Top 10 Proven Golf Tips For Beginners
Key Components of a Good Golf Swing...
1) There are 3 Common Golf Grip's
* Vardon Overlapping Grip
* Interlocking Grip
* Ten Finger Baseball Grip
2) Backswing
The key to a Good Backswing is to focus on bringing the club back with your arm's and shoulders, trying to keep your front arm straight and shifting your weight to your back foot.
This will force your body to rotate. (turn on or around an axis or a center) If you practice this move, it will lead to a very smooth consistent golf swing.
3) Downswing
It is very important to use the right sequence of movements, when starting your downswing to hit the correct golf shot. You want to start from the ground up.
This means the feet move first, followed by the knees, hips and then the upper body and arms. This is the progression, we need to use in order to get the club in the right position to hit the ball on a solid and consistent path.
4) Follow Through
The key to a good follow through, is to be focused on a smooth weight shift, from your backswing to follow through. Your weight, as your body uncoils, should naturally transfer to your front foot. Your wrists should rotate, which brings the club face square to the ball at impact.
5) Balance
Balance is a crucial part of a good golf swing. Improvements in your balance, will lead to lower golf scores, as balance makes for consistency.
6) Posture
Correct posture plays a vital roll in golf, putting you in position for a balanced and powerful, consistent ball striking.
Posture tips:
* Set your feet shoulder-width apart.
* Flex your knees only slightly for good balance.
* Bend at the hips
8) Strength
Golf is a demanding sport. The golf swing is an extremely high-speed, torquing movement that needs optimal muscular strength in the entire body, especially the abdominals and lower back.
9) Speed
We all know that club head speed is the answer to longer drives, but it is far more important to measure the speed of your hips. Ball travel is directly related to club head speed, the more the speed the further the ball travels. Controlling club head speed is essential for accuracy in the game of golf.
10) Concentration
Developing a positive attitude is one of the golf basics. Develop mental toughness to motivate yourself out of a difficult situation, or to turn things around. A good idea is to find a golf role model, and imitate the confidence of this golf role model, when in a difficult situation.
Remember, golfing success begins and ends with your great positive attitude. It is earned through your determination and perseverance to stay positive at all times. As the saying goes: Keep your cool head, while others around you are losing theirs.
Golf requires you to think clearly and be analytical which is an attribute, that is shared by good golfers.
There are a lot of factors involved in a proper golf swing, even when trying to
break it down to the barest of the fundamentals. However, you have to start
somewhere.
Keeping things as simple as possible in the beginning will keep you from getting overwhelmed with all that's involved in a good golf swing.
1) There are 3 Common Golf Grip's
* Vardon Overlapping Grip
* Interlocking Grip
* Ten Finger Baseball Grip
2) Backswing
The key to a Good Backswing is to focus on bringing the club back with your arm's and shoulders, trying to keep your front arm straight and shifting your weight to your back foot.
This will force your body to rotate. (turn on or around an axis or a center) If you practice this move, it will lead to a very smooth consistent golf swing.
3) Downswing
It is very important to use the right sequence of movements, when starting your downswing to hit the correct golf shot. You want to start from the ground up.
This means the feet move first, followed by the knees, hips and then the upper body and arms. This is the progression, we need to use in order to get the club in the right position to hit the ball on a solid and consistent path.
4) Follow Through
The key to a good follow through, is to be focused on a smooth weight shift, from your backswing to follow through. Your weight, as your body uncoils, should naturally transfer to your front foot. Your wrists should rotate, which brings the club face square to the ball at impact.
5) Balance
Balance is a crucial part of a good golf swing. Improvements in your balance, will lead to lower golf scores, as balance makes for consistency.
6) Posture
Correct posture plays a vital roll in golf, putting you in position for a balanced and powerful, consistent ball striking.
Posture tips:
* Set your feet shoulder-width apart.
* Flex your knees only slightly for good balance.
* Bend at the hips
8) Strength
Golf is a demanding sport. The golf swing is an extremely high-speed, torquing movement that needs optimal muscular strength in the entire body, especially the abdominals and lower back.
9) Speed
We all know that club head speed is the answer to longer drives, but it is far more important to measure the speed of your hips. Ball travel is directly related to club head speed, the more the speed the further the ball travels. Controlling club head speed is essential for accuracy in the game of golf.
10) Concentration
Developing a positive attitude is one of the golf basics. Develop mental toughness to motivate yourself out of a difficult situation, or to turn things around. A good idea is to find a golf role model, and imitate the confidence of this golf role model, when in a difficult situation.
Remember, golfing success begins and ends with your great positive attitude. It is earned through your determination and perseverance to stay positive at all times. As the saying goes: Keep your cool head, while others around you are losing theirs.
Golf requires you to think clearly and be analytical which is an attribute, that is shared by good golfers.
There are a lot of factors involved in a proper golf swing, even when trying to
break it down to the barest of the fundamentals. However, you have to start
somewhere.
Keeping things as simple as possible in the beginning will keep you from getting overwhelmed with all that's involved in a good golf swing.
