] When you are playing well on the golf course and you are on the last 3 or 4 holes, how do you feel? You may feel great, but more likely you will be becoming aware of the situation. Things then start to go wrong. You start to hit bad and wayward shots. Why? Here is why.
- Grooved Golf Swing - How To Maximise Your Scoring During Your Golf Game
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How do you overcome the mental and physical tightening that occurs as you near the end of a round of golf? The tightening that happens especially if you are playing well and become aware that you could even win. How do you overcome the things that creep into your game at this stage? Things that destroy all your good work. Here are some powerful thoughts on this problem.
- Grooved Golf Swing - More Difficult Lies And How To Play From Them
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How do you play from a fairway bunker when you have a buried lie? Do you hit from a green side sand spill in exactly the same way as you play from a bunker or should you play in another way from such a lie? If you do play as from a bunker what are the differences to watch for? Should you pitch or chip and run to the flag. How do you chip and run? here's how.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Deal With Difficult Lies
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Sometimes or even often if you are just starting out on the golf course and have little experience, you are faced with a golf shot that you have not the slightest idea of how to play. Even if you are experienced, there will be times when you are not sure of the correct way to play the shot. Here are some situations with the explanation of what type of golf shot is needed to get a good result from each one.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - A Further Article About Hitting From Difficult Lies
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How do you hit your golf ball from hard pan? Do you hit it along the ground? Do you usually hit a duff when you try, or do you get your ball up in the air? Here is a fool proof method to ensure your success when you hit from hard pan. Also thoughts in the trees.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Hit Your Ball From Bad Lies
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How do you hit your golf ball once it has stopped in a divot? There are several things or ways you can approach this situation. Here are a couple you may not have thought of. Here also are techniques to get your ball on its way from other bad lies.
- Grooved Golf Swing - How To Deal With Your Trouble Golf Shots
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] We usually associate trouble on the golf course with trees and undergrowth, don't we? Well, there are more subtle ways of getting into trouble. Example - ball below or above your feet, in the rough or in a divot. Here are some answers to help you.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Hit Your Golf Ball Out Of The Rough - The Important Rule
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You are in the rough and you have to hit a straight shot to the green to win. How do you make sure that the grass does not grab the hosel of your golf club? What can you do to make sure you hit the shot you want? Here is the main thing you have to do.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Play In The Wind And About Doglegs
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Take note of pin placings when you walk past greens yet to be played. This allows you to plan your game to the best of your ability. Here are some useful results you can expect as a result of your observance. This allows you to plan your next shot so that your can score.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Manage Your Golf Game In The Wind Plus Some Trouble Shots
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Do you pay enough attention to the wind? Probably you do. But, do you know what to do and what not to do in say, a head wind? Here are some thoughts on this subject that should help you score on these days. Also here are some useful ideas about how to score from the rough.
- Grooved Golf Swing - How To Use Your Tight Lies To Work The Ball
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] What is a flier? Do you set your ball up to hit a flier? Of course you do, we all do. Well you won't do this any more. Here is why not.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Know Your Club Distances So That You Don't Under Club
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How do you know how far your eight iron, your four iron, your fairway metal and all your other clubs hit the golf ball? Here is a method, tried and true for you to obtain this knowledge. So many golfers under club. Make sure that you are not one of them.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - Plan Your Approach To The Green With Thought And Care
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] So many golfers under club when approaching the green. They over estimate how far they can hit a certain club. Most times, too, they do not hit the shot perfectly, so they are short as a result. So choose the club you want to use with care and much thought. Here are some ideas.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - Always Try To Hit A Chosen Spot From The Tee, Keep That Right Elbow In
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Do you try to hit a spot when you drive from the tee or are you just pleased when it finishes on the fairway? Here are some ideas about this subject that will improve our game. Also my idea about that flying right elbow. A Drill I have thought of and tried that really works. In fact I believe it is fool proof.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Deal With Dog-Legs And Other Golfing Tips
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Here are some ideas on how and how not to play around a dog-leg on the golf course. Also some miscellaneous tips including one that helps those of you who have difficulty hitting the ball and keeping your elbow tucked into your side. I have this problem, have tried my idea and have found that it really works.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - Think Outside The Square - Go For Position And Not distance from the Tee
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Do you grab your driver ansd blaze away from the tee or do you use different clubs to position your ball?
Positioniong your ball makes the next shot so much easier. Here are some thoughts to help you change your technique when trying to reach the green in regulation.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - Does Being Out-Hit From The Tee Upset You?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Don't try to compete with your partner from the tee.
Make sure your ball lands where you want it to - on the short grass and on an easy line for your next shot.
Don't follow him into the rough or go there yourself because you have sacrificed accuracy for distance.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Think Before You Hit Your First Tee Shot
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Before each golf shot and especially your first tee shot you need to fill your mind with one thought.
You need to be positive.
You need to ignore trouble in front of you.
How do you do this? What is the mind set you need to have before each shot?
What about when anxiety becomes an enemy?
Here are some thoughts.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Get Off The First Tee
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Your first drive from the first tee fills us all with anxiety and fear. If not fear, at least apprehension.
It is such an important shot, isn't it? It can set the tome for the rest of your round.
Here are some suggestions about how to go about settling your self so that you make a good job of your first shot of the day.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Get Back To Golf After A Lay Off
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] After you have been away from golf for a few weeks, for a multitude of possible reasons, a plan is needed. A plan that will enable you to return to playing as well as you did before your lay off. You want to get back as soon as possible. Do you go to the practice fairway, or is there another way? There certainly is. A much better way. A way that you will love and enjoy. Here it is.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - What It Really Means To Play The Percentages
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You often hear a golf teacher or professional, commentator, etc talk about playing the percentages. What exactly does this mean? Well, the percentages appear under a number of situations, and here are some of them. When you have the idea, it becomes a matter of common sense. However, you have to think of percentages to apply them. Forget them and you will make a costly mistake.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Hit Your Target If You Have A Slice Or Hook
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Have you notice that golfers with a bad hook or slice, try to hit their ball straight and aim down the middle of the fairway. These players are always in the trees and lose so many shots due to poor course management. If this is you, then here is what you should do.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Visualize Your Golf Shot Before Hitting, Your Ball What It Means
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You have heard that top professionals visualize their golf shot before hitting their ball haven't you? Do you know what this really means or are you like most of us - completely in the dark? What goes through their minds as they stand there and gaze down the fairway?
Do they just imagine the flight of their ball? If they do, how can this help? It certainly did not help me until the answer suddenly came to me one day. Now I want to share it all with you.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Recover After Your Game Goes Off Avoid Going From Bad to Worse
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] When you suddenly start to play badly after a good start to your round of golf, what is your reaction? Is it anger, self abuse and further deterioration, or do you take yourself in had and start correction? The correct thing to do in to blank out the mistake, and find a remedy and do what you have to do to put things back onto an even keel. Here are some ideas about how to do this.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - Strategy - How To Adopt The Right One And Avoid A Host Of Problems
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Always be realistic about your capabilities. Always assess a situation and decide the shot you are capable of playing successfully every time. Avoid playing the golf shot that you can pull off only one out of five or ten. In other words, adopt the correct thinking while playing golf.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series - Putting - A Wealth Of Putting Golf Tips For You
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] There are times when no matter how hard you try, your putts just will not drop.
How do you overcome this? There is a drill that will overcome this.
Why do you miss a number of short puts? There is a reason, and there is a drill to overcome this.
How far back should you take your putter head?
How do you develop a consistent putter head speed? And more.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series How To Hit Straight Puts - Stop Hitting To The Left Or Right Of The Hole
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Most of us manage to hit a straight put to the right or left of the golf hole don't we?
There are several reasons why we do this. Here are some of them.
Also some remedies that should improve your accuracy when putting and
so lower your golf score and your handicap. Bad putting is a major cause for
high golf scores.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: Putting Problems? Deal With Them & Improve Your Score By Putting Well
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You have a fast down hill put and you are filled with trepidation. The result is a tentative put that is short and hit with no authority at all. How could you do this on such a down hill run to the hole? How about the up hill puts. Short again! How do you overcome the doubt on these puts and put the ball beside the hole like Tiger Woods? What about the ball that is a few feet from the putting surface. How do you hit the ball with your putter to get it near the hole every time? There is a way and here it is.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: Do You Have Putting Problems? Here Are Some Solutions For You
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] We all have problems on the putting greens, don't we? Fast greens, wet greens, up hill and down hill puts.
What does one do if it starts to rain during a round of golf? How do you adjust your putting both in how hard you hit your put and how you adjust on the wet surface to allow for borrow? Is there in fact any change in the behavior of the ball at all?
- Grooved golf Swing Series: How Grain Factors On A Green Can Affect Your Put And How To Read Them
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] The grain on a green. What is it?
Here is an explanation of what it is and how to read it.
This way you will know if your ball will run easily to the hole.
Have you ever wondered why your put was so short. It just did not run as it should.
This is because you were putting against the grain of the green.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: Miscellaneous Putting Tips
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] When you are assessing the contours of the green between your ball
and the hole, you can stand, squat, or lie on our belly.
Ok, lying on your belly is not an option, but I include this to
make a point.
There is only one way to position yourself to read the contours on a green.
the other ways will not give you enough information. What method should I use?
- Grooved Golf Swing Series-Improve Your Putting-Be a Positive Putter-Believe You Can Hole Each Put
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You must have a routine before you hit your put. Do you have one? I hope so. You have one on the tee before your drive, don't you? You may take a practice swing, and then stand and visualize the flight of your ball. You may do something else like hitch your sleeve a bit. You have to have a routine before every put. What routine? This one.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Hit Your Puts With A Square Solid Hit
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] The result of your put will depend almost totally on how you hit
it.
You want your ball to roll head over heels as it were.
You certainly do not want your ball to bobble along to the hole, or
deviate because you have applied side spin to the ball. Nor do you
want your put to be short just because you have topped the ball.
Well, here is how you alleviate all these faults.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Use Your Elbow While Putting
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How can your elbow help you to put?
Well, it can be used as a fulcrum.
Still unsure? It is a really good tip and should help.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Be A Better Putter - Some Tips
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] First a look at the alignment of the putter blade as you place it
behind the ball.
Different positions of the shaft have major effect on the run of the ball towards
the hole.
Here 's why.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Develop A Fluid Putting Stroke
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Your stroke must control the path of the putter as well as its face
alignment when it hits the ball and continues on past the ball. The
putter head must follow through to maintain acceleration through
the ball and continue along the chosen path.
The putter must be allowed to swing naturally using its own weight.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Hit Your Puts With A Square Putter Head
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You will agree that when you put, you must hit the ball squarely. How do yo do this?
Answer: with your grip, your stroke, and use of your hands.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: What Are The MUSTS of Good Putting?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] To become a good putter, there are some essential things that you must and must not do. I call these the MUSTS of good putting. These musts are the things that the best putters in the world do/do not do.
Here are the five things that I believe are the most important aspects of the putting part of the game of golf.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Put Consistently and How To Find The Right Putter For You
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] If you put in the same way every time you will develop a consistent mothod and style of putting.
What about that putter? Do you have several or even many putters? Most of us do.
Have you changed your putter often trying to sink more puts?
Well, here are some thoughts on that subject.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Control The Distances Of Your Puts
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How does Tiger Woods hit such accurate puts from near and from very far away? Does he hit the ball with varying speeds of swing, or hit the ball with a different type of wrap each time. No, he is far more scientific and here is how he does it...
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Find Your Best Style For Putting
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] The first thing I want to say about putting is that it is a very
personal thing.
When you play you will see many different styles,
grips, stances, swings, and of course types and shapes of putters.
Are any of these styles wrong? NO! None are wrong, and probably
most of them are not right either - for you.
Here are some ideas on how to find your own individual style.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: Your Ball is Up Against the Front Face of the Bunker - What Now?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Your Ball has just reached the bunker. It almost stopped but just managed to toll down the front face and stop right up against it. What Now? How do you even get your ball back into play let alone onto the green? Luckily, there is a way and this is how you do it...
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: Bunkers, How to Play From a Surface that is Wet and Compacted
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] When you step into a bunker to make your golf shot, how do you feel when you find the surface is hard and wet? Do you chip, play your normal bunker shot, hit the ball cleanly from the surface?
No, you have to know how to play this shot so that your get your ball onto the green. Here's how...
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Play From A Bunker When The Ball Is Almost Burried
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Have you ever landed in a bunker only to find when you approach where your ball has finished that you can only see the top of it? There is also not much green between you and the golf hole.
How do I get my ball out of there and onto the green? you ask your self with dismay.
There is a technique to achieve this result.
Here's how.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: How To Vary The Effects Of Your Bunker Shots
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] It is not a nice feeling to be in a bunker and not really know how the ball will behave when you hit it out. Do you really know how to hit a shot that will travel as far as you want it to? Can you hit a shot that will travel a short distance and stop quickly? Here's how.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series: Groove Your Golf Swing For Longer Bunker Shots
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] To assess the sand, use your feet. For those longer bunker shots, you can do one of two things Hit harder or shallower. The different textures of sand met in bunkers has to be addressed. Here's how.
- Grooved Golf Swing Series:Be The Correct Height To Pass The Club Head Beneath The Ball In A Bunker
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] When you dig and shuffle your feet into the sand of a bunker, you move your hands nearer to the ball.
So...
- Golf Swing Series: How To Overcome The Fear of Your Bunker Golf Shots
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] What is in your mind when you begin to prepare for your bunker golf shots. Here are some ideas to fill your mind and take away the fear.
- Golf Swing Series: Where To Land Your Ball When You Hit Your Bunker Shot
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How far does your golf ball move to the right after hitting your bunker shot. The amount of movement depends on-
- Golf Swing Series: Go To Slow Motion Mode When Playing Your Bunker Golf Shots
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Take your time when faced with a bunker shot. So many are filled with fear and apprehension and hurry to get the shot out of the way. Failure ...
- Golf Swing Series: In a Bunker? Yes, You Really Must Hit The Sand Behind The Ball to Get Out
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You are a new golfer and you are in a bunker. This is how you get out. You must hit the sand...
- Golf Swing Series: How to Choose The Correct Sand Iron To Master The Bunkers On Your Home Course
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Do your bunkers have good flyffy sand as well as hard sand or even hard pan bases. Then the Sand Iron you need is ...
- Golf Swing Series: Learn How to Hit Those Delicate Golf Shots From Just Off The Green
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] For those delicate golf shots from just off the green........
- Golf Wwing Series: How To Make Your Bunker Shots Count
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Don't let your golf shot from a bunker cost you more than one shot. Crucial!
- Golf Swing Series: More On How To Hit Shots From Just Off The Green - How to Score Consistently
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Golf shots from just off the green are the most important golf shots during a round of golf. They are the scoring shots and are the major factor in determining your score. How many times do you duff these shots? Do you always use your pitching wedge? Here are some ideas for you to contemplate.
- Golf Swing Series: Flight or Pitch and Roll to the Hole
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Most of us can judge the roll of a golf ball better than its flight. Therefor for thegolf shots from close in to the green we should........
- Golf Swing Series: Learn How to Hit a Golf Shot From a Down Hill Lie or Ball Above Your Feet
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] When the ball is lying on a down hill lie or slope... When your ball is situated above your feet, you will run the risk of hitting it fat, unless...
- Golf Swing Series: Why You Should Have Practice Swings Before Your Par Shots
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] You need good feel and knowledge of power and amount of back swing before hitting these delicate scoring shots.
- Golf Swing Series: Improve Your Accuracy and Timing
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How would you like to improve the accuracy of your golf shots and your timing. Here's how.
- Golf Swing Series: Accurate Golf Shots - Chipping
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How do the professionals hit such accurate chip shots all the time? Look at the women golfers, they are so talented. How would you like to be as accurate? You can be if you know how, and it is not difficult. Just one little secret...
- Golf Swing Series: Your Short Golf Shots - a Square Stance or an Open Stance?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Professionals advocate an open stance for their short golf shots. Reasons are in the article. Which is best for you, an open stance or a square stance?
- Golf Swing Series: The Short Golf Shot - Two Very Important Rules
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Too many moving parts in the short golf shot or chip. So many golfers move their legs and lift their heels during the shortestof chips. This is how one should play one of these shots.
- Golf Swing Series: Learn How To Hit Your Pitch Shots With Authority
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Do you hit your chip shots behind the ball, not far enough or along the ground? You chastise yourself yet you are not sure what you have done wrong to hit such a poor shot.
- Golf Swing Series; Chipping Across A Bunker
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] How many time do you try to chip across a bunker only to hit your ball into the bunker? How do you get your ball across the bunker and make it stop quickly? Here is how I do it. I call this my only trick shot.
- Golf Swing Series: Some Drills to Help Your Bunker Play
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Body movement and where you hit the sand behind the ball are both very important. Here are some drills to help you with this aspect of your golf game.
- Golf Swing Series: One Method To Achieve A Grooved Golf Swing
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] One has to practice each aspect of the swing so that it becomes second nature on the golfcourse to hit the golf ball. Here is one way to do it. Here is how to make sure your swing is the same every time.
- Golf Swing Series: How A Professional Golfer Prepared For His Next Big Golf Tournament
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] One of the best golfers in the world prepared for two months for his next tournament. He played the course and took a coach with him. Professional golfers have coaches, shouldn't you?
- Golf Swing Series: How to Improve Your Golf Score On Your Home Course
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Do you experience negative thoughts and doubts just before a golf game? Here are some remedies for that. Also the value of some quiet pre-game meditation and visualization is explained.
- Golf Swing Series: The Practice Swing
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Most golfers have a practice golf swing before they make their golf shot. This swing is not to loosen up, but to go through a check list to make sure everyting is correct. Then they step up, a little more confident to hit their golf ball
- Golf Swing Series: Bunker Play
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] We amateurs all hate bunkers, don't we? How often have you tried to finesse a shot out of a bunker trying to save a shot only to find you have left the ball in the sand and it has cost you a shot? One shot at a time please. Mke sure of each one.
- Golf Swing Series: Thoughts on Your Mental Game
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Everyone has some negative thoughts and fears on the golf course.
There are drills you can do to place more positive thoughts in your mind as ou make your golf swing.
- Golf Swing Series: Lining Up
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Lining up before you make your golf swing and hit your shot is one of the most important parts of the game of golf.
If you are not lined up properly, you can hardly expect to hit your ball where you want it to go.
Here is a good way to do it.
- Golf Swing Series: Further Thoughts On the Mental Game of Golf
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Some thoughts on how Aaron Daddeley won his first US PGA.
The first thoughts you have on the course are usually the correct ones.
Change from your original plan at your peril.
- Golf Swing Series: Ball Position
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Your ball position should not be dictated by orthodoxy.
You should find a position that suits you and stick to it.
- Golf Swing Series: Practising Along the Right Lines
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Practice your short game more than any other part of your game because shots involved are your scoring shots.
Always practice so that you will improve a particular part of your game.
Just standing there and hitting ball after ball and probably spraying them everywhere is not practicing with benefit to you.
- Golf Swing Series: Thinking Your Way Around the Golf Course
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Take a leaf out of Tiger Wood's book. Use your intelligence and reasoning powers to help yourself beat the golf course. Think ahead and see the outcome of each shot and the position you are in when you make your golf swing to send your next shot towards the green. Think to enable you to avoid the hazzards in front of you.
- Golf Swing Series: Strengthening Your Mental Game
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] No more negative thoughts as you stand over the golf ball ready to make your golf swing. How to remove the fear of hitting into the trees or water, obstacles having inbuilt magnets. How do you keep your head down? Why don't the professionals lift their heads?
- Golf Swing Series: Build Your Golf Swing to the Point of Perfection
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Build your golf swing to a stage where you will be so proud and confident every time you hit the ball. Build your swing from what you have and then add to it until you have a free, poetry in motion golf swing. With such a technique, you will hit golf shots that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up as you look in sheer wonder at the result.
- Golf Swing Series: Five Secrets to Perfecting Your Golf Game
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Elemental basics are essential before a relly good golf swing is possible.
Knowledge of how far each club will hit the ball is a must.
A good swing is a must. One's short game must be honed to a great skill and mental confidence is a must. Putting must be the best.
- Golf Swing Series: A Simple Change in Your Grip Can Revolutionise Your Game of Golf
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] A simple change to my grip enabled me to improve my golf swing so that I began to hit my drives down the centre of the fairway. Before this, I hooked every one.
Changing my grip also enabled me to hit my puts straight.
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