It is misunderstanding by many new players that hitting the golf ball far requires a lot of muscular effort. The truth is that developing a more effortless swing where the club is doing most of the work will usually work better as far as hitting the ball well on a consistent basis.
Slowing down your backswing can often have the best effect in helping you to make better contact with the ball. When you slow down you backswing less things tend to go wrong as far as mechanics and you also automatically are putting less muscular effort into each swing.
It is important to not force the club on the downswing in an effort to create greater club head speed. It is better to let the club naturally drop through the hitting zone, remember that we want the most club head speed at impact and not at the top of the golf swing.
At the beginning of the downswing you can think about your left hand pulling the club as this will help to create an inside to out club path that is ideal for a straight golf shot and this will also keep the right hand from getting involved.
The right hand should not get involved too heavily during the golf swing because if it does then the path of the club head will be wrong and you may start hitting the dreaded slice shots more often.
Practice The Short Game
For most high handicap players their short game presents the greatest opportunity to lower their golf scores. In order to improve the short game you will need to spend some time practicing it regularly.
Spend appropriate amounts of time on hitting wedge shots inside of 120 yards. Keep in mind that if you develop a good short game then this will also help your long game because you will swing with greater confidence knowing that even if you miss you have a great short game that can bail you out.
A lot of the top players in the game learned the game backward from the green back to the tee. This is also a good way for amateurs to learn the game so focus on putting, chipping and wedge shots before spending more time on the longer shots.
Putting is a very important part of golf and it can make a very big difference to your golf scores. Keep in mind that putting great requires confidence so try to forget your misses and think more about the great putts you have made. Spend some time hitting practice putts and working on your putting mechanics but do not get obsessed with the mechanics. Practice regularly and in time your handicap is sure to drop.
