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Tips On Golf Swing: Should Your Mind Be Free Of Swing Thoughts?

October 7, 2012 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

straight golf shotsSome suggest that one of the tips on golf swing is to be free of any thoughts during the swing.

Others suggest that one of the tips on golf swing is that you should have at least one significant thought during your swing.

Who has the better  suggestion in terms of hitting the best golf shots?

Who has the better suggestion in terms of hitting the golf ball straight?

Some professional golfers and low handicap players seemingly have no swing thoughts during their swing. Annika Sorenstam addressed this proposition  in a recent blog which states in part:

“The idea is simple: When you’re standing in the Think Box, you do your thinking, deciding, planning, and visualizing. When you’re standing in the Play Box, you take your stance and hit your shot. Period. No thinking in the Play Box.

This might take some practice, but if you can take it from the range to the course, maybe you’ll have more success navigating those tricky six inches between your ears. ” Read more…golfchannel.com/news/golf-instruction/video-make-your-decisions-before-its-time-to-play/.

I think professional golfers such as Annika Sorenstam, probably the best female golfers to ever play the game, truly can hit golf balls all day long to a specific target without having any thoughts during their swings.

However, for the weekend and recreational golfer who does not practice or play to the same extent as professional and low handicap golfers, I believe they should have certain swing thoughts during their swing, but not too many.

The most important swing thought that a mid to high- handicapper should have during his or her golf swing is to maintain eye contact with the ball from the beginning of the swing through impact.

Instead of concentrating on keeping their head steady during the golf swing or, the top of their spine stable during the swing, most golfers would be well served by simply maintaining eye contact with the ball through impact.

By doing so, the head will remain sufficiently stable so that the impact position of the club face will replicate its address position.

Assuming that a straight ball flight alignment is established at final address to the ball, a straight golf shot would be produced if the impact position of the club face replicated the address position of the ball in such an instance.

Another one of the most useful tips on golf swing is to concentrate on keeping the left heel firmly planted during the swing.

If the left heel is raised during the back swing it will change the pre-shot alignment and path of the club face. If it is not re-planted timely and precisely the same way during the downswing a mishit golf shot is the likely consequence.

A brain free of any thoughts may work well for Annika Soremstam and other professionals who have grooved their swings to the ultimate degree.

It may not be that beneficial to the millions of golfers who do not have the time, patience, money or desire to spend much their waking hours on a practice range.

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Best Golf Lessons: Do not Change Your Normal Routine During Play

June 29, 2012 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

hitting the golf ball straightOne of the best golf lessons is not to change your normal routine when playing a round of golf.

Better than that, one of the best golf  lessons is to experiment with different routines only on your practice range, if at all.

A standard and consistent pre-shot routine can significantly improve your golf game. It can help you hit your golf ball straighter and farther.

The challenge, however, is not to experiment with changing your routine during your play but during your pre-play practice, if at all.

If you are hitting straight golf shots and getting good distance with your irons and woods, why would you want to change your routine at all?

Sticking to a regular routine instills confidence in the swing. It promotes consistency so that you can hit your best golf shots.

A recent article spoke about the importance of sticking to a regular routine. here is a part of it:

“Do you normally head off to the range before starting your round? Well, whatever your routine, it cannot be underestimated how important it is to your golf game. Changing your ‘normal’ routine, no matter what that may involve, will almost certainly have a negative effect on how you play.”

Read more…http://www.leaderboardgolf.co.uk/the-pros/the-importance-of-a-pre-game-routine.html.

There is no question about the importance of an overall routine, as alluded to in the article, such as practicing at the range prior to play just as do the pros.

However, when I speak of a consistent routine, it relates to the pre-swing routine while in play.

My pre-shot routine is simple and easy.

I first view the overall shot, including the precise distance from my ball to the target.

I check for any wind conditions, especially for cross winds and wind velocity.

I view my lie to determine whether my ball is sitting up or not. I also check to see if it is a slice, hook or an even lie.

In addition, I try to determine the slope of my target and the safest place to hit in relation to my target.

Once I have analyzed these conditions, I use one of my Locked-In Golf™ Techniques to lock-in either a draw, fade or straight golf ball flight alignment depending on whether I want to curve my ball or hit it dead straight to my target.

Many of my Locked-In Golf™ Techniques are available in books, DVDs and Special Reports at http://lockedingolf.com.

Once locked-in to the ball flight alignment of my choice, I then complete my pre-shot proceedings.

My pre-shot proceedings consist of assuming a comfortable stance and posture to the ball, centering the sweet spot of the club face as near to the back of the ball as possible and aligning my shoulders parallel with my target line.

Then it just becomes a matter of keeping my left heel planted, maintaining a steady head and executing a simple golf swing without any manipulation of the club to rotate my established alignment and swing path off course.

You too can hit your ball straighter and farther by establishing a consistent routine.

This may be one of the best golf lessons you will ever receive.

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Hit A Straight Golf Ball: Perform The Jackson Flare Technique™

March 22, 2012 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

hit a straight golf ballOne innovative and unique technique to hit a straight golf ball is to perform the Jackson Flare Technique™. If performed correctly, the Jackson Flare Technique™ will enable you to hit a straight golf ball, one golf shot after another.

However, this golf method to produce straight golf shots allows no short cuts. The following instructions must be followed to the letter.

1. Place a ball on a mat or grass in a safe area, such as at a practice facility.

2. Identify the target line on which you want your ball to fly, the imaginary line running from your target back to and through your ball,

3. Assume a comfortable posture and stance to your ball. Ensure your feet are aligned perpendicular to your target line, meaning not to flare either foot to the left or right. Also, align your toe line parallel with your target line. Your toe line is the imaginary line running across your toes.

4. Align your shoulder and target lines parallel with each other. If convenient, ask a friend or your pro to ensure your shoulder and target lines are parallel with each other.

5. Center the sweet spot of your club face as near as possible to the back of your ball: specifically within one-eighth of an inch to the back of your ball. (Do not move the sweet spot of your club face from the back of your ball thereafter during your set up routine.)

6. Then assume an interlocking, overlapping or baseball type of grip and complete your grip by docking (locking) your right-hand lifeline squarely and securely on your left thumb. Do not thereafter unlock your right-hand lifeline from your left thumb.

7. Next, flare (angle) your left foot toward your target until the front left part of your shoe is perpendicular to your target line and parallel to your club face.

8. Then, keep your left heel planted, maintain a steady head and execute a simple golf swing in which there is no intentional or inadvertent manipulation of the club to route the face of your club off its pre-swing alignment and path.

You then should observe your ball flying on a relatively straight path in line with your target and shoulder lines, discounting wind conditions or elevation differentials that could curve an otherwise straight golf shot off course

Assuming there are no such wind conditions or elevation differences to curve your ball off line and you do not hit relatively straight golf shots,  simply repeat the steps above and flare your front left shoe incrementally a fraction of a degree clockwise and counterclockwise from the flared position noted above until you begin hitting your ball straighter.

That is, experiment by flaring the front left part of your shoe slightly to the left or to the right of its flared position in the above instructions until you begin hitting consistent straight shots. Then flare your left foot the same degree in the future when performing the Jackson Flare Technique™

The reason why these golf swing instructions work is the instant you grip a club, your club face will rotate to a slice ball flight alignments.

When you flare your left foot in the manner noted in the instructions you will rotate your club face to a relatively straight ball flight alignment as the last step in the set up proceedings.

The straight ball flight alignment will remain in tact as long as you do not intentionally or inadvetently manipulate your club during your swing to route it off its established alignment and path.

Follow the above instructions precisely and you will be able to hit a straight golf ball.

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How To Hit A Golf Ball Straight: Does Visualization Really Work?

March 21, 2012 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

how to hit the golf ball straightSome experts believe you can learn how to hit a golf ball straight by using visualization.

That is, they believe you can learn how to hit a golf ball straight

 

by seeing in the “mind’s eye” precisely the pattern, direction and distance the ball will fly.

A recent golf article contends that a majority of professional golfers produce so many straight golf shots because they visualize their golf shots exceedingly well.

Here is a portion of the article:

“This is how to swing in golf with visualization

They all visualize their flight of the ball. Well they actually do more than just that.

Here is what I mean. They practice their golf swing until it feels right to them, then they get behind the ball and look for a spot in the fairway or golf course that they want their ball to land or go towards. At that point in time they see their golf swing and watch the flight of the ball until it lands.  This is done without ever hitting the ball. This is how to swing in golf using visualization.

With the visualization over they then go to the ball and address it with their club.

They then waggle the club to make sure that they have the right grip and relieve pressure and then look once to see if they are aligned properly and then finally they proceed with their swing.”

I concede that many great golfers use the visualization golf method for their shot making, basically because they have honed their swing to near perfection by practicing so much.

However, I doubt the efficacy of this method when it comes to the  recreational and weekend golfer. Here is why such golf swing instructions do not work well for average golfers.

The instant you grip a club with an interlocking, overlapping or baseball style of grip, your club face will rotate to an effective open alignment. In addition, your club will rotate to an out-to-in swing path across your shoulders, all of which will establish a slice ball flight.

However, this slice ball flight alignment is not permanent.

As a result, any body movement after initially gripping a club in such a conventional manner will cause the alignment and path of the club head to rotate to a different alignment.

Further, any additional body movement will cause the alignment and swing path of the club head to rotate to different alignments, with each subsequent body movement .

Therefore, just because a golfer is able to swing his or her club until it feels right to them during their practice swing does not mean the “feel right” sensation will exist when the club face is then transferred to behind the ball. The alignment and path of the club will change during the transfer of the club and, as a result,  the anticipated ball flight will not occur.

If the club is un-gripped after the practice swing, and then re-gripped for the actual swing, any body movement between the time it is re-gripped and the completion of the set up routine also will cause the alignment and swing path of the club to change  and, the visualization of the golf shot during the practice swing can no longer be relied on.

On the other hand, if you lock-in a square alignment and an on line swing path of your club face during your set up routine and do not thereafter unlock your right-hand lifeline from your left thumb, there will be no further rotation.

Then, assuming you complete your set up proceedings properly, a non-manipulative swing will deliver the same alignment and swing path to the ball as existed at final address and you will produce the ball flight you intended.

This means if you lock-in a square alignment and an on line swing path during your set up routine, complete your pre-swing proceedings properly and execute a simple golf swing, you will experience precisely how to hit a golf ball straight.

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Best Golf Lessons: Simple Terminology For Better Golf

May 7, 2011 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

best golf lessonsThe best golf lessons  teach students golf mechanics in a very simple way. This is to say that the best golf lessons include some instruction on traditional golfing terminology.

There must be a simpler way to describe golf mechanics than what is being taught nowadays if we want to provide for better golf swing instructions.

The current golfing terminology used by instructors and players alike is downright confusing and does little if anything in terms of teaching someone to hit the golf ball straight.

For example, I recently saw one of Tom Watson’s new instructional videos and was slightly intrigued by how he described the difference between the ball-to-target line and the directional line.

Keep in mind, I am one of  Tom Watson’s greatest fans.

He kept referring to the directional line as the “aim line,” a common term used in putting but not too frequently used in terms of the golf swing.

He said the target line could be anything.

I understood what he meant but I am not sure the typical recreational and weekend golfers would be able to discern what he meant.

Typically when the term “target line” is used, we think of the imaginary line running from the target back to and through the ball, not some imaginary line depending on such extraneous factors as wind conditions and elevation differentials between the ball and stance.

A better golf swing tip would be to continue using the term “target line” to describe the imaginary line running from the target (typically from the green or the middle of the fairway) back to the ball.

I also believe a better term to describe what Tom Watson refers to as the “aim line” to be called the “directional line” simply because it is the line in which direction you wish the ball to fly initially.

For instance, if you wanted to hit a straight golf shot to your target, your directional line would be the same as your target line.

On the other hand, if you wanted to fade or draw your golf shot, your directional line would be to the left or right of your target line, respectively.

Other new terms relating to golf are just as confusing.

One is what is referred to as a “pull slice.” This seems most confusing to beginning golfers because a pull flies in the opposite direction of  a slice.

Why confuse the issue? Why not just refer to a slice as a slice and a pull as a pull?

I realize there are two types of slices, one of which initially flies to the inside of the body line in a pulled configuration and then curves to the outside of the body line: the other which only curves to the outside of the body line, typically referred to a as a push slice.

Either way, if it eventually curves to the outside of the body line it is a slice, period.

It seems to be a trend these days to invent new terms to describe various golfing mechanics that previouslyhave been described the same traditional way for centuries.

I do not believe a reinvention of traditional golfing terms will help you improve your golf swing or lower your scores.

I believe it would be less confusing to the average recreational and weekend golfer to stick to the traditional ways of describing golf mechanics instead of trying to “reinvent the wheel.”

Then the best golf lessons would be simple.

Copyright © 2011 by Gordon Jackson. All Right Reserved.     hit a golf ball straight

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Best Golf Lesson: Take More Club Whenever In Doubt

April 17, 2011 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

the perfect golf swingThe best golf lesson going is to take more club whenever in doubt.

You have heard it over and over again but we yet have difficulty in applying it: take more club is  the best golf lesson yet.

The main reason we do not comply with this timeless admonition is we truly believe  we can hit the same distance as our best practice shots with each given club. This is not the correct golf method to improve your golf swing.

The best golf swing instructions may be to hit 30 to 40 balls with each club on a practice range, executing a full golf swing. Then instead of relying on the ones you hit the longest as a guide for what you should rely on when playing a course, rely on the shortest ones.

For example, suppose hypothetically that when you practiced with a full wedge, ten of your balls flew about 115 yards, ten flew approximately 105 yard and the remaining ten flew only 100 yards.

Then when playing a course, you should use your wedge for shots no longer than 100 yards and forget about using your wedge for those 115 or even 105 yard shots.

In reality, by swinging your wedge more smoothly for 100 yard shots you shouldn’t be surprised to see your ball fly 110 to 115 yards.

Its not a bad approach to swing all out with a given golf club but swinging more than all out is a recipe for disaster.

In most cases you would still be on the green putting for a birdie instead of trying to hit a full wedge 115 yards, only to fall short of the green and hope for no more than a bogey.

Basically, it means to always take at least one more club than you think you need for a specific shot. It definitely should improve your golf game.

It’s still the best golf lesson anywhere to be found.

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Best Golf Lessons: Learn Golf Quickly And Easily

November 20, 2010 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

best golf methodIf you have just recently taken up golf you will receive a lot of so-called best golf lessons from friends and acquaintances who have good intentions but probably have little knowledge about how golf really works,

You also may receive some so-called best golf lessons from professional instructors who likewise may know little, if anything, about how golf really works. Indeed, if you take lessons from  different instructors you may receive contradictory instruction from one instructor to another. Some may teach one golf method while  another may teach the exact opposite.

Professional instructors may teach you how  to grip a golf club correctly but many fail to emphasize if you do not lock your right-hand lifeline squarely and firmly onto your left-hand thumb your grip will not remain secure during your golf swing.

They also may teach you how far to stand from the ball, how the ball should be positioned in your stance, how much to flare your feet, how to assume a correct posture to the ball and so on. However, once again, with contradictory golf swing instructions from one teacher to another in many instances.

Once they are through teaching you such golf fundamentals they then will  begin to teach how to swing the golf club to hit straight golf shots, typically with as much contradiction from one instructor to another as with teaching the fundamentals.

With such contradictory instruction, there is good reason why the average recreational and week-end golfer can not break a score of 90 on a championship course, assuming all strokes are counted.

 So why is there so much contradictiontips on better golf swing

 if they truly know how golf works?

The answer is that most do not know that much about golf mechanics. Without knowing how golf really works they tend to  pass down information they learned from instructors who likewise did not know that much about golf mechanics.

As s result, if you are a beginning golfer you may never learn how to play golf by receiving instruction from a professional teacher.

However, do not despair because there is a simple solution in learning  to play golf.

The quickest and most reliable way to learn the game is to lock-in a square alignment and an on line swing path of your clubface during your set up routine if you wish to hit the golf ball straight.

When you lock-in a square alignment and an on line swing path of your club face your correspondingly will lock-in a straight ball flight alignment.

Then it is just a matter of  assuming a comfortable posture and stance to your ball, centering the sweet spot of your clubface as near as possible to the back of your ball and  aligning your shoulders parallel with your target line to complete your set-up routine.

Then  keep your left heel planted, maintain a steady head  and execute a simple golf swing.

You then should observe your ball flying on a straight path directly to your target, discounting wind conditions and elevation differentials between your stance and your ball.

You may view a video about how to lock-in a straight ball flight alignment and download a complimentary copy of the book, How Golf Works, by visiting http://lockedingolf.com

You may find them to be some of the  best golf lessons available anywhere.

Copyright © 2012 by Gordon Jackson   golf swing lessons instruction

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Best Golf Instruction: How To Locate Your Ball When Hitting Into The Sun

October 19, 2010 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

Learning  how to locate your ball after hitting into sunny conditions may be among the best golf instruction you will ever receive.how to drive a  golf ball straight every time

The reason why it is among the best golf instruction is that it saves a lot of wasted time and frustration when searching for a ball after hitting into sunny conditions.

Fortunately, there is a technique to not only locate the direction and pattern a ball has flown when hit into  sunny conditions but also the approximate distance to it. This holds true whether the  golfer in question hit a fade, hit a draw, hit a hook, hit a slice or hit the golf ball straight.

If you have too much sun in your eyes or, vision impaired in some way, to see the flight of your ball, there is a unique technique to determine the direction of your ball and approximately where it landed.

 Simply follow these steps:

1. Maintain your follow-through and posture.

2. Close your left eye if right-handed or your right eye if left-handed and then
turn your head in the direction of your target while immobilizing your body.

3. The direction your open eye points (sees) will be the direction your ball flew.

4. Also, by knowing the relative distance of the club in use you  will know approximately where your ball landed.

The most significant benefits of this golf method is to know whether you hit your ball in the direction of your target, hooked or pulled it to the inside

of your body line, or sliced or pushed it to the outside of your body line.

It also could save you a lot of lost time in an otherwise  attempt to locate your ball.

Try this technique when hitting into the sun and unable to locate where your ball landed.

It could be some of the very best golf instruction you will ever receive.

Copyright 2010 by Gordon Jackson–All Rights Reserved

Gordon Jackson is the founder of http://lockedingolf.com and the author of 12 golf instructional books, including How To Hit A Golf Ball As Straight-As-An-Arrow and Hit It Dead Straight.

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Best Golf Tips: Putt Rather Than Chip Whenever Possible

October 15, 2010 by Gordon Jackson Leave a Comment

golf swing tipsOne of the best golf tips is to putt from the fringe whenever possible.

The reason why this is one of the best golf tips is that the odds are much more in your favor of getting the ball nearer, if not within, the cup by putting from the fringe instead of attempting to chip the ball to the hole. It is a proven way to improve your golf game.

Back in the Palmer- Nicklaus era,  Arnold  supposely told Jack that you should always putt from the fringe instead of trying to chip the ball close to the cup, if possible.  Recently, I heard Hank Haney make the same suggestion. 

If you really want to save strokes when your ball is lying on the fringe or collar of a green, you should always consider putting the ball instead of risking an errant chip or pitch shot.

This means you should spend sufficient practice time putting from different fringes of various greens on the  courses you regularly play.

Indeed, you may want to compare the odds of getting “down in two” when putting and chipping from the same spot of the fringe. Most likely you will find the odds are much better by your ball rolling near the cup when putting rather than when chipping.

If you spend only one-half the time during your practice putting from the fringe of various greens on your course as you spend on the practice range with your woods and irons, you could expect to knock  several strokes off your score in a matter of weeks.

One of the best putting methods is what I refer to as Locked-In Putting. It requires the left elbow to be connected to the left rib cage when stroking shorter putts and the right elbow to be connected to the right rib cage when stroking longer putts.

This has to be one of the best golf methods when it comes to putting.

More information about the Locked-In Putting System to improve your golf game and lower your scores can be found at http://lockedingolf.com

However, please remember this caveat: it is most difficult to putt from deep rough around a green.

Even when there is minimum rough you should study the situation very carefully before electing to putt instead of to chip.

Try putting instead of chipping whenever you can and  you should agree this to be one of the best golf tips you will ever receive.

Copyright © 2012 by Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson is the founder of http://lockedingolf.com and the author of 12 golf instructional books, including How To Hit A Golf Ball As Straight-As-An-Arrow and Hit It Dead Straight.

 

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