Golf Fitness for Golf Success

Instant Golf Slice Cure

2012-05-03T15:53:00.000-04:00

Studies have shown that less than 25 percent of golfers have straight golf shots, and the rest of them have golf slice problems. Interestingly, those who have golf slices are those with a handicap of 10 or higher. Nearly 50 percent of golf slices result in landing the golf ball at least 25 yards away from the center of the fairway. All in all, a golf slice is a common flaw in many golfers, and a golf slice is a stumbling block to golf success. Golf slices, if unattended, can only get worse, not better.

This is how you can fix your golf slice:

(1) Always point your clubface at the target.

(2) Glue a tee to a magnet and place it in the center of your clubface.

(3) Practice your golf swing in slow motion as many times and as often as possible until your clubface is always pointing at the target. Practice makes perfect -- practice until it becomes second nature to you.

(4) In addition, maintain a good posture by doing regular sit-ups to strengthen your abdominal muscles, which not only enhance core stability but also prevent your arms and torso from swinging your clubface across the target line. Remember, your abdominal muscles play a pivotal part in your golf swing, and hence conducive to fixing your golf slice.

(5) Practice hitting the ball at the center of the clubface by affixing a face tape (obtainable at a golf pro shop) to the center of your clubface. In practiicing your golf swing, pay particular attention to the point of contact. With more practice, you will soon learn how to adjust your golf swing so that you will always hit the ball at the center of the clubface.

Instant Golf Slice Cure shows you the secrets to the best cure for golf slices for your golf success. Follow 4 simple steps and 4 drills to help you drop your strokes fast, as well as to make your drives a mindless act. Learn from a professional the groundbreaking tips to fix your golf slice to improve accuracy, confidence, distance, and scoring.

For more information on golf products for your golf success, go to my website: Golfing Success Info Center.

Stephen Lau

Be A Confident Putter

2012-01-09T09:30:00.000-05:00

Bobby Jones once said: "Putting -- a game within a game -- might just be said to be the most important part of golf." Indeed, putting is an art. A good artist shows confidence in his or her work. Likewise, a confident putter has to feel that he or she is up to par.

It is not uncommon to make the unforgivable mistake of missing a short putt on the last hole. This could be devastating in that it may haunt you for the rest of your life. In golf success, the inability to forget a past mistake could be much worse-off than the inability to remember what to do.

Be a confident putter.

(1) Confidence in putting means the ability to consciously block off all your missed putts.

(2) Confidence in putting means positive affirmations about yourself being a good, if not a great, putter. Although your inner self might tell you to get "real," just remember that great golfers miss their putts too; the difference is that, for example, Jack Nicklaus chooses to remember his perfect putts, instead of his missed ones. You can do the same to acquire confidence in putting.

(3) Confidence in putting means changing your own perceptions about your putting techniques. Remember, a great putter is not born, but made through the conscious effort to improve not only the techniques but also the self-image. The effort requires practice and perseverance.

How do you become a confident putter?

(1) Practice mental visualization. Try to remember only the perfect putts you have made. Gary Player once said: "On every putt, see the ball going into the hole with your mind's eye." You will be amazed at the power of visualization: seeing is believing, and this applies to even mental visualization.

(2) Practice reliving the perfect putts you have made, not the ones you have missed. Visualize the positive ones in your next round of golf, and see them going in the hole.

(3) Stop complaining about the mistakes you have made, in particular in your conversations with other golfers. Remember, complaining and moaning only reinforce the negative image and may even become self-fulfilling prophecy.

Golf is a mental game. Think like Jack Nicklaus. The mind, more than anything else, is all that matters on the green. Remember, you may become what you think you are. This is the essence of confidence in putting.

Breakthrough Putting Secrets -- Learn to putt like the pros. Learn the secrets of professional putters. Master your short game. A detailed guide on the art of putting!

For more golf information, visit my website: Golfing Success Info Center.

Stephen Lau

Golf Success for Seniors

2011-12-27T20:47:00.000-05:00

Golf is a lifelong sport: you can play golf as long as you can stand on your feet. However, if you wish to extend your golf success performance even as you age, you need to pay attention to your overall physical fitness.

Your golf performance depends on the strength of your nervous system as well as the efficiency of your physical body. A decline in senior golf performance is often reflected in the mental golf as well as the backswing and the follow-through. Senior golf success requires consistency, which is the capability to maintain optimum physical conditions from the 1st to the 18th hole.

Unfortunately, as you age, your body undergoes changes that result in bodily inefficiency. Such inefficiency is most evident in the stiffness of your hands and fingers, affecting the grip of your golf club, as well as the inflexibility of your legs and shoulders, impacting your backswing and follow-through.

The Don'ts of Senior Golfers

(1) Don't ignore the arthritis pain in your hands, wrists, arms, shoulders, legs and hips: it affects your overall golf performance, especially in your golf swings.

(2) Don't play the game in spite of the pain: it may aggravate your arthritic conditions.

(3) Don't use drugs to control and manage your arthritis pain. You can use acupuncture, aromatherapy, and hypnotherapy to help you cope with joint pain and stiffness. For more information on pain management, visit my web page: Pain-Free Arthritis.

The Dos of Senior Golfers

(1) Modify the grip of your golf club. A square or neutral grip may not be suitable for you now that you have pain in your hands and wrists. Move your left hand more towards the top of the club, such that you can see three knuckles. The reasons for the modification are as follows:

(a) A stronger-left-hand grip can allow your hands to hinge on the backswing and release your club through the impact -- this can compensate for the decline in muscular strength,.

(b) A stronger-left-hand grip may avoid further injury to your hands during the swing.

(c) A stronger-left-hand grip can result in a more secure grip at the top of your backswing, and hence a better follow-through.

(2) Watch your diet to control your body weight. Do not eat unhealthy snacks on the green (many golfers do!). Get your FREE download of my e-book All-Round Weight Loss to find out how to manage your weight naturally.

(3) Perform extender and flexor exercises to strengthen your fingers and hands.

(a) Using a rubber band around your thumb, stretch each of your fingers and extend them as far as you can; open and close your hand slowly to feel the stretch and resistance in your hand. Do this extender exercise as often as you can to strengthen your fingers.

(b) Flexor exercises involve squeezing a hard object that provides resistance. Squeeze a set of at least 100 repetitions without stopping.

(4) Do stretch exercises to improve flexibility, especially in your hands, elbows, legs, and shoulders.

If you want to extend your senior golf success, you need to work at it. The Senior Golfers Guide provides a wealth of information on golf success for senior golfers.

Stephen Lau

2011-12-20T10:19:00.000-05:00

Golf is a simple game to play. To master the game, you need to master the simple golf swing. As a good golfer, you would like to lower your handicap and increase your distance. But how do you lengthen your drive and shorten your handicap by 7-12 strokes?

The answer is quite simple: the simple golf swing.

Your golf swing drives your scores. You don't need to get a great set of golf clubs: one bad stroke is enought to get one golf ball in the water or similar hazards. You can throw away your strokes by hooking, slicing, or topping the golf ball. A simple golf swing can do just about anything! Use it to your advantage!

If you wish to break 80, you are not alone. According to statistics, more than 90 percent of golfers have inconsistency, which is an important factor in golf success; more than 70 percent of golfers have golf slice; and more than half of them have problems with distance. You are not alone!

To master the simple golf swing, you need to know the following:

(1) How to not only grip the club correctly, but also check your grip to promote consistency, as well as to ensure straight ball flight and to prevent a hook or a slice

(2) How to align the clubface so that you don't push the ball right

(3) How to hit more greens

(4) How to have a setup that allows you to swing around your spine (using your spine as an axis) so as to promote consistency, as well as to reduce horizontal and vertical body movement during the golf swing

(5) How to deliver the perfect impact with the ball on every shot

(6) How to control your takeaway with consistency, resulting in increased distance

(7) How to have an inside-out swing that you can use to automatically hit the fairway

In addition, to master the simple golf swing, you must also pay attention to the details of its simplicity. For example, your arms may tend to move faster than your shoulders, resulting in throwing your club off pane during your backswing. However, you can correct this by practicing with a glove placed under your left armpit until you can complete your backswing with the glove still intact under your left armpit. By limiting your arm swing with a glove under your armpit, you are in fact enabling yourself to hit the ball more accurately than when your arms move faster than your shoulder turn. Remember, it is better to have a repeatable and accurate golf swing than one that provides only power at the expense of accuracy.

A perfect golf swing requires a takeaway in which the golf club, the hands and arms, and the torso all move as a unit in the same direction in order to avoid a hook or push on your backswing. To ensure a correct takeaway, pay attention to the details of your takeaway on your backswing. Practice the following:

(1) Place another golf ball about an inch or two behind the one you intend to hit and about one inch inside the ball-to-target line.

(2) Bow, swing your golf club to hit the target ball -- but not before you have swept the second ball away on your backswing. Practice this drill until you can do just that. You will be surprised that this drill can significantly improve your tempo, which is moving your club, your hands and arms, and your torso as one unit in one direction.

The Simple Golf Swing shows you exactly how to do all the above. It is a step-by-step guide with detailed photos to show you exactly what you should be doing during every segment of your golf swing. It is a simple system for the perfect golf swing for golf success.

For more information on golf success, visit my web page: Golf Success Info Center.

Stephen Lau

The Secrets to Distance

2011-12-13T09:42:00.000-05:00

You aim at the golf ball, you use all your might to swing you golf club, and you see you ball fly into the air. Then you become disappointed at the distance. You begin to wonder what you did wrong. You are not alone. Every golfer wishes to be longer on the tee, but those who are long drivers are few and far between.

Golf is all about swing and distance. If you are longer on the tee, you may slash some handicaps, and you have an advantage over your opponents. That is why all golfers desire to be longer on the tee. But to be long on the tee, you need to know the secrets of long drive. It is not easy to add 20 or 30 yards to your drive, but it is not that difficult if you follow the advice of world long drive champion Eric Jones

(1) Driving long distance is not about physical strength. You have to know how to leverage your power source. It is a myth that the harder you hit the ball, the longer distance you will get. The secret lies in how you accelerate you golf club to produce the strength to add distance to your drive.

(2) Develop a mental blueprint to help you relax mentally and physically every time you are on the tee. A relaxed mind and body will produce quality golf swings through spontaneity, which is an essential component in golf consistency.

(3) Follow an appropriate address routine to maintain athletic balance at address, which not only directly impacts the quality of your ball striking but also maintains consistency and spontaneity in your golf swing.

(4) Remember, hitting the golf ball harder or intensifying your golf swing will not add more distance; rather, they often tend increase tension at the expense of accuracy and speed. Therefore, build a swing for distance.

The Five Keys to Distance: World long distance champion Eric Jones in this e-book with excellent videos provides not only a wealth of information on how to be longer on the tee but also demonstrates in his videos the swing mechanics, the physics, the biomechanics, as well as the mental approach, to generate speed on the tee. In addition, his book covers important aspects, such as athletic balance at address, leveraging power source, accelerating golf club in the golf swing, and even lowering back pain. This book has comprehensive information on how to be longer on the tee.

Stephen Lau

Mastering Putting for Golf Success

2011-12-12T08:57:00.000-05:00

If you master putting, you master the game of golf. A confident putter is always a great putter.

Putting, which is a game within a game, is an important component of golf. Golf success demands the composite of a great putter and a great swinger. Therefore, a great putter makes a great golfer. Be a confident putter.

Confidence in putting can be learned and acquired through practice. To be a confident putter, you must consciously block off all your missed putts or strokes. Always choose to remember your good putts, instead of the bad ones. Do not let the memory of missed putts haunt you with anxiety or frustration. Do not harbor any instructional thoughts from golf books, fellow golfers, or even your coach; just let your subconscious mind take over your putting strokes. A confident putter develops the mental discipline of shutting off any conscious thought from the mind; this is where mental golf comes into play. Narrow down your target—not just focusing on it. That is to say, train your mind to see not just the hole, but a narrower and smaller target, such as a blade of grass, or a tiny edge of the hole. That kind of mental concentration and focus enables you to have a much better control of your body movements, especially, your muscles and reflexes. Remember, perfect putting, just like a perfect golf swing, has to be spontaneous, and spontaneity controls the mind, and hence the response of the body. Confidence holds the key to perfect putting for golf success.

A confident putter creates a positive mental image the putts; and never complains the missed putts. Reinforce your positive image with visualization. Tap into the power of visualization. On every putt, try to "see" in your mind's eye, your golf ball going into the hole. Remember, seeing is believing. It is important that you believe that you are a confident putter and you can do it.

Putting to Win shows you the secrets of putting to win for golf success. Also, for more golf information, visit my website: Golfing Success Info Center.

Stephen Lau

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Random Thoughts

2010-04-15T11:17:00.001-04:00

Bunker Mentality

Golf is a microcosm of life, and the way we relate to the people and the world around us in that it seems a complicated motion with lots of variable and moving parts, but when dissected, the fundamental tenets are few and relatively easy to understand. We rarely know how or why when we’re doing it correctly, yet it becomes painfully obvious when we’re doing it all wrong. At it’s core, everything that occurs is a chain reaction of events which begins with the knowledge that in the absence of a solid base and/or a proper grip on things, you’re destined for disaster from the very start.

(February 9th, 2010)

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Fixing Pitch Marks

2010-04-15T10:35:00.003-04:00

One of the most frustrating things for golf pros everywhere to deal with is the damage caused to the surface of a green by pitch marks. Well, actually, it isn’t the damage that’s frustrating. The damage is inevitable. What’s frustrating is when players are too lazy to repair those pitch marks.

I mean seriously, all you have to do is bend over and stick your pitchfork in the ground a few times, then tap the mound down with the bottom of your putter. It really isn’t a whole lot of work.
The long and short of it is this . . . . .

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You Are Your Worst Enemy

2010-02-08T11:54:00.000-05:00

In golf, you are not playing against anyone, except yourself and the golf course. So, very often, you are your own worst enemy.

Interestingly enough, in almost all other games and sports, you pit against an opponent; in golf, it is just yourself against the whole world. Nobody interferes with you, your progress, or how you drive the ball. You are playing against yourself, and you are your own worst enemy.

In figure ice-skating, the figure ice-skater performs his or her very best, and other skaters' performance is irrelevant. Similarly, in golf, how another player performs should have no bearing on your own performance.

In golf, you may want to imitate the style of another golfer, such as that of Tiger Woods. But, be realistic, you can and will never play like Tiger Woods. Even if another golfer excels or surpasses Tiger Woods, he would be unique in his own way. In other words, you must play your golf your own way, and nobody knows you better than yourself. Only you can determine your own strengths and weaknesses. Only you can optimize your strokes based on your past experience, your physical and psychological makeup, your touch and finesse, among other things.

In short, be yourself and play your own game -- do not become your own enemy and play against yourself.

In order not to become your own worst enemy, you must:

(1) Play your golf your own way: do not try to play like someone else, and do not compare yourself to other players.

(2) Play at your own pace; do not "rush" because you have fast players around you.

(3) Know when to be aggressive and when to be conservative in your approach to the game.

(4) Hit the ball only when you are focused, not when you become distracted.

(5) Stay focused without being intimidated or influenced by other players.

(6) Plan your strategy, and adhere to it.

(7) Play without great expectations. Play from your heart and mind. Focus on the process, not the outcome.

Golf is a personal game. Be yourself, and not your own worst enemy!

Amazing Golf Mind shows you the secrets that the pros know and you don't -- how to catapult your golf game to the next level in less than 30 minutes without practicing.

Also, visit my web page: Golf Success Resources for more information and tips on golf success.

Stephen Lau

Physical Fitness and Senior Golf Fitness

2009-12-03T20:47:00.011-05:00

Exercises cannot extend your life, but they can extend the period of your optimum golf performance.

As you age, the weakness of your nervous sysem is reflected in your mental and bodily inefficiency, which is shown in your golf performance. Such inefficiency is most evident in the stiffness of your hands and fingers in your grip of the club, your legs and shoulders as your body turns in the backswing and follow-through. Therefore, to maintain your golf's peak performance, you need to maintain your physical fitness.

Optimum physical fitness not only provides your body with strength and stamina, necessary for consistency from the 1st hole to the 18th hole, but also maintains your body's flexibility to deliver the perfect golf swing.

Your hands have to be powerful, especially in your grip. Unfortunately, pain in your fingers and hands may impair your golfing success. (Visit my web page: Pain-Free Arthritis for more information on how to relieve different types of arthritis pain naturally.)

To strengthen your fingers and hands, you need to perform extender exercises and flexor exercises.

1. Extender exercises focus on stretching your fingers and extending them as far as possible. You can perform an extender exercise with a strong rubber band around your thumb and extending it with each of your fingers, while you open your hand slowly and then close it slowly. You can feel the strech and resistance in your hand.

2. Flexor exercises involve squeezing an object, such as a ball. It is important that you do not squeeze a ball that does not provide resistance, such as a tennis ball. Squeeze slowly, feeling the resistance in your fingers. Squeeze a set of at least 100 repetitions without stopping; make sure you do it slowly. Take a break between sets.

In addition to the hands, which grip the golf club, your whole body is engaged in the golf swing, including the muscles in your hands, arms, stomach, back, and shoulders - they all play a pivotal role in your backswing. Therefore, all these muscle groups need to be strengthened, especially as you age, in order to maintain your peak performance for as long as possible.

Do the following:

1. Stand with your feet apart. Place a golf club behind your lower back, wedging it between your elbows and across your back, with the clubhead on your left-hand side and the grip on your right-hand side.

2. Slowly, turn your upper body, such that the clubface points to the ground. Your feet should remain firm to the ground, and your hips stationary.

3. Now, fully extend the stretch as far as you can go. Hold for a count of 10.

4. Repeat the process, with the grip of the club pointing to the ground.

This exercise makes your body become more flexible when you make your backswing and follow-through. Practice this daily to improve your muscle tone for optimum physical fitness for your golfing success.

For more efficient stretch exercises, go to: 101 Stretches for Golf.

Learn everything you need to know about golfing success for seniors from: Senior Golfers Guide.

Stephen Lau

The Importance of Setup in Golfing Success

2009-11-04T12:04:00.009-05:00

What is meant by the term "setup"?

In golf, setup refers to three things:

1. The stance

2. The ball position

3. The alignment

Setup affects your golfing success.

The stance refers to the mental and physical conditions of the golfer.

Psychologically, you must be ready to go for your golf swing. Mentally, you must be clear of all clutters that may interfere with the game. You should not be thinking of what you did in the previous round, or what you must accomplish in this round. You mind should focus on only the ball.

Physically, you body should have become taut but relaxed. You are bending slightly forward at the waist. You are keeping your back straight and your head up, without slouching or slumping. Your feet are shoulder-length apart. Your body weight is evenly distributed between the ball and the arch of your feet.

The golf ball position is entirely at your disposal. The golf ball is stationary: it is not moving at you and there is no need for you to react to it. You have time to determine what you are going to do with the ball. Where you are going to place the ball determines the way you are going to do the golf swing, and the outcome of the shot. The key to golfing success is not to overthink what you should or should not do it: just do it!

Alignment is lining up correctly toward the green.

Get The Simple Golf Swing for your perfect golf swing: it has everything you need to know about golf swings for your golfing success.

Also, get the Power Golf Training Program: It improves your power and distance significantly.

Golfing success requires intensive training and practice.

Stephen Lau

Recovery Shots To Recover From Your Game

2009-10-28T11:45:00.006-04:00

Golf is not a game of perfection - and has never been one.

What does that mean?

That means we can play golf for a lifetime and never play a round in which every shot turns out just as we expected. In other words, golf is a game extremely difficult to master. So, the moral lesson is: not to aim at mastery, but to go for recovery from difficult situations. Recovery shots hold the key to golfing success.

In golf, it is extremely important for you to make up for a poor shot. You may be given a "second chance", so to speak. A recovery shot is your "second chance" to put your golf ball back in position to play the hole. A good recovery shot not only gives you confidence, which is often critical when things are not going your way, but also frustrates and even unnerves your playing competitors.

Recovery shots are not just for the pro; they are for every golfer who knows how to execute the recovery shot in a given situation, however difficult it may be.

For example, if your golf ball happens to have landed in a grove of trees, a recovery shot may help you get out of the predicament.

1. Do not attempt a full swing: for one thing, you may not be able to execute a full swing if you are surrounded by trees and branches; for another, a full swing may drive your golf ball too high in the air, resulting in the ball being caught among branches.

2. Look for a "window" through which you could drive your golf ball back to the fairway.

3. Determine how far you would want your golf ball to travel through the window. Usually, a 5, 6, or 7 iron may do the job.

4. Gain better control of your golf club by bringing your hands down on the grip closer to the shaft of the golf club.

It is important that you remain calm and composed when you find yourself in a difficult situation. A recovery shot may just do that.

For more golf tips and information, visit my web page: Your Golfing Success.

Stephen Lau

Golfing Success Info Center

How Aging May Affect Your Golf

2009-10-09T10:19:00.016-04:00

Golf is a game of a lifetime: you can play golf as long as you can stand and walk, and hold your golf club. However, no matter how good you may have been, aging will take its toll on your game. If you are already a senior, you may want to consult Senior Golfers Guide, which offers excellent golf tips and information for senior golfers.

Golfing has to do with eye-hand coordination, body balance, muscular flexibility, physical strength, and mental stamina. All these factors are critical to your golfing success, irrespective of your present level, and they are all affected by aging.

As you continue to age, you experience slower metabolism - the outcome of loss of muscle mass, which begins in late twenties or early thirties. Less muscle mass means having fewer active tissues and, accordingly, burning fewer calories. With slower metabolism, your brain and muscles get less oxygen and fewer nutrients. As a result, mentally, you experience slower eye-hand coordination and diminished reflex, due to reduced mental concentration and focus; physically, you demonstrate less stroke volume and shorter distance. In short, your mind may be willing, but your body has become less responsive.

Power Golf Training Program will train you to enhance your golf fitness and to compensate for the drawbacks due to aging.

Also, visit my web page: Your Golfing Success.

Stephen Lau

Golfing Success Info Center

Check Points for Your Perfect Golf Swing

2009-10-01T21:46:00.013-04:00

To get ready for your perfect golf swing, you need to check the following:

1. Proper setting up to prepare for your maximum motion and proper body balance during the golf swing.

2. Club and hands on their proper positions.

Now, as you begin your simple golf swing, pay attention to the following:

1. Your shoulders, arms, and hands should all move together as a unit.

2. As you start your full-swing motion, your arms and shoulders should move together, with your club moving away from the ball.

3. Turn your shoulders approximately 90 degrees in relation to the ground. This is to conserve energy for your forward swing.

4. While you move your arms back, they should be parallel to the ground.

5. When your club is halfway back, it should be parallel to the ground, with its toe pointing to the sky.

6. As you turn, your posture should remain the same. However, if you cannot turn without changing your posture (i.e. your body is not flexible enough), then turn only as far as you can go.

7. At the top of the swing, make sure your club is pointing back toward the target on a line parallel to the target.

8. In the forward swing, turn your hips toward the target, focusing your body weight and balance on the target foot, while your arms fall down to the path of the ball. In the release (the arms rotating together as they move down toward the ball), the arms should be free of tension.

9. At the ball impact, you should have turned your hips toward the target, with your arms extending toward the ground and your shoulders being parallel to the line of target.

10 After you have struck the golf ball, your shoulders should have turned through, resulting in the front of your body facing the target. In the follow-through, you should have moved your golf club up and behind you with arms in a folded position, without which is an indication of a lack of rotation during the swing.

During the game, you should focus only on the target, not the details of how to make your perfect full swing. To be able to do just that, you need to have a consistent routine before any golf shot in order to develop natural and spontaneous full golf swing habits; you need good swing habits not only on the golf course but also off the golf course.

Learn the 5 Keys To Distance from world long-drive champion.

Also, visit my web page: Your Golfing Success for more golf tips and information.

Stephen Lau

Practice Makes Perfect

2009-09-22T14:55:00.013-04:00

Correct grip is critical to golfing success.

To deliver the perfect golf swing, you need more practice in your grip of the golf club. Find out more about the Simple Golf Swing.

Practice holding your golf club with only your index finger and the bottom pad of your hand. To practice this, do the following:

1. Hold your golf club in your target hand.

2. Elevate your arm to just slightly below your shoulder height.

3. Slowly, release all your fingers, except the index finger.

If you drop your club, your grip may not be strong enough.

To grip your golf club with the correct strength, try wringing a wet towel by twisting both ends in the opposite directions. Soak your towel wet again, and repeat the action.

The purpose of the above practice is to develop strong hands and forearms, so that when you grip your golf club, you will not be exerting undue strength. Your grip should be firm, but not too tight. Strong hands and forearms will do the trick. Your Golf Fitness is as important as your golf techniques.

To practice the correct posture for your perfect golf swing, do the following:

1. Stand sideways in front of a long mirror.

2. Placing your hands on your hips, tilt slightly forward.

3. Make sure that your back and the back of your head align

4. Push your tailbone out and up, while you bend your legs slightly, keeping your body weight on the balls of your feet.

5. Let your arms fall from your hips; they should be a hand-width from your body.

6. Repeat this until you get yourself attuned to this posture.

Practice makes perfect. You need a perfect grip with a correct posture to deliver the perfect golf swing. The position of the clubface throughout the entire swing is golf’s single most important fundamental. Get more information from The Clubface. Learn how the clubface holds the secret to playing strong, consistent golf. Golfing success never comes easy: you need drill and practice until your grip and posture become second nature to you.

For more golf tips and golf information, visit my web page: Your Golfing Success.

Stephen Lau

Mastering A Bunker Shot

2009-09-09T17:54:00.016-04:00

Fairway bunkers or hazards, located along the fairway, are not only a challenge to golfers, but also a test of their mettle and endurance in the game.

Golf rules do not allow you to ground your club on a hazard before your shot, that is, touching the surface of the hazard. That makes a bunker shot difficult.

Here are some golf tips on how to master a bunker shot (For more information, go to: The Ultimate Short Game System):

1. For a greenside bunker shot, you need greater strength than a chip or pitch shot, because the sand slows down the swing motion.

2. The clubface position in relation to the golf ball position is critical to golfing success, because you need to displace the right amount of sand without affecting or compromising the strength of your golf swing on the clubface-and-ball contact.

3. Use your feet to feel and assess the amount of sand under the ball. If there is more sand, you may need to rotate or turn the face of your golf club to a more open position.

4. Position your body with your feet open to the target line, and your shoulders should be parallel to the target line. Place your target foot closer to the golf ball.

5. You need to hold your golf club above the sand, at least 2-3 inches behind the ball, to avoid grounding your club in the hazard. Remember, your golf club should go through the sand before hitting the ball.

6. It is important to turn your shoulders as your arms swing back, with your trail arm bending slightly as your golf club moves up. You begin your forward swing as your body is turning through to the target, while your arms move down and through. For the perfect golf swing, your target arm must pull through to avoid the trailing arm from taking over.

7. The sand will give resistance to your golf club. Therefore, go for a longer swing with more acceleration to overcome the resistance.

A bunker shot is not too difficult to master, if you will pay attention to some of the details. With more practice, you can get yourself out of any difficult situation on the fairway.

For the perfect golf swing, go to: The Simple Swing.

For more golf tips, go to my web page: Your Golfing Success.

Stephen Lau

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Pre-Swing Preparation For The Perfect Golf Swing

2009-09-07T06:05:00.010-04:00

To get the perfect golf swing, you need adequate pre-swing preparation.

Mastering the fundamentals of golf swing begins with pre-swing preparation, which includes proper setup, mental preparation for the game, proper posture and correct body alignment.

One of the most important factors in mastering golf swing techniques is proper balance throughout the swing. Good balance is a result of observation to the following:

1. correct position of the hands on the club

2. correct contact between the face of the club and the golf ball

3. correct body posture

4. correct body alignment to the target

Proper body posture not only affects your turning motion but also maintains body balance throughout the swing. In addition, it results in correct ball contact, thus leading to consistency in golf swings, which is critical to golfing success.

Do the following to obtain proper body posture in your golf swing:

1. Tilt your spine slightly forward from your hips. Stand tall to align your spine with your head.

2. Flex your legs slightly, but keep them locked. Distribute your body weight evenly on the balls of your feet, both the target and trail side. Keep your legs shoulder-length apart. To maintain balance, line up your underarms with the insides of your feet.

3. Hang your arms loosely from your shoulders. Keep your arms one-hand width away from your body.

4. Keep your chin up and away from your body during your golf swing.

To execute the perfect golf swing, it is also important to have correct body alignment to the target. To achieve this, do the following:

1. Identify the target line - the imaginary line between the golf ball and the distant target.

2. Stand behind your golf ball and identify a spot on the ground, no more than 10 feet from the golf ball.

3. Position your clubface to make the leading edge of the club perpendicular to the target line.

4. Position your body in a position parallel to the imaginary target line.

The above pre-swing preparation is critical to getting a perfect golf swing, assuming you have mastered the basic golf swing techniques.

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How To Master Pitch Shots

2009-08-28T13:05:00.005-04:00

Golfers prefer to use pitch shots when the distance between the green is greater than that from the edge of the putting green to the hole.

A pitch shot facilitates your approach to the green, and it is part of the short game of golf. Essentially, you use a pitch shot to move your golf ball higher in the air over grass, sand bunker or water hazard. A pitch shot has less roll on the green once it lands. Golfers generally choose a pitching wedge, a sande wedge, or a lob wedge (which has more loft and therefore capable of moving the ball higher in the air with a softer landing). Your objective of using a pitch shot is to land your golf ball half its distance to the hole without making the ball roll too much after landing.

To master pitch shots, you need to do the following:

1. A correct setup is critical to mastering your pitch shots. Tilt your body forward from your hips. Align your back in a straight line with the back of your head.

2. To obtain an open stance, place your target foot back towards the heel of your trail foot. Position your feet approximately one foot apart, while slightly, but not too much, flexing your feet: you should distribute your body weight evenly.

3. Center your golf ball slightly towards your target foot. Move it closer to your target foot if you need to lift the ball up in the air quickly, such as overcoming an obstacle.

4. Turn your hip towards the target, while shifting your weight to your target foot. In order to enable your arm to swing with greater distance, use your lower body to swing the clubhead, thereby instrumental in sending your golf ball to a greater distance.

5. Keep your head from moving as you turn through to the target, that is, before hitting the ball. To master pitch shots, you need to maintain balance and good rhythm.

Practicing the above motion without using a golf ball will help you master pitch shots on the green.

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Master Chipping To Master Your Short Game

2009-08-23T21:56:00.005-04:00

You require less than a full swing to make a chip shot. Chipping is part of the short game of golf. If you master chipping, you master your short game.

Technically, you use a chip shot when the distance from the golf ball to the green is less than that from the edge of the green to the hole. Chipping helps you land your golf ball on the first quarter of the green, and thus enabling it to roll to the hole as if you were using a putter.

If you master chipping, you stand a better chance of getting your golf ball onto the green such that it may take you only one putt to put it into the hole. Accordingly, you have a greater chance of lowering your golf scores.

To deliver the best chip shot, you need to do the following:

1. Begin with a correct set up to make a correct chip shot. Place your hands closer to the shaft of your golf club; put them further down on the grip - this makes your golf club shorter and easier for control. Remember, control is more important than power in chipping.

2. Narrow your stance (i.e. open stance) to have a better view of your target.

3. Bend your knees slightly, while leaning your body slightly forward from your hips. Your body weight should be on your target foot. This posture makes sure your golf club will move in a downward motion.

4. Let your arms hang loosely from your shoulders. Your arms should be relaxed.

5. Now, move your arms and shoulders simultaneously in a pendulum motion.

6. Maintain equal back swing and forward swing to create proper rhythm and timing in the stroke.

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Choose the Correct Length of Your Golf Club for Golf Success

2009-08-11T19:38:00.004-04:00

The choice of golf equipment is as important as the application of golf techniques in the game. For example, learning to swing your golf club correctly is directly dependent on using the correct golf club to swing.

Basically, you should fit your golf clubs and golf balls to your body type, the speed and strength of your golf swing. For example, the appropriate length of your golf club is important. Theoretically, the longer the shaft, the further you will be able to drive the golf ball. However, a long club makes it more difficult for you to make square contact with the club - and this inexact club-ball contact will cause you to lose distance. So, there is a trade off in choosing a long golf club.

Choosing a golf club with the wrong length may affect your posture, which in turn affects positively or negatively your balance while you swing. If you start out of balance at address, you may find yourself struggling to regain balance throughout your swing. Do not let your concern with keeping your balance distract you from hitting the ball.

Remember, if you use a golf club that is too long for you, you tend to stand more upright, thereby shifting your body weight to your heels and making your arms unable to hang freely. By the same token, if your golf club is too short, you tend to bend too much, thereby forcing your weight onto your toes.

In addition, the length of your golf club may affect the centeredness of contact. Optimum length of golf club enables you to hit the ball squarely, delivering a shot that is light and effortless.

The fact of the matter is that you simply cannot add extra length to your golf club, expecting more distance.

To determine the right length for you, use impact face tape on your club face and try out different shaft lengths. If the golf club length is right, you will hit the solid center of the club face each time.

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Learning the Golf Swing Mechanics

2009-07-28T09:07:00.009-04:00

To learn the mechanics of golf swing, you must acquire good habits of the fundamentals.

First and foremost, you must acquire these habits without conscious direction from your brain. In other words, you are capable of playing golf without thinking about your techniques. The reason is that your brain remembers the stored information and turns it into recognized automatic or subconscious state of doing without thinking. This state of mind is critical to learning golf swing mechanics.

More importantly, practicing a lot of time only when you are free is not the same as practing a small amount of time over a period of consecutive days. The latter is more conducive to success in learning the golf swing mechanics than the former.

Another point you should consider about mastering golf swing basics is that in the process of learning, there will be ups and downs, as well as plateaus (wehre some weekend golfers will give up the sport). Consistency and persistence hold the key to ultimate success in learning the golf swing mechanics.

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How to Avoid Fluffing in Golf

2009-06-29T17:46:00.007-04:00

Fluffing or "fat" shot in golf is an unpleasant experience. Fluffing is often a result of a weak grip at address and throughout the backswing.

Poor grip pressing in one or both hands can cause a golfer to deliver a much reduced club-to-ball impact.

To avoid embarrassing fluffing in golf, do the following:

1. Do not grip your golf club too tightly, but make sure your grip is secure, i.e. some pressure but not too much pressure applied. For example, apply more pressure on the last three fingers of your left hand, and also on the middle two fingers of your right hand.

2. Do not uncurl the last three fingers of your left hand, lest your clubshaft pointed towards the ground, instead of pointing to a spot parallel to the ball-to-target line.

3. Do not position your golf ball too far forward to avoid hitting the ground first before hitting the ball. With an iron shot, position your golf ball slightly further back in your stance; with a wood shot, position the ball further forward in your stance.

4. Whether you use an iron or a wood, it is important that at address your hands should be in line with your left ear, and at opposite the inside of your left thigh.

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How to Avoid Topping Your Golf Ball

2009-06-24T21:45:00.003-04:00

If you have a problem with topping the golf ball, you are not alone. This is a common problem with many golfers, especially those with a high handicap.

But you can easily overcome this problem for your golfing success.

1. Do not grip your golf club too tight at address. Hold your golf club light but firm by putting pressure on the last three fingers of your left hand and the middle two fingers of your right hand. In this way, you can prevent yourself from cocking your wrists on the backswing, as well as from releasing your clubhead at impact.

2. Position your ball correctly. Do not place your golf ball too far forward. The distance between you and the golf ball depends on your height and build. If you are tall and athletic, stand closer to the ball; if you are short, stand a bit further away from the ball.

3. Do not put too much of your body weight on the heels at address. Instead, try to keep your weight on the balls of your feet so as to avoid pulling away from the ball at impact, or rocking back through the swing.

4. Posture is important. Always maintain a knee flex at address to avoid your body dipping downward on the backswing. However, if it does, straighten your body up and away from the ball so that you can get your clubhead back to the ball.

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How To Get The Perfect Downswing

2009-06-09T20:25:00.004-04:00

To get the perfect downswing, avoid the following:

1. over-pulling your golf club with your left hand

2. attempting too hard to swing in-to-out

3. turning your hips too much

To overcome these problems on your downswing, do the following:

1. Use only your right arm to hit your shots off a tee. In this way, you are more likely to straighten your right arm earlier in the downswing. To prevent your shots from going too high, maintain the angle between your wrist and forearm.

2. Turning your hips too much will cause not only your right elbow to bend too far when coming into impact but also the angle of your clubshaft to become too steep. To overcome this problem, do not start your downswing too early with the hips in order to avoid having a disconnected swing, and making the angle of attack too steep. It is important to pull your right foot about half a foot back from the target line, while keeping your shoulders square to the ball-to-target line. In this way, your attack on the golf ball will be shallow and your in-to-out will be less severe.

A correct downswing will help you deliver the perfect golf swing.

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Correct Aim in Preshot Routine

2009-05-29T11:49:00.009-04:00

Getting your correct aim in preshot routine is critical to your golfing success.

Do the following to ensure you get the correct aim during your golf swing:

1. Stand several feet behind the golf ball.

2. Determine the imaginary "ball-to-target-line."

3. Pick out a divot or mark on the ground, about 4 - 5 feet in front of the golf ball, and align this with the ball-to-target-line.

4. Focus on only the divot or mark, not the distant target.

Getting your correct aim means you can see both the ball and the mark, instead of the distant target. You should now focus on the ball, not the target when you swing your golf club.

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