Monday, November 8, 2010

How To Better Your Golf Swing

By Arleen Cauchi

Any golfer regardless of age or handicap will continually seek out ways to improve his or her golf swing. Practice is always the key in swing improvement. However, this is just a general statement as practice does different things to everybody. This is due to the differences in body shapes and structures that will enable some to improve faster or slower as the case may be.

Step number one in improving your golf swing is acceptance. Accept the fact that you will not have a great or greater swing than current or past golf legends. Do put into your mind that you will have a unique swing like no other and that only you have this. Factor in your age also in accepting the real facts. You cannot swing harder or better than everyone on the course, especially if they are much younger and had more practice.

To improve a swing practice is always the key. But of course due to the limitations above caused by differences in physique and age, the quality and quantity of practice can differ. It is much better to focus on the quality of your practice than the quantity especially if you are physically challenged due to age or health reasons.

Step number two is to do the appropriate amount of stretching and warming up prior to a game or a round at the practice range. This is true for any physical activity, and more so for golf. Also remember that a proper amount of rest, with at least a day in between sessions is the standard so as not to over exert yourself, no matter how much fun the game is.

Muscle memory dictates that you do not have to train your muscles extremely hard to get the proper movements of benefit to you. In fact, most people get the hang of their swing within two weeks time. And after that, the process becomes natural and they just swing away like they have been doing it for a while.

Thus once you get the movements memorized, the next key thing is to improve your swing through proper breathing. Focusing on your breathing and exhaling one second prior to impact will greatly improve your distance and accuracy. If breathing correctly affects accuracy in archery and shooting, it will also affect accuracy in golf.

The sixth and final important step in your key to improvement is visualization. This is the act of closing your eyes before you go up to the tee and seeing how the ball will leave your tee, how it will fly through the air and where it will land. This is a proven technique working up to 60% of the time. With these odds of two thirds working in your favor just by imagining your game before you play, it is a powerful and important step for you to use.

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