3 THINGS YOU MUST DO TO RIP YOUR IRON SHOTS
Chris shows you the three things that you must do in order to hit those really solid iron shots from the fairway. Most golfers could benefit from an improved strike with the iron clubs and working on these elements can help you achieve a more repeatable strike and resulting shot.
Golf Exercises And Workout With 8 Pound PowerBall
GolfGym creator, Ken Pierce, takes you through a workout using the GolfGym eight pound double handled PowerBall. In the workout, you will perform exercises specifically designed to strengthen and stretch the muscles in your shoulders, core and legs which will help with your golf swing performance. This workout is also designed with some high intensity to get your heart rate up and bring plenty of air into your lungs.
The eight pound PowerBall has been designed with the best feeling handles or grips of any ball on the market today. You can get your hands on the inside with comfort and on the outside for a firm grip. The Power Ball is available at:
These exercises, if done 3 – 4 times a week will also help with balance and load. While performing the movements, it is important to stay in balance. In the golf swing, balance is critical to better performance and stability.
Golf fitness is very important to professional golfers on the PGA Tour, the Web.com Tour, The Champions Tour, the LPGA Tour and the European Tour. Professional Golfers are becoming more fit and hitting the golf ball much farther than ever before. Of course the golf equipment has improved dramatically, but the body still needs to swing the club, and with a fit body, the result is more distance and power.
Try this workout with the eight PowerBall to help with developing strength, flexibility, power, more rotation in your golf swing and with overall better health.
Many newer golfers (and a few older ones, too) have a tendency to misalign themselves when they take their stance. Normally, what they will do is aim way right of the target and they do this for a reason. Players who are misaligned from the get go and aim right are usually players who try to swing with their arms. When they do this the ball will almost always take off to the left. So what they are doing with this “right side” target trick is trying to fix a problem before it even happens!
In theory, this should not be a problem … but this is not theory, it’s golf. When an “arm swinger” forces his ball back on the fairway by overcompensating his alignment, he thinks he’s doing himself a favor. But on those occasions when he actually makes a good, solid full body swing, his ball zips off into the trees on the right or into a right side bunker and he gets mad, and what’s worse is that by using this misaligning method he’s never going to reach his full potential as a golfer.
These players need to work on the basics of their swing, using their body as a whole and not just their arms. But they also need to know what their alignment is.
So how can you (or anyone else for that matter) see what your alignment is to the target?
Well, here’s a simple and very effective tip to determine what your target alignment really is.
Take a stance (your usual stance), aim at a target that you would hit at, and then lay a club down on the ground from toe to toe. Now step back about 8 or 10 paces behind the ball and club that you laid down and sight down the club. Sightseeing down this club will reveal your alignment.
If the club is a bit left of the target, then you’re fine. But if it’s to the right of the target, you are out of alingment. Simple but effective.
If you discover that you are out of alignment (that the club on the ground is pointing to the right of the target) then you need to work on squaring up your stance.
Being square to the target is one of the most important tips in golf. Every ball you hit will be affected by this stage – either in a good way or if (if you’re in a misaligned stance) a bad way. It really is that simple.
Now when you are certain that you are in a square place, hit a few balls. If the ball goes way left of the target, you know you are pulling it by trying to use too much of your arms. If the ball goes way right, you know you are allowing your body to slide too much through impact.
By being in a square situation and evaluating a few practice shots, you can determine a lot about your swing and those areas that you need to work on.
Drills for Better Golf Swing, Pitching and Full Shots
Here’s a simple little drill to help you focus on making great contact with your pitch shots and full swing iron shots. Send your swing to …
HOW TO USE YOUR HIPS FOR MORE POWER
Maria Palozola demonstrates her ‘Ba Boom’ hip motion that adds power and stability to your swing by shifting your weight and turning you towards the target.
A common question in lessons is what to do with your lower body. In this lesson Maria Palozola demonstrates how the lower body and hips work in the golf swing. Getting it right can increase your distance and result in more accurate shots as well.
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PGA Professional Chris Ryan, takes a look at how you can hit a draw from the tee with your driver. It’s all about the target line and the club path at impact. Follow these few steps and you’ll be drawing the golf ball like the pros next time you tee it up.
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How to Avoid Hitting It Thin
Mel Sole of the Mel Sole Golf School at Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. demonstrates a simple practice drill that will help prevent …
