To make every swing count, you have to bring together several elements of skill and concentration. When these are combined it will give you a graceful swing that drives the ball with the perfect amount of loft and with the distance needed to reach your target.

A Touch Of Grace

Once you’ve begun the swing and the club is in its descent towards the ball, it should be done without force and with as much grace as possible.

Beginner golfers have a tendency to whip the golf club as hard as they can during the start of the downswing. This ALWAYS results in poor weight shift and a disorganized ball contact. Balance and power are lost. In order to make great shots, grace and accuracy are needed, not using all of your might.

Just The Right Balance

Balance is a key component in any sport, but especially so in golf. In order to perform effectively, it is essential that athletes have the right amount of balance, especially during the crucial moments of their game. In golf, balance plays such an important role during every swing. Balance is responsible for the accuracy and power behind the ball.

When a golfer’s balance is not centered and their body weight shifts from foot to foot with no control, then tempo is lost. When this happens the club head doesn’t hit the ball with the correct angle needed for a great shot.

The next time you’re playing, look around. You’ll invariably notice some golfers who tend to fall over a bit after their swing. These players have no control over their balance.

In order to get rid of this habit of weight shifting or losing your balance during your swing, you have to rotate your body around one single axis point. You swing should be rotational, rather than lateral. If you keep this in mind, it will help you to maintain body control with proper balance. This will allow you to hit the ball with accuracy and precision and with the right amount of power.

What to fix first

It should be fairly obvious that having a great golf swing involves a lot of variables that all have to be combined in the right sequence. The right tempo, control, grace and balance all must be considered in order to perfect your swing. If you are a beginner or if you have improvements that need to be made on your golf swing, don’t try to fix everything at the same time.

To effectively work on your swing, you need to be patient. And then you should focus on one aspect at a time–and one aspect only!

It is virtually impossible to fix every part of a poor golf swing at the same time. Trying to do that is a sure path to frustration. Probably the best way to improve your swing skills is to take one component of your swing that needs work and concentrate on that one item until you have improved it. I’m hesitant to say “perfected” it–does anybody ever perfect a golf swing? Once you’ve done that then it’s time to move on to another component of the swing that needs work.

When you’ve worked through all of the elements of your swing that need work, you will then have achieved the tempo, grace, control and balance needed for that great golf swing.

For more tips for the beginner golfer, check out the golf blog for beginner golfers, Sensible Golf Tips.

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