Drive For Show - Balance is Key
The last thing most of us think of when squaring up for our tee shot is balance. Without a doubt, this should be the very first thing on our minds. Without proper balance, all the swing fundamentals in the world will never allow you to hit a straight shot consistently.
The next time your standing on the driving range, try this exercise. square up to the ball just like you always do. Pay close attention to the distance you are from the ball. Now, how do you feel. Do you feel like your reaching for the ball or maybe you feel like your a little to close. If you notice either of these things your probably not going to be able to make a true balanced swing. Too far from the ball and your gonna try to reach to hit the ball. this is going to set you up for a nasty little outside-in path and an ugly slice. Too close to it and you'll be too inside-out and tend to hook it.
Step away from the ball, pick a blade of grass on the ground and set up to it. Don't focus too much on hitting the blade of grass. Instead, focus on making your swing on plane and keeping perfect balance through your entire swing. Make sure your not leaning into or away from the blade of grass during your swing. Now, take note of the distance your body is from the path the club actually swept across the grass. You might be surprised how far this path is from the grass blade you set up to. If your swing was balanced, this should be the actual distance you should stand from the ball when you tee up. With a lot of practice, this set up position will become ingrained and you will soon have a balanced, consistent swing that will allow you to drive for show.
Hopefully you have found this article to helpful. For more valuable golf swing tips, please visit my website www.bettergolfswing.org
Larry Moore has spent several years studying proper swing technique and is an avid golfer. He is also the creator and owner of http://www.bettergolfswing.org
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Five Easy Ways to Avoid the Flu This Winter
Many people wonder how they can stay well this winter, considering the onset of the flu season and the fear of a possible influenza epidemic. Fortunately, acupuncture and Oriental medicine provide proven steps toward preventing illness and maintaining good health in cold weather.
We hear about so many people catching the flu - but in reality it is only a portion of those exposed to a virus that get sick. Why? According to Oriental medicine's teachings, our bodies get sick when we are in a weakened state. It is only when our immune systems are weakened and our bodies are out of balance that we are vulnerable to sickness.
Acupuncture originated in China between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago. It corrects imbalances in the body's energy systems that cause illness. Practitioners of Oriental medicine identify Qi (pronounced "chee") as the life giving energy that needs to flow freely through the body for good health. Integrated with a wise lifestyle, Oriental medicine can help prevent illness.
Here are Five Tips for Avoiding Illness This Flu season:
1. exercise a little bit everyday. exercise moves the lymphatic system, thereby helping to detoxify the poisons in your body.
2. Keep warm. Make sure your neck and chest are protected from wind, drafts and cold. Use a scarf around your neck when going outside and wear turtle neck shirts or sweaters. The neck is an area where wind can invade the body and cause sickness. The Oriental medical perspective is that wind invasions make people more vulnerable to developing colds and flu. Always keep your feet warm and dry.
3. Get adequate sleep and relaxation. Your body is vulnerable to stress without enough rest. Think about doing some deep breathing exercises to help relax and unwind at the end of the day. Use stress-reduction methods like Qi Gong meditation or yoga.
4. Eat smart. Avoid refined sugars (processed food and baked goods, alcohol, etc.). A diet of refined or simple carbohydrates (white sugar, white bread) raises the body's Ph and allows bacteria, mold, yeast and fungi to thrive. Simple carbohydrates suck up the nutrition your body needs to detoxify, nourish and build new cells and antibodies. This makes you MORE susceptible to illness. Vitalize your nutrition by eating more fresh, organic foods and less processed food. This food has more "Qi" in it.
5. Get Acupuncture. When you get regular acupuncture treatments (as little as once per month) it actually boosts your immune system. Acupuncture strengthen the "Wei Qi" or the protective energy that safeguards us against colds and flu.
Use these Five Tips for Avoiding Illness to keep your body strong and healthy this winter. You can resist illness, the flu or the common cold.
For more than 19 years Steven Sonmore helped people transform their health problems into solutions for attaining better health. Steven is a licensed acupuncturist, Oriental bodywork therapist and herbalist. He offers complete health care with acupuncture, Chinese herbs, nutritional counseling, Oriental massage, and facial rejuvenation. He is licensed by the Minnesota Board of Medical practice and certified by the National certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental medicine. For more information visit http://www.orientalmedcare.com or write to info@orientalmedcare.com or call 612-866-4000. Copyright 2005 by Steven Sonmore. All rights reserved.
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Learning from Tiger Woods
The August 14, 2000 issue of Time Magazine features an article about Tiger woods titled The game of Risk - How the best Golfer in the world Got Even Better. Although I have no specific interest in the sport of golf, I do have a long-standing fascination with the general theme of the article: how can someone learn to do something better?
Thats precisely what the Alexander technique is all about. And while Tiger woods has probably never heard of it, its interesting that his quest for a better golf swing parallels in many ways the process F. Matthias Alexander - the developer of the Alexander technique - went through a century ago.
Alexander was a Shakespearean reciter who ran up against limitations in his ability to perform well on stage. At that time there were no microphones and speakers and so he had to fill an entire auditorium with just the power of his own voice. Like woods he was very talented at his profession but he also knew that there was room for improvement. In particular, he found that his voice gave out during a longer performance and that he had a tendency to gasp for breath on occasion.
Neither his doctors nor his vocal coaches were able to help and so he set off on his own, using a system of mirrors to monitor his performance in order to see precisely what was causing his difficulties. If he were living today, he would probably use videotapes of himself to see what was going on.
Thats what Tiger woods did in order to improve his swing. I knew I wasnt in the greatest positions in my swing at the Masters, woods said. But my timing was great, so I got away with it. And I made almost every putt. You can have a wonderful week like that even when your swing isnt sound. But can you still contend in tournaments with that swing when your timing isnt good? Will it hold up over a long period of time? The answer to those questions, with the swing I had, was no. And I wanted to change that.
The article notes that woods has become ...an obsessive student of the game who reviews videotapes of old tournaments for clues about how to play each hole. Alexander too was an obsessive student of his performance and in the end his obsession paid off not only in providing a solution to his voice problem, but later in the discovery of a process that could be taught to others who wanted to improve the quality of their physical functioning.
What is most remarkable about woods, the article continues, is his restless drive for what the Japanese call kaizen, or continuous improvement. Toyota engineers will push a perfectly good assembly line until it breaks down. Theyll find and fix the flaw and push the system again. Thats kaizen. Thats Tiger.
And thats Alexander, too. Never content with the progress he had already made - first in solving his own voice problem and later in developing better ways to teach others, and to train teachers in his technique.
Woods first instructor, Rudy Duran, commented that he has the ability to stay in the present during a tournament and focus on hitting one shot at a time.
Alexander, too, discovered that in order to change his way of speaking he had to learn to stay focused on what he was thinking and doing in the present. Much of what Alexander technique teachers do to help their students with today is teach them how to develop this skill for themselves.
Its no wonder that so many leading performers in the fields of acting, music, and dance have studied the Alexander Technique and have publicly endorsed it. It turns out that this ability is also very useful for people who dont consider themselves to be performers but whose performance of activities in their daily lives has put harmful stress on their bodies, often to the point of causing pain such as backache or stiff shoulders and necks.
learning how to monitor your thoughts and actions in real time is a valuable skill for anyone to master.
Robert Rickover is a teacher of the Alexander Technique living in Lincoln, Nebraska. He also teaches regularly in toronto, canada. Robert is the author of Fitness Without Stress - A guide to the Alexander Technique and is the creator of The Complete guide to the Alexander Technique at http://www.alexandertechnique.com.
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Watch Out For Knock Off Golf Clubs
When you find the best set of clubs and you get them for a great deal, you are lucky. Maybe not, if you happen to be one of the many people who have brought what they believed were the real thing and hated the clubs, you might have brought knock off golf clubs. If you do not know this, you may be inclined to tell people that brand is horrible for golfing and in the end the real manufacturer loses business. Knock off golf clubs can discredit a real business and this is why laws are in place to protect not only the consumer but also the manufacturer.
Knock off golf clubs have a difference, even though small, a pro would notice the difference, but a novice golf might not. Counterfeit and knock offs hurt everyone and it is illegal. Although it is illegal to sell and buy counterfeit golf clubs, for the most part, the seller is liable more than the buyer.
The Differences With Knock Off golf Clubs
The designs are slightly different in cosmetics, but the grips, heads and shafts are usually bought from the same place as the originals. Reputable knock off golf club dealers will tell you they are knock offs, but counterfeit dealers will sell them as the real thing.
Cosmetics of knock off are different as with the logo, and this makes them legal, the counterfeit will illegally use the logo of the manufacturer without permission. You will no an illegal club from a knock off, but is it worth the money.
Are Knock Off golf Clubs A Better Value
Knock off dealers claim to use the same parts from the same distributors and therefore, say their product is the same for a cheaper price. Manufacturers disagree on this statement. They have engineers that work hard at providing the best golf clubs you could fine. They feel the knock offs are not as good as their own products.
One thing to remember is, store brand golf clubs might be selling under the store name, but made by the same manufacturer as say the Nicholas items. The difference is the packaging, logo and price. However, you are buying a top-notch product under a different company name.
Another way to explain this is:
You go to the grocery store and buy a box of Cheerios, and then go to the next store and buy a box of Costco Cereal. The package is different, the name is different and the logos are different as well as the cost. However, you are buying the same product under two different names.
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