Master The Golf Swing Mechanics To Improve Your Golf Swing Quickly And Easily
Should golf swing mechanics matter to beginners and casual golfers? After all, you are only playing for fun, right? True enough, but I personally prefer to play to win. At the very least, I want to be able to give my opponent a good fight. And that is why I feel that it is better to learn how to play golf correctly.
Familiarity with golf swing mechanics is one part of this equation. You need to know how to swing your golf clubs - normally 1 driver, 2 fairway woods, your irons, pitching wedge and sand wedge, and putter. There are certainly a lot of clubs you need to become familiar with. Most people are not able to learn all of them on their own. You would probably need proper golf lessons, preferably from a personal trainer or even a golf school. The next best thing to face-to-face instruction with a human trainer is to get video, dvd or online golf lessons. Books are good for theory and tactics, but difficult to learn golf swing mechanics from.
A second factor to playing golf well is to simplify. Traditionally, many golfers play with a set of 7 irons (number 3 to number 9). Each iron is a different length. However, if you use the 1-Iron Golf System, you can buy all your irons with the same length. This way, you only need to learn 1 swing. You can cut down your learning curve by half. Isn't that great?
Another way to simplify your swing is to learn the "one plane swing" rather than the more normal "two plane swing". The two most famous golfers who use the "one plane swing" are Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh. The more normal "two plane swing" needs you to co-ordinate two different planes of movement - the flat rotation of your body and the upright swinging of your arms. By contrast, the "one plane swing" only needs you to match your arms and shoulder movements in one single plane of movement. Before you rush to learn this simpler swing, you should be aware that some golf trainers feel that the stances used by Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh look rather awkward. Some of them also feel that there may be more stress on your spine.
The only way to improve your golf swing is to practise a lot. The easiest clubs to practise with are your putter and wedges. These clubs are used for short ranges, so with some artificial mats and cups you can even practise it in your yard or driveway of your home. You can even practise your putter indoors, if your house has a long hall available. This is probably the fastest way for you to shave a few strokes off your golf - just by practicing with your putter and wedges at home for thirty minutes every day.
Here are the 3 parts of your golf swing which you need to master: 1) backswing; 2) downswing; 3) followthrough. You need to master these 3 actions as well as the smooth change from one action to another. During your practice you need to be aware of how your body feels during each action. Here is a tip which some martial artists use to learn a difficult technique - do it slowly but correctly with full body awareness. Repeat until your body becomes familiar with the movement. Then slowly speed up your swing while making sure all the movements are still correct. This is the fastest way to improve your golf swing.
Godfrey Swain is a weekend golfer who used to struggle on the wrong side of 80. After he opened his mind and learned how to play golf the right way, he is now able to hit the right side of 70 on his good days. If you have these 3 problems with your golf swing: 1) inconsistency; 2) slice; 3) distance, then click here to find out how to improve your golf swing.
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