Fun tricks to improve golf without being scared

I will not waste any time here and directly get started with the tips.

1. Don't listen to them when they let you know to keep your head down.

Concentrate instead on keeping your chin up, so you're looking somewhat down on the ball. Keeping your chin elevated will allow your shoulders to rotate under your chin--a must for a good shoulder turn--something that will never happen if your head is down. So, the very next time your playing partner lets you know to keep your head down, you can smugly think to yourself that he doesn't know what he's talking about, even when he is beating you like a rug.

2. Step to grip pressure? It's inside your forearms.

If you're gripping the club too firmly (wearing out a glove weekly or building up huge calluses) try this little test: grip your driver while you normally would, then take your left hand and feel your right forearm. Whether or not this feels tight, like maybe you're trying to lift the front end of your car, you will want to ease up around the forearm pressure. Relaxing your forearms will relax your grip.

3. Arc of the driving force - it's a swing plane

Simply stated, a swing plane is the angle your body and the club head create as you move the club back and through the swing. The swing plane for an extended shafted club (the driver) would be somewhat more flat than, say, your swing plane of a shorter shafted sand wedge. (This, obviously, is controlled by the position of your back, which becomes more upright as you move closer to the ball, with the shorter clubs.) Maintaining a smooth swing, keeping your hands in line with the arc and your left arm straight--as if it were the singular spoke of a wheel--will help create a proper swing plane. To assist you visualize the swing plane and the rotation of the golf-club head through the swing plane arc try to assume seeing the club head, towards the top of the back swing and also at the end of the downswing, stopping on the same point in your swing plane arc--with the club head forming a completely connected circle as it travels through your swing. (Now, wasn't that simple?)

4. Stay inside the barrel.

When you swing your club try swinging it as though you were standing in the barrel. Staying within the confines of an imaginary barrel will insure that you are making a smooth, steady rotation and that you don't sway from side to side during your swing.

5. Keep the toe up.

As you are taking the club back (on your back swing) stop the club-head when the shaft is parallel to the ground and check the location of the toe of the club. Can it be pointed straight up (sky-ward)? It ought to be. Now swing through around the downswing and, again, stop the club using the shaft parallel to the floor - is the toe pointed sky-ward? Again, it must be. If your club head is not within the "toe up" position at these mid-swing check points, then try "grooving" your swing by practicing slow and easy half-swings (while actually hitting balls), this should help you create the "muscle memory" required to achieve the "toe up" position.

6. Good players vs. bad players--it's not just ball striking.

Show us a good player without a solid, repeatable "pre-shot routine" -- oh, sorry, you cannot. Good players are good players because of these "pre-shot routine." It is really an integral part of their "shot routine." Pro golfers would never hit a ball without going completely through their "pre-shot routine."
Target line, club face alignment, proper stance & grip, waggle (to relieve tension), positive mental images, a brief check-list of swing keys, and final address position -- all of these are important elements to some good "pre-shot routine." Should you haven't got one, you need one.

7. Uphill or downhill lies - no problem, if you watch your shoulders.

The key to successfully negotiating an uphill or downhill lie is keeping the shoulders parallel with the slope of the ground. If you try to remain upright and level (with one shoulder either higher or low to the floor) while hitting either of the shots, you're probably not really happy with the results.
So, adjust the shoulders so they are level with the slope of the ground (which may feel awkward at first, because you'll think that you're leaning with the hill) then take your normal, easy swing--you should be happy with the results. Provided, obviously, that you do the rest right...

8. Pick a spot, any spot.

So, how can you aim at a target that's 200 yards away and located 90 degrees from your angle you're facing? That's easy. Locate an aiming point close enough to the ball so you could see it as you stand ready to hit the ball. This aiming point can be described as a simple blade of grass, a broken tee, or anything else lying on the ground, close to your ball, that will help form an imaginary line between your ball, the aiming point, and your target. Remember, you locate this aiming point from behind the ball -- during your pre-shot routine -- so that as you address the ball you can visualize an imaginary line running through the ball and the aiming point (and on down to the target). You then align the club face perpendicular to your imaginary target line, adjust your stance, finish you shot routine...then supply the dimpled orb a good solid whack.

9. So, you want to hit the ball, but that is the problem.

Have you ever seen those individuals who get up towards the ball, get all set, but can't manage to pull the trigger? They're mesmerized, or maybe even paralyzed--like a deer in headlights--as they stand there, for the purpose seems like an eternity, before they finally smack the ball into the next fairway. Well, among other things, these people may be suffering from a debilitating malady know as "takeawayitis".
You see, your golf swing can't start until you take the club head keep your distance from the ball, and when you do this incorrectly, nothing you do from that point on is planning to matter; it'll all be bad. So, how will you start the swing so that you can insure that the club head is on the proper swing plane path? Well, do that simple exercise: as you stand at the ball and begin to take the club head away from the ball, pretend that you're actually, physically pushing the club head far from you--so that, in those first 18 to 24 inches you are not swinging the club so much as pushing it far from you. This will help support the proper swing plane arc in those critical first few moments when you actually begin the swing. Another good driving range exercise for takeawayitis is to tee up, say, a dozen balls all in just one file about six inches apart. Then, step-up to the
first ball, take your stance, thus hitting it. Quickly step around the next ball, take your stance thus hitting it. Do all the balls as quickly as you can. Then start over. Try this for a few practice sessions and you'll soon have no issue pulling the trigger.

10. Are you currently chipping or chili-dipping.?

Having trouble getting the ball close to the hole from close to the green? Try this: play the ball off your back foot and make use of putting stroke. Playing the ball back in your stance will help you hit down and through on the shot. Try it, you might like it better compared to the chili-dip you've been serving up.

Finally, remember:

Warm-up before you begin your round. Play as quickly as you can and, if you're slow, allow faster groups to "play through." Replace all fairway divots and whenever your skillful shots hit saving money be sure to repair your ball mark -- plus another one. So, what are you waiting for?

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