| Are simple golf swing tips a waste of time? Well, to | | | | address makes it impossible to swing your left arm |
| improve your golf game there is no substitute for | | | | across your upper body in the backswing. When the |
| getting proper instruction from your local pro. He can | | | | natural path of the shoulders is blocked, it |
| help you develop sound technique and work out a | | | | encourages you to pick the club up too steeply with |
| practice regime to instil these swing fundamentals. | | | | your hands. The result is little or no weight transfer |
| However, quick golf swing tips also have their place | | | | on to your right side, creating a backswing that is far |
| in helping your golf. They can sometimes just help | | | | too narrow. The resulting downswing becomes too |
| spark your game into life - a certain new swing | | | | steep and you usually end up chopping down on the |
| thought may just help get your golf swing on the | | | | ball instead of swinging through. Keep your chin up |
| right plane, or a small change in your set up can have | | | | and allow your left arm to move freely across your |
| a major impact on your impact position. | | | | chest. This will enable you to create the full wide arc |
| Here are 3 simple golf swing tips that could just | | | | required to strike the ball correctly. |
| make that small but vital difference to your golf | | | | When under pressure, many golfers make the |
| swing: | | | | understandable mistake of snatching the club away |
| In golf a good shoulder turn is important. But how | | | | too quickly in their backswing. This gets the hands |
| that shoulder turn is created is often misunderstood, | | | | and body moving at different speeds and destroys |
| and as a result leads to poor ball striking. Golfers | | | | the swings natural rhythm. Here is one of those |
| sometimes make the mistake of thinking it is the | | | | simple mental golf swing tips which if used should help |
| length of the backswing that generates power. In an | | | | slow down the start of your backswing. At address, |
| attempt to make a long backswing they allow their | | | | imagine there is a ball and chain attached to the |
| left heel to come up too far off the ground and their | | | | clubhead. In order to start the club back you have to |
| hips to turn too much. While this action may create | | | | drag that ball along with it. Not only will this image |
| turn, it does not produce coil. The main role of the | | | | help slow down you take-away, it will also make it |
| backswing should be to stretch, or coil the muscles. It | | | | easier for the rest of your body to work at the |
| is then the release of that coiling action in the | | | | same pace as your hands. |
| downswing that helps create power. The length of | | | | One of these golf swing tips may help to instantly |
| your backswing should be determined by how much | | | | kick start your golf swing into action, but, remember |
| coil you can create, not how far back you can swing | | | | that you should only have one (or two maximum) |
| the club. | | | | golf swing thoughts while you play. |
| Allowing your chin to rest against your chest at | | | | |