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Effective Golf Chipping Tips - ...mechanics of chipping is quite simple, the first step is to make sure to use an open stance so this means that your feet point to the left of the target. The ball should be positioned most of the time lined up with your right foot. Avoid using a scooping motion instead make sure to keep the hands in front of the club face at all times. Trust that the loft in the wedge will take the ball out of the rough. Look for all kinds of different lies around the practice greens including uphill, downhill and side hill lies. If you can chip well ...

Golf Stretching For A Better Swing - ...core area must also be stretched. The most effective way to stretch this area is through twisting (rotation) movements, which happen to be the same movements in your golf swing. There are dozens of stretches you can do for this area; many of them you can do right in your chair in front of your computer. Yes you can actually improve your game by sitting down; even while you're watching the television. The lower back needs to be worked as well, because the sheer forces on the spine throughout the swing are brutal. If you're lower back is tight and weak, you will no doubt suffer a low back injury at some point of your golfing life. This injury can nag you for years, and definitely change the way you swing your golf ...

Golf Grip Blunders

THE STRONG GOLF GRIP

When both hands are turned too much to the right, the grip is called strong, and both 'V's will point too much towards the right shoulder, with almost all of the knuckles on the left hand visible. This grip can have one of two effects on the ball, neither of which is desirable. It is quite possible to return the clubface very open to the ball, causing a slice or a shot lacking distance, since the hands are unable to release their power and square the clubface. This is known as blocked hand action.

Alternatively, some players will release their hands into the shot and close the clubface quite severely, thus hooking the ball.

THE WEAK GOLF GRIP

When both hands are turned too much to the left, the grip is called weak, and the 'V's will point too much towards the chin, with probably only one knuckle visible on the left hand. It will cause a fade or slice depending which club you use, and the hands' exact position.

THE KNOL
No, this is not a physical deformity, but a term applied when the left thumb is stretched down the grip, and is evident more when the grip is weak. It puts the grip too much in the fingers of the left hand stretching the muscles at the front of the forearm, thus rendering them rather useless. It prevents a good release of the clubhead and tends to lead to a less powerful, sliced shot. Check that when you look face on in the mirror, the end of your thumb is virtually level with the forefinger knuckle.

Stand in front of a mirror with your hands hanging by your side and you will see that the back of your left hand half faces the mirror; this is how it should be placed on the club.

Without moving the left hand, place a club in it, and you will find that it rests correctly in your slightly curled fingers, and under the heel of your hand.

You may need a friend to help you at first but will soon find this an easy process on your own.

You can even practise sitting in a chair. Hold the club in your right hand where the rubber grip ends so that the shaft is about 60° from the horizontal. Now position your left hand checking that you can see the correct number of knuckles.

You will find that with the shaft held in this manner, it will lie correctly in the left hand. Now simply slide the right hand down until it is in position. As you will have been holding the thinner part of the shaft, you will have held it in the fingers of the right hand, and this will encourage you to use the correct finger grip when you slide the hand down. Even on those dreary winter nights you can sit in the warm comfort of your lounge and improve your golf!

Just reading this will improve your game instantly (clue - it's in the grip):
1. Avoiding an overswing
2. Stop hitting behind the ball

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