Natural Golf Breathing

"....but lizards breath mostly as if their lives depended."

Douglas Livingston

One greatly neglected aspect of life is the most important of them all: breathing. You do it automatically, so what's the fuss about, right?

Well, focused breathing is a little something that can relax you, energise you and add power to your swing. To relax yourself, before you even set up, take two or three slow, deep breaths that fill your stomach. Exhale slowly. This will free your shoulders of tension and clear your mind. Now you are ready to focus on the shot.

Take deep breaths and exhale slowly before each shot. You will soon begin to notice the improvement in the quality of your game...simply because, relaxed, you will enjoy the round more!

Enjoy!!!

To relax yourself, before you set up, take two or three slow, deep breaths that fill your stomach. Exhale slowly.

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Straight Left Arm at Address!!!

One of the intriguing facts of the golf swing is that a player will usually duplicate at impact the position he was in at address. Linked with this is the fundamental idea that the hands should be slightly ahead of the ball at impact, thus leading the clubhead through the ball and out toward the target. The obvious conclusion? At address you should set yourself up so that your hands are ahead of the ball, not opposite it or behind it. This will not only aid in achieving good position at impact, it will make it possible to start the club, the hands and the arms back simultaneously in a firm, controlled swing. A good way to make sure that you can consistently be in the proper address position is to take your stance and then place your hands in such a way that a straight line could be drawn from the clubhead, up through the left hand and to the left shoulder. Golf Greetings ⛳

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