To play better golf consistently you need to look at the source.
Do you really think it’s your equipment? How much money have you invested on new equipment only to see the same game show up on the course? No it’s not your equipment.
How about lessons? I am a firm believer in swing mechanics to play better golf. If you don’t have a clear understanding of them, you will never improve. But have you taken lessons only to get more frustrated with your game? What I mean is…you just took a lesson and you’re excited to go play. You get to the course and can’t “find your swing". You’re thinking of too many tips and become locked up on the course.
So what’s left?
One guess? You’re looking right at it. YOU!
In order to play better golf your body has to have a reasonable level of strength, flexibility, endurance and ENERGY! You can’t get this hitting more balls; taking more lessons; or buying more equipment.
You attain this “off the course" through exercise. I know what you’re thinking…ugh.
No…wait…it doesn’t have to be that way.
You don’t need to get a gym membership. You don’t have to spend hours a day. You don’t have to kill yourself. You just have to devise a plan that is efficient and tailored to YOUR needs.
If you really want to play better golf…this is the only way to achieve it quickly.
How many times have you walked off the course in disgust? You know you can do better, but your body just won’t do what your brain wants it to do. I hear this all the time. In fact, I’ve received hundreds of emails saying just that.
My answer is the same every time!
To play better golf you’ve got to improve your range of motion specific to golf, as well as your strength for all phases of the golf swing.
The most important aspect for improving distance is rotational strength and flexibility. The ability to rotate back to a full 90 degree shoulder turn; store up all that energy in your core; and then unleash it during the downswing…crushing that ball.
Now that’s a fun game when that happens.
So focus on improving your range of motion and strength from a rotational standpoint. That doesn’t take a gym or fancy equipment. All it takes is simple equipment like dumbbells (hand weights), an exercise ball and exercise tubing.
With this equipment you can literally break down the swing into multiple phases and do golf exercises for each phase. You won’t find many of these exercises in the “so-called" golf fitness books in the store. All you’ll see is the golfer “sitting" in a machine in a gym.
That’s not fitness for golf; that’s “general fitness" Not altogether a bad thing, but won’t help your game at all.
I hope I’ve given you food for thought.
The ultimate goal is to “play better golf!"
When playing the Starcraft game you have to make strategic moves and this means knowing which strategies work and which don't. However, there are so many Starcraft strategies that you really have to work through them and learn from your mistakes for the next game you play. There are different strategies to sue when you are playing the part of a Terran, a Protoss and a Zerg. The best place to start before getting into all of these is with general strategies for playing the game.
One of the most important elements of any strategy game is Recon and this is true of Starcraft. You have to locate the enemy and spy on them so that you know their every move. The key is to locate extension towns and destroy them as soon as you find them. You must always have counter forces available to meet the forces of your opponents, but you also have to destroy the forces of your opponents.
It is common to send out a worker as a scout. While this is dangerous in a single player game, it is a good strategy to use in multiplayer games because you teammates will cover you. You can also make a team decision about who to attack and when once you locate the enemy in a multiplayer game. When you are playing the game as a Zerg, it is common practice to send out an Overlord to scout the map early in the game. Since Overlords move very slowly, it may be a wiser decision to send out Drone instead. This will also mean that you have to arrange protection for the members of your scouting party.
As a Zerg player, you can also park your Overlord player over an enemy town very early in the game. This is a good strategy because in order for the Protoss to attack an Overlord they have to build a Dragoon or a Photon Cannon. You can have your Overlord sit and watch them for a while. If you are playing the part of a Protoss player, it is wise strategy to get rid of the Overlord as soon as possible because as soon as the Zerg player sees that you are ready to make a move, he/she will move the spy to higher ground. Overlords do not pose a threat to Terrans because they can use a Marine to eliminate the Overlord. Zerg players have to wait until they have a Hyradlisk in place. When you encounter an Overlord, you need to try to move under it as soon as possible before you attack because this increases your chances of killing it. The loss of a single Overlord early in the game will harm a Zerg strategy.
Keeping your eye on the enemy is a strategy you should use at all times in the game. You can make periodic checks on the town to see what the enemy is doing or building and what units they have available to see if you can determine the strategy they intend to use.
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