Some Golf Practice steps for Winter

Is the weather a bit cold and wet for you to play a round this winter? Head to the driving range this winter, with these steps to improve your game.

Step 1: Proper Warm Up.
A lack of playing plus the cold weather will make your muscles very inflexible. At this time of year over any other period of the year it is very important for you to warm up properly. Try taking a couple of clubs from you bag and swinging them together in a constant motion throughout your whole golf swing. Alternatively you could buy a weighted club made by Momentus Golf, they are not designed to hit a balls with This should ensure you don~t get an injury.

Step 2: Check you Posture
Posture is very important and can be checked with the use of a mirror. Many bays now have mirrors. Place the shaft of a club across your back it should touch at the back of your head, across your back between the shoulder blades and at the base of the spine. With the club along your back bend over and bend your legs, ensuring that the club still touches the three contact points. Make sure you bend your knees and you should be in the perfect position.

Step 3: Focus on Your Release
A smooth release will improve the length of your shots.
Stand with your feet slightly closer together and move your arms through the full swing. On the back swing your hands should be at 10 oclock and your follow through should be to 2 oclock. Concentrate on working your hands and body together to get a smooth swing. This drill improves arm and body coordination. This exercise is best practiced with an 8 or 9 iron.

Step 4: Make a Video
If you have a video camera, or a friend who has one, video yourself so that you can see any problems with your swing.
It is hard to teach yourself as you can~t see what you are doing wrong.

Step 5: Chipping Practice
Chipping is something that can ideally be practiced at the range. Most driving ranges have a number of flags at differing distances to allow you to practice different pin positions. The hard mat is also very good at simulating a hard lie. Make sure you practice some chipping when you next go down the range.

Step 6: Body Alignment
Check that your body is effectively aligned at 90 degrees to the ball. You can check this by placing a club facing down the driving range and checking that both your feet are in line with the shaft of the club. This will help you to line up correctly for shots.

Step 7: Practice Shaping Your Shots
Practice your fade by having your left foot further away from the ball than your right. Try to hit the ball straight down the range, this is like simulating a fade shot.
Practice a draw by making sure your left foot is closer in than your right foot. Try to hit the ball straight down the range, which is equivalent to you making a draw shot.

Step 8: Get in Line
To check whether you are a bad slicer of the ball, place three balls next to one another facing away from where you stand. Take the middle ball out and try to hit the ball closest to you without hit the outside ball. A slicer will tend to hit the third ball as well. Practice until you can hit the first ball without hitting the third.

Step 9: Practice With a Friend
If you don~t have a video camera, practice with a friend.
They can watch your swing check our alignment and check your posture. Always concentrate on the basics.

Step 10: Simulate a Round
Many golfers complain that they can never hit the ball as well on a round as they can at the range. This is because generally you practice drive after drive. Well simulate a round by mixing up your shots. Use a driver, then a short iron, pretending you still have 120 yards to go to the pin.
Use a chipper as you pretend you have missed the green.
This enables you to practice taking a number of different shots. Much more enjoyable than just using that driver.

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