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wk13 stay strong

kt2241 — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:06:05 +0000

As we start to come to the end of the sessions you need to learn how to stay positive while playing. I know from playing that golf is a brutal game mentally and after playing your first couple of rounds it will be physically as well. Just remember that one bad shot doesn’t ruin a hole and that one bad hole doesn’t ruin a round. Letting your self get down after that bad hole or shot is what will ruin your round. If you hit a bad shot move on to the next shot and forget that, that shot had every taken place.

wk12 spin

kt2241 — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:59:09 +0000

Wk 12 is about getting a ball to hit and stop or possibly spin back. This is accomplished by pinching the ball in-between the club and the ground. While at the same time making a full and compacted swing. The key to stopping the ball is to not stop your swing don’t try to force the shot. This shot happens naturally and the you need to learn to let the club do the work for you. So, on your swings swing just like you have been only trying to pinch the ball between the club and the ground. While at the same time you need to try to finish you swing and that is how you stop and or possibly spin the ball back to you.

Wk 11 leading up

kt2241 — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:02:31 +0000

Now that the par 3’s are out-of-the-way it’s time to take your skills to the course. You might want to take only a few clubs that you feel comfortable with. Maybe a 3 wood, 5 iron, 7 iron, pw and always a putter. Then the next time you play try a different group of clubs. This will help you in the long run and save you a lot of guessing when playing. Just like before a score is not important yet. Just take these clubs and try to slowly put 9 holes together. You need to lead up to hitting all your clubs. And you shouldn’t ever need to hit every club in your bag on a single round. There are clubs in my bag that still look brand new and have only been used once or twice at most. Remember to take as many practice swings as you want. Make sure you feel comfortable when you get ready to address the ball. Filling comfortable is the main ingredient to enjoying golf.

Wk 10 practice

kt2241 — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:48:18 +0000

This week is where a player/beginner needs to focus on hitting ball after ball after ball. Now that you have been able to mess around with the entire game of game now is when you need to be playing on the course. A person should start out on the par three’s only and if you have a par three courses in your area go and play on it first. I choose par three course/holes because this will give you a real feel for hitting your short irons, chipping and you’re putting all at once. It’s the same clubs over and over and this will give you a feel for your swing. Par 3 courses can help your swing and direction more than any golf course will at this stage in your game. The key to playing these holes/courses is to remember that score doesn’t matter you are just trying to get your swing and direction down. Mainly to where you can feel comfortable hitting a ball.

wk 9 Mental

kt2241 — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:49:10 +0000

Mental golf

Golf can be a very hateful and unforgiving game at time, but can also be very exciting and relaxing. Golf is the only game that I can think of that can be all of these in a matter of 10 minutes. The keys to golf are remembering that nobody has truly mastered the game yet. Some might say that Nicklaus has won 18 total majors and Woods has 14. Yet, if they truly had it mastered nobody would be able to beat them. Just keep in mind the more you practice the better you are going to get. So there is no need to quite after a few bad holes, days or even weeks. Golf comes and goes just like the Indiana weather, give it 10 minutes and it will change.

wk 8 woods or metals

kt2241 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:02:17 +0000

Hitting woods or metals which ever you prefer to call them is the same as hitting a hybrid. The ball is going to be placed off your front foot and a sweeping or pulling motion will be made on your back swing. This can also be described as a flat back swing which is the swing you want. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Vc0g_BD5I

Remember a wider stands with these clubs will help to keep you more balanced when you swing them and balance is the key to hitting many of good golf shots.

wk7 long irons

kt2241 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:54:12 +0000

Now that your wedges through your 7 iron are under control, let’s talk about the long irons. These irons maybe a 6 iron through a 3 iron or maybe a 6 and a 5 iron with a 3 and 4 hybrid. The set up will still be the same as far as positioning with your irons. However, with the hybrids you will want to play them more off your front foot, and will want to swing as if you were trying to touch a spot to the side of you. By this I mean you will smoothly want to pull or make a sweeping motion as you swing. As you swing act like you are trying to make an arc motion and pull the club back instead of picking the club up. This is will the hybrid clubs only not the irons. The irons will be placed in the center of your body and will be swung just like the 9 iron or the 7 iron. There will be no change in your swing.

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DbSxhgksMpjw&ei=EGDMS6iFAsT48AaG5chv&sa=X&oi=video_result&resnum=6&ct=thumbnail&cad=7866769861342176828&ved=0CBsQuAIwBQ&usg=AFQjCNHW4hTqwJNRSyUqma8vlrhPmzpBOg

wk6 Mid irons

kt2241 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:41:11 +0000

Hitting your mid irons should be and with practice will be the easier of the iron shots. These irons include your 9, 8 and 7 iron which can range anywhere from 120-170 yards. Your 9 iron will be your 120 and your 7 iron will be your 170 with your 8 iron somewhere in the middle. These clubs have less loft then your pw and sw but at the same time they still have enough loft to hit the ball high. With these clubs play them more from the left center of your body to your right center of your left thigh. Remember that I am right handed so for the lefties is the exact opposite. When hitting the 9 iron your range should be anywhere from 120-145 yards, 8 iron 140-155 and your 7 iron 155-170. And you may hit them farther/shorter then that range… I hit my 9 iron 145 and I hit my 7 iron 165. The main item to remember is to not over swing the club thing to get more yardages. Just move up a club and swing easier.

wk 5 Chipping or “short game”

kt2241 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:42:50 +0000

Chipping is the next best thing to putting. A short chip is similar to putting where as a long chip is more of a half swing. A short chip uses the same motion as a put just with more back motion and follows through. This can be played one of two ways. Back in your stance (off your back foot) or forward in your stance (off your front foot). If you were to play the ball in the back you typically want to hit a less lofted club (7, 8, 9) irons than your wedges. This will intern keep the ball low to the ground a run like a put.

However, if you want to play the ball off the front of your stance club selection is depend on how high you want the ball to go. By playing the ball off your front will make the ball go in the air more with less of a running effect. Again the less loft on the club the lower to the ground the ball will be.

Now, for the longer chips you are going to take your normal swing and cut it down to how ever far you need to make the distance. For most people ball placement for a right hander should be from left center to the front part of your stance. For right now you should just work one making clean contact with the club and ball. Later on I will tell you how to make a ball stop or even spin back.

wk4 Making it all work

kt2241 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:23:46 +0000

Making it all work

Now that we have the grip, swing, and putting down let’s make it all work. The best way to make everything flow freely is to practice. The best way to practice is by going to the range and practicing your game. At the range you can work on everything from your grip to your flop shot (which will come in later weeks). Going to the range is relatively inexpensive and can help to get a lot of the kinks out. Plus by going to the range you are out of the way of all the golfers who have already paid their dues.

When you go to the range for the first couple of time don’t try to see how far you can hit the ball. Also, don’t see how hard you can swing the club. Golf is a game of patients and smooth swings. At this part of your phase you should be watching golf on Television. You don’t have to watch hours upon hours. Just watch enough to see how the professionals grip their clubs and how they swing.

Just remember patients and a smooth swing will keep you in the game.