How to practice my swing- making divits and keeping shoulders back?
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January 21st, 2010
by gcw
Vintage Girl asked:
I took a golf lesson a few days ago. I’m just practicing my swing now. I’ve been going to the driving range every day diligently and I am getting better but I’ve got a few questions. Right now I’m only using the 7 iron. The rest of the clubs are kind of foreign to me. I’m having trouble keeping my shoulders relaxed and back. I always seem to be tight and hunched over and when I try to bring my shoulders back my arms are so bent, which I was told they should be almost straight. Any tips? Also my swing will hit the ball a fair distance, not quite to 130 but close, but I can’t seem to get any grass with the 7. I know I’m supposed to naturally make a divit after I hit the ball but I’m not. Any tips to help me with that? Sometimes I get some grass when I make a point to keep my left arm straight before the swing and kind of push my iron into the ground lightly but that just makes me hunch my shoulders again.
Lastly I have been practicing every day since my lesson. I only hit a single basket of balls each time. Is an hour everyday a good schedule? I’m very motivated, I just want to make sure I’m getting better, and I realize that at some sports it helps to take a day off every now and then, or you might actually regress. Should I be practicing more, less? Please keep in mind that right now swinging a club isn’t muscle memory to me yet, thanks!
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I took a golf lesson a few days ago. I’m just practicing my swing now. I’ve been going to the driving range every day diligently and I am getting better but I’ve got a few questions. Right now I’m only using the 7 iron. The rest of the clubs are kind of foreign to me. I’m having trouble keeping my shoulders relaxed and back. I always seem to be tight and hunched over and when I try to bring my shoulders back my arms are so bent, which I was told they should be almost straight. Any tips? Also my swing will hit the ball a fair distance, not quite to 130 but close, but I can’t seem to get any grass with the 7. I know I’m supposed to naturally make a divit after I hit the ball but I’m not. Any tips to help me with that? Sometimes I get some grass when I make a point to keep my left arm straight before the swing and kind of push my iron into the ground lightly but that just makes me hunch my shoulders again.
Lastly I have been practicing every day since my lesson. I only hit a single basket of balls each time. Is an hour everyday a good schedule? I’m very motivated, I just want to make sure I’m getting better, and I realize that at some sports it helps to take a day off every now and then, or you might actually regress. Should I be practicing more, less? Please keep in mind that right now swinging a club isn’t muscle memory to me yet, thanks!
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I believe the reason you’re having trouble staying relaxed is because you’re thinking about it to much. Sometimes in golf it’s good to think about you’re setup and swing shape while you’re doing it. But trying to tell your self to keep you’re shoulders relaxed isn’t. You telling yourself that, you’re just going to remain tense.
Practice wise I think spending an hour at the range is great. But I think to get the best overall practice is to actually go out and play the course after you’ve practiced at the range. It’ll be much more fun and you’re actually teaching yourself how to think your shots out while you’re practicing which i think is the most important part. Also you get to practice all your clubs and different shots while you’re at it.
And everytime you’re swinging that club, it’s adding to your muscle memory.
Good Luck with you’re game!!