Golf Swing Instructions

I discovered a new way of breaking my wrist that nobody told me before...Not in any book that I've read or in any golfers magazine.

I had a golf swing thought telling me to "wrap my swing around my body". The club needed to swing around my body and the RIGHT wrist is supposed to bend backward. This means that if you hold your hand straight in front of you, the back of the right hand will bend toward your forearm. Most people think that the hand should have a cocking action. Say, if you held your hand in front with thumb facing the sky, the common thought is that the cocking action results in the thumb poking the sky..

This is wrong. And I was wrong for 3 years. By sheer stroke of chance, I came across Andy's site, and it just affirms that this golf swing thought I plucked out of nowhere was correct. Bending the right wrist backward as opposed to cocking the wrist with a thumb pointing to the sky results in power shots and drives reaching 240m.

That's why we love golf. A minute to learn a lifetime to master. Andy has some nice illustrations here. Read it!

How to swing a golf club like Tiger Woods

Golf - How To Putt Well

As they say, Drive for "show and putt for dough". Battles and bets are won the putting green and today, i'd be sharing some good tips and succinct tips on how to putt well. You'll find immense results.

When I 1st started playing golf, putting was a mystery, I was puzzled by why it was hard to judge the distance the ball rolled. Many putts later, it was evident that the ball sometimes hopped or it would skid on the ground before rolling toward the hole.

Therein lies the problem. If the ball should skid or hop, energy is loss through friction or the hopping motion. When that happens, it becomes difficult to be consistent and roll the ball the correct distance. We don't want any unusual movements in the ball that would cost the ball to fall short. And when we hit too hard to compensate for lost distance, the ball could roll past the hole and off the green.

I found that the setup is very important. Here's what we need to do.

Keep the biceps tucked into the chest, and armpits closed.
Bend the elbows so they form a triangle.
Angle the right wrist such that is firm and cocked.
Swing the putter face perpendicularly back with good tempo then back and sweep through the ball.
Be sure to keep the wrist angle firm, do not allow the right wrist to break down after hitting the ball.

This causes a brushing motion that will cause the ball to have just enough top spin without lifting the ball such that it hops and also prevent friction because of a skidding motion.

Should there be 1 Golf Swing for Every Club???

I think the golf swing would not be the same
all the time because the back swing path needs to differ
on different lies and the need to shape shots depending
on the course, whether dog left or right.

eg, The Swing plane will tend to be flatter and the ball placed
in the center when the ball is above feet.

The thing that does not change is the golf sensation
(for all the clubs) when we're just about to hit the ball.
This would be the muscle sensation when the club shaft is
travelling from the right thigh to when the clubface hits
the ball. This distance is the hitting and acceleration zone.

Acceleration any where else would result in inconsistency.


So for me its:

1. Yes the Golf Swing and more importantly TEMPO
is the same for all clubs on flat ground.
The correct backswing tempo allows us to have
maximum acceleration at the hitting zone, as described
above.

2. No, the Golf Swing is not the same and needs to change
depending on the lie, steeper swing for a pluck ball,
or to shape the shot with an out-to-in swing to cut a fade.
Note: The TEMPO is still the same in funny lies as well as on
flat ground.

So if you were to take intermediate lessons. Make sure to
ask the coach to teach you how to vary your swing, and position
of the ball, according to the slope and ball position, whether above
or below feet, in different lies, plucked or in bunker, opunch shot
through the trees. (That to me would be you spending your $$
wisely on an intermediate course)

Don't forget to get instructional videos and play with a friend
who is good. Tips shared by friends with a good knowledge of
the golf swing will save you 2 years.

At this point, i just want to say. "Thank you Daniel ..My friend"

Golf Secret never found in Golf Books

Here's a tip I've never read in Golf Books..

Have you heard the comment:
" Your Golf Swing speed is too fast"

I use to wonder what that means because
its lil vague and I haven't found a book that
explained the true meaning of this statement
or, more importantly how to achieve it.

After a golf video session, I believe, in order to
achieve this statement, it translates into our club
slowing down..

[When the club passes our thigh to hip level during the back swing]

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I do this by trying to position or stop my club at thigh level,
when in fact because of the momentum of the rotation
in my shoulders, this gives me a three quarter swing
to full swing. ($100 tips)
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The sensation of stopping my club at thigh level, gives
me a full swing. So the sensation of stopping my swing
when the club reaches chest level gives me an overswing
where the club collapses at the top, and I look very tight
and uncomfortable, causing me to jerk the club back
down on the downswing that follows.

Many people including myself try to have a "full
shoulder turn, left shoulder under chin" concept.
Then because the coiled back muscles are wound
so tight, we jerk the club back down trying to hit the ball,
leading to golf flight that could go anywhere.

Our sensation can deceive us, as I saw in the video of my own swing.
What felt like a three quarter swing turned out to be an overswing.

So, try doing a three quarter swing. You'll find that in order to achieve that,
we need to stop the club at the kneecap area, just like
a car trying to slow down, you need to give the swing
time to do the same. The car starts to stop way way before
it actually comes to rest.

For a full swing, it would be around the thigh/hip area.

So, stop your swing at the kneecap/thigh/hip area
and this will translate into a slow, smooth "spring like"
swing that looks easy on the eyes :D


Just in case, another illustration..

Have you tried chipping? The club is pulled back
to around the right kneecap, then we accelerate the
club back toward the ball to chip.

I think...

The Full Golf Swing is like a "Mega Chipping Stroke."
You only start to accelerate and "chip" the ball when
the club falls back down to the right knee, and this "
accelerated power chip" will cause the ball to fly a long long
way, with less OBs.

During the downswing, we only start to hit the ball
when the club reaches our thigh area.

Just like in a normal chipping stroke,
there is no FLIPPING of wrist used to hit the ball.

The wrist stay firm and turns over gradually.
(A normal chipping stroke will not turn over
by the way.)

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The stopping of the club at the kneecap/thigh/hip during the
backswing is to allow us to have this MEGA CHIPPING sensation
when we hit the ball during the downswing.
So beginning with the end in mind, will help us
understand why we do what we do. :D ($100 tips)
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I've felt more comfortable playing golf
after applying the above. Less tension and
muscle pulls and pains.

I'm only starting to apply this concept.
Its a new mindset, and will help you too.

Try it at the range.. and if it helps you
we can go celebrate :D

Secret to 7 Irons not found in Golf books

Here's an iron secret not found in any golf book.. was taught
to me by a friend during a regular range practice.

I've found for myself that when
I try to stop my golf swing around the knees,
the momentum caused by the rotation of my
shoulders creates a 3/4 quarter swing.

Being able to execute 3/4 swings really helped my
iron play. It feels like a "Mega Chipping stroke."

I felt it was pretty strange at 1st because we are taught
to have a full shoulder turn, and left shoulder under chin,
while this time, the sensation was that my golf swing
was stopping at my knees.

or so i thought...

Video analysis showed that the irons was now in correct
slot position.

Hope this simple swing thought helps you connect better
with your irons and drivers

Golf Score and Handicap

Hope this helps.

Par 3

By getting the ball into the
hole with 3 strokes of your club,
that's a par.

2 strokes=birdie
3 strokes=par
4 strokes=bogey


Similarly..
Par 4

3 strokes=birdie
4 strokes=par
5 strokes=bogey

if the total number of strokes you consistently
play for an 18 hole game is 102, it means that
you play off a handicap of (102-72)=30.