May
26

The Golf Swing

Posted under Swing Improvement by SwingingKatz

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The most essential thing in golf is the precision of the golfer in making the ball to reach the target. And so the golf swing has much greater effect in determining the effectiveness of the golfers shot. So the golfer should have a clear cut idea of the motion of the golf ball after his hit. The term golf swing in golf refers to the force exerted by the player over the stationary golf ball. The golf player swings the club and he hits over the motionless ball. This force projects the ball to a particular distance in air and finally the golf ball rolls over the golf court and it reaches the cup. The correctness of the of the golfer’s hit is easily judged by the precision of his shot. But this precision in shot is in turn dependent on length. That is, the shorter shot are much practiced when compared to the longer shots. The reason behind this is that, a golf player can easily view the target at a shorter distance and there by he can calculate the golf swing.

When the target is far away from the golfer, he may not easily determine or calculate the exact force that he should exert over the golf ball. When the golf player hits the target bit away from him, it helps in boosting up his score. On the contrary if he loses the ball, or if he gets a penalty, or if the golf ball comes to rest prior to the target.( May be because of the golf greens.) and so the golfer must asses the projectile of the golf ball, and his force prior to the golf swing.

Though the player is very correct in assessing the golf swing sometimes his assessment goes wrong due to several reasons. This discrepancy may be due to the wrong direction of hit, wrong alignment of the club of the golf bat, or it may be due to the excess/less force than required or it may be due to the poor maintenance of golf greens. For a player to hit the target much accurately there are certain criteria that is to satisfied. The most important thing among those is that the target should be bit nearer to him because as mentioned earlier, the shorter shots are much accurate than the longer ones. Second thing to be noted in golf swing is that the direction of swing should be correctly determined and the ball should be hit with the necessary thrust.

In general the players can reach the club head velocity more or less equal to hundred meters per hour. But Tiger Woods, who ranks first in mens championship, has reached one twenty five meter per hour. So the accuracy varies from player to player and from one golf field to other. Sometimes the sand between the ball and the club head of the golf bat provides cushion effect to the golf ball and helps the golf ball in gaining more impetus. This kind of golf swing is called a chip shot. Apart from these reasons there are many more reasons which include weather conditions, adaptability of the golf player to the conditions of the golf court. Even the wind direction plays its role in golf swing. When the wind is in the direction of the balls projectile, clubs with greater lie angles are chosen so as to throw the ball to a greater distance and vice versa if the wind is perpendicular to the projectile of the ball.