Sunday 27 March 2011

Swing Methods When Playing Golf

By Jason Maxwell


People need to first understand what golf is all about and get some sort of training before they start practicing and playing the game. While most people go for a training course or engage a professional trainer to teach, there are others who are adventurous and prefer to learn the game on their own. They make it a point to reach up and understand the rules and then learn while playing by observing others and by trial and error methods.

But then some kind of lessons and theoretical understanding of the game is necessary for it is quite a tough game to master.

If you wish to understand the game on your own, then keenly observe the other players moves. Watch their swing. You will see them practicing their swing several times before finally taking a shot. Also look at the way they swing, for it involves two different aspects. Firstly the body turns and twists and secondly the hands and arms swing in a particular direction and force.

The turning of the body has an effect on the swing. The body needs to turn to a near horizontal place which is at right angles to the spine along the line of the shoulder blades.

Relaxed and loose allowing the entire upper body to turn and move in a fluid movement. The arms swinging is done in one free movement involving swinging of arms as nearly as possible aiming at the ball, where the body turns to allow the arms to swing. During the swing the shoulders remain relaxed and free thus allowing a free movement of the upper part of the body effortlessly.

While it might look very easy while watching other professionals play on TV or on the ground, when you try it out practically you will understand that it requires practice and is not very simple to integrate the movements. In fact even in the swinging action itself there are two aspects that you need to concentrate and master that of backswing and the downswing.

The swinging action is divided two parts. First the backswing where the club is lifted to the right side of the body and the second portion of the swing where it is brought down and the ball is hit with required force and the direction.

Once again the turning of the upper part of the body is important to achieve a perfect swinging action. A swinging action is carried out in a circular motion which is made possible by turning the body in fluid movement.




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