Golf Driving Instruction Made Easy

If that is the case, congratulations, you are on your way towards becoming a smart golfer. You have passed the first test! So you are definitely interested in golf to be smart enough about it. Although you may be relatively new to the game, you probably know the basics.

However, you might be having issues right now with driving a golf ball so you want to learn proper instructions for golf driving, right? This article will help steer you in the right direction, but first one very important requirement. Free your mind right now from any misconceptions, which you may have about proper golf driving.

Do it! If you do not, this article will not be able to help you at all. Think as if you are learning golf for the very first time and remember, like that great Samurai teacher once said, “Too many mind”. Yes, let all that golf crap out of your head and start fresh with profound focus, forget the baby or your wife in the mall for a while.

Forget Robert Redford in The Natural. Time to let go of the idea that it takes brute force to drive a golf ball well, which is so untrue! This is what is messing up your golf game in the first place. Think Newtonian now and the laws of physics like gravity, velocity, inertia, etc. Then, only then will you win at the game of golf, and your back, shoulder, hips and knees will thank you for it, even chiropractors will agree.

Good work, like Pavlov’s dog, there are only two switches in your mind right now. And the two switches are called Alignment and Swing, the only two things crucial to driving that golf ball well.

Alignment is simply all about how you position yourself as a winner in the golf playing field. Stand behind the ball, and then make a quarter circle to the left to reach the ball. As you turn to the ball and plant your right foot pointing an inch or so right of it, extend your arms and sole your club behind it. Set the clubface square (vertical) to your intermediate aiming spot.

Now, draw a mental line on the ground from the spot back to the ball and a little beyond. Congratulations, you just drew the outer right stick of the letter H!

Next, it is time to draw a mental line from the bottom edge of the club straight back toward your feet. Since the clubface is vertical to your aiming line, this line is also vertical to it. This is the ball position reference line, the center cross line of your mind-drawn letter H.

Finally, draw a mental line straight across the center line. This is now the inside or left line of the H, this is where you toe the line so to speak. With your feet firmly planted, make sure to square up your knees, hips, shoulders, and eyes over your toe line, which is parallel left, and square to your aiming line.

At this point, it is important not to change your feet position by keeping them firmly on the ground. To help you remember this, just remind yourself that you are here to drive a golf ball, not to go ballroom dancing with some hot chick!

And now for the “swing” component of golfing with the stars, here is the secret: hit the center of the club face every time! Failing to do this, you will totally change the “constellation” of your swing much like changing the rotation of the Earth in Galilean physics. It is not exactly doomsday but a definite loss for you, because you will never hit the golf ball long and straight, ever.

That is how you drive the golf ball like a winner. Simple enough? Bottom-line is any golfing problem can be traced to either the swing or the alignment switch. There are only two ways you can go wrong, so always watch yourself!

Thank you to Richie Mogwai for this "Golf Driving Instruction" article.

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