Making golf swings with resistance is one of the fastest ways to improve your power and swing mechanics. Golf training bands with handles attached to either a door or even a golf cart is a quick, easy and very affordable way to achieve maximum distance.
I want you to picture the baseball player making baseball swings with the weighted doughnut on the end of his bat. Making golf swings with tubing is very similar. The great thing about these exercise bands is you can break your swing into phases and really focus on that face.
For example, take away, backswing, downswing, impact, post impact and finish. We all have swing faults in certain faces of our golf swings. By isolating them and doing the movement correctly with resistance, you will not only improve your swing mechanics, but more importantly your power and distance.
The most important thing in golf swing is your golf swing plane. Your swing plane will quickly dictate how well (and how consistent) you hit the golf ball. If you come into impact with a much different angle of attack than you had at address, the resulting ball flight will not be what you want.
You don’t have to come down on the exact same plane like a Nick Price or other top professionals do, but you want to be as close as possible to the same plane coming down.
I like to do drills in the mirror with tape. I take my 5 iron, get into the mirror sideways, and have my wife make a plane angle with the tape to match my 5 iron when I’m in the address position.
I think make back swings and downswing into impact trying to get close to the plane I had at address. If I do this enough, I get a very good feeling in my body of where I should be at impact.
Learning the proper golf swing that suits your body and physical capabilities is all about understanding your golf swing mechanics, and training your body (and golf muscles) to perform a repeatable swing that holds up for 18 holes.
Most golfers don’t understand that taking the right approach will save them years of painful golf, and hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars in training aids, equipment and even lessons.
The golf swing is not that difficult to perform, we just find every possible way to make it harder. It doesn’t have to be that way. Take a look at your current physical status and your golf swing deficiencies and come up a specific approach that will get you to where you want to be MUCH QUICKER!
When you “dial in” this type of golf improvement program, you’re bound to see success quickly. In future we’ll cover more specifically how to achieve this proper golf swing so stay tuned for more!
To have a higher level of golf swing consistency, your technique (swing mechanics) must be better. Hitting balls without a plan, is just wasting your time. Like most of us, you have golf swing faults that are caused by inefficiencies in your technique. Improve your swing technique and your mishits in golf will quickly go away!
Your golf swing technique is really all about fundamentals. Get the fundamentals right and you’ve got a great chance at making a good swing, resulting in straight shots that go optimal distances.
Even the touring pro’s work on their fundamentals!
They’ve been playing since they were 3 and 4 years old, but still lose touch with basic fundamentals as time goes on. Especially as we age, our body doesn’t do what we want it to do, and our technique faulters because of it.
That’s why it’s so important as we get older to embark on a golf swing training program that keeps our bodies moving better to perform proper golf swing mechanics. It is nearly impossible to maintain our golf-specific strength and flexibility as we get older, unless we make a concerted effort.
Training your body specific to your golf swing limitations is the fastest way to stay at the top of your game for years to come.
This training includes, strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and of course technique training like golf swing drills that are specific to your swing faults.
Thank you for visiting Better Golf Swing Mechanics. This site will be all about improving your golf swing through effective training tips and techniques you can quickly apply and see results. Playing better golf is a desire most of us have, but unfortunately rarely happens.
Our goal with this site is to help you implement the right approach to give you the results you are looking for.
Visit often, as we’ll be adding golf swing videos, tips, articles and much more to help you play better golf.
