Author: Vic AustinFor those of you who want to become better golfers you need to practice and you need to use golf training aids. Professional golfers do a lot of practice on the driving range, constantly trying to improve their game. That’s the same thing you need to do in order to improve your own personal golf game. But for many golfers, and particularly the beginning golfer, there is also a definite need to use golf training aids in your training program. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: Vic AustinWhen you stop and think about it the only contact you have between yourself and any golf club is your hands. How you hold your hands, how you grip a golf club will determine how well you perform on the golf course. You need to learn the proper grip, become comfortable it and maintain a proper grip throughout your game. There are a number of golf training aids on the market that will help you with your golf grip and make you a better golfer.
Author: Vic AustinIt’s a proven fact that not every golfer, including the best professionals on the tour, can hit every tee shot perfectly. And even a long fairway shot can go astray for the champion golfer. The golfer’s short game can influence your final score over every round. Putting is one important aspect of the short game, the other is the ability to chip the ball. Chipping a golf ball takes practice and there are a number of golf training aids that can go a long way to improving your chipping abilities and lowering your golf score.
Author: Vic AustinSome of the best golf training aids a golfer can use are golf swing aids, also referred to as a golf swing trainer. These are used to help grove your swing in the proper plane or to eliminate or overcome problems you may have in your golf swing. Some of them can even be used to develop more power or speed in your swing that will help you to propel the ball farther down the fairways.
Author: Vic AustinSo many of you spend hours on the driving range honing your golf swing in order to improve your golf score. But how many of you practice your putting? Think about it. Putting amounts to 40 to 50 percent of your golf score. You hit one great drive down the center of the green. You hit a nice shot from the fairway to the edge of the green. You then make one nice putt to within 2 feet of the hole, you drop that one and you just made par. But if you three putt – like most golfers do – you just went one over par. Do that over the course of the game and you add 18 strokes to your golf score! That is why putting is so important and why golf putting aids can do so much for your golf game.
Author: Vic AustinGolf practice nets are one of those golf training aids that most people turn to when they want to improve their golf game. Just about every golf store or department store with a golf section our golf department will carry some kind of a golf net. Just about everyone has some small space around their house or neighborhood where they can set up a golf practice net and then take a number of golf swings to become a better ball striker. It is important to realize however that not all golf nets are equal. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: Vic AustinOne of the secrets to success in golf for Tiger Woods is practice. Practice, practice, practice. True, Tiger Woods started golfing at an early age and became very good at it. But if you listen to Hank Haney, Tiger Woods’ golf instructor for six years, Tiger Woods practices, practices a lot and practices in a very specific way.