Do You Have The Guts To Master A Great Swing?

When beginning golfers see a pro swing the club, it is easy for them to assume that the swing they are watching is as easy to attain as the pro makes it look. Nothing could be further from the truth. What we are looking at in a pro golfer's swing is the result of their mastery of a number of skills, highly focused concentration and a fair amount of practiced grace - all which allows him or her to attain the accuracy and distance you see in their performance.

Grace? Is This a Sport or a Dance?


Once you've started the swing with the club head descending toward the golf ball, it should do so with as little force and as much grace as possible. Novice golfers will generally miss this combination of grace and agility, whipping the golf club with as much force as they can, chopping at the downswing more like swinging an axe than a skilled golfer. The result is a swing that is awkward, is disorganized in its contact with the ball, and does not exhibit a balance of power and accuracy. Learning the balance between force, and carefully honed skills are what lend your swing the grace I am referring to, not just learning to hit the ball with maximum force.

Attaining The Right Balance

Balance is essential for all sports but never so much as in golf. In order to improve, golfers must constantly work to maintain a balance of strength and control, especially during critical, high-stress times where it is especially crucial during the swing. Bringing accuracy and power into balance is necessary to be successful.

A balanced physical posture is also required. One thing that makes it difficult control how your club meets the ball during the swing is not remaining balanced and centered while swinging the club. Often players will shift from one foot to the other while swinging the club, which can cause the club face to hit the ball at a slightly incorrect angle, which can have a disastrous effect on the shot.

Try this observation the next time you go to the golf course or driving range. Take note of some of the other players' swing. Do they tend to fall sideways after taking their shot? If they do, then they are exhibiting a problem with their control. Ridding yourself of this habit and regaining a balanced swing without weight shifting is accomplished by rotation of your body around an axis. What this means is that your golf swing should not be lateral. It should instead be more rotational. Keeping this in mind will go a long way toward maintaining both control and balance during your swing, and it may even allow you to boost the power of your shot.

You First Step To a Natural Swing

A strong and graceful golf swing is attainable even by novice golfers with a little practice and attaining control over a few variables of the game. For example, keeping a steady pace, remembering to maintain grace and body control, and focus on maintaining balance. However, as a beginner you should not try to fix everything at one time.

It is not even remotely possible for you to fix all your problems at once when it comes to anything. Golf is no exception.

Trying to overcome all your golf swing problems at once will only lead to much frustration and little progress. Pick one thing to improve, work on it until you have mastered it, then pick the next issue to work on. Repeat those steps until your golf swing is as graceful and strong as the pros.

Patience is the key. Coupling this with focus on individual issues, you will begin to observe measurable improvements over time.

By: Perry Rightmond

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