Assistance For Older Golf Players

As you get older you don't possess some of your ability to turn your torso on your backswing, so it's important to replace that power loss with a power gain elsewhere. You can complete this by making a freer arm swing which does not depend so much on flexibility. The following drills teach you to use your arms as major source of power.

Turn your shoulders, swing your arms.

Hang your arms. At address, your arms must hang freely from your shoulders. If they start too close to your body, they won't have enough room to swing freely. Extending your arms too far, on the other hand, causes tension, which in inhibits a free swing. Make certain you have six inched of clearance between the butt end of the club and your body.

Turn, then finish. Do not commence your backswing with your arms. Take the club from address to hip by height by rotating your shoulders. Your arms simply follow. That's a classic one- piece take away. Focus more on rotating your shoulders as you begin the club back along the target line. Once the club head reaches your hips, your arms takeover, swinging the club to the top

Here is a drill. Take a 5-iron, swing it back to hip height, and stop. Now pretend you're starting your swing with the club at hip height. Swing to the top, then swing down and hit the ball. You should have the feeling that your arms are generating most of the clubhead speed. The trick is that your shoulders are helping as well, but the second half of the backswing is where your arms take over.

With the right golf swing drills you can definitely improve your golf swing no matter how old you are. Once you improve your golf swing you will notice you entire golf game improve as well.