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Why a Short Backswing in Golf Is Better

May 8, 2019

By most accounts a short backswing in golf is better, because you avoid the problems of over swinging and the dreaded “across the line” position at the top of the backswing. Just by looking at golfers like Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, and especially Camilo Villegas have tried to shorten their back swings and quiet the excess motion in the golf swing.

So why is a short backswing better? Well the reasons are abundant, but the most important factor is that you avoid losing control of the club at the top. A smooth transition is essential to a solid golf swing, but to do that you need to have a solid back swing. So toning down on the back swing will promote greater accuracy.

Most people have to long of a backswing because they are trying to increase their shoulder turn. To turn your shoulders you do not have to take the club past parallel! In fact, i can turn my shoulder over 90 degrees without my club even reaching parallel. The key to hitting the ball long and straight is to have a big shoulder turn, and that does not mean a long backswing.

A short backswing in golf is better, simply because that is what all of the professionals are working on. Look at J.B. Holmes and Camilo Villegas, these are two of the longest hitters on the PGA tour and they do not even bring the club to parallel at the top. If the top players in the world are doing it then chances are it can help your game too!

So next time you head to the range make sure that you are not over swinging and this should help you hit the ball further and much more solid.

Source by Matthew Lord

Best Hybrid 2019

May 8, 2019

After testing 22 models, TG Test Pro Neil Wain and Equipment Editor Simon Daddow decide on the best hybrids of 2019. 

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Build A Strong Mental Game In Golf

May 7, 2019

Having the Correct Golf Mentality

 

You may have wondered, in a moment of idle reflection about this game, why more people don’t play better golf than they do. It should be a simple game. You are hitting a ball that doesn’t move.

You are swinging clubs that have been designed with a great deal of care, involving time, money, and engineering skill. No one does anything to hinder you, either, or even to distract you.

One reason most of our scores stay high is our mental approach to the game. We are beaten before we start. The golf game has defeated the player for so many generations that the player now has an inferiority complex that would defy the combined skills of Freud, Jung, and Adler. To the man who habitually goes around in 93, the thought of breaking into the 70’s is the height of absurdity.

A complete reorientation is necessary in golf. This has been accomplished in other sports, particularly in track and field. The four-minute mile, the seven-foot high jump, the sixty-foot shot-put are only three examples. It would take a superman, the track experts said, to run a mile in under four minutes. But once Dr. Roger Bannister did it a new plateau was established, onto which many other milers soon proceeded to climb. Back in 1920 Dick Landon won the Olympic high jump with 6 feet 4 inches. At Rome in 1960 a leap of 7 feet 14 inch was good for only third place.

The point here is that mental barriers were broken, as well as those of time and altitude. The normal golfer has a similar mental barrier, and it, too, must be shattered. Once you believe you can improve your golf game, it will all become much easier.

Naturally, Dr. Bannister and the other pioneers in the track and field record-breaking did not set their marks merely by thinking they could. The new marks stemmed from improved training methods and, especially in the field events, from vastly better techniques. This is true in golf.

Here we come very close to golf. Golf is a game of techniques. Training, in the sense of physical conditioning, is relatively not of great importance, unless we are engaged in tournament play. The average man, once he gets out on the course a few times in the spring, finds no physical difficulty in playing an eighteen-hole round. Often he is fresh enough to play eighteen more holes, or nine, anyway.

So get the best advice and practice as much as you can. Your golf game will improve no-end.

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HOW TO CLEAR YOUR HIPS IN THE DOWNSWING

May 7, 2019

CLEARING YOUR HIPS IN THE GOLF SWING

 

Are you struggling to hit solid shots? Do you feel jammed through contact, like you just can’t get the club through the ball?

In the next few minutes you will learn how to clear your hips in the downswing, so you can hit more solid shots and compress the golf ball.

If your tired of standing up on the shot and want to release the club properly, this will help you get to the next level! I look forward to working with you much more in the future with Top Speed Golf.

Good luck with your golf.

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HOW TO USE YOUR WRISTS IN THE GOLF SWING THE SIMPLE TRUTH

May 7, 2019

USING YOUR WRISTS IN THE GOLF SWING – SIMPLE TRUTH

You are currently watching a video about how to use your wrists in the golf swing, this is a really simple way to improve your golf swing. 

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR RIGHT ELBOW IN YOUR DOWNSWING WITH THIS BASIC TIP

May 6, 2019

TRAIN YOUR RIGHT ELBOW IN YOUR DOWNSWING 

You are currently watching a video about how to train your right elbow in the downswing with a basic swing tip.

This tip is so simple but will change your outlook on how to drive the right elbow and really help you get the feeling of how to move the elbow at the start of the downswing.

 

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Golf Balls

May 6, 2019

Many casual golfers tend not to put a lot of thought into choosing the right golf ball for them. However, if you want to play at your best (and who doesn’t ?), this is certainly a mistake: the right golf ball can help you gain distance in your drives, as well as making it easier for you to pull off tricky finesse shots.

Each of the various golf balls that are on the market has been designed and constructed with a difference balance of priorities between desirable qualities of distance, spin or control. Thus choosing an appropriate golf ball for you, is a matter of identifying which qualities are important to you, and which particular ball has the right balance of those priorities.

The first thing to understand is that there are three main types of golf balls: balata, two-piece, or a combination of both.

– Balata golf balls are softer balls with softer covers, designed to achieve greater spin and control. This type of ball is usually the best choice for low handicap players, and is in fact the type used by most professionals. Balata balls do however tend to be the most expensive type of golf balls.

– Two-piece golf balls have a harder cover, which creates less backspin when the ball is hit, allowing it to travel farther. Generally, this type of ball is more suitable for higher handicap players looking for distance as well as durability.

– There are also golf balls designed for players with lower swing speeds. These balls, which are often marketed towards women or seniors (but used by many men too), have a lightweight construction designed to help players achieve extra distance.

As well as the big factor – the choice of the type of ball, even relatively small unobtrustive features of the ball can also affect your game. For example, the dimples on the ball – smaller dimples tend to lessen trajectory of the ball in flight, whereas larger dimples tend to increase it. For this reason, you’ll almost certainly benefit by trying out a few different balls until you identify the type that suits you best.

When new to game of golf, as soon as you find a ball that you’re comfortable with, you’ll be tempted just to stick with it. However, as you become experienced in the game, you will discover that you can improve your play by varying your choice of ball depending on the weather and course conditions. For example, in wet conditions you might select a ball which spins less and travels farther, whereas in arid conditions when the course surface has been made rock hard by the sun, a softer ball which lands softly and spins, is more suitable. Likewise, golf balls come in two compressions – 90 and 100 – the former being more suitable for cold days, and the latter for hot weather.

Choosing the right golf ball really is important to playing a good game. There are many, many choices on the market. Explore which golf ball you may want to use and then try it out. Experiment and in time, you’ll find exactly the right golf ball for you.

 

Source by Sunil Tanna

Origin of Golf

May 6, 2019

Golf is a very old game, we all know this, but what isn’t well known is what country invented golf? During research we discovered that nearly every country has a claim to Golf’s origins. Some say it originated from bored shepherds knocking around stones with their crooks. This was disproved as it is widely known that herding sheep is anything but boring. You walk amongst the wool covered beasts trying to prevent a stampede and see if you’re bored.

The first accepted historical written reference to golf, or ‘Gowf’ as the Scottish hillbillies called it, was in 1457, etched on the side of a statue. Apparently the archers of the time were spending too much time playing ‘Gowf’, and not enough time shooting arrows. The Scottish government declared it against the law to play golf and inscribed this mandate on the side of a statue.

What no one seems to be clear on is where golf came from before this? How did golf become so popular in 1457 that it had to be banned? Did it just spring up from the ground, a fully formed sport ready to be played? Of course not, that would be silly. Like all things in life it was a slow building process that culminated in creating the greatest sport the world has ever known.

During our hard hitting investigation we came across a reference in a wax tablet, unearthed in ancient Rome. Our research team here conducted a thorough and exhausting investigation into this wax tablet that led us across the Pacific Ocean, but not really as we pretty much never left our office. Unless you count trips to Taco Bell. Our objective was to finally uncover the truth behind golf’s origins and what we found blew us away.

The first form of golf, played around 122 A.D., was very similar to modern golf in that you swung a club to hit a ball, but the ball you hit was actually your opponents and by ball I mean testicles.

Yes golf started out as a pain threshold game wherein the two, or more, players would take turns hitting each other in the “Shag Bag” until one passed out, tapped out, or died. It was a rough sport, played only by the nobility of the time. Women were forbidden to play, but simply because they lacked the necessary ‘equipment’. This version of Golf was eventually banished as it was much too silly.

Some people have compared modern day golf to this much older version in that, they feel like their getting nailed in the ‘Shag Bag’ every time they pay for their round.

Eventually around 1691 Golfers realized they could enjoy a fun filled, painless version of golf. They began hitting actual little stones across wide open fields. They used rabbit holes as their golf holes and they began tallying the number of strokes each player had.

Once again some people in power didn’t like the common man having any fun. To curb the masses from playing ‘Lucifers Game’, as the church began calling it, the Scottish Parliament passed a law forbidding anyone from hitting a stone with a stick unless they were dressed as a clown. The penalty for hitting a stone with a stick was called the ‘Nib Nibber’ and involved a trained poodle and a jar of peanut butter.

For the love of the game, golfers obeyed this law and began dressing as court jesters and circus clowns whenever they played golf. (Yes circuses were around in 1691) We believe this is where the tradition of dressing like a complete ass came from. A tradition that many golfers carry on to this day.

 

Source by Kevin Pierce