Be Prepared! Change Your Golf Swing Mechanics In Order To Combat The Cold!
September 28, 2010 by Parshooters · 7 Comments
With October fast approaching at the end of this week,we are now heading into cooler air, and away from the summertime heat. You need to become more prepared for the inclement weather conditions ahead. Cold air is much heavier, therefore it creates more resistance to the flight of the golf ball. Colder, heavier winds and rains naturally will encourage golfers to swing harder, which will create more mishit errors. The first thing to go in your golf swing mechanics is your timing, as you try to speed up or overswing in order to compensate for the lack of distance. The second thing that disappears is your feelings in your hands, especially around the greens. That’s why you have more blading or thin shots.
I’m personally not a good cold air golfer, nor do I like playing in the bone chilling rain. I know a few golfers who can play in these awful weather conditions, and most of the time they do quite well in winning the club’s pot money for the day. Tom Watson loved playing in adverse conditions. He knew that half the field was virtually eliminated before they even started playing. It’s no fun being wet and trying to beat the dreaded cold. It’s psychological warfare, and if your a good mudder it’s to your advantage. Most golfers don’t want to be there, and more likely their going to be rattled by the adverse conditions.
Being cold it will automatically cause you to be swinging out of position through impact. A very common error is that the right shoulder is way too high through the hitting area. This action allows your right side to dominate at the most inappropriate time. This will force the club head to approach the golf ball into a steep undesirable angle. This result in golf is known as coming over the top.
How Do You Hit Low Trajectory Shots Using Your Same Golf Swing Mechanics?
September 24, 2010 by Parshooters · 9 Comments
Impact Is The Moment Of Truth In Golf! For every golfer who plays this great game, the one question is going to be different. Do you like to hit it high or low trajectory shots? If you hit low trajectory shots it doesn’t mean your golf swing mechanics are faulty. It also doesn’t mean your de-lofting the golf club from a 7 iron to a 5 iron for example, that’s a myth. Hitting a low trajectory shot, just like hitting it high takes practicing and a lot more creativity. It’s similar to the bump and run around the greens, but only with longer distances.
98% of my golf shots are hit low with a lot of overspin, for both the irons and woods. The public links golf course I play on before they put the watering system in, used to bake during the summer time. The fairways used to get real hard to the point where they used to crack. Your golf balls would get extra rolls anywhere from 50 to 100 yards, depending upon the trajectory of your golfball flight. I was known in my golf club as the “King of the low ball.” Now it has all changed, and your lucky to get an extra 10 yards of roll. However, I haven’t changed and probally never will. I enjoy hitting the low line drives, I feel, I have more control and consistency. There is less room for error, because you don’t have to worry about those lousy high bounces or wind conditions.
Golf is difficult enough when playing conditions are benign. Toss in a little wind, and shots of any distance can become problematic. Personally, I like tough conditions, because they separate shotmakers from the rest of the field, and they allow me to use my creativity. I developed my low ball to give me an edge during those type of conditions. Hitting these shots begins with a single thought in mind, “keep it down and under control.”
The Bump And Run Is A Great Short Game Strategy Around The Greens!
September 17, 2010 by Parshooters · 3 Comments
Use The Bump And Run For Short Game Strategies
The art of the bump and run, and I’m not talking about the defensive plays off the line of scrimmage in football in order to contain the wide receivers. The bump and run is my most favorite short game technique from 60 yards in. I will use it 90% of the time, the other 10% I’ll use the flop shot. However, there are many instances where you have to use the lob wedge in order to get over obstacles or hitting into elevated greens. As the old saying goes, “there are many ways to get the golf ball to the hole.”
I feel the bump and run is the easiest shot to hit, because your allowing the golf ball to do the work almost entirely on the ground. It’s a finesse shot with a lot of creativity. You don’t have to worry about getting the golf ball into the air, which can cause a lot of mishits due to bad swing flaws or judgment errors. There’s very little room for error in regards to having the correct golf swing when allowing the golf ball to run a certain distance. Your hitting the golf ball much like if you were using your same putting stroke. If you’ve ever watched the British Open, you’ve certainly seen the bump and run in action.
Most golfers know that specific types of golf shots around the green is most effective and consistent than others. High handicappers I see insist on using the lofted or lob wedges when they aren’t called for. These lofted shots are so much more difficult to control than the good old bump and run.
How Can You Develop More Power By Changing Your Golf Swing Mechanics?
September 13, 2010 by Parshooters · Leave a Comment
How can you develop more power into your golf swing? This is probally the single most asked questioned. Golf swing power is the result of three specific factors. Most of us will go to great lengths to do whatever it takes to get that power into our drives off the tee. On any given hole a good drive splitting the fairway with extra distance, can certainly improve your golf scores by shortening up the yardage for your next shot into the greens.
The most important factor is your understanding about your own golf swing mechanics. The simplest way of understanding the physics of swinging a golf club is to understand the movement of a pendulum. The basic physics on how to power the golf swing starts with the clubshaft movement from the top position into the downwards swing towards the golf ball through the impact area. There are two basic golf swing styles that need to be consistent and under control. They are the conservative single plane and all out aggressive power hitting swing. A golfer needs to choose which one best suits his style of game. A golfer needs to learn how to use the appropriate powering mechanics for his selected swing style, and he should never mix-and-match fundamental swing concepts that are incompatible with each other.
It is essential for a golfer to work on the mechanics of their golf swing. In order to improve your golf swing never take practicing as something you have to do. Make it a desire that you want to become a better golfer, and this is the only way you can improve. If it weren’t important why would all these tour players have swing coaches that work with them on a consistent basis out on the practice range? The golf swing is such a finite, mechanically complexive movement, that requires constant work to keep it highly efficient and in balance.
