Golf instruction videos featuring techniques and tips from leading world class players are very common these days.

Still there are very few people who can claim to have had their games improved by a golf instruction video. So here are three tips to help you ensure that you reap maximum fruits from every golf instruction video that you ever get to watch.

1) Watch the golf instruction video several times

Some people watch golf instruction videos to try and get a single Magic formula that will revolutionize their game. They do not realize that the valuable nuggets in these videos are hidden in the many small things you need to do which add up to a great improvement in your game.

This is why it is very important to watch the video several times. at least twice.

2) Get webcam shots of yourself playing and compare your posture and positioning to what you see in the golf instruction video

It may not be very easy to tell what is wrong with your golf swing for example or how to correct it without taking a very close look at your game.

The best way to do this is to get somebody else to take webcam shots of you on the course as you play. When you watch these alongside the golf instruction videos, it will be very easy for you to tell where your problem areas are and what you need to do to correct them.

3) Do golf-specific exercises to condition your body and muscles

Thirdly you will need your body and the relevant muscles to co-operate with our mind as you try to implement what you have seen on the golf instruction video.

One of the most effective ways of doing this is by getting involved in a golf-specific exercise program to tone and strengthen all the ‘golf muscles’ in your body. This way, they’ll be nothing to stop you from reaping maximum benefits from every golf instruction video you watch.

3 Ways To Maximize On The Effectiveness Of A Golf Instruction Video

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On October 2nd 2006 my International Visa Card was debited by Interactive Frontiers for $199 to provide a set of five Golf Swing Analysis & On-line Coaching sessions. they have not been able to provide the service since then and will not send me a credit note so that I may get the transaction reversed. what can I do?

dsipute it but three months is too long you don't have much of a case sorry but dispute it anyway.

Contact your Credit card company and file a formal dispute of the charge. they will then work with the company to resolve the dispute and fight for you … let them put their lawyers and financial clout on the case. they have the power to charge back the seller if the seller can't prove that the service or goods were provided and you'll get a refund. that is one of the only really good things about credit cards … when things go wrong … you have the full power of their financial might backing you instead of the piddly little mom and pop store that is ripping you off.

Good Luck.

If I am not mistaken, Visa allows for chargebacks up to 3 years after the initial charge. if the store definately did not provide what you paid for, then you should execute a complaint. 3 months is a short time, not a long time like one of the previous answerers stated. once a complaint is filed, you will be given a temporary refund from Visa. Then the store is given a short time to respond with their side of the situation. if the store doesnt respond or doesnt have a good excuse as to why they didnt provide what they paid for, you keep the refund. if they can prove, however, that it was you who had the option to attend but DIDNT, they may win the dispute, and consequently they will get their money back. Dont file a complaint unless you know for sure that you are right in this situation. this means that if you signed a contract with the golf company–read the contract. if you followed the terms of the contract, by all means file the complaint. Just do not think you can beat the system. Visa is a very smart company and can smell fraud a mile away.

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I was told I released the club to early by my coach. It just feels so unnatural to keep the wrist hinge until you get to the "hitting zone".

Does anyone have any good drills they know of so i can get used to this weird feeling in the golf swing?

thanks

There is no drill. the wrist will hinge automatically on the back swing as the club is set ready for the downswing . Retain that position until a second or two before the impact area and swish that club to a full follow through. the feeling is only weird if you have been doing it wrong all along.

Put the ball way forward in your stance-off of your left/right toe,try hitting the ball.That will force you not to release your hands too early.then move the ball back in small increments to back to where you normally/should have it.hopefully by the,you'll have the feel for when to release your wrists.Practice!

Drill to Maintain Wrist Hinge on the Downswing.?

Why go through the bother when the ball you prefer will be the result of trying several before settling on one brand. Some balls have a soft feel when struck. Others have the feel of hitting rocks.your swing speed may call for a ladies ball. My suggestion is to buy several different used balls and fine the one which suits your swing.

why would you care what type of golf ball you use??????

Does anyone know of free sites that can tell you which golf ball suits your swing and type of play?

High Point, NC — “I know this is helping me,” said local golfer Amber Elliott. “I know I’m much further along than just going to the gym and just doing exercise by myself.”

Amber has been playing golf since she was eight years-old, but after having a child and undergoing a bilateral mastectomy four years ago, a lot of her muscles were out of practice.

So she signed up for the Golf Fitness Academy at High Point Regional.

“I feel better,” said Amber. “I feel stronger and I can see a difference on the golf course.”

“Basically what we’re doing is taking an internal look at the anatomy of the golfer, and we’re improving that so they can do what they need to do to swing an efficient golf stick,” said Bob Forman, the director of Golf Fitness Academy. “For years, people thought that exercise and golf really didn’t mix, because if you exercise, you would tighten up and bulk up, and you would ruin your golf swing. But we now know from the research that has come forward exercise and golf really work in helping the golfer improve their golf game.”

Amber won the U.S. Women’s Mid Amateur Golf Championship in 2003; and after this training, she’s looking forward to playing in it again at the end of September.

“I really can tell a difference in what I can accomplish on the course,” she said.

“She’s doing well, she’s doing well,” said Forman. “I think she’ll do fine.”

For more information on the Golf Fitness Academy, call 336-878-6221. There are different sesson packages you can purchase that include a physical screening, video reviews, and corrective exercise programs.

Exercise Program To Improve Your Golf Swing

The Half Circle Trainer permits student and teacher to monitor correct golf swing plane and shaft angle. By keeping the shaft in continuous contact with the dual arcs, the player allows the club to travel on proper swing plane while maintaining a correct shaft angle.

The Pre-Swing Set up, Arc, and Plane of the golf swing are the most important and basic things which must be learned by the beginner golfer in the early stages of learning. Just as important are these basic golf fundamentals for the intermediate and advanced players, to re-train these proper positions of the golf swing.

Using the Half Circle Trainer will help create a good consistent set-up position and the muscle memory necessary to perform a more repetitive golf swing. the Half Circle Swing Trainer will adjust in seconds to fit any club in the bag.

Keep the club head flush to the ground. Position the dual arcs so that the golf shaft is in contact with both arc pipes, in your set-up position. Set your body up square to the trainer, then begin to swing the club back and through making sure the shaft of the club remains in constant contact with both pipe arcs.

This procedure will cause the club to travel on the correct swing plane, while maintaining the proper shaft angle. the Half Circle Trainer can fold up flat in seconds for easy storage, and is lightweight (20 lbs.) for easy transport. the frame is constructed of a High-Impact UV Stabilized plastic, making it strong and completely weather resistant.

Practice with the Half Circle Swing Trainer at home or on the range just a few times a week, and you are sure to see GREAT IMPROVEMENT in your golf game! · Folds Flat for Easy Transport and Storage · Completely Weather Resistant · UV Stabilized High-Impact Plastic Frame Plane and Angle Adjust to Fit every Club in the Bag and Helps to Train an excellent Set-Up & Posture Position and it’s Made in the U.S.a.

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“Honestly, I am surprised and I don’t really know why that in a school of this size that we have so few girls interested in playing golf,” Souders said. “You know in the spring, we go out to the junior high schools and let the kids know what we have to offer. I don’t know if its that maybe the girls don’t equate golf to sports or what.

“Part of it could be the economic times. Golf is an expensive sport. It’s not like soccer or basketball, where if you have a ball you can play.”

Souders, who went on to play college golf at John a. Logan, does have some talent with which to work.

Junior Ashley Sourbeck is one of the top players in the Southwestern Conference, while senior Courtney Click and sophomore Erica Elder also have experience at the varsity level.

Juniors Kayla Kistner and Kate Bennett along with sophomores Hayley Wagner and Danielle Kish have shown progress, but lack experience.

The Maroons opened the season Saturday at the Mascoutah Invitational. While they placed in the lower half of the team standings, there was a bright spot with Sourbeck placing in the top 12.

“That was exciting. Ashley played well,” Souders said. “We wish we could have done better as a team, but for a couple of the girls, it was their first match and first time they had played in an 18-hole tournament.

“It wasn’t an easy way to open. we could have used a little more time to practice and get ready.”

Souders, who was an assistant for four years under coach Kathy Baldus, said that while she thinks her team will continue to improve as the season goes on, the real key will be in the offseason, when she hopes her players will take lessons and play tournaments.

“As far as working with the players on their swings, I’m going to let the teaching professionals do that,” Souders said. “I can look at a swing and see when something isn’t right, but as far as breaking down a swing in different stages, I’m not going to try and work with that.”

West girls golf team is short on numbers for new coach

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Tiger Woods played a practice round Tuesday at the PGA Championship with a swing coach at his side.Sean Foley is not Woods’ coach — at least not yet.The Canadian-born coach who lives in Orlando, Fla., confirmed that Woods asked him to take a look at his swing. Asked if he was working with Woods, Foley paused and said, "I wouldn’t say that.""but the possibility is there," Foley said. "I’m just taking a look at him. The advice I would give any player is to have at least two people look at your swing."It was the second time in three months that Foley has been part of Woods’ group in a practice round. neither time was unusual because Woods was playing with two of Foley’s clients, Hunter Mahan and Sean O’Hair.The difference at Whistling Straits came on the par-5 fifth hole, when Foley took out his video camera to tape Woods’ swing. Foley later stood below the eighth tee on a cart path to capture his swing from in front of him."I did ask him to film a couple I would like to take a look at — which I did look — so I’m heading in the right direction," Woods said.Woods didn’t look at the videotape on the golf course. on the 10th tee, Foley and Woods had a brief conversation before the coach dropped back to work with Stephen Ames, another client.Woods has been without a coach since he parted ways with Hank Haney in may. they had worked together for six years. The only other coach the world’s No. 1 player employed as a professional was Butch Harmon, which lasted until 2003.Woods has said he would not have a coach, instead relying on a friend at home in Orlando to videotape his shots. Asked if it were possible for Foley to be his next coach, Woods replied, "Certainly it’s a possibility, no doubt.""but there’s also a lot of other coaches out there that’s a possibility, as well, that I’ve talked to," Woods said. "I wanted to have him take a look at it today on video so I can take a look at it, and that’s what we did."Mahan, who began working with Foley two years ago at the PGA Championship, described the Woods-Foley relationship as "another set of eyes right now.""Could be something more, you never know," Mahan said. "I have a feeling they’re going to talk about that in private and then figure that out in the next few weeks or months. but I don’t know exactly what they’re doing together."After Foley dropped back with Ames, it was O’Hair who stood behind Woods to check out his fairway metal toward the 11th green. It was a peculiar sight in one respect. last year at the Tour Championship, it was Woods who gave O’Hair a putting tip that helped lead O’Hair to a 66 and the first-round lead at East Lake.

PGA Championship: Woods works with swing coach

MANY people will be aware of Ben Hogan’s classic “pane of glass” golf swing plane image.

On the printed page it is not always easy to see exactly what he is saying and misunderstandings can arise.

The following four and a half minute video uses more modern means to simply explain and demonstrate how to keep the golf club on plane from setup to impact and how common mistakes happen.

The video uses an innovative, physical, free standing pane set up behind the golfer and added graphics to simply demonstrate and make clear its concepts.

You find many such videos and clips on places like YouTube and elsewhere but the helpful props here and plain talk I thought make this well worth a look.

The instructor is John Jordon of the PGA Venezuela – EduGolf Foundation (the wonders of the internet) who says if you are able to keep the correct club angle throughout the swing you are well on the way to making solid, consistent golf shots.

The video itself is from a site called MaxYourGame – with which ASG has no association – but which we visited and seems harmless enough.

Golf swing plane simply explained