Tips on Swing

Improving your golf swing takes a lot more than just hitting the ball harder, or using items like power bands. Although Power bands can indeed help you, I wouldn’t solely rely on them. Strength is obviously important when playing golf, but the way you actually swing the club is infinitely more crucial. If you don’t follow good swinging techniques, you may still be able to hit the ball far, but drawn or sliced to either side of the fairway. And after a short while of purely muscled swings, you run the risk of injuring your wrist or your back as well.  

• If you are keen on improving your golf swing for real, the first thing you need to master is your stance. Consider some physics and recognize that you cannot hit the ball far if your feet are too close to each other (try it if you like). When you are holding the driver therefore, always spread your feet to shoulder width. Bring those feet closer and closer as you move through your irons. For your hands, they should be in the correct position as you begin your back swing. The correct position is with your thumbs pointing directly downwards in front of you as you grip the club. When that club reaches waist level, your thumbs should be pointing up to the sky (the so-called hitchhiker position).

• When you do a backswing have your right knee, right hip and right leg solid but with slight flex and do the same only on the left if you are left-handed. Take this stiffer hip and leg as your pivot and twist your upper body against it. The weight should rest on the right foot once you are at the top of your backswing. But do not have your left leg give way. Simply have it go with the movement.

• When moving onto transition, begin your backswing, twist your body, pause for a split second at the top, then begin the downswing. Take these like a mantra that you must practice in a pattern. Avoid swinging fast. See to it that you maintain the exact rhythmic pacing. Doing this prevents cocking and jerking the wrist shortly.

• For the downswing, let your left hip shift naturally to the left. Don’t move your arms ahead of your body. Keep them together as one unit for as long as possible, until you get to about waist level. Tilt your body slightly to the right as necessary. Then remember to hit through the ball, and not just stop your movement dead as you strike it. Let the swing continue on naturally.

• The final thing to remember is that golf is a game of consistency. If you can make even one kind of swing well, and do it the same way every time, that will certainly help you improve your game.

• Unfortunately, the only way to make a swing consistent is to pay attention to all the little things that make up that swing like swing plane. Identify and correct those little things one move at a time. With enough discipline, your muscles will remember the right moves, and execute it at the right moment in your game to make you win. You can also make use of golf apps to learn proper mechanics for a golf swing.