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discount oakley golf zhoes shoes golf spikeless TODAY'S GOLF - Thursday, November 18, 2004"Tips... News... And More... All For The Love Of The Game" ------------------------------------------------------------ Take a moment to answer GopherCentral's Question of the Week: What is the number one problem facing our country? http://rd.gophercentral.com/al/a?aid=7541&ent=2501 Question of the Week IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Ask The Pro 2. It's Good For Your Game - SETUP FOR SUCCESS: A WINTER PROGRAM 3. The Golf Doctor - Better Body, Better Golf ASK THE PRO Q: My friends tell me that I have bad body language on the golf course and that it hurts my game. I guess I do mope around some when things are going badly, but even though I swear I'm going to change, as soon as I start to hit it badly, off I go. Can you coach me out of this? -- K.S., via the Web A: Your friends are pretty astute. You can't hide your feel- ings from them because your body language reveals what's really going on. I hope you don't play much high-stakes poker. Look at it this way: If your mood can shape your body language, maybe your body language can shape your mood. In fact, I believe that how you act can influence how you feel, and it's you who controls how you act. So all you have to do is fake it until you make it. First do a little research. The next time you're playing well, monitor how you act. Do you talk a lot, tell jokes, walk fast? It also helps to ask your friends how you behave when you've got your "A" game. Then be ready with your "A" game behavior when things go a little south and all you have to do is fake it until you make it back to your "A" swing. To find out more on this subject, read my book "The 30-Second Golf Swing." IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME SETUP FOR SUCCESS: A WINTER PROGRAM A good setup writes the script for the entire golf swing. If you're stuck indoors this winter, the best thing you can do for your game is pose in the perfect setup in front of a mirror at least once a day. STANCE WIDTH How wide you spread your heels affects your stability, balance and mobility. The distance between your heels varies according to the length of the club you are using (always use your heels to measure, rather than your toes). FOOT FLARE If you set up with both feet pointing straight at the target line, you would have no flare at all. How much you should turn your feet out at address depends on your ability to turn back and through the ball. BALL POSITION Your ball position depends on what club you are using. With your short to medium irons (again, I'm setting up to hit a short iron here), play the ball off the front cheek of your face so that it's slightly forward of the center of your stance. For your long irons and fairway woods, the ball should be positioned off the logo of your shirt. With all teed woods, it should be opposite your arm pit. Using your feet as a guide for ball placement can cause mistakes because it's hard to judge exactly where the ball is in relation to your feet when they are flared. So it's best to use your upper body to make sure you have the position correct. SHAFT ANGLE Ideally, the butt of the club should point at the inside of your front thigh. Clubs are designed to be "forward leaning" at impact, and it is easier to accomplish when you set the club up that way from the start. SPINE ANGLE The spine angle is a relationship many amateur players ignore. At setup, your spine should be slightly tilted away from the target. it and my spine are tilted about 5 degrees away from the target. Lines, arcs and angles -- golf is clearly a game of geometry. The good news is that to achieve a correct setup, you don't need special athletic talents or even any previous golf experience. All you really need is determination. The forward-leaning club and my left arm form a slightly tilted straight line (bottom). Matching this angle at impact ensures hitting down and through the ball. THE GOLF DOCTOR BETTER BODY, BETTER GOLF HANDS AND FOREARMS I've never seen a good player who didn't have muscular fore- arms and a firm grip, strong enough to stabilize the club without squeezing it to death. Most golfers understand that they should not hold the club too tightly because it stifles club head speed. But they don't realize that in addition to keeping the power muscles of the back and legs in good shape they must also pay attention to the small muscles in the hands and forearms. These muscles play an important part in the transfer of energy from your body to the club head, and if you are not careful, they are easily injured by working out with too much weight. An excellent, "low-weight" exercise is to squeeze a small, pliable, palm-sized ball for at least 10 minutes every day. Another is the "whoosh" drill to train the hands and the forearms to amp up club head speed. Turn the club upside down and hold it by its neck with your trail arm only. Take your golf stance and swing one-handed until you can produce a whooshing sound at the bottom of the swing arc in the impact area. The higher the pitch of the whoosh, the faster the club speed. If your arm muscles are weak and your grip too tight, your whoosh will have a low-grade "woo" sound. As your strength grows, your low-grade "woos" will rise to a high-grade whistle. Muscular forearms allow for a firm, stabilizing grip that's not too tight. |
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discount oakley golf zhoes TODAY'S GOLF - Tuesday, November 2, 2004"Tips... News... And More... All For The Love Of The Game" ------------------------------------------------------------ Take a moment to answer GopherCentral's Question of the Week: IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Teeing Off - Don't Be Afraid To Fail 2. Pro Report - Beware Of Mental Traps 3. Quote Of The Week TEEING OFF Don't Be Afraid To Fail Remember the movie Tin Cup? Kevin Costner had a chance to play it safe on the last hole and place second in the U.S. Open, but he chose not to lay up short of the water and take a safe second shot. He went for it, again and again, until he made that shot over the water he knew he could make. He did not win or even come close to victory. He did, however, win the admiration and hearts of others for his daring effort. The movie audience left shaking their heads in awe, with an inner warm fuzzy feeling. How do you respond when the devil looks you in the eye? Do you flinch, or confidently stare back? Whether you are on the PGA or LPGA Tour trying to break a 100, or somewhere in between, old man golf will test your strength of spirit. It is not a question of whether you will be tested or not, it's a question of when. How you respond to the challenge is usually determined by your personality. By nature, a conservative individual avoids risk and takes the safe road, while an aggressive spirit has no choice in the matter. His personality makes it impossible to not take the shot; win or lose, what happens next is a matter of fate. He could not live with himself if he didn't try. So what is the best path to take, the conservative or aggressive one? There is no right or wrong, it's merely a question of preference. The conservative person can usually be found in the middle of the pack. The aggressive individual can end up on the top or bottom of the heap because he is willing to risk it all, by going for the gold. What does this have to do with you and golf? If you are an aggressive golfer, you will be more successful by learning to funnel your negative emotions and defeats and turn these into determination. If you are a conservative golfer, don't be afraid to take a chance and fail. Metaphorically speaking, you will find the view much better at the top of the mountain. In your glory days, you will always remember that great shot you made in the face of adversity. Golf is a great game because it is considered a microcosm of life. While there is no fault in failing to win or make that difficult shot, who wants to go through life failing to give it a try? You can either admire heroes or be one. ------------------------------------------------------------ Only 54,000 Vioxx(R) Users Qualify For a Settlement Are You One Of Them? Find out if you qualify by filling out this form for you or a relative who took Vioxx(R). 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The group in front of you is playing very slow. If you take the time to write down all the facts that get you frustrated or upset while playing a round of golf, you will have a list of your mental traps. The next time you are playing and you start becoming negative, take your mental trap list out of your pocket and read it. If you are honest with yourself, you will realize that you are falling into the same mental trap that you have written down. If you are not familiar with my mental tips, realize that your emotions affect your brain's chemistry and performance. Objectively reading your list will prevent you from falling into your mental trap, by allowing you to remove the negative emotions caused by the present fact that is frustrating or upsetting you. 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