The practice routine by Basic Steps to Perfect Golf

Before every golf shot, I take a few practice golf swings as follows in order to achieve some memory retention:-.

During these practice swings I make a normal back swing movement and then initiate the down swing by pressing the ball of the left foot hard to the ground whilst simultaneously and aggressively forcing the hips to rotate/pivcot towards the target area and also quickly transferring the whole weight of the body onto the left leg but the arms remain in a totally passive condition so that the rotational movement of the shoulders literally swing the passive arms/golf club into and through the contact area.

But as this action is being performed I ensure that the head is positioned so that the left eye remains slightly behind the imaginary golf ball position.

And as soon as the club head makes contact with the imaginary ball, I ensure that the shoulders stop rotating, albeit for only a nanosecond, but this time delay is sufficient time to allow the passive arms/golf club to swing to the bottom of the swing arc - an action that forces the right arm into the fully straighten position.

In order to teach yourself to actually see the club head strike the ball, go to the practice range and endeavour to focus your eyes on the back edge of the golf ball at the address position and maintain this focus of the eyes throughout the back swing and the down swing movement so that you literally see the club head actually make contact with the back edge of the golf ball on every shot you make, but importantly you must also continue to look at the back edge of the golf ball so that you actually see the ball move away from its resting position.

Do not worry about where the ball goes, simply drum it into your conscious mind that you must see the club head actually strike the back edge of the golf ball with every shot.

At first you will find it practically impossible to actually see the precise moment the club head makes contact with the ball, but persevere and you will begin to actually see this physical contact more often.

When you see the results of watching the club head strike the ball and then actually seeing the ball move away from its resting place, it will spur you on.

(If you want to understand what I mean by literally seeing the club head strike the ball -- If you hold a very sharp sewing needle in your left hand and then tried to physically touch the tip of the needle with the index finger of the right hand, you will note that to avoid being pricked by the needle you have to literally watch the tip of the needle very carefully and watch the tip of the finger actually touch the tip of the needle - this is how you intensely you must watch the back edge of the golf ball during the golf swing so that you literally see the physical contact between the club face ond the ball.)

You may wonder why you play such good shots at the driving range, but when you play on the golf course you cannot repeat the good shots consistently.

Well, the main reason is that when you are on the range, you are totally focused on the mechanical action of the golf swing whilst the direction that the ball goes is not that important.

Therefore when you play on the golf course, set yourself up to make a golf swing and put aside any thoughts of where the ball will go, trust your set up and the mechanical action of the golf swing that you practised on the golf range and simply perform the golf swing.

By eliminating any thoughts of where the ball will go, it will allow you to fully concentrate on simply performing the mechanical actions of the golf swing.

If you wish to play very good golf, you must fully concentrate on performing the actual golf swing movement but the main key to playing very good golf is to actually see the physical contact of the club head striking the back edge of the golf ball..

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