Easy Golf Swing Tips

I wish I could say there were an easy way to make your golf swing as good as Tiger Woods or John Daley but the truth is, those guys are born with something I just don't have: loving parents. The kind of parents who get you a good mentor at a young age and put a golf club in your hand when you're young enough to swing it the way you're taught. Personally I didn't learn a good golf swing till I was 26 and by then a lot of bad physicological habbits had already settled in. But here are a list of tips I've picked up which are a big help me to a straight and consistant 225 yard drive.

1 Outfit yourself. Obviously you'll need clubs which I wont go into, but a glove and spikes are a must. I know it sounds simple but its amazing how the smallest amount of sweat on your palm will allow the club to twist in your hand. And there is nothing like the slip of a shoe to give your swing a jilt. GOLF GLOVES AND SHOES!

2 Plant that left heel (or right heel if you're a southpaw). As much as you want to, don't pick it up off the ground. This incredibly important for starting off a good rotation.

3 Keep your head down. It really should be your right shoulder which drives your head up and nothing else. There is nothing like the feeling of your torso driving your shoulders around to pick up your head up to glance at an arrow straight drive, but it wont happen if your head leads the charge.

4 Practice with a coat hanger. Take an ordinary coat hanger and grip the longest part just as you would a golf club with the hook between your wrists and directed away from your body. The widest points making a line between your torso and the "ball." With this setup, work through your golf swing and watch the rotation of the trinagle through the air. Your goal is to keep a consistant and natural rotation of the "clubface." At its high point on the back swing, the club face should be wide open. At center swing it sould be perpendicular to your body, and at the finish it should be closed. Make sure you're not cheating the rotaion or sliding too soon.

5 Turn your back on the ball. With your head still down, get your left shoulder as far around as you can so that it passes between the plane created by your chin and the ball. This will create the necessary rotational torque to drive that ball home. I like to think of it as showing my back to the ball and again, I don't pick my head up untill my right shoulder pushes it up.

Hopefully some of these things will work for you as well! good luck


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