It must be getting close to golf season again. Like clock work my phone begins ringing on March 1st with golfers looking to get their games in shape. Here are a few things to focus on as you get back in to golf.
1.) Grip. This is where it all starts. A poor grip makes it virtually impossible to square the clubface consistently. Make sure that both palms are matched up on the golf club and that no matter what grip style you use, that you don’t have any gaps between your top and bottom hands.
2.) Posture. As you address the ball, make sure that you are bending mostly from the hip sockets and very slightly at the knees. Most of us tend to get a bit sloppy with our posture even when we are playing a lot. Bending too much from the knees and reaching for the ball are pretty common posture errors to keep an eye on.
3.) Alignment. I don’t know a golfer that doesn’t fight alignment on some level. Make sure that your body alignments are parallel to your intended target line. Most golfers think you aim your body directly where they want the ball to go. That is not correct. A good way to make sure you are aligned properly is to lay a club on the ground aimed where you want the shot to go. Next lay a club on the ground that lies along your toe line. This line should be parallel left of the target. It will look like you are hitting a ball off of railroad tracks.
If any one reading this has ever taken a lesson from me you hear constantly that "there are no gaps in a good grip." You also get asked the question "where are you bending from and where is your weight?" Obviously as a teaching professional I don’t understand people who play golf that don’t take lessons. It can only help you if you have a set of eyes checking you that can steer you into the right direction as it relates to your golf swing. Reading books, watching videos or trying to fix it yourself can be effective sometimes, but typically what we think we are doing and what we are actually doing are very rarely the same thing. You don’t have to see a professional consistently to get results either. If your teacher is instructing you properly, they should be teaching you how to practice and what to look for to correct your swing flaws without having to constantly run back to them.
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