Easiest Golf Tips Ever. Part 2

(This man and his Giant Gut are both better than you!)

HHDotCom's Easiest Golf Tips. Suck these down.

When you throw a ball, swing a bat, slap a puck ect, you are intending to do something. Hit the object at a target. Right?
For some reason when we golf we focus on the ball rather then where you want it to go. It's called being "Ball Bound"(cool name huh.) and it's one of the main reasons so many bad things happen in your swing. Your hunched over, arms ram rod straight, eyes laser beaming the ball and then you quickly lurch back and down and try and a hammer it. Not really thinking about where just " Me Must Hit Ball."

You need to change your intention. Your intention should be to propel the ball towards something, a tree out in the distance, a patch of grass short of a pond or a spot on the green. Try this next time you play and you'll immediately notice a difference in the way your swing moves through the ball.
As though the ball just gets in the way of the club.

While your taking your practice swings (only one please or the rest of the foursome will hate you) look at the target.
Then step up to the ball, take a last look at where you intend it to go and then swing.
Chances are you'll hit it there more times than you'd believe and at the very least your misses will be going in the general vicinity of where you hit to. Dr Bob Rotella, golf psychologist-guy, once said, "If your not aiming at the target, where are you aiming?"

Remember your brain has a way telling your body what to do. So make the target the last thing you look at before you swing. If you do, your body will try and hit it...if the last thing you look at is the water/trees/trap/OB/gulch/ your body will most likely steer it there.

Quick Tip:
Next time you practice hit some short irons off a tee. You'll immediately improve your contact and your confidence.
Take a 7 iron, tee up a ball(even a little higher than you normally would for a par three) and hit a few. You'll be surprised at how easy it is to start hitting the ball better.

Quick Tip 2:
Loosen your grip. Yes you with the white knuckles. Loosen it and you will hit the ball farther.
You must give the club a chance to swing and when your hands are tight, there's no hinge( I'll explain that another time) the club moves slower and the ball goes nowhere.
When your hands are looser, the club moves more freely, faster and you'll hit it past the girls tees.
(If you don't it's called a "Dick-Out." If you don't know, I'll explain that another time too!)

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