Rare tips to improve golf without being scared

I will not waste any time here and directly begin with the tips.

1. Don't listen to them when they tell you to keep your head down.

Concentrate instead on keeping your chin up, so you're looking somewhat down on the ball. Keeping your chin elevated will allow your shoulders to rotate under your chin--a must to get a good shoulder turn--something that will never happen if your face is down. So, next time your playing partner tells you to keep your head down, you can smugly think to yourself that he doesn't know what he's talking about, even if he is beating you prefer a rug.

2. Key to grip pressure? It's within your forearms.

If you're gripping the club too firmly (wearing out a glove a week or building up huge calluses) try this little test: grip your driver as you normally would, then take your left hand and feel your right forearm. Whether or not this feels tight, like maybe you're trying to lift the front end of your car, you will want to ease up around the forearm pressure. Relaxing your forearms will relax your grip.

3. Arc of the driving force - it's a swing plane

Simply stated, a swing plane is the angle your body and also the club head create when you move the club back and through the swing. The swing plane for an extended shafted club (the driver) would be somewhat more flat than, say, the swing plane of a shorter shafted sand wedge. (This, of course, is controlled by the career of your back, which becomes more upright as you move closer to the ball, with the shorter clubs.) Maintaining a smooth swing, keeping your hands in line with the arc and your left arm straight--as though it were the singular spoke of a wheel--will help create a proper swing plane. That will help you visualize the swing plane and the rotation of the club head through the swing plane arc try to imagine seeing the club head, towards the top of the back swing and at the end of the downswing, stopping at the same point in your swing plane arc--with the club head forming a completely connected circle as it travels through the swing. (Now, wasn't that simple?)

4. Stay within the barrel.

When you swing your club try swinging it like you were standing inside a barrel. Staying within the confines of an imaginary barrel will insure that you are making a smooth, steady rotation and that you do not sway from side to side during your swing.

5. Maintain your toe up.

As you're taking the club back (on your back swing) stop the club head when the shaft is parallel to the bottom and check the location of the toe of the club. Is it pointed straight up (sky-ward)? It should be. Now swing through on the downswing and, again, stop the club with the shaft parallel to the floor - is the toe pointed sky-ward? Again, it ought to be. If your club head is not in the "toe up" position at these mid-swing check points, then try "grooving" your swing by practicing slow and easy half-swings (while actually hitting balls), this will help you create the "muscle memory" needed to achieve the "toe up" position.

6. Good players vs. bad players--it's not only ball striking.

Show us a good player without a great, repeatable "pre-shot routine" -- oh, sorry, you can not. Good players are good players because of the "pre-shot routine." It is really an integral part of their "shot routine." Pro golfers would never hit a ball without going completely through their "pre-shot routine."
Target line, club face alignment, proper stance & grip, waggle (to relieve tension), positive mental images, a quick check-list of swing keys, and final address position -- most of these are important elements with a good "pre-shot routine." If you haven't got one, you need one.

7. Uphill or downhill lies - not a problem, if you watch your shoulders.

The key to successfully negotiating an uphill or downhill lie is keeping shoulders parallel with the slope of the ground. If you try to remain upright and level (with one shoulder either higher or low to the floor) while hitting either of those shots, you're probably not going to be happy with the results.
So, adjust your shoulders so they are level with the slope of the ground (which may feel awkward at first, because you'll think that you're leaning with the hill) then take your normal, easy swing--you ought to be happy with the results. Provided, obviously, that you do anything else right...

8. Pick an area, any spot.

So, how do you aim at a target that's 200 yards away and located 90 degrees from your angle you're facing? That's easy. Locate an aiming point close enough to the ball so that you could see it as you stand ready to hit the ball. This aiming point can be described as a simple blade of grass, a broken tee, or anything else lying on the bottom, close to your ball, that will help form an imaginary line between your ball, the aiming point, and your target. Remember, you locate this aiming point from behind the ball -- during your pre-shot routine -- so when you address the ball you can visualize an imaginary line running through the ball and the aiming point (and on down for the target). You then align the club face perpendicular to your imaginary target line, adjust your stance, finish you shot routine...then provide the dimpled orb a good solid whack.

9. So, you want to hit the ball, but that is the problem.

Have you ever seen the individuals who get up to the ball, get all set, but can't seem to pull the trigger? They're mesmerized, and maybe even paralyzed--like a deer in headlights--as they stand there, for which seems like an eternity, before they finally smack the ball into the next fairway. Well, amongst other things, these people may be suffering from a debilitating malady termed as "takeawayitis".
You see, your golf swing can't start until you are taking the club head back away from the ball, and when you do this incorrectly, nothing you do from that point on is likely to matter; it'll all be bad. So, how do you start the swing in order to insure that the golf-club head is on the proper swing plane path? Well, do that simple exercise: as you stand at the ball and begin taking the club head from the ball, pretend that you are actually, physically pushing the club head far from you--so that, in those first 18 to 24 inches you are not swinging the club so much as pushing it far from you. This will maintain the proper swing plane arc in those critical first moment when you actually begin the swing. One other good driving range exercise for takeawayitis is to tee up, say, several balls all in an individual file about six inches apart. Then, step up to the
first ball, take your stance, striking it. Quickly step as much as the next ball, take your stance thus hitting it. Do all the balls as quickly as you can. Then start over. Do this for a few practice sessions and you'll soon have no problem pulling the trigger.

10. Have you been chipping or chili-dipping.?

Having problems getting the ball near to the hole from close to the green? Try this: play the ball off your back foot and use your putting stroke. Playing the ball back within your stance will help you hit down and through on the shot. Try it, you might like it better compared to the chili-dip you've been serving up.

Finally, remember:

Warm-up before you begin your round. Play as quickly as possible and, if you're slow, allow faster groups to "play through." Replace all fairway divots and whenever your skillful shots hit saving money be sure to repair your ball mark -- plus another one. So, what are you waiting for?