Golf Tips for Beginners

What Shaft Flex Should I Use? If you are just learning to play golf and you are considering getting custom fit golf clubs, you may wonder, 'what would be the best flex of shaft for me?' Or you may be a do-it-yourself kind of person and you are wanting to get into clubmaking. You will need to know all about golf club components, and that includes club fitting people for the proper shaft flex. You will have to know how to fit people for their drivers and irons, and know how to fit people for graphite shafts or steel shafts. What tips do we need to know to accurately help people to find the perfect golf swing? Of course their is no perfect golf swing, but rather each person has their own natural golf swing. And the natural swing and shot pattern needs to be taken into consideration when determining shaft flex. First, we need to understand what happens to a golf shaft when you swing it. If you were to watch your golf swing in slow motion you would notice that the shaft bends. This ...

Golf Club Components-Steel vs Graphite Shafts Something that I was often asked about when I worked at a golf shop was 'torque'. I'm talking about torque when it comes to shafts, steel golf shafts and graphite shafts for golf clubs. We carried a lot of golf club shafts for club-making and repairs. And we had a lot of different brands of golf shafts for sale. Some of the popular brands that we carried were: Aldila, Fujikura, Grafalloy , Graman, KB Tour, Mitsubishi Diamana, Nippon, Paragon, Rapport, True Temper, and the ever popular UST shafts. Torque Analogy Ok, back on topic. Now we are not talking about the torque like that of an automobile engine, however that is a good analogy, so I'm going to use it. I'm not an engine expert, so please just go along with my explanation, because I know that torque is so much more than what I am about to describe. The engine in our cars, when revved up, twists, due to the moving parts inside the engine! Especially is the twisting ...

Beginner Tip-The Proper Swing With Hybrid Golf Clubs Not to long ago, I had been considering replacing my long irons with a few hybrid clubs. I went to my local Edwin Watts and demo'd a few. At first, I hit them really well, but then things changed dramatically, and I no longer could hit them consistently, and so I took them back until I could find some golf secrets that would allow me to hit 'em . I even went to a book store to see if there was a 'golf for dummies' book that dealt with learning how to hit a hybrid golf club . At the time, no such luck. I decided at that point that I was not going to replace my long irons. But it always confused me why I could no longer hit them. I really liked the looks of them, I liked the idea behind them, but for some reason I just couldn't hit them! I can hit my fairway woods really well, so why can't I hit hybrids?! I just figured that I didn't have the natural golf swing to hit a hybrid golf club. But then I came acro...

How to Increase Golf Swing Speed   Many golfers, including beginners, are looking for golfing tips to increase their golf club distance they hit a golf ball off the tee. In fact, many simply type in the search engines 'improve my golf swing', I know I have. One way to do that is to increase golf club swing speed. To improve golf swing speed one must understand the physics of the natural golf swing. The faster your club head is going at the bottom of your swing, the greater the amount of kinetic energy that will be transferred from your club head to the ball, resulting in the ball going a long distance off the tee. Some try to achieve maximum club head speed by snapping their wrists at the bottom of their swing, however, the results are opposite of increased golf swing speed. You end up with slower swing speed. So what can golfers do to increase their golf swing speed? You can try golf strength training! Simple Golf Flexibility Exercises There are a lot of online golf tips that ...

Beginners Tip to Improve Your Golf Swing Here are some free golf tips that you as beginners can do to improve their golf game. Many experts suggests the use of golf club weights, which can be purchased at a discount golf equipment store. These weights easily attach to the end of their clubs. Or they use a weighted club such as the Medicus Driver, or Iron. They swing the golf club back and forth slowly and repeatedly to groove muscle memory. It can also serve as a great warm up tool that a golfer can use before teeing off.   Problems Possible with this Golf Tip The only problem with using a weight on a club, or a weighted club, to groove muscle memory and to build strength is, if you have a bad swing to start with you could really ruin your game. Most do not have the proper golf swing, nor do they have a natural golf swing. So using this type of strength training could do more harm than good. I prefer to recommend golf lessons for beginners. Learning the game from a golf pro will he...