Golfers didn’t used to focus so much on fitness as part of their golf training. It seemed unnecessary to spend your time doing stretches and exercises that worked out parts of the body that weren’t “golf-specific.”

Then, along came a 20-year-old kid who blew all these old golfers out of the water, hitting 180 mph balls off the tee. The era of Tiger Woods had come.

Suddenly everyone wanted to unlock the secrets of the Tiger Woods golf swing. It was obvious he had a different way of going about things, and eventually this young golfer would change the way we train and play.

There’s more than just the mechanics of the swing. Let’s take a look at what makes Tiger Woods golf swing so solid.

It’s All About Keeping Fit

One reason Tiger can swing like that is that he’s flexible and strong. If you need any evidence that a good overall fitness program to build strength and flexibility is essential for a great golf swing, look no further than our man Tiger.

Tiger Woods knows that golf is a full-body sport. That’s why he follows a rigorous training routine that includes the whole body and not just golf-specific exercises. He has always advocated weight training and stretching as part of a golf practice routine.

It’s All About Energy

Tiger uses every little bit of energy he can. When he swings, he turns his body fast while gently pushing his right leg (the back leg in his swing) forward. The result is that no energy is wasted. All the potential energy he’s built up in the backswing gets released, and the full force of it hits that ball.

He can do this because he has a strong core. The study of biomechanics has taught us the ways in which all the parts of the body work together to give you a good golf swing. The core is your lower body and torso. When you swing at a golf ball, your core is like the axis, and the rest of the body rotates around it.

A perfect golf swing like Tiger’s involves efficiently winding up and storing your body’s natural energy, then releasing it in a natural and controlled way.

It’s All About Smooth, Natural Movement

But, it’s not over when he hits the ball. After he smacks the ball, he lets his body follow through and finish that rotation. The club ends up behind his back. He lets it swing freely around him, allowing it to follow its natural course.

Tiger swings all the way through the ball. Stopping the full rotation before it reaches its natural end tenses up your body, and can have a disastrous effect on how you hit the ball. Swinging all the way through adds distance to your shots. This is why he lets the rotation follow all the way through.

It’s All About Your Mind

Finally, Tiger Woods keeps relaxed. It’s hard enough to keep yourself relaxed when you’re making a shot with your friends, but imagine when the entire golfing world is watching! But, keeping cool is essential in golf, more than any other sport, and Tiger never loses it out on the green.

If you follow these tips, you’ll be just as good as Tiger Woods in no time. Just kidding. But seriously folks, watch Tiger Woods golf swing and you’ll see your own game improve.

Golfers didn’t used to focus so much on fitness as part of
their golf training. It seemed unnecessary to spend your
time doing stretches and exercises that worked out parts of
the body that weren’t “golf-specific.”

You are the amateur golf player who has become addicted to the sport. You go to the driving range several times each week. Usually on the weekends you get in a round or two with your friends. Despite all of the practice you put in however, you still have not been able to break that magical score of 80 during your any of your weekend rounds. Boy, you came close several times. On one occasion you came to the final hole needing a par to make 80. Instead, your approach shot to the green sliced off to the right, burying deep into the bunker. Instead of a 4, you shot double-bogey 6 on that final hole. I know what it feels like. You became aggravated, resigned to the fact that at a crucial moment, your swing broke down.

What do you do? You know that you need to build a better golf swing, proper technique being the key. On that one occasion when you shot an 82, you had trouble on that final hole. But, you also realize that you had problems on several other holes including that nasty downhill par-3, 14th hole. That hole has a water hazard directly in front of the green. On your tee shot, the ball was not hit off of the sweet spot on your club. Instead, the ball got wet, 20 yards from the edge of the green. Only last week on the same hole, your tee shot landed safely on the green 25 feet from the flag. Frustrating, right? A simple description for your problem is the following. You lack consistency with your golf swing.

The problem with many weekend amateur golfers is that they have failed to learn the proper technique to their swing. In particular, many miss that key ingredient to their swing that is crucial to success out on the course. It is true that your body stance is crucial to the set-up and address portion of your swing. However, what is crucial to grooving that consistent, repeatable swing has to do with the body position; starting with the take-away position completely through to contact made with the ball and the follow through. Beginning with the take-away position in the golf swing cycle with relation to the proper use of the body, it is where many amateur golfers simply have not developed any consistency. It is why during particularly challenging holes or at crucial times during a round, an amateur’s golf swing breaks down under pressure.

If this is you, please understand that there is a proven, breakthrough solution to your problem. With this proven system, successfully taught to tens of thousands of golfers worldwide, you will break that magical score that you wish to achieve. You will lower your handicap. You will finally learn how to groove a better golf swing, proper technique being implemented. Learn that you can come to that final pressurized hole and make a birdie to shoot a score which you used to only dream about.

Many amateur golfers have a goal in mind of making that
magical score during a round. Sadly, because of poor
technique, and an inconsistent golf swing many fall just
short of achieving that breakthrough score. There is a
proven solution available to amateur golfers that will teach
them to develop a grooved, repeatable swing. They will make
that attainable score, and lower their handicap.

Many – or maybe that should be most – golfers go out onto the links each and every week, hoping against hope that they can shoot that “miracle round” and get a score of under 80 for a round of 18 holes. But, they end up being disappointed, more often than not, and wind up in the clubhouse feeling defeated and that they’re no closer to their goal than before. And the problem is they have no idea what to do to change that. Well, here we’ll attempt to answer some of the more frequently asked questions regarding breaking that magic 80 shot barrier.

What’s preventing me from improving my game?

Generally the answer to this question is all in the mind – a mental battle, in which your conscious mind tells you that you’re never going to be the next Tiger Woods or any of the other top pros, so why bother? The simple truth is that what separates most of us from the top pros is not really anything we can control, because the top pros’ ability to play golf at such a high level was present in their DNA from birth, an innate ability cultivated by hours and hours of practice to get them to where they are. But, does that mean you should give up and not even bother trying? Certainly not. Just because you may never be a top pro doesn’t mean you shouldn’t strive to improve your golf swing and your overall golf game so that you can go out and feel better about your golf game and enjoy your day at the links a whole lot more.

What steps can I take to improve?

The first major step you must and should take again relates to your mental outlook and involves the willingness to make some changes and try a different approach by applying one or other of the great new methods currently available. Thousands of golfers are using these new techniques to improve not only their golf swing but their overall game in next to no time. It’s all about using a simple golf swing and building from there. A good, simple golf swing should be the foundation of your entire game.

How long before I see some improvement?

Not as long as you might think. In fact, if you’re willing to apply yourself and work hard, you’ll be able to cut 12 strokes off your current handicap (if you have a handicap; if not, the results may be even more dramatic), regardless of what that might be, within a couple of weeks. It’s a matter of learning the correct techniques and applying them consistently, which, in turn, will result in increased confidence and focus as you see your game rapidly improving.

What results can I expect?

That’s a tricky question and it’s one that’s hard to answer with a sweeping generalization, but, referring back to the previous question and answer, if you work hard and apply the techniques presented in these great new training methodologies, the distance and accuracy of your shots will increase as a result of your improved golf swing. The improvement will begin when your mental approach to the game is such that you can clear your mind, forgetting the past and not worrying about the future, but concentrating on being in the moment and putting your total focus on the target. And that’s just the beginning of the many new tricks and techniques you’ll learn to take your golf swing and, as a result, your entire game to a whole new level.

Golfers spend thousands of dollars on the latest equipment
to play at the finest golf courses only to find themselves
frustrated because it seems no matter how good the equipment
they use and the quality of the courses they play on, their
overall game never seems to improve. Here are a few
frequently asked questions on the topic of what to do and
how to improve your golf game.

If outdoors, place a coin on level ground where you can set up and take a full golf swing. If indoors, in your living room or garage, make certain the ceiling is high enough and you have ample space in front of and behind you, to allow for a full swing. Place a coin on the floor. With your five iron or hybrid club in your usual grip, take your normal stance and address the coin as if it were a real golf ball.

Now ask a buddy (or your spouse) to reach out and grab you by your hair or hold firmly onto your head or golf hat, so there will be no movement of your head during this experiment. Take a slower than usual but full practice swing from address, to the top of your backswing, down to and over the coin and well into your follow through. Make as complete a follow through as you can while your head is still being held firmly.

Your partner should require little or no force to keep your head steady until after your arms are well past the coin and are parallel to the ground. At that point your partner can allow your head to come up, as it is pushed by your right shoulder (if right handed). But your head should still remain behind the ball.

Here is the feedback:

- If you were comfortably able to watch the path of the clubhead as it moved over the coin,

- If you were comfortably able to follow through with your swing to where your arms were at least parallel to the ground,

- If you executed your swing without straining any part of your body,

- If your partner needed little or no pressure to restrain your head, then

You were keeping your head behind the coin throughout swing. You were maintaining your spine angle. You no doubt already have the ideal feeling that the clubhead is swinging to the ball and not your head. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE A GOOD GOLF SWING.

On the other hand:

- If you had difficulty at any point executing this experiment; it is probably because these movements or body positions are contrary to your usual swing. Your muscles want to return your body to those positions which they have memorized and to which they are comfortable.

- If your partner had to exert force to hold your head steady; your existing muscle memory was taking over and pushing you up and out of the shot.

Your swing is not allowing you to keep your head behind the ball through the impact zone or to maintain your spine angle. You are probably coming up and out of your shot or coming over the top. You are not swinging around a fixed axis.

The good news is that now you have identified a problem area and you can start developing the muscle memory required to keep your head back and maintain your spine angle. Training aids that provide tactile feedback to the head are most useful in developing the muscle memory required to achieve these two unarguable aspects of the golf swing.

Unwanted and shot-damaging head and spine angle movement are
difficult for the average golfer to detect without the use
of a video camera or a professional observer. Keeping your
head behind the ball through impact and maintaining your
spine angle are two unarguable aspects of the golf swing.
This 60 second experiment can prove to be quite useful in
helping you to evaluate your swing relative to these
aspects.