Sunday, July 31, 2016
Training Aids - Three Different Categories by Max Johnson
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by: Max Johnson
Practice aids or training aids are available to you to improve any part of your golf game. In listening to the questions that are received about them, it seems that amateurs are just a little confused. In this article we will break practice aids into three categories, give you some examples as well as the ailments that they will fix.
First if you are already taking lessons, you should simply ask your golf instructor. They may give you a discount if it is purchased through them. In addition, they may have practice aids that you can make with things that you already own.
The three categories that we have broken the training aids into are:
Putting Training Aids
Many amateurs simply do not realize that they need to be careful when selecting a putting training aid. The reason is that they must know if they make their putting stroke in an arc or make their putting stroke on a straight line. If you make a putting stroke in an arc then you would benefit from a Learning Curve. The dimensions of the curve are set you give you the proper feeling every single time.
If you have made the decision that your putting stroke need to go in a straight line, then you would need to look at the putting square system or the putting plane alignment system. Both are railed systems that insure your putter moves straight back and through.
Full Swing Training Aids
Most players struggle with finding a good impact position. An impact bag will put you in the correct impact position. An impact bag does this by teaching you how the shaft needs to be leaning towards the target at impact and not away from the target.
Another full swing training aid is a balance rod. Balance is one of the most important things to have in your golf swing and talked about the least by golf instructors. A balance rod is placed under your feet as you swing the golf and gives you instant feedback on your balance. If you make swing that arte out of balance, you can slice or hook the ball. You never know where it is going.
Golf Fitness Training Aids
Again, if you are already working with a fitness trainer, it would be best to discuss with them on which golf fitness aids would work best for you. A weighted golf club will help you build strength as well as flexibility. You will need to make sure that you swing it equally right-handed and left-handed as you do not want to overbuild one side over the other.
A swiss ball or balance ball is a very flexible piece of equipment as well. With a balance ball, you can increase your flexibility with various stretches. In addition, you can build your core muscles by doing many of your strength exercises on the ball.
Listed above are the three main categories of training aids. Obviously, you can drill down as far as you would like and create sub-categories for swing plane for example. Keep in mind as you are buying the practice aid, will this help me and my current ailment or is this just what everyone else is buying?
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Friday, July 29, 2016
How To Use Golf Training Aids To Improve Your Chipping by Mike ...
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by: Mike Gelhaus
The 18th hole is a lengthy par 4 with a tricky elevated green. You've missed the green to the right on your approach. Your ball sits about 8 feet off the green in the first cut of rough. The lie isn't too bad, but it's a tricky shot.
The left-side pin is about 25 yards away and there is a tricky downhill slope leading to a bunker right behind the target. Unfortunately, your opponent and nemesis is in decent shape with a slick 20 footer for birdie.
Whoever wins the hole wins the round, bragging rights, and 5 skins. If you can chip this one close or somehow get it to drop, you can turn the tables and put the pressure on him. Of course, chip it a little too hard and it's going down in the bunker along with your chances of getting those desperately needed bragging rights.
Are your chipping skills up to the challenge? Moments of reckoning like this come along pretty often in golf. It’s the times when you wonder is your game good enough to pull you through. On tough courses, under pressure, many of these moments come down to hitting a good chip shot.
If your chipping is not the best aspect of your game, consider adding a golf training aid to your practice routine. Golf training aids can help you maximize your results, especially when you have limited time available to practice. Here are some tips to help you find golf training aids for chipping that won't waste your time:
1. Practice at home! You really can improve your chipping in your yard if you practice. If you are pressed for time, this is a great way to keep your short game sharp. Suggested training aids: a small chipping net for a target, and a mat to keep your lawn from looking like Swiss cheese.
Step off 2, 5, 10, 15, and 20 yards, putting a target at each one. To start, chip 10 shots at each target to get a feel for each distance. Then, when you feel confident that you have the feel, Chip one ball to each target to simulate on-course conditions. During a real round you only have one try to get it right!
2. Get a golf training aid that is some sort of wedge with a lengthened shaft, about 1 foot longer than normal. The long shaft will help you keep your wrist firm through the ball. This helps a lot with your consistency. Follow whatever exercises come with the golf training aid. It's fairly simple but you have to practice.
3. Tempo is just as important in chipping as it is during the full swing. Get an adjustable golf metronome and use it to get a good rhythm for your chipping stroke. Also practice your pre-chip routine because rhythm in your routine is very important in pressure situations.
4. Get a short game DVD! Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, Hank Haney, etc. All these guys know tons of stuff about the short game that can be very helpful to the average golfer.
Good luck and chip away at your handicap!
Mike Gelhaus, once racquetball professional and published author for Racquetball Magazine, has turned his attention back to the game of Golf. With the use of golf training aids, he achieved a handicap of 3 only weeks before back surgery. Check out his site at http://the-best-golf-training-aids.com.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
How To Increase Your Golf Training Accuracy And Become A Better ...
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by: Joe Stewart
How To Become A Better Golfer You won't be able to attain great golf training accuracy by simply reading books. This is because the books may give you a few handy tips to improve your stance and swing, but you'll only be able to assess your accuracy and power when you're on the course. So what are the ways in which you can become an ace golfer, with both swing power as well as accuracy? Well, experts are of the opinion that there is no written or used formula for improving the accuracy of your golf game. In fact, this is a very subjective area where every person might find his own technique that will help him perform better in his game.
Though there are thousands of products available in the market, which claim to make you an accurate golfer. It's so rightly said that " the proof is in the pudding". Similarly, it is up to you to experiment with the thousands of products and decide which one suits you the best. But on second thought, is it possible for an individual to try out all the products that the market has to offer? Not only are they going to cost you a huge sum of money, but they will also cost you a lot of time and energy.
Lets have a look at the low cost means of bringing about accuracy in golf. Physical training and muscle building is perhaps a great way of improving your golf game. Working on improving the flexibility of the body as well as toning the golf specific muscles may some times bring about a vast amount of improvement in a golfer.
In order to work on the right muscles you must obviously take the help of a professional coach who will be able to guide you better in this field and set you up on the right programs.
Golf Accuracy Training Aids You can also find golf accuracy training aids in the market that do look very promising and have certainly helped a lot of golfers to improve their games. The training kits generally have swing trainers that help you to hit straighter, powerful and more accurate shots. However, before making a considerable amount of investment in the training kits, the golfer should also know the right way to use them.
Since the key ingredient of every sport is physical flexibility, we must get into the habit of including regular exercise in our daily regime. It goes without saying that golf is one such sport where accuracy ranks high because a golfer just can't be content with a powerful swing, but he also has to work hard on putting the balls accurately. Work both on your golf training accuracy and golf excercises to increase your power and you'll become a better golfer!
Joe Stewart is a sports fanatic that writes articles on different topics that interest him. You can read several more articles on golf by going to http://www.GolfTeachingAid.com.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
How To Improve At Golf With Little Practice Time by Steven Latham
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by: Steven Latham
If 1,000 golfers were surveyed to find out if they would like to play better golf, it’s likely all 1,000 would say ‘YES’. If the same group were asked if they would be prepared to practise 10 hours per week to achieve that, the responses would be mixed: some would say yes, some would say no, but most likely, the majority would say they’d like to, but they simply don’t have the time. This article is about teaching you how to make use of minimal practice time, and how best to allocate the precious time you have.
Tour players play golf full time. In fact, if one was to add up the hours that a tour player spends playing and practicing per week, it would probably exceed 40. They have the time, and for many, the money to train optimally for great golf. A typical tour regime incorporates every aspect of their games including golf specific exercise, swing instruction, golf psychology coaching, and hopefully includes time for rest, relaxation and family/friends.
For most golfers, an attempt to devise a tour like golf practice regime would almost certainly fail. The link between golf and business is well known…. there is also a strong link between successful people and golf. As such, it is clear to me that golf is played mostly by busy people. The average golfer would have somewhere between 3-4 hours maximum per week they could allocate to playing better golf. They would then hopefully have one half day spare to squeeze in 18 holes. For an increasing number, finding time for 18 holes is becoming increasingly difficult.
The golden question for the majority of golfers is therefore:
How can I improve at golf with little practice time, and how can I use what little time I have effectively?
Below are 5 key tips to help you design your practice plan:
1) Attend to putting first: The large majority of golf shots are taken on the putting green. Depending on your standard of play, you can expect to take make around 35% of your total strokes on the putting surface. This suggests that a large amount of your practice time needs to be allocated to putting. The added benefit is that effective putting practice is time efficient. Following putting, the next most influential aspects are chipping and pitching, followed by driving. My advice is to spend your time putting, chipping, pitching and driving. If you have time to spare, you can then work on your iron play.
2) Utilise golf learning aides: There are some useful golf teaching aides on the market today. A good teaching aide will maximise your input (time) to your output (playing performances). The benefits of a teaching aide include being able to ingrain a better technique faster, and without much conscious thought. An excellent training aide will train you to better technique ‘unconsciously’. The ‘Putting Arc’ and ‘TruePlane’ putting aides are very useful, and the ‘Smart Stick’ for improving swing technique is pure magic. Practicing for 5 minutes, 3 times per week with aides such as those mentioned, say just before bed time or during rest breaks at work, will save you hours and hours of practice time.
3) Keep it simple: If you’re going to get lessons, keep things simple! Only work on one thing at a time…..master that move before moving onto something new. Trying to do too much will only confuse you and lead to frustration. When working on your one thing, complete mental rehearsals when you have 5 minutes to spare. Doing this a few times per week will significantly speed up the time it takes you to ingrain the improvement.
4) Use Practice Games: It’s not about the quantity of practice you do, it’s about the quality! When practicing, incorporate games that will simulate on course play. It’s a waste of time spending 30 minutes on the range beating balls with no purpose. When practicing effectively, you can make great gains from a 30 minute practice session, once per week. I like games that involve point scoring so you can assess where your game is at, and also practice for the on course scenario (for specific practice games, email me at stevenlathamgolf@gmail.com).
5) Work Out for Golf: Golf technique is highly dependent on the way you think, and the way you move. Spending one hour in the gym 2 to 3 times per week will reap enormous rewards for helping you to move better, resulting in better golf swings! (make sure your training specifically for golf, consulting with a TPI fitness instructor is a good option). You’re going to need to complete exercise per week anyway to maintain general health and well being, so you might as well be training for golf at the same time.
That concludes this article. To get your free copy of chapter 1 of my Golf Psychology Drill Book, visit http://www.stevenlathamgolf.com
Steven has played golf at a high standard, playing American collegiate golf on scholarship and also winning various junior and open age amateur events.
He has a University degree as a Psychology major, holds the Graduate Certificate in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and is continuing with over 8 years study so far in applying human performance psychology to golf.
Steven's work has appeared in various media including Smarter Golf Podcasts, The Golfer, FHM, and JNJGF Backspin magazines, and is the current Golf Psychology contributor to Golf Australia magazine.
He has a University degree as a Psychology major, holds the Graduate Certificate in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and is continuing with over 8 years study so far in applying human performance psychology to golf.
Steven's work has appeared in various media including Smarter Golf Podcasts, The Golfer, FHM, and JNJGF Backspin magazines, and is the current Golf Psychology contributor to Golf Australia magazine.
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Monday, July 25, 2016
How To Use Golf Training Aids To Assist With Your Warm Up And ...
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by: Mike Gelhaus
How many times has this happened to you?
You get to the course 15 minutes before your tee time. By the time you get all your stuff together, pay the greens fees, etc., and then get yourself to the putting green there is less than 10 minutes left before game time. You hit some putts, some chips, and then take a few swings to loosen up. Feeling pretty good, you stroll to the first tee, put your bag down, and look down the fairway.
It's a dogleg right with OB on the right and tree trouble on the left. It's not long but it's tight, with the potential for a round-ruining big number. That's when you start to realize the full extent of the tightness that's still in your muscles. You take some more swings, desperately trying to get the muscles in your legs, back, and shoulders to warm up, but to no avail. Your tee time is up and you still don't have any kind of rhythm or feel to your swing, and the OB on the right looms ominously.
You tee it up and make a tight, nervous swing, overcompensating due to your fear of the OB. Your ball jumps left off the clubface, a nasty pull-hook that burrows deep into the trees. You groan and shove your club back into your bag, then stomp off to try to salvage something resembling a decent score.
If this type of thing happens to you on an all-to-frequent basis, trust me you are not alone. Fortunately, there are plenty of golf training aids out there that can help you avoid it. Swinging a weighted or increased-resistance club, for example, is a good way to get warm before a round. However, if you really want to be loose and feel confident for the opening drive, you probably need to get to the course a littler earlier and add a stretching routine to your warm-up.
There is no way to get your muscles prepared for the intense effort involved with the golf swing without stretching. Also, stretching helps to relax the mind as well as the body, which really helps with the first tee jitters. So in addition to resistance training aids like weighted clubs, consider adding a stretch routine. There are lots of books available with stretch programs that are tailored specifically for golfers. Here are some tips for finding a good stretching program:
1. A book is just as much a training aid as any of those gadgets that are designed to help your swing, so approach it the same way. As you would try out a training aid before you shell out the money, make sure you check out the contents of the book before you buy. It should have pictures for all the stretches. Stretches without visual aids are dangerous because you can never be quite sure if you're doing them correctly.
2. Make sure you find a book with a variety of stretches for daily stretching as well as a pre-round warm-up. Training for flexibility daily can add yards to your drives and years to your golfing career.
3. Get to the course early! Rushing through your warm-up stretches doesn't work and can cause injury. If you are short on time, do a smaller number of stretches correctly rather than trying to do them all quickly.
Good luck, and remember the mind is just as important as the body in golf, if not more so. Books are training aids for the mind, so get a few good ones and go to it!
Mike Gelhaus, once racquetball professional and published author for Racquetball Magazine, has turned his attention back to the game of Golf. With the use of golf training aids, he achieved a handicap of 3 only weeks before back surgery. Check out his site at http://the-best-golf-training-aids.com.
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