Golf Instruction » swing plane

Hitting it straight

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:21:59 +0000

One of the most frustrating things in sports is a golf swing that just won’t work the right way. Hitting the ball to the right can push your scores through the roof and it can become expensive with tons of lost balls. With that in mind, what are some golf tips for a slice. In terms of golf tips, slice instruction is at the top of the list for many players. It all starts with your swing plane.

Most players who slice the ball do so because they come down over the ball at the wrong angle. If you want to effectively end your slice, you need to swing through the ball a little bit more. Additionally, it can help to switch to a weaker grip with your top hand sliding lower on the club.

The Full Golf Swing

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:25:22 +0000

In the full golf swing, almost all problems are the result of having a faulty backswing. More often than not, high handicap golfers tend to take the club too far to the inside. What this does is that it makes the swing plane too flat and around the body. As a result, the golfer ends up with the club behind him and under plane. From the top of the swing, the golfer has no choice but to reroute the club, producing an out to in swing. When this happens, the golfer will either slice or hit a pull hook, neither of which is a good result. In order to hit straight and powerful shots, the club needs to be taken back down the target line during a full golf swing.

The most complicated game on earth

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:35:07 +0000

Swinging a baseball bat is easy and throwing a football is something that every kid can do. Having truly great golf swing mechanics is a huge challenge, though, and it is certainly not going to be done without a lot of practice. How do you get perfect golf swing mechanics? It would be hard to ever get things to the point where they could be called perfect, but getting to the best of your ability requires some lessons and the application of what you learn there.

Having proper golf swing mechanics requires knowledge of your swing plane, your tempo, and your setup. When you can combine these things into a powerfully built swing, you have a chance to put up good scores. With a basic knowledge of golf swing mechanics, you have no hope, though.

Golf lessons for the gals: different from men’s?

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:09:40 +0000

As a game, golf is pretty complicated, so it would make sense that golf lessons need to be directed towards the type of person that is getting the lesson. When we talk about ladies golf instruction, we are talking about targeting the specific swing problems that plague women on the course. But is ladies golf instruction that much different from the lessons that men get?

The answer is that these lessons are not that much different in most cases. Whether you are a man or a woman, you still need to learn tempo, takeaway, and follow through. You still need to have a swing plane that works. Those who handle male golf instruction can easily do ladies golf instruction, too, because the differences are not that pronounced at all.

The best golf tip that money can buy

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:39:16 +0000

For many players, it would be nice if they could get just one golf tip that will give them a chance to improve instantly. The fact of the matter is that there is no magic formula for getting better, but there is one golf tip that you have to know if you’re going to post solid scores. That is, your swing plane and tempo are the most important things in determining your success on the course.

This means that you have to understand just how hard you need to swing every time. Those who try to swing out of their shoes cannot have long term success. Instead, you have to be willing to swing within yourself and you have to have something of a controlled explosion. Being able to control this and repeat your swing plane will give you the best chance of posting solid scores.

The Most Important Elements of the Golf Swing

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:29:32 +0000

Breaking down the golf swing is difficult, since a good swing requires so many different things to go right. But if you look closely at some of the best golfers in the world, you will see some common elements.

What do Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington do so well that the average weekend golfer can’t? They put it all together. The first step to having a solid golf swing is the setup. Proper alignment and a good grip will carry a golfer a long way, and this is the first place that poor golfers should look for improvement.

After that, it comes down to good tempo and a solid swing plane. The backswing should be neither too fast nor too slow, and it should be steady. When the club goes back, golfers should practice hitting towards the inside of the ball, instead of coming over the top and chopping down on the ball.

Putting together all of these things is difficult, but in order to have low scores, it’s absolutely essential