Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Getting That Perfect Golf Swing

It is a notion that golf is only for the wealthy. Well, anyone can play this beautiful game provided one knows how to play. If you are new to the game of golf, you have a long road waiting ahead. While thinking of golf just gives us the idea of those divine puts, there are many more technicalities that go into the game. In fact, those looking to just go out there and have a fun swing or two are not cut for the game. For example, if you are looking to start playing good golf, you need to get your stance right to begin with. This is indeed the first step to getting the right golf swing.

You cannot become a good golf player if you don't know what a good golf swing is. Learning how to swing a golf club perfectly will make you a good golfer. This is both satisfying and challenging.

The right stance gives you much required balance to complete a swing without losing focus or alignment. In fact, standing right also goes a long way in getting your angles right. And if you have even little experience in golf, you would know how much the trajectory and angle of shot matters.

Similarly, another elementary point to focus on when getting your swing right is the grip. Everything from the gap between two hands to the placement of your finger has a telling effect on your swing. In fact, many golfers who get everything right often miss out because their grip is all wrong. A proper grip can be considered to be the building blocks to that perfect golf swing.

These are only the elementary techniques you need to master when you start playing golf. As you move across various distances and angles, you will notice that you need the right amount of control over pressure as well as direction of your swing. As you would have noticed starting a game is very different from putting. One phase may require brute power while the other may demand flawless finesse.

Playing golf can get quite frustrating if you don't know the technicalities. Well, don't get disheartened. You can always learn from experts and improve. You can find loads of information on how to perfect your golf swing. There are also several e-books and reports by expert golfers themselves that can give you some very good golf playing tips. You can read what experts have to say and practice accordingly.

Swing Tips - How to Swing the Driver Correctly

Just starting out in the game of golf and wondering how to correctly swing a driver. In the following article I will go through the steps to use the driver properly and how to choose the correct driver for your game.

The most common mistake I have found during my junior golf clinics is what I call the big stick syndrome. By this I mean, most of my kids swing to hard, commonly called, knocking the cover off the ball. Everyone wants to hit the driver 300 yards and think the harder you swing, the farther the ball goes, is far from the truth.

Now let's discuss how to swing your driver. As a beginner, the one thing you need to understand is you have one swing speed for every golf club in your bag. You swing your driver the same way you would swing a 8 iron. Don't get caught, in the common mistake, of trying to knock the cover off the ball.

Another important fact with the driver is where the ball is in your stance. With the driver, because of its length, we need to play the ball farther forward in our stance to compensate for this. Playing the ball inside your front toe or some golfers play it off the toe is a common place. This is to give you best spin for your distance.

A driver also needs a good shoulder turn to give you the most distance. This means we start our swing with our shoulders not our hands. Keeping your left arm fully extended through your swing. This means your driver will be on a bigger (wider) arc during your swing path. A good drill to practice a fuller arc is to place a golf tee, about one grip length behind your ball and on your take away you should tick your driver head off this tee. This will make sure a true, full arc, giving you greatest distance.

Before we end, there is a couple of points to choosing the proper driver, you need to know. The stiffness of the shaft and the angle of the club face are the two points you need to consider. Drivers come with various degrees of the club face and various degrees of stiffness for the shaft as well. Trajectory of ball at impact determines the degree of the club face (desired trajectory 15 degrees). Swing speed determines the stiffness of your shaft. For example, less than 105 mph is a regular shaft choice

Most local golf shops have simulators that will give you these two factors, so you can buy the correct driver, for your specific swing need. I hope this helps all you beginners and some of you seasoned golfers, who might be swinging the wrong driver, for your specific swing.

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