The biggest factor is improving your golf spring is the ability to practice on a regular basis. If you do not have the time necessary to go to a driving range or practice facility on a regular basis or use your golf rounds as your practice time you will want to practice your golf swing at home. Practicing at home does not mean that you just go out in the back yard and start taking divots out of the yard. First of all, your wife will want to kill you for keeping the yard like the course from the movie CaddyShack.

You will want to buy some practice balls (waffle golf balls) for less than five dollars a dozen and make a practice schedule for the clubs you want to practice your swing with. The issue at hand is creating an environment at home that is conducive to not being interrupted and so you can spend an hour working on all aspects of your game to practice your swing at home.

First of all, prepare for practice at home like you would for heading out to play a round at your local golf club. You will need to wear the same type of clothes, get your golf glove and put your golf spikes on and carry your clubs out back. If you need to take a beer with you to make it seem like you are on the course than by all means crack open a cold one.

Once you are set up with all of your equipment set aside the clubs you want to work on your swing with. Here are some tips to keep in mind when practicing your swing at home. Most golfers have a tendency to let their left knee collapse during the swing which brings your shoulder down, your hips to move sideways and you will over turn. To stop this from happening take a basketball and keep it between your knees while swinging. At first it will be uncomfortable but you will begin to see results in just a few swings.

Do you ever wonder where your hands are during your swing? Where they are at all points is crucial to whether you strike the ball squarely or not. On your backswing your right hand should have the thumb pointing up as though you were hitch hiking when your hands are waist high. Another great tip to remember to keep your swing from getting too fast is to consciously pause at the top of your backswing before starting your down swing.

Brooks has been playing golf for nearly 25 years. Come visit his latest website over at http://www.simplegolfswingsecrets.com which helps people find the best information they are looking for when wanting to improve your golf swing.

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negative stories (and a movie) about President Bush going golfing?

Is there really that much of a double standard?

Yes, President Obama isn’t dealing with 9/11, but aren’t there many other pressing issues that should come before golfing?

Hum, you state the obvious, but I suspect you will get a bunch of "hate" answers with the ever present "Well Bush did it" and sadly in their minds that makes it all ok.

I do find it funny that they are comparing Bush’s numerous visits to his Crawford Ranch, which had a majority of the facilities of the White House to a night out on the town in New York City or Moscow or jetting over seas to promote his home town etc etc. To me there is a difference in working from home in a more relaxed atmosphere and partying out on the town.

I’ve been playing golf for 9 years now and i have become preety good at it but i just need that extra bit of work yet to do so i just wanted to know how to improve my swing.
Thanx ever so much
Becky

get a couple of lessons from a pro.

should i get golf lessons or should i just do it and learn myself.

Golf is a game of sense and feel with minimal tolerance for room for errors. If you are a real beginner I suggest you take golf lessons from a pro, just to get to know more about the intricacies or idiosyncrasies of the game of golf. Of course, if you’re a born or natural sportstman you’ll be able to pick up the game much faster.

I’m looking to by my first set of golf clubs and am trying to find a balance between good and cheap.

I can tell you for a fact that Spalding clubs are complete junk, so take the first person’s response with a grain of salt.

Although this is probably not what you want to here, in general, you get what you pay for with golf clubs. Higher quality clubs are usually the high priced ones. Some brands go a bit over the top with price, but there just aren’t many good quality brands under $400 (for irons only).

I suggest you look at some of the equipment guides available at your local bookstore (such as the one put out by Golf Digest), and reputable golf review sites like golfwrx.com. If you’re looking at a low cost brand that isn’t mentioned in places like this, chances are it’s a cheap knock off or low quality brand. The only exception to that would be custom made clubs, which often are not reviewed in such publications, but are usually on par in price with top brands, so you can usually assume they’re of good quality.

And stay away from knock off brands. They are made to LOOK like better brands, not perform or hold up like top brands.