golf training accuracy

Golf training accuracy is on any golfer's mind who is trying to get better. Accuracy is an absolute principle which is derived from math. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. The more accurate you become as a golfer, the shorter the coarse, the lower the score since the goal is reached with shorter distances. It is similar to the difference between the 3 point shot percentage in basketball to the lay-up or dunk. The percentage for dunks and lay-ups are in the high 90's. Heck, even a good free throw shooter is in the 90 percentile mark. But when backed up to the 3 point line, percentages dip dramatically.

There are many devices that offer hope to the golfer such as:

Weighted swing trainers - these weighted clubs promise to increase your range of motion and add power to your swing. This will result in an increase in distance. With the additional weight, you'll naturally gain more strength which will assist in reducing injuries.
Wrist and forearm training - There are various devices sold to assist strengthening the wrist and forearm. Again, as with any properly done exercise, muscles will develop and build offering greater control and accuracy. Many believe that the wrists and forearms are a key in the production of club-head speed. Furthermore, the wrists take a pounding during the swing, particularly when in the ruff.
Mechanical guides of your swing - These can vary with some that attach to your wrist to huge elliptical devises that provide a constant touch as you go through your swing. Some clubs have extremely flexible shafts and even jointed shafts to produce immediate feedback of your swing.
Golf Fitness training - Core training, e.g. the center of the body incorporating lower back and the abdomen. This involves utilizing the stability ball. The very nature of the stability ball requires a coordination of the muscles to maintain balance as the workout is done providing strengthening in the hips, back, legs, abs, and buns. Usually, a training DVD accompanies the equipment to take you through a proper workout.
DVD instruction - Well, it has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so what would a DVD be worth? Not only a picture of the proper swing but an actual demonstration of a swing. Sometimes comparing swings of various masters of the craft in order to offer different theories.
Golf swing training dust - just spray it on and smack the ball and have a look at the impact print!

There are so many devices and tricks to make one better, but there does come a point where the payoff is limited. Some articles tout a 40% reduction of your handicap. If you continue to shop and buy these products and hope for the claim to be true after all products improvement promises are added, you should be a pro! Just what is that missing element to truly change your game? Is it another golf training accuracy tool?

Let's begin with the tool of the mind. How many times have you diligently begun your outing with a conviction to apply something only to be frustrated and regress or to maybe even want to quit. Has there been a time where you play and you aren't thinking at all and yet are striking almost effortlessly? Is it some sort of Zen like anomaly where the harder you try, the more it evades you and yet your driven to try?

The theory held by most is that the muscles will remember what they are taught. If the muscles are moved in a repetitious manner, they will memorize the movement. What if you've been golfing for 10 years and you have taught your muscles incorrectly, can they be re-taught? Are you doomed to your bad lessons? Do 10 years of bad instructions require at least 10 years of good instruction? Is time relative or absolute in these manners? Who can really answer these questions?

The way that you can know for yourself is fairly simple. You need to define your terms and your game. For example, you are practicing your swing and hitting with the 9 iron. You strike a basket of some 30 balls. You chart it as you are working on your swing. 10 on the green, 10 to the left of the green, 10 to the right of the green. Perhaps, this is your starting point. So, you set a goal to have all 30 on the green. As you work on this with whatever tool and technique you choose, you simply keep a log of the application when the test is applied. Then, after some period of time, it appears that you have a plateau, 22 on the green on most days with 20 on the low and 24 on the high. What then? Or, what if you achieve the 22 on the green and while actually golfing a game presented with similar situations that you've worked on put 10 on the green? How does one become like Tiger Woods who seems to provide his best shots at the most stressful times? Can he teach what he does? Is it reproducible?

The questions raised above require answers. The answers may be subjective and they may be absolute. Moving from the potential of your game to the actual performance on the course is moving from theory to reality. Maybe, a good starting point would be to ask yourself a question prior to playing or during your play. "Why not me!" You see others who succeed, why not you? It doesn't matter what anyone has stated to you in the past. Some people will have been influenced by negative inputs having comments made that they aren't any good and won't amount to anything. Some react to these sayings with an internal voice saying, "watch, and you'll see what I will become", others actually believe the statements and regress. Why do some believe negative feedback and others rebel to it? The point is that you have to find your positive influences and utilize them. If you can answer the question, "why not me" with a negative answer, such as I need to loose weight, or I need to practice more, and so on, then do it. Remove all of your excuses, and when you have none, you need to cross over into success. The jump is but a small pond. But to those who make the transition, they discover that the processes and goal may have come earlier had they realized what they now know. Throughout history, not only in sports but in life in general, the greats have figured these principles out and have applied them while being very young. Usually, that's the key difference is that it takes some of us more time.