The Importance of the Wrists Action In a pitch shot, you need to cock your wrists early and fully. This wrist action is what imparts height to the ball, allowing it land softly on the green with little or no roll at all. Comparing Shots: With and Without the Wrists Cocked To illustrate the difference, […]
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Ball Trajectories, Short Game
Mastering the Address Setup: Key to Consistent Impact in Golf In the world of golf, mastering the setup position is often overlooked, yet it is the foundation upon which every successful swing is built. One common mistake many amateur golfers make is misunderstanding the distinction between the address setup and the impact position. To achieve
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Generalities
Master the Drill Pink Flamingo to improve your consistency To cure your urge to lift the ball, do the “Pink Flamingo Golf Drill”. Golf is a sport of balance, precision and coordination. One of the most common mistakes golfers make is staying on the trail foot at impact in the hope of lifting the ball.
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Short Game
A Proper Weight Shift will give You Power In the intricate dance between golfer and golf ball, few movements are as pivotal as the weight shift. A seemingly subtle adjustment, yet it holds the power to transform a swing from erratic to effortless, from amateur to adept. The Fundamentals of Weight Transfer At its core,
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Golf Techniques
Approaching a sloping green is not an easy task at all Approaching a sloping golf green requires both skill and strategy. Here are the main things to consider. Understanding the Undulating Green Before you even attempt to fire at the green, you must assess its contours and slopes. These features significantly impact the behavior of
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Short Game
Pitching can save your game Have you ever found yourself facing a challenging golf situation with a narrow green and a daunting bunker to cross? If so, mastering the pitch shot could be your key to success on the course. In this post, we’ll explore how this can help you improve your overall game. The
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Golf Techniques
Master the Greenside Bunker Shot with this Drill.
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Golf Techniques
Do you want to correct your slice in golf? If so, read my article about it.
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Ball Trajectories
Grip your club the right way for better performance Knowing how to grip your club properly is a golfing must. Without a good grip, how can you swing the club properly? The two types of golf grips and their variations In golf, there are two types of grips and their variations: the digital grip (interlock,
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Will you be playing from the left or right in golf? In tennis, any racket can serve both left-handed and right-handed players, because both sides are identical. But in golf, both sides of the club head are different. So you have to make a choice before buying your equipment: left or right handed golf set.
Are you ready to play golf? Without getting too perfectionistic, are you really ready to play golf this year? Are you fit enough to avoid injury? Do you have the right equipment and accessories to make your golf season a real pleasure? Will your golf swing and short game help you bring home a scorecard
New or Used Golf Set? A new golf set is better than an old one with costly to replace worn out and slippery golf grips. Moreover, if considering a 10 year old set or more, you will have a hard time playing golf. Technology (design and manufacturing) keep enhancing golf clubs performance making them easier
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Golf Equipment
Did you know that habits are permanent? Each time you make a movement, your body adds a protein (the myelin) around the axon (cell root) of all nerve cells involved. This protein enhances the nervous impulse. This, in turn, makes the same movement that much easier the next time. Over time, your body can add
“Keep your eyes on the ball!” This advice provided by golf amateurs who try to act as golf coaches drives me crazy. Especially if it lacks nuances. While staring at the ball for part of a FULL SWING is beneficial, keeping your eyes on the ball for the entire golf swing is bad: erratic balls
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Golf Myths
How to avoid topping the ball? This is the beginner golfer’s nightmare: a ball that hardly gets airborne and cannot reach 100 yards. This is called topping the ball. How can you avoid it? First of all, to be successful, you must hit the ball under its equator against the center of the blade or
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How important are the fundamentals of address (initial position) in golf? Some golf instructors estimate that golf fundamentals account for up to 80% of golf success. The fundamentals put the golfer in an optimal position for the swing. That’s why you need to make sure you master them. What are the fundamentals of golf?
Stressed about playing time? Let’s talk Ready Golf! Playing time is a concern for beginning golfers. Either they fear they won’t be able to keep up, or they worry about the group constantly coming up behind them. In this article, I give you two recipes to avoid such stress. The first recipe is for beginner
How do you know where to golf to enjoy the day? It’s tough, say you, to know where to golf to please everyone. Yet it is so important. There is something for everyone and for all budgets out there. And the criteria to consider to make a good choice are many. In this article, I
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Golf Dictionary, Terms and Definitions. This golf dictionary will help you better understand the amazing game of golf. You can search your desired term to get its definition. Enjoy! Sources of Presto Golf Dictionary: Glossary of Golf in Wikipedia, PGA Dictionary.
How to learn golf the right way In this article, I reveal 10 of the most common mistakes made by those who wish to learn the game of golf. Unfortunately, these 10 mistakes prove to be costly in terms of time, effort and money wasted on the apprentice golfer. They soon come to believe that
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Learn golfIs there a better time to learn to play golf? I get asked this question all the time: what is the “best time” to take golf lessons? Before I answer it, let me give you the reality check. Beware of bad starts! Too often, golfers initiate their friends or relatives to golf, without having the
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Would you like to learn golf quickly? Easy: Use your two brain hemispheres I call Wilfred and Willy. Who are Wilfred and Willy? Wilfred is the logical brain, the conscious mind, the scientist, often associated with the left hemisphere. Wilfred talks, listens and thinks. He is the master of theory and calculations, but he does
The secret: visualization. Your practice sessions will be more effective with visualization. This means you can reduce their duration and cost in baskets of balls. In my experience, 4 visualization sessions combined with 1 practice session is better than 5 practice sessions. That’s more than enough money and time to treat yourself to more rounds
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What is Smart Practice? In the “Wilfred and Willy” article, you have learned to use your two brain hemispheres with the WWW preshot routine to learn quickly. Now, let’s see how you can maximize your training sessions with smart practice. First, devote 80% of your practice time to short game techniques with the putter and wedges
Suck at golf: It’s not your fault! Think you suck at golf? I believe quite the opposite. Repeated failures that can be explained Have you tried golf and failed? Or, perhaps you just can’t seem to put the advice of the Good Samaritans into practice? Or is your ball stubbornly stuck on the ground?
Putting from A to Z Putting is 43% of the score, which is why it is so important. Although it is the simplest movement in golf, putting lays the foundation for all golf techniques: chipping, pitching, half-swinging and even full swing tee shots with the driver (1 wood). Why is that? Because you’ll develop
The chip (low approach shot to the green) The shortest shots, like the chip, are the most important in golf. Depending on your mastery, putting, chipping and pitching, the 3 basic techniques of the short game, make up 50-70% of your score! That is to say, if you are new to golf, you can easily
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Golf Techniques
The pitching (HIGH approach to the green) Pitching is a technique that terrorizes golfers with a high stroke index. Yet, this technique can be learned quickly if you pay attention to it. The pitch is part of the short game arsenal, along with the putt and the chip. It is therefore a very common golf
The half swing: Throw darts on the green! Finally the half swing, you might say! Now you’ll be able to approach the green from the fairway with any club. However, before you switch to the half swing, make sure you have mastered the shorter swings: putt, chip and pitch. If you don’t, you’re headed for
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Golf Techniques
A hot tee shot! The tee shot, especially the one with the driver, is the icing on the cake, the ultimate reward. We all know the expression “Drive for show, putt for dough”. Simply put, the tee shot is a show-stopper, but it doesn’t count for much in the overall score: just 14% of the final
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Golf Techniques
Prolonged sitting: a real scourge. These days, we spend most of our time sitting at a desk or in front of a computer or smartphone, sitting in transportation (car, bus, plane), sitting to eat a meal, sitting in front of the TV or movie screen. On average, we spend more than 6 hours a day
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Golfers Health
Stability (foot spacing) Balance first, especially in golf. In my experience, the first thing you should work on to improve your golf performance is balance. Otherwise, even a perfect swing cannot produce good results shot after shot. In other words, how can you have consistency in golf if you are likely to fall? You can’t.
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Hit Further
Improve your golf distances Here are some simple, yet effective, exercises to improve your golf distances. The secret: flexibility to turn more. This also helps with balance and, therefore, consistency in your golf shots. Flexibility will give you a fuller golf swing and, therefore, more power to extend the distance of your tee shots. In
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What are the real golf benefits? We all know sports are good for health. But what are the real golf benefits for your health? Before getting into that, let us be honest: most of golf benefits come from walking. So wave goodbye to the electric cart and say hello to walking and staying fit for
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Golfers Health
Golfers: Don’t forget your sun protection! With the summer in high gear, sun protection for your skin is extremely important. Remember: your skin is your largest organ. So apply a good sunscreen regularly to protect it. However, which sunscreen to use? How often? Many questions arise in today’s market. It can be overwhelming. Some sunscreens
Hydration and Performance in Golf Whether you’re a golf beginner or a seasoned pro, you know that playing golf requires visualization, focus and balance. A good way to do this is to keep your brain and body cells well hydrated. That said, it’s important to drink plenty of water each day to maintain a good level
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Golfers Health
