Let’s spend a couple of minutes talking about one of the three most abused and misunderstood golf swing fundamentals, timing. It’s an important term but it’s misused a lot. So, let me explain to you what timing is, and then it’ll draw you a lot closer to understanding when you’re struggling.

Timing is your ability to swing your arms and hands back to the golf ball as your hip turns out of the way. And the reason it has to turn out of the way is so the arms and hands can pass your body and wrap around you. That’s the definition, no more, no less.

Now, I have gone to the golf course many days where I’ve hit the ball beautifully, solid, straight right. So, my timing was off a bit because my body was turning out in front of my golf club and that was sending it off to the right.

Now, the correction would be to slow the bottom half down and speed up the top part. There have been days where my timing has been off because the arms and hands were quicker than the bottom.

How do you correct that? Speed up the bottom and it’ll catch up with the arms and hands, and that will help that.

Now, how do you fix your timing? That’s probably the most difficult question in the game of golf. How do you get your timing back? I believe that if you can’t hit your pitching wedge, you probably aren’t hitting your 5 iron and your 5 wood and your driver.

So, I love to send people out to the practice facility to hit thousands of pitching wedges and work on their golf swing fundamentals. That, to me, is the easiest way to find your timing.

Now, let’s say that your favorite club in your golf bag is your driver and you’re driving the ball beautifully. Then go hit a thousand drivers. Or maybe it’s a 5 wood or a 5 iron. Whatever club you’re struggling with, stay way away from that one.

Go to the club that you’re doing well with. And if you’re not doing well with any of them, then go to a pitching wedge.

Now, the next question most difficult after that: How do you know when your timing’s off? I believe that your timing is off when your miss/hit pattern is not consistent. One’s fat, one’s thin, one’s top, one’s good, one’s to the left, one’s to the right. That’s a great indication that your timing’s off.

Find your favorite club and go to the practice tee and hit ten thousand of them and remember when you hit the golf ball to think of the golf swing fundamentals.

This article courtesy – PurePoint Golf Instruction Golf Swing Fundamentals

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During a round of golf there are always times when you face shots where you need to play a fade or a draw to avoid trouble.  Most golfers have a real problem working the ball and end up missing the shot or trying a different route all together.

The ability to make your golf shot move from left to right (fade) or right to left (draw) when playing a round of golf can make all the difference in the world.  Having perfect golf swing drills to help you learn to work your golf shot and play a fade or draw on purpose will help you play for position on the golf course, saving your strokes and improving your golf game.

Here are a few perfect golf swing drills to use the next time you play golf.

This method will help you when are facing a golf shot where you need to move the ball from right to left (draw) around an obstruction.

After you go through your pre-shot routine, aim the ball further right than you normally would.

Turn your grip a little bit to the right to encourage the face of the golf club to curve over.

Aim your shoulders, knees and hips to the right. If it will make you feel comfortable, you can put the right foot back a little bit.

This will encourage the golf club to swing a little bit more underneath you from the inside.

Try this when you are facing a shot where you need to play a golf shot that requires that you move the ball from left to right (fade) around a corner or obstruction.

After you have gone through your pre-shot routine, aim the ball further left than you normally would.

Turn your grip a little bit to the left to encourage the face of the golf club to stay open a bit longer than normal.

Then swing away and this will help the ball fade naturally.

Next time you are on the golf course and need to work your shot, use these Perfect Golf Swing Drills to Work Your Golf Shot and Play a Fade or Draw on Purpose when you need to avoid trouble.

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Golfers seem to have an unlimited supply of golf swing advice. When reading golf magazines, they are full of tips for a proper golf swing.

I have found that while all the tips for improving your golf swing have been offered with the best intentions, in most cases these free golf tips have only confused the issue.

Amateur golfers tend to have problems with hitting long irons and their driver. This can be attributed to a few key factors in your golf swing.

Here are 4 tips for a proper golf swing that I focus on and have helped me and should help you improve your golf swing too.

1) Form – When I talk about form, I am addressing proper setup and balance. If your stance and balance is off, then you will never have a consistent repeatable golf swing. This will cause you to mishit golf shots. Make sure you have good form when addressing the golf ball to develop a more consistent golf swing.

2) Rhythm – All golfers have different golf swing speed (tempo) to their swings. Timing in golf swing is paramount to developing a smooth, powerful swing that generates maximum power at impact.

The backswing should start slowly and unhurried. Your backswing should take twice as long as your downswing.

3) Weight Shift – Proper weight shift is an absolute must.  The backswing starts with the arms and upper body.  The downswing starts with the shifting of your weight from the right side of your body to the left (the weight shift will be from left side to right for left handed golfers).

How to improve weight transfer on golf swing is to make sure that your weight shift starts with the left hip.  This is followed by the straightening of the left leg and planting of the left heel.

Your upper body will uncoil as your left hip moves slightly laterally and the turns out of the way.  This action will clear the left side and eliminate blocking your shot and miss-hitting the golf ball.

4) Follow Through – Completing your swing is very important.  If you have shifted your weight properly, your arms will drop to the inside as the club head returns to the golf ball.  Your club will return to your starting point with the club head in the same position as when you started your swing.  As you follow through your body will naturally rotate and when you complete your swing your chest should be facing your target.

For more help with your golf swing check out: Simple Golf Swing Advice

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