What better way to take out some frustration and enjoy a beautiful day than with a round of golf?

And doesn't it feel great when you see improvement in your golf game and start lowering your score?  Even better, how good does it feel to win and beat someone good!

I've strived for that, and I know the importance of a good mental golf game and strong fundamentals.  So that's why I want to help you.

For you golf enthusiasts and amateurs out there, learning proper golf swing mechanics is not only important but, if you take golf seriously and want to play on a whole different level, it's essential.

So, to get you going, I've included some information from a course I've found very helpful in improving my golf swing, named Simple Golf Tips.  Your game should improve by simply incorporating this unique setup  routine below and position to every swing you take.

As you will see, this system really is simple. You'll see positive results from this first chapter, but I want to be clear that this is not the complete system. There's a lot more to this swing than a sound setup!

I recommend Simple Golf Tips for 3 reasons:

1. I truly enjoy helping people, and only recommend courses that actually WORK. If you prefer not to purchase the entire system, that's fine. In fact, if you even learn one thing at all from the tips below, then I've succeeded.

2. To show you that this book includes unique material that is new and changing the way thousands of people swing the club. It's not just a bunch of stuff that you already know.

3. To show you that this system really is step-by-step, and that you will be guided through the complete swing in the same easy-to-understand manner.

You'll be pleased to find out that golf CAN be a simple game, and that YOU CAN significantly drop your handicap in just 1 short week. The "Golf Swing Guru" who produces this course guarantees it with a 90-day, money back, no B.S. return policy–and he sticks to it. Most courses I review do.  And most courses actually only offer a 60-day return policy, so the fact that this guy offers 90 days and will not back from it, is pretty dang impressive.

Hope you enjoy it.

Click here to fix your golf swing now

P.S. You can also get the left handed version of The Simple Golf Swing on a seperate page. You can get it by clicking on the link above.

Ethan Parker
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There are good golf tips and bad golf tips. The question is, "how do you decide which golf tips to listen to?"

This question has been brought home to me recently because a good friend took up golf about two years ago. He has really caught the bug and plays several times a week. He also has lessons and practices frequently. Whenever we play together he is constantly asking for tips and advice about his swing.

It is my belief that you should only give a player a golf tip if you are sure that it will fit in with the rest of his swing. I have seen far too many players lose their swings when trying to adopt a golf tip which simply does not fit in with everything else that goes on when they swing the club.

OK, I know, there are certain golf tips which are universally sound, like, "keep your head still." But equally there are plenty of other golf tips that can be ruinous even when given with the best of intentions.

In particular I recall a good player with whom I'd played many rounds who always drew the ball right to left, usually with good control. One day when his draw was a bit exaggerated, his partner suggested this perfectly sound golf tip: "You know, if you were to keep your right elbow well tucked in on the downswing you would lose that nasty hook."

The suggestion was well meant. However, for a player who had a well grooved habit of swinging slightly over the top of the ball, as Arnold Palmer was wont to do, it proved to be one golf tip too much. He became so conscious of his right elbow that it threw the whole of the rest of his swing out of shape and it took him months to get it back again.

The point is that the golf tip didn't fit in with the rest of his swing.

This is a mistake that many golfers make. They listen to all the golf tips out there and try to adopt them all in their desperate search for a good swing. It is my belief that your aim should be to groove a golf swing that will give you streams of straight and long golf shots by modelling your swing on one set of advice. Then you should develop a mind movie of that swing so that you can reproduce it whenever you play a shot.

Think how long some of the most famous partnerships between players and their swing coaches have lasted. Think of Jack Nicklaus and Jack Grout, Tiger Woods and Butch Harmon, Nick Faldo and David Leadbetter to name but a few. All these great players relied on one coach's vision of their swing to keep their mind movie in shape. They did not go asking for golf tips from other players.

Jeff Seward
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Golf used to be the emblematic sport for the rich and famous, a sport only a few privileged ones had access to. Today, things have taken a new twist and golf is quickly becoming a sport everyone loves, regardless of where they live and how much they make. The popularity of this great outdoor sport is probably is in most part the result of it being so incredibly versatile. Anyone who’s played golf at least a couple of times knows that the sport instantly draws you in and pushes you to evolve as a player. If you feel that your game needs improvement and you’re eager to learn, you should definitely get some golf swing instruction. At cameronsgolfblog.com you can get great golf swing advice from Cameron Strachan, a passionate golf player.

There’s no shame in admitting that you need to improve your golf swing. Even professional players need constant golf swing coaching to make sure they stay on top of their game. This is actually the difference between professional golfers and amateurs – the professionals take the time to learn more and correct their golf swing. You’re probably thinking that professional players also spend a lot of money on golf lessons and you couldn’t possibly afford this luxury. The good news is that taking golf lessons doesn’t necessarily involve you hiring a real coach. The internet offers an unlimited resource of great golf swing instruction, lessons and tips. Cameron Strachan offers one of the most innovative approaches to golf swing instruction and will certainly help you improve your game.

The best approach to getting an improved golf swing is to address each swing element individually. Some of the basic areas you will need to look at in order to get a better golf swing include the stance, grip, alignment, ball position, balance, flexibility and the swing plane. Out of all these elements, the grip and stance are considered to be the foundation of any consistent golf swing. You’ve achieved the right stance when your feet are a little more than your shoulder’s width apart. The right grip should always feel comfortable and you should avoid squeezing the club too tight. If you’re arms or back are sore after playing a few rounds of golf you’re stance or grip probably need some correcting.

Once you’ve decided to get some more information on how to achieve a better golf swing you’ll probably be left wondering where to start. We all know the internet offers a world of information on any topic and golf instruction is no exception. However, if you’ll start browsing randomly through websites that pop up first chances are you won’t feel like you’re getting exactly what you were hoping for. Search engines will pull out the semi-relevant websites and in the end you’ll just end up wondering where all the good information is. If you want real golf swing tips from real people there’s only one answer: blogs. Truly passionate golf players have set up blogs in order to share their knowledge with other players from all over the world. At cameronsgolfblog.com you can take a look at what Cameron Strachan has to say about improving your golf swing.

More and more people are choosing golf as their number one leisure activity. This is a sport you can play with your friends and see how you improve each time you’re on the grass. However, if you really want to bring significant improvements to your golf swing you should take up some golf lessons. Golf swing instruction is currently available online so you won’t even have to leave the house to get the greatest tips. Cameron Strachan invites you to discuss, study and ultimately improve your golf swing.            

Clint Jhonson
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Golf has become one of the most popular hobbies to really stand the test of time. There are people in all countries and from every different walk of life who enjoy a good game of golf and who are always looking for ways to improve their game. Golf instruction video programs are a really terrific way for people to gain the training and instruction that they need to become better golfers.

While having golfing lessons under the tutelage of a professional golf instructor can be very beneficial, as well as discussing golf improvement tips with fellow golfers, many feel there is something especially helpful about using instruction video tapes as learning aids. Because of their effectiveness, golfing lessons on video or DVDs nowadays, have become more and more popular since they were first introduced.

Even professional golf instructors who teach golfing lessons for a living acknowledge that there are several advantages to golf instruction video programs that other types of golf instruction cannot match. There are four primary advantages to the golf training videos that stand out and are often the biggest selling points of these types of golf training aids.

Instructional video programs provide visual learning and this is very important to many people. There is a great deal of research that proves when people engage their senses of both sight and sound, they tend to learn better and faster and they retain the information much better. Also, most beginning golfers, and even those who are experienced, tend to prefer to see golf swing improvement techniques demonstrated, as opposed to simply reading about the method being taught.

The second reason why golf training videos are popular, as well as advantageous, is because they are more accessible to more people. They can save people a lot of money as compared to hiring a golf pro for a series of golf lessons, which typically will cost somewhere in the range of $50 to $150 per lesson. Instead, a DVD golf instruction program can deliver the same information but at a small fraction of the price. As a bonus, you can always go back and review any lesson at any time without having to dig into your wallet again to pay for a brush-up lesson.

The third advantage of buying instructional videos is that you can make the most of technology and stop and rewind the video at any point, which is not something that is possible in the presence of a live instructor, especially if you are taking group golfing lessons, as opposed to individual instruction. Being able to rewind and review any part of a particular lesson, or the entire lesson, helps to improve learning and retention through repetition.

The fourth major benefit to using instructional video programs is being able to take advantage of the unique technologies of video production that can be applied to instruction. Golf training videos can utilize many helpful presentation techniques to enhance explanations and present the information more effectively. It is common to see golf videos that use inserts, split screens, close up views, and 3D, computer generated graphics to teach the fundamentals of golf.

While these are the four biggest advantages to using golf instruction video programs, if you surveyed people who have used them, then you would probably find several other benefits that they have enjoyed from this approach as well. Because the teaching style is different from one instructor to another, you might want to see if there is a pro shop or a website that allows you to view sample lessons before purchasing an entire program.

MIKE SELVON
http://www.articlesbase.com/golf-articles/the-benefits-of-golf-instruction-video-programs-590581.html

There is currently much writing and discussion going on in the world of golf instruction focused on Swing Plane.  We have also received many questions from Natural Golf devotees regarding Jim Hardy's theory pertaining to his book "The Plane Truth" and if his recommended swing mechanics for the "one plane swing" apply to Natural Golfers.  This article will clarify Natural Golf's definition of Single Plane so you can continue down a simple path to better golf.

First and foremost, Natural Golf uses the shaft of the golf club to define the plane of the swing. We say a swing is single plane when the shaft angle at address matches the shaft angle at impact.

Ideally, the shaft would stay on this inclined plane throughout the entire swing; much like the shaft movement created by the golf club testing machine, Iron Byron, used by the USGA.  And, much like the shaft movement of a club as swung by Moe Norman (pictured above).

By starting at address with your arms aligned with the clubshaft, you can swing back and forward on virtually the same swing path or on a single plane, we believe there is no simpler move in golf. It mimics the direct strike of driving a nail with a hammer, the way you hold the tool aligns your arm with the handle and a single plane motion is the most natural and most direct motion to use.

Jim Hardy defines a swing as "one plane" when the shoulders and lead arm are on the same plane at the top of the backswing. While he references a difference in setup between one and two plane swings, he does not use shaft angle as the criteria. Because the two methods use different criteria to define One or Single Plane, the swing mechanics of each method are not completely interchangeable.

Using our Natural Hold on the club automatically aligns your arms with the clubshaft at address. Swinging the club on an arc around your body with your arms will deliver the club through impact with a square clubface sending the ball to your target. By paying close attention to our Single Plane Setup, you will simply have to focus your attention on the direction of the forward swing path to create a Single Plane Swing.

Naturalness dictates that club path control is directed by the arms and hands.  Because of our Single Plane Setup, your body will move to accommodate the direction you choose to move your arms.  There will be some shoulder turn in the backswing as your arms move the club on a Single Plane and some shoulder turn in the forward swing to accommodate this same plane (swing) direction.  Your weight will transfer from trail foot to lead foot also; this inherent body motion will amplify the speed of your arm swing to increase power.  The faster you move the club with your arms the more your body will move in accommodation.  Trying to add body motion to create arm speed will almost always throw the clubshaft off the Single Plane direction.  Think of it this way…if you want to drive a nail harder, do you try to turn your shoulders more, or drive your hips?  Probably not, at least not consciously…you simply move the hammer faster with your arm, any extra body motion occurs in accommodation of your intended arm speed.

It's a lot like throwing a ball.  When you intend to throw farther, you move your arm faster and in accommodation, your body moves in anticipation and support of your intent to increase arm speed. For example, when you throw really far you will most likely take a step in the direction of the throw just prior to accelerating your arm in that direction. The step toward the target and the body motion it entails occur because of your intent to throw far using your arm.

Moe Norman showed us a simple setup that produced a simple and remarkably repeatable swing.  Natural Golf follows his lead with our Natural Hold that leads to a Single Plane Setup so we can use the most direct strike in golf…a Single Plane Swing.

Keep it simple folks!

Ken

Ken Martin
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