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.

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While watching a bit of the LPGA Championship this past week, one thing I noticed that really impressed me was the consistent tempo that the women on tour have.

It reinforced in my mind how important tempo is in the golf swing.

When I am on the golf course, I like to watch other players during their swings. What I have found is that the better players have a much more consistent and even tempo. For some you might be thinking that this is a no brainer, but for the average golfer this is something that is easier said than done.

Here are a few golf swing tips that I have used to help my wife and at times myself to regain a consistent golf swing.

1.)  Start with a solid foundation – no matter whether you are teeing off or playing a shot from the fairway, you must have a solid foundation. Your stance should be such that you will remain stable and not sway from side to side or front to back.  I like to feel as if I am lightly sitting down, as if I was perched on a bar stool.

2.)  Reduce Your backswing – often times players will take a backswing that will change their address position and cause them to either move their head or sway away from the golf ball.  This is a recipe for disaster. Try reducing your backswing a bit. Golfers tend to make this mistake when we are trying to get a bit more distance out of the ball. Solid contact will do this without having to extend your swing.

3.)  Watch your club face swing through the ball – When I am focused on watching for my club head to swing through the golf ball I find that I swing a more fluid motion and strike the ball solidly and squarely.  Again, this may sound like a given, but many amateur golfers tend to look for the ball down the fairway before they have actually completed their swing.

These are just a few things that I try and focus on when I am struggling with my golf swing.  They have helped me and others that I have shared them with.

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There is nothing more frustrating than watching your golf shot start left and then take a hard right turn.

The good news is that fixing the slice in your golf swing is not as hard as it may seem.

Try these perfect golf swing drills designed to fix the slice in your golf swing.

Everything Starts with Your Grip – Take time to review your grip.  You should be using what is referred to as a neutral grip.  This is when the “Vs” formed by the thumb and forefinger on each hand is pointing towards the right shoulder.

Grip pressure – You should grip the club just tightly enough to control the golf club, but loosely enough that someone could still yank the club out of your hands. Read the rest of this entry

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