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Tips on Choosing Golf Clubs - ...are many different brands and types of clubs, consulting with your local golf pro and golf shop would be a good guide. Also, try using a friend's clubs once or twice and determine how they feel at contact with the ball. This can help you scope out brands that work well for you. Remember that popular brands may be so well known because they are good quality, or they may invest heavily on advertising. Select a brand should be based on its fit with you, both on a physical level and economical level. Don't purchase equipment just because of the name. It is your skill that makes the final difference, not the stenciled...

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Practicing Swinging at Home Can Improve Your Golf

A consistent golf swing is gained through repetition and muscle or motor memory. Physiologists tell us that it takes thousands of repeatable actions to develop the proper muscle memory for a good golf swing. The earlier in age a golfer starts, the better the chances for acquiring a good swing and particularly with proper instruction.

One of the greatest golfers ever, Jack Nicklaus started when he was ten years old. Jack Grout, Nicklaus' first instructor, used a technique wherein he held young Jack by his hair to help him maintain a steady head throughout his swing. Later, in his book, Nicklaus said he cried during these practice sessions. But he got the message. Through constant repetition, Jack Nicklaus developed a swing with a steady head that enabled him to keep his head behind the ball through impact and achieve greatness.

Most golfers today probably did not start playing the game at ten or even as teenagers. I started when I was around 28 and I would guesstimate that age 28 or even later could be the starting age for many of the 30 million or so US golfers. So what techniques or practice situations are available to these millions of golfers to help them develop a consistent and repeatable swing? If they are lucky, it might be weekend golf, a weeknight visit to the driving range and perhaps even a weekly or monthly lesson from the local Pro. Unfortunately, this is just not enough to develop the required muscle memory.
Is there hope for the average weekend golfer? The answer is emphatically yes, and it can be done at home, indoors if you have high enough ceilings, or outside in a yard and without hitting balls. One of the irrefutable aspects of the golf swing is to keep your head behind the ball through impact. This aspect is what Jack Grout taught Jack Nicklaus. Recently we saw Hank Haney on TV use the technique with Charles Barkley and others. We saw Steve Williams, Tiger Woods' caddie use it with Tiger during his warm up, at a recent tournament, shown on TV. If average golfers could develop the muscle memory to keep their heads behind the ball through the impact zone, their golf swings will improve dramatically.

How can I sound so confident? Because I broke 80 for the first time in my life at age 68 and have done it several times since. Struggling with a 20+ handicap most of my golfing years, I designed and invented a training aid that some Pros have called a "mechanical Jack Grout." Using the device and without hitting balls, I swung my driver hundreds of times, until that feeling of keeping my head behind the ball became natural and unconscious. I developed the required and correct muscle memory to keep my head back. My swing improved and it was repeatable and consistent.

You too, can improve your golf swing and you can do it at home, simply by correctly swinging your driver enough times to develop the required muscle memory. The correct swing should focus on keeping your head steady and behind the ball through impact, as taught by Grout, Haney and almost every golf Pro and Instructor. It is an irrefutable aspect of every good golf swing. You do not have to hit balls to develop the feel for this aspect. As Tiger said in his book, "my golf swing is a work in progress." There is hope for all golfers to make progress.

Bob Doyle is the founder and president of Forever Better Golf Inc. a golf equipment and training aid company dedicated to helping all golfers improve their swings and lower their scores. Their flagship product is the PRO-HEAD Trainer, a full swing training aid that helps golfers maintain their spine angles and keep their heads back and behind the ball through impact. To see the PRO-HEAD Trainer in use and take the 60 second challenge, visit http://www.pro-head.com

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