It is incredible to watch golf players swing their golf clubs swiftly and let the ball fly and roll perfectly. As a beginner, you can do better in your slices and hooks just like those golf stars.

One secret in playing golf is using the right and proper grip for you. There are at least seven guidelines you need to consider with regards to golf grip.

First to consider is the forehand strength. Strong wrists and forearms are needed to be successful in playing golf. With such strength, proper golf grip is developed. So how do you enhance the strength of your wrists and forearms? It just needs a simple exercise with your club. With the last three fingers of your left hand, hold it out straight in your front. Then, move the club up and down using your WRISTS. Do this for 10 to 12 times and for three sets with at least one minute rest in between. This exercise will improve golf grip as it will enhance your shot distance.

Second to look into are your fingers. People tend to hold their clubs too much in their palms which limits wrist action, thus decreasing power and feel in the club. This should not be as the wrist is a great power source. So to increase power and amount in wrist pivot, the golf club should be placed more on the fingers rather than on palms. You can see the results as it will give more feel and longer tee shots.

Third, do not strangle your golf clubs to death. In a scale of 1 to 10, the most ideal grip pressure lies around 5 or 6. Remember, an uptight muscle is a bad and slow muscle as it will reduce the shot distance.

Fourth, inspect your “V” – as you look down, your left hand’s first two knuckles should be visible, the “V” formation between the forefinger and thumb should be pointing to the right shoulder, and with all these, perform a drill by pointing the “V” toward your chin or near the right shoulder using your right hand. Practice with this and you will see better results.

Fifth, if your hands are small or your wrists are weak, use the baseball grip meaning you use all your 10 fingers in gripping the golf club.

Sixth, if your hands are of medium sized, use the interlocking grip. In doing this, you have to lock your hands together to hold the golf club.

Lastly, if your hands are large, use the Vardon grip or the overlapping grip. This is actually the grip that most golf professionals use. It makes use of the fingers instead of the palms in gripping the golf club.

Remember these golf grip tips every time you do your golf retreats. See the difference as you compare your old ways to these new techniques.

Everyone wants to smash their drive a country mile. Golfers of all ages and sizes obsess on getting more distance, and out driving their foursome. But as the great sarcastic adage goes: “The woods are full of long drivers”..

I know I’m not telling you something you don’t already know, but it bears repeating that distance without accuracy is nearly worthless. Of course unless you are the errant Tiger Woods, (is his last name a twist of fate?), or another long driving golf pro who can fly the golf ball over the trees…

So how can you, the average golfer gain more distance and improve on your accuracy?

– First and foremost, get yourself in shape. Exercise with weights and stretch and perform yoga to increase your flexibility. The more limber and the more strong and fit you become, the more yardage you will add to your drives.

– Next, check your Grip. For accuracy, weaken it slightly, which means for right handers turning both hands a wee bit counterclockwise. The thumbs of both fingers almost running straight down the golf shaft. Your hands won’t roll as much through impact, which often causes amateurs to hit the golf ball with a glancing blow, imparting unwanted spin, which in turn causes a or pulled hook. For distance, strengthen your grip a little bit, by turning your right hand under the shaft in a clockwise direction, and your left hand clockwise as well.

– Widen your stance to where your heels are directly under your shoulders. This gives you a more stable base to hit against… And you will not tend to sway off of the golf ball, so accuracy, returning the club head to the back of the golf ball for solid contact, is more likely to be enhanced.

– Position the golf ball to the front of your stance, off of the left heel, and tee it up high, especially if you are using a 460 cc headed driver. Think swing to the sky, at impact.

– BackSwing: While keeping your base stable,(lower body), in a one piece motion sweep the club head up and back keeping your swing arc wide with a rather stiff left arm. If your lower body remains stable and doesn’t sway off of the swing plane, then your backswing will be more compact, and without traveling added, unwanted distances, you will more likely be able to return the club head squarely to the ball for a more powerful and accurate shot.

– Downswing: Do not rush the movement down. Let the club head swing you towards the golf ball. Let it gather speed and reach its maximum acceleration at the bottom of your swing, (where it matters), not at the top where most of its power would be dissipated. And the key,(for most amateurs), is to keep the lower body in sync not laterally sliding to the left ahead of the upper body, your hands and the club head too far stuck behind you.

My Best Tip for hitting it long and straight: Concentrate on the downswing on not letting the left shoulder open up too soon. We are in such a hurry to see the results of the punishing hit that we are about to put on the golf ball that we get way ahead of ourselves, our left shoulder pulling us off of our desired swing plane, our head starting to look up along the target line.

If you are really serious about improving your distance and accuracy big time, I highly recommend you getting your hands on some sort of swing plane training device.