Golfing Lessons - Make Yourself A Better Player

There are many people that play golf. In fact there are over 30 million just in the United States. Those numbers do not reflect how many people play well. Herein lies the problem. Golf is a sport that not only requires talent, there is an ongoing need for practice. The challenge is that most people have never been properly taught how to play or practice. Golfing lessons will accomplish both of those things.

One of the most frustrating things to do is to try anything before you actually know how it is done. Think about letting a Doctor perform surgery before he has gone to school to learn how! Not likely. Yet, everyday, millions of golfers take to the course with suggestions from friends and relatives on how to play the game, effectively. There are many moving parts to a golf swing and different requirements within those moving parts.

Before you hit the first ball, there are a few things that must be learned. The goal of a good set up is balance. Your stance should be done with your feet spread to about the width of your shoulders. The position of the ball is the next thing to consider. For a tee shot, your ball should be positioned on a straight line to the instep of your forward foot. This will allow for the swing to be a bit of a reach to make contact. Lastly, as part of the address, your grip will be taught. There are several choices, but an overlap grip although not necessarily feeling comfortable, will likely be the best choice.

Even before you pick up a golf club, there are things that you must have knowledge about. How you approach the ball is the first step of the golf swing. Balance is one of the most parts of this process. Standing with your feet spread to about shoulders width, should provide a comfortable and stable position. The golf ball should be placed on a straight line from the instep of your forward foot. This way, you will be reaching out to hit it. Standing in this position, remember how this looks to you, as you must repeat it each time that you tee off.

Throughout your lessons, the Pro will teach you the proper way to get the club back to the bottom of your swing, with the most force and least amount of effort. The challenge here is learning how to maximize your swing speed without over swinging the club, while maintaining good balance. A great way to practice this is to swing your club while keeping your feet together. It will give you a feel for what perfect balance is all about. You cannot over swing, or you will fall down. Funny to see, however not the preferred choice.

The downswing is what will propel the ball, so this is where the power comes into play. However, until you are about half way down, your big muscles should be doing the work, not your hands and arms. Think of it as a recoil and uncoil. This will give you some idea of what you are trying to do. Again, a Professional will be able to assist you. The players on Tour, do not use their hands and wrists until the club is almost parallel to the ground on the way back to the tee. Then they release all of the power and hit the ball. The swing is not complete until you have finished. That means that your belly should be pointing towards the target and the club should fold, comfortably. This is the part of the swing that makes the ball head in the direction that you planned.

Many new players do not understand the follow through. That means that your swing does not stop as soon as you make contact. Part of making the ball head in the direction that you want it to is based on your completion of your swing. The goal here is to finish the swing with your belt buckle pointing at your original target. Simply put, you have the basics of a swing. It will be different for swings made in the fairway and in the rough. Your swing will change if you need to hit it high or low. There will be changes in it if you are chipping or putting. When it comes to improving your score, putting lessons are at least as important as the rest, when you consider that at least 50% of your shots are made from the green.

Golfing lessons can teach you all of the variables of this wonderful sport. If you are intent on making yourself a better player, get lessons. A beginner needs to get lessons so that you understand what is actually going on while you are playing. Most importantly, practice is mandatory. If you cannot practice what you have been taught, you are not likely to improve. You will struggle and likely pick up some really bad habits. So, find a coach that you are comfortable with and learn. A PGA Professional must pass tests on teaching, so seek them out to start your lessons and in no time, you may be competing to win the United States Open!!