Whether you are an armature golfer or a seasoned one there are always tips to help your swing and take some strokes off your score. Improving your golf swing is all about learning and perfecting the basic, and then you build from there. The biggest problem is that no two people are the same, and ever body is different and reacts to certain motions completely different. So they key to perfect one's golf swing in their own unique way.

The fundamentals of a swing are as follows;

1. Grip, how you hold the club.  
2. Posture, how you set up to the ball. This is a key to a successful golf swing. The width of your stance, the amount of knee flex, the straightening of the back is all aspects of posture. The angle the back maintains throughout the swing and the bending from the hip socket are also related to the posture  
3. Pivoting is how you move your body from the head down to your toes - this includes the hands and arms.  
4. The hand and arm relationship, what the hands and arms do in the golf swing.  
5. Alignment, how you pick and set up to your target.  
6. The mental side, the ability to play without thinking about it. I would argue that this is the most important aspect of your golf game. At times we wonder why is it when we get so frustrated with our poor play that you just get up and hit a great shot without thinking about it? Most sports are 90% mental and the rest is skill. Tiger Woods is a good example for this principle.

The first tip would be keeping your head still and keeping your eyes fixated on the ball. Doing this will keep the club face the hitting zone. Most often, when you miss a shot, you take your eyes off the ball either by lifting your head even for a split second before taking the shot.

The next tip is to relax as you approach your shot and stay relaxed through your whole swing. Gripping your club to tight and having a rigid stance will play apart in bad play, you need to relax. When you relax, let the club do the work.

So getting back to basics and relaxing should produce a lower game score and better handicap, so you will enjoy your game more.


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