Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Anxiety Help Is More Than Silly Sayings

Here is an interesting article I saw on another blog:
Anxiety Help Is More Than Silly Sayings

Can you believe that title?
Who would have thought that a serious subject like stress management could have such a silly title!

Saturday, September 5, 2009

A New and Unique Way to Improve Your Golf Technique

If you are an avid golfer, you have tried several methods to improve your golf technique. Tried the latest improve-your-golf-swing video. Tried the latest hi-tech putter. Tried meditating, stress relief, or concentration exercises. Maybe even tried practicing more! But there is one method that you probably have not associated with golf improvement, because it doesn’t sound like it has anything to do with golf. What is this method?


Improving your fitness. Specifically, improving your golf fitness. Oh sure, being fit and in shape should have a generally positive effect on your golf game. But focusing on improving your fitness for golf will have an immediate effect on almost every part of your game.



1. Your swing will improve as your waist and shoulders become more flexible and stronger. You will be able to move in a more fluid manner. You won’t strain and you won’t try to power the ball down the fairway.

2. Your short game will benefit from increased concentration. You won’t be distracted by those little aches and pains, and that shortness of breath from hauling your clubs all over the course. You will be able to look at the putt and think only about the putt.

3. Your attitude will become more positive, as you see the changes in your weight and your overall health. Improving your health and fitness will help you have better self esteem.

4. Your desire will increase, as your muscles are stretched and become more flexible. You will simply feel better physically when you finish each round.



The problem with the way you are playing is that each of your movements is probably a compensation for your body’s inability to perform that golf action easily. For example, how many “adjustments” have you made to your swing, simply because you can’t swing your shoulders back to the proper form, and forward fast and smoothly enough? How much of your putting game is simply getting the ball close enough to the hole to tap it in, because you can’t hold your concentration enough to tap it in from farther out?



Focusing on and improving your golf fitness might be just the secret method to improve your golf technique. Want lower scores? Want form and style that is the envy of the rest of your foursome? Focus on your golf fitness, the quickest route to golf improvement.

For more information, click improve your golf technique.

ABOUT THIS AUTHOR:
For more information on how improving your fitness can dramatically take your golf game to the next level quickly and consistently, please click improve your golf technique Rick Carter is a trial attorney and martial arts student who uses golf to relax from the stress of litigation, and to test his improvement in martial arts. He credits improving his overall fitness and flexibility with improving his golf game to the point where it's consistently enjoyable. Well, enjoyable for him. Not so much for those who can't keep up!