Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Online Golf Lessons - A Fast Looking Golf Swing Can Wreck Your Game of Golf

By Mick Euan Tait

Have you got a fast looking swing or a slow golfing swing? Many recreational golfers believe that a fast swing will hit a ball a longer distance. The swing maybe is fast, but the ball does not go so far as a professional's slow looking swing.

Why? Well, in this online golf lesson, I'm going to explain what happens in a fast looking golf swing and why you need to slow down your swing.

If you consider your body for a minute, you know that it moves much slower than your arms in actuality. So if your body can not turn that fast, how do you get a fast looking golf swing? You get a fast looking golf swing when you trying to hit the ball as hard as you can with just your arms. This reveals that your arms are moving independently from your body.

What Occurs with Your Shots When Your Arms Beat Your Body?

First, you will not make good contact with the club's sweet spot because swinging with your arms alone will steer you to manipulate the club-face as it swings through impact.

second, the harder you try to swing, the tighter your arms and wrists will be through impact. Tighter wrists release slower than looser wrists and looser arms extend more than tighter arms ( which increase the width of your swing arc ).

To slow down a fast looking golfing swing, we first have to think logically about it. Pros have a slow looking swing and they hit the ball a good distance and you have a fast swing that hits the ball a shorter distance.

Why do you Insist on Hitting the Ball Harder Than the Professionals do?

Sadly, human instinct typically gets control of us when we're going to hit a golf ball. It says the harder you swing the further the ball will go. This will not let us recognize the reasoning behind swinging slower. Swinging slower feels like you have less power so you can't see how it is easy for you to fundamentally hit the ball better and more distance by not using your arms.

You want to persuade yourself that you can swing slower to hit the ball well. After you slow down, you'll make better contact in the middle of the club face, open your arc and release the club quicker. All these things mount up to more distance with less effort.

Take This Online Golf Lesson to Take the Arms Out of the Swing

All you need to do is hold the club at waist high and feel your body swing the clubhead. As you swing, listen to the swishing sound the club-head is making as it swings thru impact. Now, try and make the club swing quicker by shifting your body weight from the right leg to the left leg permitting your body to turn at the same time. If you let your arms swing openly you'll hear the club swish quicker as you increase the velocity of your body.

As you go to hit the ball, you must relate the same new feeling of using your body to hit your shot. This means that you cannot think about hitting the ball. If you consider the moment of hitting the ball, it'll speed up your arms again. You've got to now think about turning and shifting your body weight instead.

This will turn your body and permit your arms to swing down because they are connected to one another. If you're feeling your swing getting fast again just pause, hold the club off the ground and do more practice swings feeling your body making the club swing. It takes some practice and concentration but when you slow your swing down you won't only gain a feeling of easy power but you'll start to appear like an expert when you swing the club.

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