The biggest mistake most golfers make is that they hold the golf club too loosely in their fingers and too firm in their arms. This may result into poor control of the club and the golfers have to use too many muscles in the swing.
The club needs to be held firmly in the fingers in order to try a good swing. Think a cup of coffee is on the table in front of you and you try to pick it up with loose grip of your fingers but your firm arms. Can you guess the consequence? May be you drop the cup down. The same thing will happen in case of a golf club.
Once you understood how to hold the club, the next thing is to learn is the proper pull. Don’t try to pull too quickly and from the elbow or shoulder, which may create a resultant strain on your arm and your torso. You need to strengthen your fingers and try to swing the golf club smoothly while having stiff control in the fingers. By doing so, you will have one fluid motion and you will direct the ball to get in the way. This also helps to bounce off the club correctly.
Mastering the skills of holding the club with firm fingers and moving the club smoothly enables you to play shots in artistic manners. You will play your best golf when you hold the club with firm grips.
There are several ways to swing a golf club. The modern swing, or also known as the lower body swing or total body swing, is the most important swing. Most first time young golfers having a thin body have been seen playing this specific shot called “tail swings the dog”. A young boy generally swings the club with his arms, but his body inertly twists a little in reaction to his arms’ and club’s movements across the front portion of his body. A young boy usually has a flexible and supple torso that easily moves about in space in reaction to the forces that come into play by the active movement of his arms and club.
On the contrary, the most visible shot played by most of the overweight men in their middle-age with their stiff central torso is “dog swings the tail”. Generally, an over-weight man is seen playing such type of shot because he fails to bend his torso in response to the movements of his arms and the club.
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