Hit Straight Drives

A lot of golfers really battle to hit straight drives and getting off to a good start is such a confidence booster. There is nothing better than a good drive at the start of a round of golf. You will have a great day if you can hit straight drives off every tee.

The secret to straight driving is technique and confidence. If you have ever hit a straight drive then you can do it again. Its in there somewhere and all you have to do is find it and repeat it time and time again.

Many a bad tee shot is the result of tension especially on the first tee of an important round or when there is a crowd around. The result is the player gets tense and so the whole body, starting from the grip and going right through the arms, legs and torso, is overcome with tension. The result can be embarrassing and shake a players confidence.

Remember when playing that the woods are a little bit longer than the irons and therefore a slightly flatter swing plane is required (dont adjust for this because of this article!). In many cases pulling out the driver is a habit and is sometimes not even required. If you have a 350 meter/yard hole you can probably easy take two six irons to get there. Why make it more difficult by playing a driver?

A very good way of grooving the swing and getting confidence to hit straight drives regularly is to practice with a shortened back swing. When you go to the range shorten your back swing to 75%. Make sure you accelerate evenly through the ball and make a full follow through.

As you do this more and more at practice your big muscles will groove themselves to perform the same when you go back to a full swing. Try it youll be amazed at the results. You may even find that with a shortened back swing the loss in distance (if any) is so negligible that with the extra accuracy it is not worth worrying about.

Standing on the first tee knowing that you will be in play after your tee shot is a huge confidence booster. No-one ever worries about who plays the second shot first yet we all want to smack the longest drive. Funny thing the ego (intended for the men out there ladies dont seem to worry about this too much).

Give it a try I guarantee you will hit straight drives more often than you do at the moment.

As a qualified EGTF golf professional teacher I get great pleasure in helping people improve their game. Why not head over to Better Golfing and take up my challenge to reduce your golf handicap by 25% within 6 weeks?

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Do you prefer lose 40 pounds in 8 weeks, and have it back with EXTRA bonus, or lose 40 pounds in a year and say good-bye to them for good? If you chose the second option, please, read this article. If not, go back to your miraculous diet program, which results you are going to regret pretty soon.

Ive have been reading a lot about diets, experiencing a hell of a life of GAIN-WEIGHT-LOSE-WEIGH myself, and I can confirm what most of the specialist say: the best diet is self-control. Forget about all these diet programs. They fail big time.

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Unless you are willing to make an oversize effort, you will NEVER reach your desired weight. You can disagree with me, you can insult me I dont care. I am here to help you telling you the truth. Here 10 hints that helped me to lose a lot of weight and keep it up:

1.Make sure you have 3 regular meals and lots of water in between;

2.Never eat after 8 p.m

3.Exercise. Instead of elevator, stairs. Instead of car, walk.

4.Develop a hobby that can keep your thoughts away from the refrigerator;

5.Dont buy food that you know is going to make you put some weight.

6.Never think that you can do whatever you want on the weekends (I mean, food wise)

7.Remember, you dont need to eat the whole portion at the restaurant: think about your dog! Bring home.

8.Never buy XL clothes. Its good if you dont feel comfortable in your clothes.

9.Start flirting with your husband again. It will give you a high self-esteem. Its a nice encouragement to lose weight.

10. DONT WATCH TV they have innumerous crappy food commercials. Stay away from temptations.

These are different attitudes that worked for me. Try to find your downfalls and develop your own rules. Good luck!

Bio and Info - Grace Araujo Kolman is from Brazil and presently lives in USA. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Language Arts, Literature, and a Masters in Human Science. Grace works as a writer and translator in several languages. To contact her please write to ( gkam34@hotmail.com )

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