Archive for November, 2009

Golf Swing Aid

Posted on Saturday, 28th November 2009 in Recreation And Sports
Ben Shar




Do you need golf swing aid? Almost any golfer has said at some point or another that they would like to improve their swing. In fact, a good golfer knows and accepts that there is always room for improvement of your swing. If you want to truly master the golf swing, then you might enlist some help. Whether you are a beginner or a golfer of many years, you can benefit from taking some swing training.

There are different ways to receive golf swing aid. For example, you can take it upon yourself to do a bit of research and learn more about the game. Or you might ask a good friend or fellow golfer whom you’ve noticed has a great swing to give you some pointers. Many golfers practice very seriously and take notes on what they are doing wrong and some have even been known to video take themselves so they can fully analyze their swing later.

There are many different types of golf swing aid available out there. You can find training videos and demo videos that show you literally how to perform your swing. There are also many books, even those with colorful pictures showing you how to improve your golf swing. There are books written by famous golfers to help you learn to golf just like them. There are also other training tools available to help improve your golf swing which is usually available online or at golf supply shops.

Now you can see how getting golf swing aid [http://www.golf-swing-1.info] can make a huge difference in your golf performance. Also keep in mind that all the training in the world will do you no good unless you practice. Get out and play golf as much as you can and when you can’t, still take the time to practice your swing.

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Golf Club Reviews

Posted on Friday, 27th November 2009 in Recreation And Sports
Seth Miller




In golf, various types of golf clubs are used. In fact, a golfer may carry up to fourteen clubs during a round as per game rules. The principle of this is that in playing golf, it is easier to keep your swing as invariable as possible and attain variable lengths and distinctiveness of ball flight using different club for each shot. It is much better than having a single club and be forced to modify only the speed and direction of your swing.

For this reason, there are many different golf clubs available on the golfing market. You may find golf clubs in various categories such as woods, hybrids, irons, and putters. A wedge, a golf club type that resembles an iron, is also another category of golf clubs. Golf clubs are also available in different and widely varied brand names.

And if you’re a new golfer buying equipment like golf clubs, you may want to be careful in choosing your purchases. One way of making sure that you’re getting the right club and the right brand is going over golf club reviews. Such reviews may offer information on what brands really offer convenient and reliable golfing. Often, people involved in golf club reviews are fellow golfers offering their views about a certain brand they’ve just purchased and used.

Mostly, you’ll find golf club reviews in online forums about golfing equipment and golf in general. Individual reviews are also available on the net; these are expert reviews and advice from professional golfers or golfing equipment experts. Magazines about golfing and golfing equipment also include columns offering reviews about different golf club brands.

Golf clubs in different materials are also often being reviewed especially by golf experts and professionals. Golf club reviews will help you get views on what club you should get and what specific brand fits your golfing styles. Reviews about damages and shipments may also help you be very particular about golf club dealers.

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Golf Swing Techniques

Posted on Wednesday, 25th November 2009 in Recreation And Sports
Keith Perrett




Just about every golfer you talk to will be only too happy to give you a few pointers about how you can improve your golf swing. Golf swing techniques can be found at the 19th hole, in golfing magazines and books, on DVDs and videos.

Apart from the dazzling array of golf swing techniques available to confuse you, the language used to convey the message is sometimes so techno jargon laden that I wonder whether I am reading about a golf swing or microsoft’s latest software.

I appreciate that golf is a technical sport and that the biomechanics of the golf swing have been studied and recorded in great detail. The results of these efforts are plain for all to see with every swing guru advocating a favourite “law of the golf swing”!

Unfortunately the upshot of all this advice is usually an acute onset of paralysis by analysis – which manifests as dismal golf shots out on the course.

“The simple golf swing” is a golf swing technique based on 5 simple steps. It focuses on the golf swing basics, starting with your set up position over the ball. The aim of this swing technique is simple – simplify your swing as much as possible so that you have a golf swing that is consistent.

The result is that players, irrespective of ability or handicap, experience a marked improvement in their ability to land tee shots on the fairway and hit the greens from the fairway. And if you can do that consistently, as you will with this golf swing technique, then your scores have to drop and your enthusiasm for the game (and dare I say life in general?) has to soar!

“The simple golf swing” is not magic. It simply dissects the anatomy of the golf swing, eliminates everything that is unnecessary or confusing, and presents you with a no frills swing in a way that even I can understand.

So, lets get real. For most of us it doesn’t make sense to try to copy the golf swing techniques of the top pros – we aren’t good enough and we are going to make our lives a misery proving we aren’t good enough.

But that certainly doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy our golf and take on all comers at our local golf course. A consistent, repeatable golf swing that gives you confidence in your game puts you ahead of 95% of players you will play against. What a pleasant thought!

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What makes golf so interesting to watch?

Posted on Sunday, 15th November 2009 in Golf
Feldco


I don’t see how people can sit there and watch golf all day or go to the matches and everything. I like playing golf but watching it is just so boring.

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Golf Earning While Enjoying

Posted on Sunday, 15th November 2009 in Recreation And Sports
Keith W




Breaking golf news! Professional golf tours offer a new exciting golf experience for all amateurs and golf professionals worldwide! With the spirit of sportsmanship and the spirit of golf competitiveness, professional golf tours have created a wide audience since its first introduction way back 1968. Though playing golf is considered one of the lucrative sports, this did not hinder the objective of coming into a group to share each talent and enjoy the game.

A tour is a term used for a series of games played in golf tournament. This Professional golf tours have created an annual tour schedule of weekly tournaments played all over the world. The schedule is based on the geographical location of the players.

Earning while enjoying

Most of the golfers earn money through the sports. Professional golfers (at least 95%) make their main income as club or teaching professionals, rather than from competition. “Touring professionals”, also known as “Tournament golfers” or “Pro golfers”, who make their income from prize money and endorsements, are small elite within the profession. The very best golfers make up to 8-figure incomes in U.S. dollars.

The Market

The present market of professional golf tours have employed several segments all over the world. These have created the woman’s tournament, and the seniors tournament. Women’s Professional golf tours is organised by independent regional tours. Leading female golfers make incomes well over USD$1 million per year, more than most other women athletes other than top tennis players.

On the other hand, in Men’s senior Professional golf tours, when the male golfer reaches age 50, male golfers are eligible to compete in senior tournaments. Golf is unique among sports in having high profile and lucrative competitions for players of this age group. Nearly all of the famous golfers who are eligible to compete in these events choose to do so, unless they are unable to for health reasons.

A number of players win more than a million dollars in prize money each season, and once endorsements and other business activities are taken into account, a few of the “legends of golf” in this age group earn more or less as much as any of the younger PGA Tour pros, other than Tiger Woods. The two main senior tours are: Champions Tour (based in the United States) and European Seniors Tour.

Playing golf has elevated to a level that it has been recognized as a game played to have the players excel in the field and not only as an individual sports. Now having a background on the game, can you feel the excitement? Be updated with golf news and see the new difference in golf tournaments.

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Is a golf cart and trailer attached to a travel trailer too heavy for my Sequoia?

Posted on Thursday, 5th November 2009 in Other - Cars & Transportation
marcie c


I am worried that the trailer and golf cart might be too much for our toyota to pull or cause the whole unit to sway. We have weight distribution bars,a sway bar and brakes on the travel trailer, but not on my utility trailer. Has anyone done this before and if so do you have any suggestions for us before we invest in a golf cart that we can’t haul.

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What types of racism or discrimination have you experienced on a golf course, clubhouse or in a golf store?

Posted on Thursday, 5th November 2009 in Golf
ConnorWilhem3


Please do NOT respond if you have never experienced any type of racism or discrimination in a golf type setting.

I’m expecting little or no answers, because there’s no such thing as racism in 2008, especially golf.

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3 Dynamic Concept Golf Swing Principles

Posted on Tuesday, 3rd November 2009 in Recreation And Sports
John Toepel




Concept Golf’s five swing principles have been proven effective by countless golfers at all levels. The principles are not just theory — they are what works and what the best players have always done. These five fundamentals cause all of the positive, desired effects you see in the Tour Players’ swings. They are based upon the same fundamental athletic motion you use when you throw a ball. They are not scientific, but they do follow the laws of physics. You don’t need to think about these things, but having a thorough understanding of the total concept of the swing will benefit you.

1. Weight Transfer: This is the foundation the basic athletic motion used in every ground based sport. It is simply the moving of the body to the back foot to cause the back swinging motion. Then moving the body to the front foot to cause the through swinging motion. It is movement OVER to the back foot. You can accomplish this by picking your front foot up in the air. What happens? All of your weight moves to your back foot. That’s exactly what you want to have happen.

By moving all your weight to your back foot you have gotten the mass of your body behind the ball and it is now ready to move back through the ball. To reverse the direction of the swing, transfer all of your weight from your back foot to your front foot. That is all there is to it. Stand on your back foot then stand on your front foot.

There is NO turning, just a lateral move to your back foot then to your front foot. Might your head move when you do this? YES, it will. Is this OK? It is necessary, not just OK. The still head thing is a myth, a folk remedy discussed in The Swing book.

It is the moving of your body through weight transfer that permits the swinging of your arms. This is strength, power, effortlessness, distance, consistency. Other than that its not important.

This principle is intertwined with the next principle, Relaxation. They are dependent on each other. Without weight transfer, relaxation will not and cannot occur. Without relaxation weight transfer cannot and will not occur.

2. Relaxation: This is possible for you, and every golfer, to accomplish. It is necessary for every golfer to accomplish if he is to have any real quality shots success. This is the secret to great distance. It is the secret to high consistency quality shots. Nothing works well in athletics without relaxation. It sems to be counter-intuitive in golf.

You see the green 442 yards away and you drive the ball with all your might. That’s seems to be the effective thing to do to make the ball go as far as possible. What happens to the drive? It goes 157 yards slicing in to the trees. The solution? Swing harder. You’re really going to kill the ball this time. The result? You do kill it this time. It dies at your feet!!

The golf swing is an expression of centrifugal force. Remember swinging the rock at the end of the string in science class in 8th grade? To make the rock go faster you had two choices; speed up your hand that held the end of the string or make the string longer. PUSHING ON THE STRING MADE THE ROCK STOP, NOT GO FASTER.

That’s centrifugal force, that’s the golf swing. The rock on the end of the string is the club head. The string is the shaft and your arms. The string attaches at your sternum. To make the club head move more quickly you have two choices; lengthen the string (longer shaft) or speed up your sternum. BY PUSHING ON THE STRING YOU WILL NOT MAKE THE CLUB MOVE MORE QUICKLY, YOU WILL SLOW IT DOWN.

To create maximum speed in the club head requires maximum relaxation in your shoulders. Then the club will be swung without interruption. Your job is to relax so your arms can swing freely, so your club can swing freely and at its maximum possible speed.

Trying to swing your club at the ball with all your might will keep you a 100+ shooter. I promise.

How do you speed up your sternum? With your feet just like you do when you throw a ball. Want to throw it farther, quicken your feet. Want to hit a longer shot? Quicken your feet a little bit. Don’t try hard to quicken your feet a lot. A little additional speed in you feet translates to a lot more speed in your sternum and a whole lot more speed in your club head.

Relax your shoulders until it seems they are coming out of their sockets DURING THE ENTIRE SWING and you have increased your club speed exponentially. I promise.

3. Back leg and knee: This is your real source of power. During your backswing, keep your back leg flexed and the weight and pressure on the ball and big toe of your foot. Now as you reach the top of your backswing your back leg is in position to push against the ground in order to push your body forward to your front foot. The good baseball pitchers pitch with this motion. You throw a ball this way , pitch a horse shoe this way, shoot a basket ball this way, etc., etc. your power, and delicacy come from your back leg. It can and will work automatically if you have weight transfer, relaxation and keep you back leg flexed during the backswing.

Did you notice that I spent more words describing the relaxation section than the other four sections? Would it seem that I think relaxation is important?

Now, relax your shoulders and go play golf. The five Concept Golf swing principles are not five things to do but a whole concept to understand.

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Understanding the Golf Swing Tempo

Posted on Tuesday, 3rd November 2009 in Recreation And Sports
Nathan Blake




The golf swing tempo is certainly one of the most difficult aspects of golf. There is no written standard about it and it differs per golf player. One thing striking about the golf swing tempo is that various individuals have different views about it.

Let us take a closer look on how this bleak aspect of golf should be addressed. Basically, the golf swing tempo is the timing between the backswing and the swing. This is the short pause wherein you take your time to allocate the force needed to hit the golf ball. That short pause is a very decisive moment because this is where the success of the swing depends. Of course, in every situation in golf, time is a factor that should never be underestimated.

Another thing that you may ask then is how fast should every swing be? This is the where contention about golf swing tempo comes into play. Every golf player has a different swing speed. If you were to observe two golf players, you would certainly notice that they employ different timing behind each swing. This is because they use different counting measures that would tell them when to strike. One of them is perhaps using his mind for counting while the other is using an external counting device such as a metronome.

The golf swing tempo should not be contained within the parameters of exact counting. As mentioned earlier, time is a factor that greatly helps a golf player when to strike. However, there are methods in which you can improve your timing so that you not get confused. Here are two:

• Downloadable golf metronome to mobile devices such as an iPhone. There are plenty of phone applications available on the internet that would greatly get your golfing skills in shape. This is not to replace your golfing instincts but rather to polish them.

• Upbeat music. You can even use lively music to polish your golf swing tempo. You can use the beat that the music has and find your timing to hit the golf ball. You can do this during your practice sessions.

These two things are highly recommended if you are going to use external counting measures during practice sessions. This way, you would be able to clearly gauge your timing and the force needed on your swing. You have all the time in the world and do not rush your swings or else it would turn out badly. Golf swing tempo is a significant element in playing golf so be sure to practice it more.

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