The most important thing in golf is your grip. Learning a proper golf grip will do wonders for your golf swing. This is your only connection to the golf club, so you better get it right. An incorrect grip is your worst nightmare. You will fight swing faults your entire golf career.
Proper Golf Grip
The grip that you must learn is one where your hands fit naturally on the golf club with no manipulation whatsoever. Just take a look at how your hands hang naturally. Now bring them together onto the grip. This is a perfect blend of both hands on your club.
Correct Golf Wrist Cock
With the right grip on your club, now all you've got to do from your address position is pick your clubhead off the ground vertically (straight up) only using your wrists. When you naturally stop, this is a correct wrist cock full of lag for maximum power. That's all you've got to do to have a golf wrist cock that is loaded full of power.
In order to create an efficient golf swing that enhances power and distance, you've got to apply the above golf tips to your swing. Your golf grip and wrist cock are huge power boosters in your golf swing. Work on them, and watch your driving distance go through the roof.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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Exercise 2: Recumbent abdominal-and-shoulder-blade squeeze
After finishing the
Recumbent chest-and-spine stretch please read this:
The recumbent abdominal-and-shoulder-blade squeeze is designed to helpreeducate your golf posture and begin rebuilding two key areas of muscle strength necessary for great posture at address: your lower abdominals and your shoulder-blade muscles.
Perform this reeducation and rebuilding exercise as follows:
1. Assume the same starting position as for the recumbent chest and spine stretch (refer to first Figure ).
2. Contract the muscles of your lower abdominals and middle and lower shoulder-blade regions so that you can feel the entire length of your spine, neck, and shoulders flattening firmly to the floor.If you’re performing this exercise properly, you should feel a comfortable degree of muscle contraction while you maintain a normal, relaxed breathing pattern (see second Figure).
3. Hold this contraction for three to five breaths, relax, and then repeat
the exercise.
Perform this exercise at least once every other day for 2 to 3 weeks, starting with one set of 10 repetitions and building up gradually to one set of 50 repetitions as needed.
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Club behind the spine
Perform the club-behind-the-spine test
Recumbent chest-and-spine stretch please read this:
The recumbent abdominal-and-shoulder-blade squeeze is designed to helpreeducate your golf posture and begin rebuilding two key areas of muscle strength necessary for great posture at address: your lower abdominals and your shoulder-blade muscles.
Perform this reeducation and rebuilding exercise as follows:
1. Assume the same starting position as for the recumbent chest and spine stretch (refer to first Figure ).
2. Contract the muscles of your lower abdominals and middle and lower shoulder-blade regions so that you can feel the entire length of your spine, neck, and shoulders flattening firmly to the floor.If you’re performing this exercise properly, you should feel a comfortable degree of muscle contraction while you maintain a normal, relaxed breathing pattern (see second Figure).
3. Hold this contraction for three to five breaths, relax, and then repeat
the exercise.
Perform this exercise at least once every other day for 2 to 3 weeks, starting with one set of 10 repetitions and building up gradually to one set of 50 repetitions as needed.
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Callaway FT-i Brid Irons
Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Driver
Callaway X-Forged Irons
Recumbent chest-and-spine stretch
Before reading this article,please finish the Club behind the spine and Perform the club-behind-the-spine test first.
If properly executed, the club-behind-the-spine test positions you so that you feel comfortably balanced over the ball with muscle activity appropriately felt in your lower abdominals, thighs, hips, upper back, and shoulder blades.
You achieve a straighter, more efficient thoracic-spine angle and a neutral,more powerful pelvic position for the golf address position with proper degrees of hip and knee bend. In other words, you achieve a posture at address with the most potential for producing a safe, highly effective golf swing.
Exercise 1: Recumbent chest-and-spine stretch
The recumbent chest-and-spine stretch can help golfers perform a vital function within the initial phase of any proper exercise progression, called the releasing phase. This exercise specifically releases the tightness in your chest, in the front of your shoulders, and in your lower back. After you’ve mastered this exercise, you should have flexibility to perform the club-behind-the-spine test and, therefore, much better posture at address.
Perform this releasing exercise as follows:
1. Lie on a firm, flat surface with your hips and knees bent at a 90-degree angle. Rest your lower legs on a chair, couch, or bed, as show in the following Figure.
Depending on the degree of tightness in your chest, spine, and shoulders, you may need to begin this exercise on a softer surface (an exercise mat, blankets on the floor, or your bed), and place a small pillow orolled-up towel under your head and neck to support them in a comforable, neutral position. You may also need to place a small towel rollunder the small of your back to support its arch.
2. As shown in the second Figure, bend your elbows to approximately 90 degrees and position your arms 60 to 80 degrees away from the side of your body so that you begin to feel a comfortable stretch in the front of your chest and shoulders.
This arm position looks a lot like a waiter’s arms do when he carries a tray in each hand.
If you feel any pinching pain in your shoulders, try elevating your arms and resting them on a stack of towels or a small pillow so that your elbows are higher above the floor than your shoulders.
3. Relax into this comfortable stretch position for at least three to five minutes or until you experience a complete release of the tightness in your chest, front of your shoulders, and lower back.You’re trying to get your back, spine, and shoulders completely flat on the floor.
Repeat this exercise daily for five to ten days until you can perform the exercise easily, feeling no lingering tightness in your body.
You may want to increase the degree of stretch in your body by removing anysupport or padding from under your body and/or arms — or even by adding a small towel roll under the middle portion of your spine (at shoulder-blade level) in a position perpendicular to your spine (see next figure). Remember always to keep the degree of stretch comfortable and to support your head, neck, spine, and arms so that you don’t put excessive stress on those struc-
tures while you perform this exercise.
If properly executed, the club-behind-the-spine test positions you so that you feel comfortably balanced over the ball with muscle activity appropriately felt in your lower abdominals, thighs, hips, upper back, and shoulder blades.
You achieve a straighter, more efficient thoracic-spine angle and a neutral,more powerful pelvic position for the golf address position with proper degrees of hip and knee bend. In other words, you achieve a posture at address with the most potential for producing a safe, highly effective golf swing.
Exercise 1: Recumbent chest-and-spine stretch
The recumbent chest-and-spine stretch can help golfers perform a vital function within the initial phase of any proper exercise progression, called the releasing phase. This exercise specifically releases the tightness in your chest, in the front of your shoulders, and in your lower back. After you’ve mastered this exercise, you should have flexibility to perform the club-behind-the-spine test and, therefore, much better posture at address.
Perform this releasing exercise as follows:
1. Lie on a firm, flat surface with your hips and knees bent at a 90-degree angle. Rest your lower legs on a chair, couch, or bed, as show in the following Figure.
Depending on the degree of tightness in your chest, spine, and shoulders, you may need to begin this exercise on a softer surface (an exercise mat, blankets on the floor, or your bed), and place a small pillow orolled-up towel under your head and neck to support them in a comforable, neutral position. You may also need to place a small towel rollunder the small of your back to support its arch.
2. As shown in the second Figure, bend your elbows to approximately 90 degrees and position your arms 60 to 80 degrees away from the side of your body so that you begin to feel a comfortable stretch in the front of your chest and shoulders.
This arm position looks a lot like a waiter’s arms do when he carries a tray in each hand.
If you feel any pinching pain in your shoulders, try elevating your arms and resting them on a stack of towels or a small pillow so that your elbows are higher above the floor than your shoulders.
3. Relax into this comfortable stretch position for at least three to five minutes or until you experience a complete release of the tightness in your chest, front of your shoulders, and lower back.You’re trying to get your back, spine, and shoulders completely flat on the floor.
Repeat this exercise daily for five to ten days until you can perform the exercise easily, feeling no lingering tightness in your body.
You may want to increase the degree of stretch in your body by removing anysupport or padding from under your body and/or arms — or even by adding a small towel roll under the middle portion of your spine (at shoulder-blade level) in a position perpendicular to your spine (see next figure). Remember always to keep the degree of stretch comfortable and to support your head, neck, spine, and arms so that you don’t put excessive stress on those struc-
tures while you perform this exercise.
Exercise 2: Recumbent abdominal-and-shoulder-blade squeeze
Perform the club-behind-the-spine test
Go on Talking about: Club behind the spine
Perform the club-behind-the-spine test as follows:
1. Stand upright while holding a golf club behind your back.
2. In one hand, hold the head of the club flat against your tailbone. In your other hand, hold the grip of the club against the back of your head. (See the first Figure.)
3. Bend your hips and knees slightly (10 to 15 degrees) and contract your lower abdominal muscles, as needed, to press the small of your back into the shaft of the club.
4. While keeping your lower back in complete contact with the clubshaf straighten the middle and upper portions of your spine and neck.The goal is to make as much complete contact between the shaft andthe entire length of your spine and back of your head as possible. (See the second Figure)
5. Try to bend forward from your hips and proportionately from your knees while maintaining club contact with your spine and head. Keep bending forward until you’re able to comfortably see a spot on the ground in front of you where the golf ball would normally be at
address. (See the following Figure).
6. Remove the club from behind your back and grip it with both handsin your normal address position while trying to maintain all the spine,hip, and knee angles that you just created. (See the following Figure).
Perform the club-behind-the-spine test as follows:
1. Stand upright while holding a golf club behind your back.
2. In one hand, hold the head of the club flat against your tailbone. In your other hand, hold the grip of the club against the back of your head. (See the first Figure.)
3. Bend your hips and knees slightly (10 to 15 degrees) and contract your lower abdominal muscles, as needed, to press the small of your back into the shaft of the club.
4. While keeping your lower back in complete contact with the clubshaf straighten the middle and upper portions of your spine and neck.The goal is to make as much complete contact between the shaft andthe entire length of your spine and back of your head as possible. (See the second Figure)
5. Try to bend forward from your hips and proportionately from your knees while maintaining club contact with your spine and head. Keep bending forward until you’re able to comfortably see a spot on the ground in front of you where the golf ball would normally be ataddress. (See the following Figure).
6. Remove the club from behind your back and grip it with both handsin your normal address position while trying to maintain all the spine,hip, and knee angles that you just created. (See the following Figure).
Club behind the spine
I'm going to give you the sample “"aboratory white mice" tests before the initial performance tests you'll be consulting a specialist for. From these tests,you'll be able to tell how much serious conditioning you need.
Please remember, if you are unable to perform any portion of these simpletests or recommended corrective exercises easily and comfortably, you'renot alone. I seized up during most of them! Go about it slowly, and if you can't perform one or the other, stop and turn on Judge Judy.Test 1: Club behind the spine
The club-behind-the-spine test is a very helpful evaluation tool because it can identify several areas of physical weakness and/or imbalance. First, you know that having adequate rotation flexibility in the spine is one of the most essen tial requirements to performing a good golf swing. The area of the spine from which most rotation should come is the middle section known as the thoracic spine. To have maximal flexibility to turn during the swing, you must also have the physical potential to achieve a straighter thoracic spine at address,which is the way you set up to the ball (see The following Figure). In contrast, a bent thoracic spine at address blocks your ability to turn.
Therefore, one important purpose of this test is to determine your ability to achieve and maintain the ideal, straighter thoracic spine angle at address through adequate chest and middle-spine flexibility.
In addition, this test measures (to a degree) the muscle strength of your lower abdominals, hips, thighs, middle and upper back, and shoulder blades — all essential to achieving and maintaining proper posture at address. Further-more, this test can identify tightness in your hamstring muscles (the muscles in the backs of your legs).
Perform the club-behind-the-spine test as the next article:
Perform the club-behind-the-spine test
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Exercise program must be golf-specific
In order for an exercise program to be most helpful, it must be golf-specific.Warming up by throwing a shot put is not going to help your golf game.Fitness programs for other sports aren’t designed around the specific muscles, movement patterns, and physical-performance factors that support the golf swing.
Of equal importance to golf-specific training is customized fitness training. If you start an exercise program that isn't designed around your personal physical weaknesses, isn't tailored to the special demands of golf, and isn't designed to accomplish your personal performance goals, then the chance that the exercise program will help is nil.
Go out and find a specialist to work with and then ask what sort of initial physical performance evaluation will be performed. The specialist will design your program from his or her findings. The elements of the evaluation should include at least the following:
1. Health history of past medical problems, pain problems, injuries related to golf, and so on
2. Tests to identify postural, structural, or biomechanical imbalances thatmay interfere with your ability to swing
3. Balance assessment
4. Muscle and joint flexibility testing
5. Muscle strength, endurance, and control testing
6. Biomechanical video analysis of the golf swing
7. Golf skills evaluation (measurement of current swing and scoring performance potential, including elements of the swing such as clubhead speed and swing path, as well as driving distance, greens and fairways in regulation, handicap, and so on)
8. Goals assessment (evaluation of performance goals, purpose for playing golf, and deadlines for reaching goals.
I'm proud of you. Following these steps helps you and your specific golf muscles perform better, and it beats watching Judge Judy during the day. Your physical abilities and conditioning will merge, and you'll become a force to be reckoned with out on the links. Enjoy your new outlook on golf!
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Elin has returned Sweden
A photo taken by paparazzi showed that "Mrs. Tiger" Elin was running in native Sweden on Saturday. According to RadarOnline site,she seemed to not carewhether anyone saw her.Elin was running along without bodyguards.She was listening Ipod whenrunning and seemed relaxed posture.According to previous reports,Elin returned to Sweden to visit her families with her two children.
A divorce of Tiger Woods looked unavoidable. According to "The New York Daily News" reports,"Golf's No.1" - Tiger Woods has secretly met with the "Jaws" Greg- Jeff Norman's divorce lawyer-Jeff Fisher. Jeff Fisher is good at playing the celebrity divorce case,and in the course of litigation,he often makes a tremendous fuss about divorce.But now,Jeff Fisher prefers to play down the Tiger Woods's divorce case,because so far he has no external publicity.
In any case it has seemed that the internal contradictions of the family affected the Tiger Woods's game.On this week's Friday,he suffered his sixth elimination in his career at panic Valley Championship.
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