The seconds involving when you tee up the ball, or approach the ball on the fairway, and actually strike it will probably decide how successful the shot will be. Will that be a time while those mental demons creep in, making you lose focus? By using your pre-shot routine that is customized to you, there’ll merely be time to concentrate on the job at hand. So why does each good golfer have an effective pre-shot routine as part of his Golf Swing Basics? Because it works!
Essentially, your pre-shot agenda is a series of checkpoints, thoughts, movements, and attention to details prior to striking a golf shot. It should be unique to every golfer, and it’s best if it fits the golfer’s personality. In other words, if a golfer throughout his every day routine moves through life in warp-speed, he wouldn’t utilize a slow, methodical routine. Similarly, should you be a more measured person, that slower routine would suit you better.
So what would your pre-shot agenda look like? As I can only stress its significance and what components go into it, I can’t state what is best for you. So I’ll illustrate what I do previous to each shot, and perhaps you will draw some ideas.
1. Before I choose a golf club, I stand behind the ball and create in my mind the shot. This does not mean only yardage. I factor in wind direction and intensity, the way the ball is carrying that particular day, how I have been striking the ball, and I leave a margin for error away from problem places.
2. Select a golf club. Regardless of whether I had already pre-determined my golf club prior to visualizing my shot, I always carry one or two, and sometimes three, additional golf clubs with me. If I change my mind following deciding the correct shot, trying to hit that shot with a golf club I am uncomfortable with will almost definitely wind up poorly. That is the main explanation why I always prefer to walk the golf course when possible; all your tools will always be there with you.
3. Choose your target area. I do this from behind the ball, and then I line up a point roughly five feet on line and before the ball. That’s where I’ll establish my stance and my clubface toward. I have established in the course of my experience that this gives me a greater reliable set-up with the target area.
4. Before I set my feet, I locate the golf club on the exact place I would like it to strike the ball. I know that if anything mechanical goes wrong with my swing, much might be corrected if I strike the ball well. Then I set my left foot with the ball, after that my back foot.
5. Then following one final look toward the target area, to trigger the swing (I think this is very important) I slightly press the hands ahead previous to drawing the golf club in the backswing. This “trigger” gives a consistent starting point to start the swing.
As I said earlier, your pre-shot routine is individual, so you will need to work out what fits best for you. But it should be part of every player’s Simple Golf Swing, and to play your most reliable golf, it’s essential to deal with this essential feature of the game.
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This post was written by editor on December 13, 2011
