Thursday, May 8, 2008

Golf Shoes - Do You Really Need Them?

...thing to hold that foot in place. Now if you're just wearing worn out sneakers with no shoe laces, that's simply not going to work. You need golf shoes with turf gripping spikes on the bottom to support your weight transfer and body rotation.

Now you're at the top of your golf swing, and begin the downward swing and forward rotation of your body. Again, here's where good golf shoes make the difference. As your body rotates forward and your weight starts to shift, you need a good base to start that motion with in your swing.

Impact has been made! At impact you again will use your front foot and leg as a base to turn forward through the golf swing. Remember when Tiger Woods had knee surgery a few years back? That's...more

Golf Workouts For Winter

...Golf workouts for winter is a great approach to taking advantage of the time you now have available to improve your golf since youre not playing as much, if not at all. Its a way to stay connected to your golf game when youre not able to play due to the conditions (snow, temperatures, ice, etc.).

Have you gone into depression mode when winter hits and you cant play golf anymore? I know this use to happen to me until I finally moved to a year-round nice climate. This transition from playing golf regularly to not at all can be depressing.

What do you do with all the time you now have since youre ...more

Increasing Clubhead Speed for Your Tee Shots

.../p>Golf fitness training assists with the second category of these components, your body. Keep in mind it is the muscles of your body executing the mechanics of the golf swing. And when it comes to clubhead speed, if the muscles of your body are more powerful, they will be able output higher levels of clubhead speed within the confines of the golf swing.

Power, which is defined as the ability of your muscles to output the greatest amount of force in a short amount of time can b...more

Did You Know that Golf was Invented in Scotland?

...in air, in Scotland.

Since then, little has really changed about the game. The grass has got shorter and smoother, as lawnmower technology has improved, the wooden clubs have been replaced with metal ones, and the balls have been improved by the addition of rubber, but thats about it.

It wasnt until the 20th century, however, that golf really started to spread all over the world. There were no golf courses in China until 1985, but now t...more

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