Archive for November, 2007
November 30th, 2007 at 12:43am
Under Drills
I know tons of golfers who can have a pretty hard time making my putts. That is until I taught them that the key to making most, if not all of your putts is to have a straight swing. Basically, you don’t want your putter head opening or closing. The only way to make sure that you are not opening or closing is practice. A little drill that is commonly used is putting two tees in the ground across from each other like a mini fence, with just enough room for you to get your putter head through the tees. Then put your club head down right in between the tees. Then go ahead and do your putting stroke. If you hit one of the two tees, then you either opened or closed your putter face. Keep practicing this drill and remember, practice makes perfect.
By Golfer
November 29th, 2007 at 12:42am
Under Drills+ Setting Up
Most of the time, it is very hard to aim your putts correctly. I will be sharing a little trick with you to help you aim your putts better. It’s called “Lining the Ball”. To do this, you mark your ball wherever it is on the green with a ball marker, and then you’ll notice that there is some company logo on your ball like, “Nike”, “Loco”, “Noodle”, etc. Using the line with the company logo, get on your knees, and position the ball right behind the ball marker so that the company’s logo line is pointing towards the pin. So if there is no break on the green, aim it directly at the hole, but otherwise aim it right or left depending on whatever way the break is going. Then, on your putter head, you will see a mini line in the center of it. Align that line with the logo’s line on the ball. Then after taking your ball marker out, go ahead and hit your putt. This should help you get your putts closer to the hole.
By Golfer
November 28th, 2007 at 12:41am
Under Driving+ Setting Up
On a regular golf course, on most of the holes you play, you will be needing to hit your driver. Whenever setting up your shot to use your driver, there are two simple rules you must remember. One is to never have your golf tee with the ball leaning one way or the other. Try to make it as straight up as possible so that the ball won’t pop way up or just roll on the ground (It happens to the best of us). The second thing to remember is when you line up to hit your ball, make sure the ball is lined up with your big toe on your front foot. That is probably the most important thing to remember. These simple rules will make or break your drive.
By Golfer
November 27th, 2007 at 12:38am
Under Posture and Grip
The interlocking grip is the most commonly used grip for golfers. It is not too hard. To do the interlocking grip, for right-handed people, wrap your left hand around the grip at the top of the club. Then, when you wrap your right hand around the grip directly under your left hand, interlock your index finger of your left hand, with the pinky of your right hand. For left-handed people, it is the complete opposite. Wrap your right hand around the grip at the top of the club. Then, when you wrap your left hand around the grip directly under your right hand, interlock your index finger of your right hand, with the pinky of your left hand. Then for both right-handed people and left-handed people, just make sure that your thumbs on both hands are running down the grip, not to one side or another. I hope my explanation wasn’t to complex. Please comment to tell me how this grip has worked for you.
By Golfer
November 26th, 2007 at 12:38am
Under Posture and Grip
The ten-finger grip is probably the best grip for beginners to use because it is the most basic. It’s very simple. For right-handed people, all you need to do is put your left hand wrapped around the top of your club’s grip, and your right hand wrapped around your grip directly under your left hand. For left-handed people, it is the complete opposite. Put your right hand wrapped around the top of your club’s grip, and your left hand wrapped around your grip directly under your right hand.
By Golfer
November 25th, 2007 at 12:36am
Under Posture and Grip
Posture is one of the most important things in the game of golf. When you are setting up to the ball, make sure that you are keeping your back straight while you’re hovering over the ball. In other words, just don’t slouch. Then make sure that your knees are bent a tiny bit so you can get in more of a comfortable position. After those basic steps, you are in proper position to swing.
By Golfer
November 24th, 2007 at 12:33am
Under Before Playing and After Playing+ Tips and Tricks
There is one REALLY important thing to do before you go out to play a round of golf. Stretch! In golf, you can easily pull a muscle one way or another. Stretching before you play can make it practically impossible for you to pull one. Just take 5 minutes and do some leg and arm stretches.
A leg stretch that you can use is straighten your leg so there is no bend in your knee, and put your leg on a flat surface that is about as high as your waist level, or until you feel a stretch in your thighs. Do this 3 times for about 45 seconds each. An arm stretch you can use is put either of your arms in a 90° angle, and then make sure your other arm is straight, with no bend in the elbow, and place it right on the turn or the 90° you formed with your other arm. Then reach out as far as you can with your arm that is not forming the angle. After doing this for 20 seconds, do the same thing just reversing arms. These two stretches should prevent chances of pulling a muscle while you’re playing.
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