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I have just started to play golf around 6 months ago, and am absolutely in love with the game. I am 38 years old, in good shape, and really just want to learn a good golf swing technique that will show me the proper way to swing a golf club. Any ideas for a good golf swing technique?
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If you’re right handed, keep your left arm straight through the swing and keep your head down until you are done hitting the ball. Try not to pull back too far on your back swing just before you hit the ball and when you follow through don’t try to kill the ball, just work on connecting with the ball with the right swing. Hope this helped.
The absolute best thing for you to focus on is the physical design of golf clubs – this mandates how you swing each individual club . The wedges are shorter and more upright, thus a more vertical swing is required. The woods are longer with a flatter lie angle , thus requiring a shallower angle of attack. Remember that every club is designed to approach the ball from inside the target line, then square up at impact , then release to the inside on the follow through.
learn a good grip first. Many of the fundamentals afterwards are made (relatively) easier by having a solid grip. Most recommend the strong grip, where the “V’s” formed by your thumb and index finger point at your right shoulder (if you’re a righty), because it’s said to be easier to square the clubface at impact. Don’t always follow what the general population says… if you’re more comfortable with a neutral (“V”‘s point at your chin) or weak (pointing to the left) grip, by all means, use it.
If you can afford it, get some lessons from a local pro. Go more than you think you need- it’ll give you time to let what the instructor’s teaching you to sink in.
If you can’t, just pick up a copy of Golf Digest or Golf Magazine and check the swing sequences. You could also look at YouTube for swings, or the magazine’s websites, for a more dynamic understanding. While the majority of golfers have differing swings (look at Fred Couples’ swing, and compare his swing to John Daly, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk, for example), the six inches before and six inches after impact are almost always the same. Start there and work your way back and through.
Good luck, and welcome to the game!
As a golfer who carries a 1.6 handicap and shoots around par, I have 3 things that I feel you need to work on in order to improve your golf swing technique and start playing good golf in a short amount of time.
1. The first thing is to focus on a good grip. This is crucial because it is your only link to the golf club. You want two knuckles showing on the left hand (If you are right handed) and you want to make sure that your grip pressure is light. Gripping the club hard causes tension, which is not good for the golf swing.
2. The second thing that you should work on is your stance and backswing. Make sure that you have a good posture, and that you set up to the ball “like an athelete.” This will help you a lot to improve your golf swing technique. You should start your backswing by letting your hands, arms, and shoulders move away from the ball at the same time.
3. The third thing is to start your downsing by rotating, not swaying your front hip toward the ball. This will increase your power and accuracy. Just make sure that you do not start the downswing with your hands, as this is a big no no!
You may want to look at quality golf training manual to get you started with a good golf swing technique. I know this helped me out: http://swing-a-golf-club.blogspot.com
I looked at the other’s answers and they haven’t given you any useful info at all. There is a secret to a golf swing, and everyone at first tries to swing straight toward the ball hinging the shoulders sideways, and tries to get the center of the face of the club to hit the ball. This is natural to try and do this and also dead wrong. You do this and you will hit slices and no distance. Take a dog, the dog wags the tail and most novice golfers swing a club as if the tail is trying to wag the dog. What I mean by this is that from the waist up your body is totally passive 100% of the entire time, it’s the dog’s tail. Your hands and arms DO NOT use direct muscle force, they are almost asleep. It’s the lower body muscles. the dog, that initiate the action and your hands are only a means of connecting the body to the club. Next you have to understand that if you follow the correct method the club face automatically returns to the ball squarely and not because of you trying to make it happen. Now i’ll give you a power test. If you try to take the club back with your arms and hands 3 feet back hinging your shoulders sideways to your right and then as hard as you can back to the ball, note your power potential. Next, note your power if you take the club straight up, hinging your shoulders UP, till your hands are eye level and then you unhinge or chop down at the ball as if you want to send that ball down to China. You should feel a heck of a lot more power now. Also note how it is the heel of the club that contacts the ground. This is a golf swing but the difference is it is to do it sideways rather than up and down in front of you, to the side with your lower body controlling all the action. You still try to make the heel of the club hit the ball with your shoulders hinging up and down, but trust me, the club will automatically square itself !! Try it.
Find the best teaching pro in your area, Sign up for a series of lessons spread out so that you may practice what has been taught after each lesson until you have developed some muscle memory. Then practice or play as much as possible to incorporate what was learned under playing conditions.