BIG MISTAKE BY AMATEUR

This is some swing technique mistake by amateur when making a swing

1. They use upper body to make a swing. The proper way is using lower body to make a turn and the upper body will follow simultaneous automatic ly.

2. They try to hit a ball using a golf club. The proper swing is to feel pulling a golf club through a ball not hit a ball . If you hit the ball, the out to in will occur. If you pull the club through a ball, you will increase a club speed and make a good solid impact with maximum power.

Two important key for golf swing

First is how you takeaway and second is how you release your club. From the video below the important point about takeaway is ensure you "move away you club in same rate" and the point from release is "release your arm and not release your shoulder".

Chicken Swing

How to avoid chicken swing: its happen when arm and body has not enough space or distance when start downswing. To avoid this happen, ensure we have a wide enough back swing along the target line. To do that, try to feel that you are throw up your club.

One Two Three Tips

When we are in pressure situation, there have some possibility to swing bad. This tips is to avoid nervous or to free our mind when start swing. Try count "one(before start swing) ..two (begining of back swing) and three when start downswing.

MENTAL TIPS

1. Every hole is birdie hole
2. Your emotion dictates by your action
3. Feel you are engage with that moment
4. Practice to relax your body
5. Train mind to say 'i never putt 3 times '
6. Focus on your own game
7. Your thinking control your emotion, your emotion control your performance

Good Motivation Aout Mental Control

Clips from youtube show the tips how to handle the mental problem when playing golf

The mental aspect of golf

IMPORTANT OF MENTAL GAME

Playing golf is not just a skill of swing with straight shot or perfect putt. The one of important thing to consider is how to control and manage the mental and emotional challenges that come up on the golf course.
" today i play very well for the first nine..then when i make a silly mistake at the 10th hole, the rest become worst. everything is not in right. Don't know why but i feel something wrong with me."

" When i play for fun..i can manage to get par easily but when come to tournament i got bad result, my swing is not as what i want"

" When i stress, i cant putt well. My hand trembling"

All of the situation is happen when we cant control or manage our mental game.

With this knowledge, if you really want the best out of yourself as a golfer, and want to be playing to your best possible level, areas that you need to concentrate on to improve your mental golf are:

• The very first
thing you need to do is believe that you can!
• Detach yourself from what goes on around you.
• To turn off destructive self-talk and replace it with positive, constructive self-talk.
• Regulate your highs and lows to stay on your best game.
• Learn to handle mistakes (which determines how well you'll play).
  Believe that when you train your mind, your body will follow.
• Be confident in yourself and confident in repeating your swing.
• Understand the importance of "staying in the moment".

joke of the day - her first golf lesson

The schoolteacher was taking her first golfing lesson.

"Is the word spelt p-u-t or p-u-t-t?'' she asked the instructor.

"P-u-t-t is correct,'' he replied.

"Put means to place a thing where you want it. Putt means merely a vain attempt to do the same thing."