| Long ago, when someone desired to make | | | | golf swing. How difficult can it be to swing a iron |
| penitence, they would wear a hair shirt under their | | | | through the air and strike a golf ball? I'm not talking |
| clothing. The rough fibres of Goat's hair rubbed and | | | | about playing to a level to star on the PGA circuit |
| irritated with every movement leaving their flesh red | | | | here. That is beyond all but a minuscule percentage |
| raw. These days we try to play golf instead! | | | | of golfers. I'm not even talking about playing at a |
| How often have you arranged a tee time and waited | | | | level to concern your local club champion either. I am |
| eagerly with anticipation to a great day, playing a | | | | merely suggesting that swinging a golf club to strike |
| round with your clients in ideal conditions, only to trail | | | | the ball in the direction you plan it to travel and to a |
| off the 18th green with a scorecard to forget? | | | | distance that your club is supposed to hit to, |
| We've all done it, more often than we would care to | | | | shouldn't require more than a simple set of |
| admit. Yet we still throw away huge amounts of | | | | instructions and basic actions, followed by the |
| cash on the latest clubs, shoes, etc, and not to | | | | obligatory amount of practice. |
| forget untold baskets of balls at the driving range. All | | | | The ideal golf swing for you is more likely to be an |
| in the hopeless attempt to attain a golf swing that | | | | action that is specific to you. Your height, weight, |
| will keep our ball out of the rough! | | | | bone structure and muscle mass (middle-age spread) |
| Over the last few years, the local professional and | | | | are probably different to most other golfers. Two |
| mammoth library of "Teach Yourself" literature have | | | | golfers of the same height and weight may have |
| been supplemented by new types of instruction (or | | | | different arm and leg lengths, so the arc of their golf |
| should that be therapy?) such as video swing | | | | swing and angle of their stances could differ |
| analyzers, YouTube movies and a multitude of straps | | | | significantly. |
| and braces to truss your torso with and keep your | | | | The challenge to the run of the mill golfer is to get |
| golf swing right. I frequently think it would be much | | | | regular time to practice their golf swing. If you work |
| more prudent to forget all that and as an alternative | | | | and have children, you are blessed if you can grab a |
| invest in a course of hypnotherapy because the | | | | few of hours a week at the driving range. Unlike the |
| most stubborn obstacle for most golfers, to | | | | pro's, you will never get the time to work on the |
| improving their golf, is inside their head. | | | | minutiae of every nuance of the golf swing. So keep |
| Most golfers fall into the trap of over analyzing the | | | | it simple. |