3 Easy Golf Swing Aids To Relieve The Shanks In Your Swing

So you've hit a rut, and think you are in need of a golf swing aid? You're not alone! And don't feel ashamed, because many golfers out there have many of the same problems that you do. But before you run out and start wasting your money, there are a few things you need to do.

first, you must identify your problem. Purchasing a golf swing aid that does not directly "attack" your problem area will eventually prove to be a worthless investment. In order to properly decide which golf swing aid to purchase, it might be beneficial for you to have a professional (or a friend who knows what they are talking about) analyze your swing.

head out to the driving range with someone that knows proper swing mechanics, and have them jot down a few problem areas in your swing. If you are pushing the ball to the right (or blatantly slicing the ball) for instance, there are several reasons why this might be happening. A few quick checkpoints could be your stance, grip and/or swing mechanics. If any of these (or a combination of the three) are occurring during your swing, you may be able to quickly fix the problem.

If you are unable to maintain the proper golf swing, you may need to utilize a golf swing aid to get your body used to the correct swing plane, grip, stance or swing mechanics. After practicing with the golf swing aid for a few hours each day, your brain will "remember" how the swing "feels" when you hit the ball. The golf swing aid will point you in the right direction, or allow you to hold the club properly. After a while, you will be able to drop the swing aid, and be able to swing at the ball with the corrected form.

Here are three common problem areas to consider:

1. Stance is important in any golf shot, and it is imperative that you know where your feet are lining up. A free golf swing aid is available to you right in your golf back if you think your stance is the culprit. Line up your shot at a driving range sign, and address the ball. Without moving your feet, take the club and place it on the ground in front of you so it is touching the tips of your shoes. Leave the club on the ground and take a few steps back. Look to see where the club is pointing, and if it is not pointing at the driving range sign, you probably need to work a little bit on your stance.
   
   

   (If you want, you can place another club on the ground, and line up to the ball with your feet touching the club as you swing. This way, you will get a feel of how your feet are supposed to be aligned when striking the ball at a particular target. After a while, remove the club, and continue hitting balls on the range. Double check your stance every 3 or 4 shots to make sure that you have conditioned your brain to approach the ball correctly.)

2. Swing mechanics are difficult to master. Your swing speed on the backswing and forward swing are crucial in making sure that your body rotates in harmony with your golf club. Hinged irons and drivers are a great way to measure your swing speed. If your backswing is too fast, the club will buckle. If your forward swing is too fast, the club will buckle again! Practicing with a hinged club allows you to get the feel for the proper speed, and allow your body to rotate beautifully with the club.
3. Your grip can be corrected quite easily with a yardstick. If you grip the yardstick just like a golf club, this can give you a good indication of how to hold the club properly. Not too tight, and not too loose.

Zac Cole is a successful Webmaster and publisher of breakthrough-golf-swing.com. He provides more golf swing aids and golf swing improvement tips that you can research in your pajamas on his website.

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Pilates Golf Stretching Exercises And Lower Back Stretches Help Golfers Lower Their Handicap

professional golfers know how important golf stretching exercises are to improving their game. A fitness routine gaining popularity within the professional sport of golf; Pilate's now can help the average golfer improve their handicap simply by doing some gentle lower back stretches.

Pilate's emphasizes building strength, flexibility, posture, balance, and coordination. These are all strengths that any golfer requires in order to increase his level of golfing success, plus Pilate's golf stretching exercises add energy and stamina. Stretching exercises are the key.

Injuries are part of the game and a professional golfer needs to be physically fit to keep up with the competition. Most golfers at one time or another experience lower back pain and stiffness due to the amount of force they need to make a full swing with their club. golf stretching exercises are the key to avoiding lower back pain injuries especially if you are a weekend golfer and may be a little de-conditioned.

Next time you tee up to play golf, Pilate's simple golf stretching exercises may be the answer. Take 10 minutes before that practice swing. These stretches work the hamstrings, spine rotation, waist, ribcage and legs and are all good lower back stretches as well.

Try these Free golf Stretching Exercises

Wall Roll Down: Stand with your lower back firmly against a wall, your feet a foot away from the wall, knees slightly bent. Inhale to prepare, exhale to drop your chin towards your chest and roll your spine off the wall one vertebrae at a time until your arms and head are hanging down over your hips and you have reached a point of resistance.

Inhale to stay, exhale to roll back up the wall making sure each part of your spine makes contact with the wall. Use your abdominals! Repeat three times. Good for stretching hamstrings and spine.

The Saw: Find a bench. Sit with your legs extended in front of you, just wider than hips width apart. Arms are lifted shoulder height to the side. Inhale and twist your body to the right keeping your bottom squarely on the bench.

Exhale and round forward reaching the back of your left hand past the pinky toe of your right foot. Inhale rollback up, exhale and return center. Repeat to the left and then repeat three more sets. Warms up hamstrings and spinal rotation.

Mermaid Stretch: Find a bench and sit on the front edge with your feet firmly on the ground and hips width apart. Inhale raise your right arm straight up to the sky, exhale and bend to the left, reaching out of the fingertips. Inhale to stay, exhale return to center. Make sure to keep your bottom squarely on the chair and your spine upright. Repeat both sides three times through. Stretches the sides of your waist and ribcage.

golf swing Stretch: Stand with your feet in a wide stance. Lean forward and with straight arms place your hands together in a prayer position, fingertips facing the ground. Inhale to swing the arms up and to the right as if you were going to hit the ball, exhale and swing them all the way up and to the left. Keep your gaze down at the imaginary golf ball and keep your feet planted. Repeat three times starting with the inhale to the right, and three times starting with the inhale to the left. Warms up spinal rotation and legs.

club Rotation: Stand with your golf club resting over across the back of your shoulders and your hands holding either end. Repeat the golf swing Stretch listed above.

So next weekend when you're out on the course playing you're 18 holes of golf, Pilate's golf stretching exercises just might be the perfect match play.

Susannah Marchese is a certified Pilate's fitness instructor and a senior contributing writer to http://www.everything-about-pilates.com/golf-stretching-exercises.html

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How You Can Find And Download PSP Emulator Software

Anyone and everyone who owns a PSP games console is getting fantastic value for their money. The PSP games console is not only the latest in gaming technology, but it can also play music, movies and TV shows.

However one of the best features of the PSP is that you can use it not only to play PSP games, but you can also load and play other console games on it (for example nintendo Gameboy games), provided that you download PSP emulator software.

Let me explain. A PSP emulator is a relatively simple piece of software that you can upload into your PSP, (emulators are sometimes referred to as a 'homebrews').

Once this emulator software is on your PSP, it causes your PSP games console to act as though it were an alternate games console, such as a Super nintendo or a Sega Genesis.

Once you download PSP Emulator software and upload it onto your PSP, the emulator will allow you to play other gaming console games on your PSP. Also legally, there is nothing wrong with using a PSP emulator on your own PSP, as creating an emulator isn't illegal.

SO HOW CAN YOU GO ABOUT FINDING AN emulator FOR YOUR PSP GAMES CONSOLE?

Well, first of all, before you can begin to search for and download PSP emulator software, you need to check what firmware version your PSP games console has.

This is because, the only PSP firmware versions that you can download a game onto are versions 1.0 and 1.50, as currently the firmware versions 1.51 and above, won't allow you to run an emulator.

You can check the firmware version on your PSP console, simply by scrolling left on the PSP's main screen and selecting the options in the following order: SETTINGS > SYSTEMS SETTINGS > SYSTEM INFORMATION > SYSTEM software. The SYSTEM software option should show you your PSP's firmware version number.

Now that you have checked that you have the right firmware version, you can now go about looking for an emulator.

The best option for PSP games console owners, is to start by searching for large official PSP downloading websites. They offer you the opportunity to download emulators for your PSP (as well as downloading a wide range of legal games, music and TV shows).

You can also try doing a search for your required PSP emulator (for example, typing in nintendo PSP Emulator into a search engine). Although be warned, that the software you download from small unofficial websites may do more harm to your PSP games console, than good.

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The Right Golf Club

During the many years spent wasting my time on the golf course, It has been my observation that some golfers can play with about any kind of swing...and some golfers can play with most any kind of clubs.

I think I fall into the first group. The few times I have built up the courage to go to a Pro for lessons, has been a frustrating experience for the Pro. The Pro usually walks away in disgust after a few attempts at analyzing the subtle mechanics of my swing. one pro even refunded my money and begged me not to tell anyone he had given me lessons.

Yet, somehow I managed to hit the ball and play with about a 12 handicap. How is this possible with a hack swing that is way to flat and way to short with the weight shift of a run away hippo. It's hard to say...but I think it is due to my excellent choice of clubs.

If you look in my bag, which always has a few too many clubs in it, you will find a hodgepodge mixture of this and that. Its something that just happened over a period of time. I really don't know how a person can play with a matched set of clubs.

IN MY bag

A Titliest D75D driver that I always carry. This Titleist driver is the only driver I could ever hit with any slight consistency. I can hook the ball, slice it or hit it straight with this club...I just never really know when it's going to happen. Usually, there's another newer driver that I am trying out, you never know when you might find the Holy Grail.

A hogan H40 3 wood. I used this club as my driver for years and I still fall back on it when the real drivers become uncontrollable...which is often. In fact, I can hit this club very consistently...I don't know why I even carry a driver. I guess it's a macho/ego thing.

A cobra low profile utility wood. This is a good club out of the rough...depending on how the ball is sitting up. If the ball is sitting up too high, I sometimes pop it up...most embarrassing. Come to think of it, I probably should retire this club and just hit my three wood, but I can consistently hook this club and a hook out of the rough is a good shot the have in your bag. If I need to slice it, I grab my two iron.

Six through PW cleveland SP2 irons. These clubs were made famous by Corey Pavin when he had his hot streak in the 80's. These are my money clubs and I love these irons. Unfortunately, they are very ugly with that tremendous offset shank. I had to endure a lot of ribbing when I first began carrying theses irons. My golfing buddies still call them garden tools.

Two through five Wilson blades. These are the surving members of my first set of irons I purchased in the sixties...that four iron is really sweet.

A Titliest one iron just for looks. I feel closer to God when I have it in my hand. I also use it a lot on the practice tee...I figure if I can learn to hit it, the other clubs will be a piece of cake.

A pair of 588 RTG cleveland wedges. I really like that soft patina the clubs acquire after a little age. The only problem is my shiny spot is on the toe.

I also carry an old golfsmith high lofted sand wedge, about a 62-degree I think...I occasionally like to try that famous over the head, Phil Nickleson shot. I never have been able to hit it...but I still keep practicing. I think it's a real handy shot to have in your bag.

An early ping putter, never could putt very well with it, but I really like the sound when you strike the ball. I think it annoys my opponents.

That rounds out my set of golf clubs...with the exception of a few other clubs that I carry just because. Good golf is just a matter of matching the club to your swing and since I may have several different, swings on any given day the clubs I carry are entirely necessary. The only thing holding me back from breaking into the seventies is the load restrictions on my cart.

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