Thursday, March 31, 2011

Golf For Novice: Learning Various Types Of Swing

By Candace C. Satter


Most people love to learn and play golf. Different people have different ways of learning the game. While most often people prefer taking professional lessons and training to play golf, there are many who find it interesting to read up as well as learn the game on their own through observing others and by trial and error.

Before you get down to practicing shots on the ground, it is important that you first understand the game, how it is to be played and what are the intricacies involved, only then will you be able to make headway in practice.

If you observe the other players moves very critically you will understand a lot about swings. You will understand as to why they practice their swing several times before taking a shot. You will also observe the way their swing and the movements involved thereof. There is the twisting of the body and secondly the swinging of the arms in co-ordination.

The turning of the body has an effect on the swing. The body needs to turn to a near horizontal place which is at right angles to the spine along the line of the shoulder blades.

Relaxed and loose allowing the entire upper body to turn and move in a fluid movement. The arms swinging is done in one free movement involving swinging of arms as nearly as possible aiming at the ball, where the body turns to allow the arms to swing. During the swing the shoulders remain relaxed and free thus allowing a free movement of the upper part of the body effortlessly.

Do not think that swinging is very easy just because it looks easy on television or watching other professionals at play. You will be surprised while you practice that it takes quite a while for you to get control and coordination over the swing and get going. In fact you have got to learn about two more aspects of swing which have to do with backswing and downswing which are also important.

The swing has two distinctive parts to the entire technique. The first part involves a backswing where in the player lifts the club back and upwards to the right side of his body if he is a right handed golfer and pickups the required distance and speed. The second part is to swing it down and hit the ball in the required direction with the right amount of force.

Here again in a backswing the body is turned to be able to facilitate swinging of the club in a circular motion. It is only with the turning of the body that the perfect swing becomes possible.




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