Learning how to play golf is a lot like learning how to ride a bike. Initially, it is a struggle. Then, over time, you learn the nuances of the activity that you are doing. Riding a bike requires you to have a specific type of balance that will allow you to stay on the bike without falling. Likewise, playing golf requires you to learn the proper technique of swinging a golf club. This isn’t as simple as raising the club and then swinging away without any thought. It requires concentration, balance, and a few small steps in maximizing the accuracy and power of your swing.
It is very likely that it will take you at least a few weeks worth of playing to really get your swing down properly so that you are hitting the ball as far and as accurately as you wish. The primary hit, or also called the drive, is the first step in learning how to play golf. We tend to focus on this step for the first few weeks when we teach new players how to play golf. Obviously, once we get a proper swing down we can then focus on the player’s intermediate and short game. For now however, I would like to share with you a couple of tips to help you learn how to play golf quickly.
The first tip I would like you to focus on is to simply hold the golf club properly. The most natural grip for a new player is to interlock the pinky finger of your dominant hand with the thumb of your non-dominant hand. This will make sure that your hands don’t come apart during the drive. The impact of this is that you will gain better accuracy with your hit because your hands will maintain the same position throughout the drive.
The next important tip that I would like to share is to focus on your hands. When you hit the ball you should not be deriving power from your palm, instead you should be pulling all of your power from your fingers. This will allow you both more accuracy and more power. Think of it like this — if you are writing with a pen your handwriting will be more accurate if you are writing with your fingers rather than if you are writing with a pen in your palm. The same is true for swinging a golf club. Swinging with your fingers will simply allow you to have a better all around swing.
Follow these two tips to allow you to take the next steps in learning how to play golf quickly. Once you get your initial swing down properly, you can then begin to focus on the next nuances of your golf game. While golf seems simple to the casual viewer, you will soon realize that there are a lot of steps that you will need to perfect before you have your best golf game possible.
