| In order to become a golfer, you are | | | | It doesn't matter if you are left handed |
| going to need to master the building | | | | or right handed, because it all comes |
| blocks of your swing. You need to | | | | down to which side has the stronger, |
| understand how to hold the club so that | | | | more natural feeling swing. To find out |
| you can give the ball a good wack. Once | | | | which side works best for you try |
| you have a good grip, how do you align | | | | swinging the club as if it were a |
| yourself to the target so that the ball | | | | baseball bat from side to side. The |
| get close to the target you are aiming | | | | muscles that are used to swing a |
| for? What should your posture look like? | | | | baseball bat are similar to the range of |
| Just how much knee flex should you have, | | | | motion in a golf swing. Of course if you |
| and exactly where is the ball located in | | | | are still having trouble hitting a |
| your stance? Should you be looking at | | | | straight shot, you can always blame the |
| the sun or down at the ball when you | | | | equipment. A lot of golfers do. |
| take your swing? | | | | The way that you place your hands on the |
| For golfers that are naturally left | | | | club can affect your shot. Proper and |
| handed, perfecting the golf swing can be | | | | placement on the club is going to be a |
| kind of tricky. in the past there | | | | very important part of your technique. |
| weren't very many clubs designed for | | | | Very few golfers that have played for |
| left handed golfers, and most golf | | | | any length of time pay a lot of |
| course designs put the left handed | | | | attention to their hand placement. A |
| golfer at a disadvantage. As a result of | | | | golf grip is very hard to correct once |
| this many left handed golfers learned | | | | you've gotten use to the ways your hand |
| how to play golf right handed. Today | | | | feel griping the club. To most golfer |
| though technology has advanced to the | | | | hand placement simply doesn't seem as |
| point that some golf clubs have been | | | | important as the actually swing itself, |
| specifically designed for left handed | | | | this is why you see so many golfers with |
| golfers. | | | | bad grips. |