The One Piece Takeaway In Your Golf Swing (pt. 1)Written by Glen Osborne
One conscious move for your backswing? Wow! Do you mean that a main part of my backswing can be done with one simple movement? Read on to learn some needed understanding of how this can be achieved. For your short iron hits your backswing is not as long as it is for your longer irons and woods. One conscious move, done correctly, is all you need to get your golf club far enough away from ball from where you can apply desired hitting force. However, there is an important "but". Oh yes! Along with "one conscious move" there is a whole bunch of "don't move this and that". But, don't think you have to remember all "don't moves". They are remembered by thought of "controlled body movement". By following instructions of control and movement in my upcoming putting and swing modules, you will automatically be doing a ‘one-piece takeaway'. In fact, I have designed a putting method which uses first inch or two of takeaway movement of your basic chipping, pitching, and full swing skills. Amazing! You can practice early part of your ‘one-piece takeaway' by learning and using my putting technique. The instructions which tell you how to do one piece takeaway are in Part 2 of this title. But, first.... Some Body Awareness Stuff When you stand at ease in your attention position your body, arms, legs, and head have a beginning, natural position to each other. There are basic movements which you can do which will maintain most of your natural body position. Three of these movements are: 1. Bending forward at your hips 2. Bending your knees evenly 3. Reaching your arms forward from your shoulders (Hmmm! Do these 3 movements or positions remind you of something you do when you golf? Or when you see other people golf?) When you swing your golf club you will do one or more movements which cause part of you to move away from your natural body position. If you keep these unnatural movements to a minimum you will have far less trouble with your golf swing. It is easy to recognize unnatural movements. Think of how comfortable you are in a standing position without being rigid. When you make any movement from this position you will use some muscles. You will feel less comfortable, even though some movements are done within an acceptable range of comfort. As you read this try a variety of bending or turning movements in various parts of your body. You will find some which are harder to do and which feel quite uncomfortable. Hold both comfortable movements and uncomfortable movements at a position away from your starting position. You will become aware that within seconds it becomes harder to hold these positions. Now, make a comfortable movement to a comfortable position and hold it. While in this position try a second movement. Think about how hard it is to maintain first position while you do second movement. Repeat this idea by firstly moving into an uncomfortable position to begin this test. The final test is to hold your left thumb with your right hand and then try a variety of movements. It does not matter if they are golf related movements or not. Your hands and arms will be in same position as they are when you hold a golf club. As you experiment with a variety of movements ask yourself: * Does this feel comfortable? * Does this feel uncomfortable? * For how long does a test movement feel comfortable? * When does a test movement begin to feel uncomfortable? * Does a test movement change pressure of how you hold your thumb? * Does one part of your body begin to feel uncomfortable as you move another part of your body? Let your thoughts wander around trying different variations of this test to find positions and movements which feel comfortable or uncomfortable. This test will help you to learn more about movements related to your putting and golf swing. When you begin to follow my instructions involving basic body movements and control you will be more aware of your positions and movements which are comfortable or not. The goal is to guide your golf movements towards total comfort and control. This includes being comfortable during and at end of movement you are doing. Incredibly, you will find that you will be establishing takeaway motions which will give you a feeling of weakness but which set you up for explosive and accurate power in return part of your golf swing. Do You Get Tired While You Golf? Here's What Might Be Happening! No matter what your physical strengths are you will experience some level of tiredness as you play last few holes of your round of golf. You may not notice this tiredness if you are fairly strong. But, it will occur in "small" muscles used to control your swing movements. You will be using one or more movements which take part of your body, arms, or hands out of their natural alignment. Tired muscles will make it more difficult to either maintain unnatural positions or make it more difficult to do adjustments built into your swing which control unnatural body positions. The first collapse in this scenario will be that your timing of 2 or more movements will fail. You will feel awkward or weak during a golf shot. Often, you will blame some technical part of your swing such as your grip or weight shift or whatever. As you become more tired you will have problems doing one or more of your takeaway movements. The result is a poor golf swing. A Move Which Can Cause An Unwanted Move
| | Betting on the NFL Preseason Football GamesWritten by By Ron Dyer of Dyer’s Sportsline
Many sports bettors don’t take advantage and decide to pass on betting in NFL Preseason. More than likely, they've done battle with NFL Preseason games in past and have started their football seasons in hole. The number one reason why they failed is because they used same handicapping methods in exhibition games that they use during regular season games. As it turns out, NFL Preseason is one of best times to bet on football. Winning edges can be found in deciphering available information heading into game giving edge to astute handicapper over books. Information is key in NFL Preseason and it’s only time of year when coaches are willing to reveal their game plans. Among items to look for when handicapping NFL Preseason games is to assess intentions of head coach. An established veteran head coach’s primary objective is to prepare his team to win during regular season. If coach is a veteran, look at his exhibition record in past seasons to gather clues as to how he prepares his team for preseason games and how seriously he takes games. If a veteran coach is secure in his job and with stable personnel, it can reasonably be expected that he will not be looking to win at all costs, will rest his starters and key reserves to avoid unnecessary injuries, especially in first two exhibition games. However, as preseason wears on and regular season looms, look for this type of team to step it up in their third preseason game. A veteran coach whose team is coming off an unsuccessful season whose job may be in jeopardy may go all out in preseason to win a few games and appease ownership, media, and fans. This coach may play his starters longer in an attempt to get them ready for regular season. Such a coach tends to be dangerous early in preseason. A rookie coach almost always tries to impress and win games in preseason, in order to build their own confidence, confidence of team, and confidence of ownership, media and fans that right man was hired for job. A new coach is often in a “honeymoon period” with his new team and they may play harder for him. The major decision that any coach must make is who is going to play quarterback and for how long. When handicapping NFL Preseason games, you must pay attention to how deep quarterback position is with each team and how many snaps each quarterback will see. This has a huge bearing on how well a team will perform. If a team is embroiled in a quarterback controversy, possibly a situation where two veterans are competing for starting job, one could expect both quarterbacks to play well. This situation could have a seasoned NFL quarterback playing against opponents second or third string defense in early preseason games – Advantage veteran quarterback. When a team is not deep at quarterback, or is hurt by injuries or hold outs, it might find itself in trouble playing young and inexperienced signal callers that may have trouble moving ball when facing complex, speedy NFL defenses while directing an offensive scheme in which they might not be familiar with.
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