Tips to Help Fix Your Golf Swing

One of the questions that I think a lot of people would like to know is, “how long will it take to fix my golf swing.” Below, I have outlined the various methods.As you read them, it will be up to you to figure out the best approach. 

Swing Fix 1 – Buying New Equipment

Every golfer has bought new clubs at one time or another to help change their game.   Now, I don’t want to totally discount this fix because buying new clubs can improve your golf game if you’re playing the wrong clubs, or your clubs are not properly fitted to you and your swing. The best thing you can do, is to seek out a professional clubfitter to have your swing checked and club professtionally fitted to you.

There’s another little know way that buying new clubs can fix your swing. Newer clubs feel different from your old clubs.Because they feel different, hitting shots with them causes you to take your mind off of your swing.This new feeling totally clears your mind but it doesn’t last long.  After a couple of weeks of using a new club(s), it no longer feels different so you go right back to thinking about your swing again.So, you really shouldn’t be trying all these new clubs. 

As I said earlier, your best bet is to seek out a clubfitter and have him fit you.  Then, work on your swing.

Swing Fix 2 – Swing Tips

We’ve all picked up the latest golf magazine and tried the latest golf tips hoping they will magically get our game back on track.  The problem is, most people don’t know their swing well enough to determine if, in fact, these tips would apply to their swing. If you don’t know your swing well enough and you keep trying these tips, you may make your swing worse. Plus, a tip is just a tip.  It’s not necessarily going to improve your fundamentals. 

An example of this would be to change to a stronger grip.  Although this tip may cause the face to square better through impact, it isn’t the correct grip.  Be very careful when you’re working on the latest tip in a golf magazine, or from your friend.  A good idea would be to discuss the tip with your head pro or teaching pro first to see if it would be a good fit for your game.Only then should you try it.It it works, that’s fantastic!

Swing Fix 3 – No Focus

So many golfer’s are searching for the instant cure that they get caught up into experimenting with too many changes at once.This approach will never work.  Unfortunately, this is only going to lead to confusion.Also, you may have attempted so many different things that you don’t remember what actually worked.It may have been luck even if you did find something that worked.The way you can truly know if this approach is working is if your game improves well into the future.

Swing Fix 4 – Only Work on 1 Thing

The best way you should work on fixing your swing is to take it one step at a time.  In doing so, you stay focused only on that thing which means you aren’t going to experiment and try 5 different things at once.   In order to work on your swing this way, you need to follow a method or work with a swing coach.By working on your swing this way, you solidify the changes because you are only focused on one thing at a time.Now, I know that you’re probably thinking this is going to take a long time.When you compare way of fixing your swing to the others, you really will getter better, faster this way. 

The reason is, the other ways I described only present a short term fix whereas, isolating one part of your swing develops the right fundamentals that will stay with your long into the future.