Learning golfing is a trying time. But, a little research could give you hundreds of hints and hints on improving your game, however, numerous of these are more budding to hinder your game. Have a look through these warning notes before changing your game after reading an internet lesson.
Round a year ago I was browsing the internet looking for golf videos to display on a website. There are masses on youtube that I could have selected and I stumbled over a section of videos devoted to improving your game. What a waste of time most of these were! The main one that caught my eye was the promise that the ideas included on the video would increase your drive length by at least a hundred yards.
Sceptical, I played the video and sat there for 5 minutes watching the training. In short, the 'expert' golfer described the trouble that makes golf so hard - hitting a static ball. He said how much simpler cricket and tennis are as we are hitting a moving ball.
Actually, yes it is plenty easier to hit these moving balls. But then the balls are loads larger and the hitting implement a lot bigger. In the case of tennis, accuracy is not as vital. Only look how often a service is out instead of in and then scale that error up to hitting the ball 200+ yards. In cricket, there is a marvelous amount of distance, but not the pin point accuracy.
So what did this chap suggest doing to increase your drive by 100 yards - guaranteed? Well, you can't roll the ball so instead, he stood 10 yards back from the ball and ran at the ball, hitting the ball on the way past. Astonishing! Totally new and I cannot see it catching on for Pros on the tour. He claimed that the ball went further, but the video merely showed him admiring the shot, which seemed to only make it out of the screen.
This poor guy is not the just daft piece of golfing tuition that I have witnessed on the internet. Articles and videos are full of different ideas of what people think have worked for them. Like the golfer that suggests always lining up several inches behind the ball and swears that is what one and all should do. Or the player that created a video claiming that by rather than pivoting the hips he achieved a far better drive by moving his feet only before impacting the ball.
These are all well and good and perhaps they do only work for these people. But, how loads of tour Pros do you see with this daft traits? They all have very similar grips and swings. Yes, slight variations, but that is all.
If your golf swing is suffering and you are not striking the ball as straight and far as you could, do not go for the fast fixes that you might find on the internet. Hunt for those tips that go back to basics and develop a conventional swing. It is the traditional and most accepted swing for a very good reason!
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