3 Small Tidbids About Golfing

This blog initially appeared on Matthew Mann's website here.

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Offseason Golf Tips

As winter approaches, the cold weather numbers your days on the golf course. This period can be tough for any golfer. The time off causes a loss of feel, strength, flexibility, and timing. However, there are ways to keep your skills fresh while you’re off. Try this:

• Performing line drills with or without a golf ball can be useful.
• All you need is a line on a carpet that is perpendicular to your target line.
• You can also use a wedge and ping-pong balls to work on your short game.
• Hitting the ball at various times will help you learn how to use the club to hit different shots.

Warming Up For A Golf Session

Just like with any form of physical activity, warming up for golf is crucial to staying safe and avoiding injuries. Golf stretching exercises will help increase your range of motion and your power. You want to avoid static stretching for your warm up. These kinds of stretching exercises can negatively affect your performance. Instead, focus on more dynamic, working stretches that will warm your muscles and prepare you for the game. Arm swings, trunk rotations, and side bends with a club are great examples. You should be sure to include a stretching session after your game as well. Include some static stretches here will be useful to improve flexibility.

Skills All Great Golfers Have

It is a fact that most professional golfers are not the greatest athletes in the world. However, they all possess particular attributes that make them successful. Two specific traits cited to turn a golfer from good to great. Those qualities are attitude and skill. These are skills that boost anyone in any profession but, in golf, they can add a substantial boost to one’s game. An excellent golfer maintains a calm, cool, and collected demeanor. Keeping a positive spirit even during a challenging game is a good sign. Skills that one should look for in a great golfer are tempo and distance control. Players who have a good tempo tend to maintain a smooth and fluid swing. It is also essential to know how far to each of your clubs. Great golfers recognize the various dynamics of their swings and have mastered the differences between them.