How to Develop a Fundamentally Sound Golf Swing (Beginners).
Golf is an exhilarating and challenging sport that can be enjoyed for a person’s entire lifetime as an individual or group activity. It can also be frustrating or character building depending on one’s patience, perseverance and natural ability. To fully appreciate the beauty and benefits of the game, one should undertake some study of its intricacies before beginning the adventure.
Steps.
1. Learn about the history, strategy and current state of the game of golf. Visit your local library or book store and select a few books and videos for review and study. Your selection should include:
Something on the origin, history and greats of the game.
If you see a book on methods for selecting the proper golf clubs, grab it.
2. Study the swing fundamentals. Again, visit your local library, used book stores, flea markets and yard sales.
Be on the lookout for books and videos on swing fundamentals and shot making techniques by the likes of Ben Hogan, Ken Venturi, and Jim Flick. These are highly recommended for developing an effective and repeatable swing and will enable you to execute the proper shot when needed. Good choices include:
Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf by Ben Hogan with drawings by Warren Winds
A Swing for a Lifetime: How You Can Build One and Make It Repeat With This Proven Method from the Game’s Greatest Teachers, by Bob Toski, Jim Flick, Larry Dennis, Elmer Wesler, and others
Focus on obtaining insight on the fundamentals, particularly on: Grip, Stance, Posture, Ball position before the swing.
3. Obtain a starter set of clubs, a bag and some accessories. Visit your a local seller of used sports equipment such as Play it Again Sports or peruse your local flea market and purchase a few golf clubs to get you started.
Try to find a #5, #7 & #9 iron, perhaps a #3 wood and a putter.
Choose clubs with steel shafts or stiff graphite shafts because these facilitate accuracy.
Make sure the grips are not excessively worn, hard or slick. Otherwise, plan on having them re-gripped immediately.
Any bag will do, but a bag with a built-in stand would be preferable.
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