Saturday, October 3, 2009

Tips For The Game Of Golf

By Don Frickerson

Mastering the game of golf is far different from what many a people understand it to be, as they spend hours playing Nintendo's Wii Sports. Mastering the game of golf in real life is sometimes very complex and will require that you pay close attention to the exact rules and form. Though the decision to pick up the game from an skilled player is a viable idea, but there are plenty of mistakes, which novices usually make. The idea is to learn how to avoid such mistakes, so that you not only can play well but also have the feeling of having had a great experience of golfing.

The biggest error made by novices learning to play golf is they have a habit of looking up while they are attempting to hit the ball. This is bad as it is counted as a stroke and adds up to the score, even when you have not actually hit the ball, and it is easy to imagine what damage it does to your final scoring. Hence remember to look down while hitting the ball and make sure that you remain looking downward till the action is finished, with hips properly rotated. Ensuring that you keep your arms extended in full while you are swinging has been known to help umpteen golf beginner. One trick to do this right is to count till five after you have hit the ball, as this can help you looking up too early and with your pace too.

To help overcome this problem you should make sure that you are standing in the putting stance and looking straight down at the top of your ball. Unless you look straight down on the ball, chances are that you would miss the proper strike and ball would deflect on its course and move elsewhere. You could be endlessly repeating the act of putting unless you develop the skill of focusing down straight at the ball while putting and hitting it into the hole.

Hitting the ball straight instead of getting diverted out of the green is another general problem faced by novices learning to play gold. Though this may seem to be puzzling for novices but with a bit of patience, you can actually overcome the trouble. The first thing you always need to keep in mind is your posture so if you are not standing appropriately before you even swing the club, you are not going to have a successful stroke. Remember to carefully study your posture before you learn even to swing. If you notice your club isn't squarely touching the ball then you may need to back up a bit to make sure that you are not hitting the ball from the side of the club. This happens to be one of the main reasons why balls incline to veer off course and a swing, which hits the ball squarely, can ensure that the ball would reach the scheduled destination successfully.

Hooking is one of the other most frequently made errors plaguing novices, which is tough to learn and to master. Some have a trouble with their stance that causes the ball to hook, while others are gripping the club too hard, causing it to hit the ball the wrong way. You could avert hooking if you correct your stance and ensure that you are not holding the club with too tight a grip. When you have developed your position and taken steps to get your grip right, you would need to improve your playing skills further with regular practice.

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