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How To Use Golf Training Aids To Improve Your Putting
Drive
for show, putt
for dough. Relax
the nerves, trust
your line.
Eyes over
the ball, smooth take away. Accelerate
through the ball, and...
Klinka tinka tinka
-- yes!
The sweet sound of
a birdie putt,
or even a 6-footer
for par,
dropping into the cup. It's a great feeling, especially if
you just
finished the
18th for a
personal best round. Or if
you just won
5 skins
to make your buddies
shell out some serious coin. A hot day
with the
putter can make
you feel like a
million bucks. Actually, in the case of a PGA tour pro,
it can earn
you a million bucks.
Too bad
that for the
average golfer those days seem to
come so infrequently. The average
Joe uses
up anywhere
between 32
and 40 putts
per round, while the best
pros average around 30. Tour pros make just under
90% of their putts from 4-5 feet, while average guys make around 50%.
That's a lot of shots to give up! Think about this: if
you are a
thirteen handicapper, your average score is around 85,
and you average 36 putts per round, then 42% of your shots
are putts! And what
do you
spend most of your
time doing
at the range? If youre like most guys (and
gals) then you spend most of your
time beating balls with your driver
or mid-irons. Yet,
according to the
numbers you should be
spending almost half of your time
on the
putting green.
So how can busy people with little time for golf practice still improve their
putting game without doubling practice time or
drastically reducing the amount of time spent practicing their full shots? Golf
training aids are the answer. Many
training aids exist that can quickly improve your putting
stroke and green reading without spending hours on the putting green. Just 10 to
15 minutes per practice session is required for most golfers to drop strokes quickly. Here are some tips for finding right training aids or a combination of training aids to maximize your results:
1. Look for training aids that allow you to easily
see the
following things: square clubface, shoulder
alignment, eye placement (over the ball), foot alignment, and
stroke path. Some devices
use mirrors, some use low-power lasers. Most training aids have physical barriers that keep the putter on the right path
during the stroke.
2. For eye alignment you can always do this: line up the putt and
address the
ball as if you were going to hit the
putt. Then take a ball from your pocket, put it between your eyes, and allow it to drop straight down. Wherever the ball lands is where your
eyes are lined up.
They should be directly over the target ball.
3. Whatever
device(s) you choose, make
sure that they are not too large and/or awkward. My experience is that you don't use the device unless it is convenient.
4. Follow through is also important, so make sure that the training aid
gives you feedback for the whole
stroke. You
need to see that your stroke path is straight and putter face releases
properly after
contact, otherwise you will have consistency problems.
5. Use the golf training aid consistently,
every time you practice. You need to groove the stroke and you can't do that unless you keep at it.
Also, if possible, use the device at home or at the
office when you have a spare minute. This extra practice time
really helps.
I wish you
good luck and a hot blade!
Mike Gelhaus, once racquetball
professional and published
author for Racquetball
Magazine, has turned his attention
back to the game of Golf. With the use of golf training aids, he achieved a
handicap of 3
only weeks before back surgery. Check out his site at
http://the-best-golf-training-aids.com.
Make Your Money Work For You
Do
you want to know
the real truth about
how to get wealthy?
The answer
is very simple.
All
you need to do
is make your money
work for you,
instead of you having to work
for your money.
Talk to all
the people who
have become wealthy
and I bet theyll all tell
you that they make their money work for
them. They may not have started
out with any money but they learned that if they were smart with
what money they
did earn they
could make
it work for them instead of
the other way around.
This rule
does not
discriminate. Every one
has an equal chance to do this
and it is
never too late to start.
Why hasnt someone
explained this to
you before
you ask? Why
didnt you learn this at
school? You are
probably like the majority of people who went to school. You went to learn
how to get
a job and work for money for the
rest of your life.
Wouldnt you rather have been taught
how to make your money work for
you? Did any of your
teachers show
you how to do this. Not
likely. They probably didnt know how to do it either.
You were probably told from a very early age to get a
good education so that
you could get a
good job. This good job would assure you of a steady income for the rest of your life. If you were lucky, and got a
really good job
where you earned
lots of money, then you might be
able to
save up enough money for the deposit on a house. Then you could spend the rest of your
life paying off your mortgage and hopefully have a few
dollars left to save for your retirement.
Did anyone tell you that by the
time you get around to retiring, your
savings probably wont
go very far. Forget about a pension because there probably wont be one by the time you retire. Well, if thats the case then once you retire it wont be too hard to have to
start scrimping and economizing as youve done that all your life anyway so you are well qualified. Your only worry now is that you hope that your money wont run out before you do.
Well before
its too late, just how do you go about making your money work for you? Well there are
dozens of ways you can do this. The
first thing you need to do is find out from the experts how they do
it. You need to be prepared to start educating yourself on the
different options that are available out there.
Jamie McIntyre of the
21st Century
Academy offers a free
DVD and e-book that
will give you some great ideas on how to get your financial intelligence off to the right
start. Find out what hundreds of
others are doing to transform their
lives by learning how to make their money work for them. To check out
Jamies free offer go to www.learnwealthysecrets.com and click on the 21st Century link.
Alison has been studying and teaching self improvement and wealth
creation including teaching business and personal development for over 20 years. Alisons passion is
researching and sharing the wealth of resources and knowledge she has acquired .
For more information as well as free tips, articles and links to other inspirational sites plus a
Free 21st Century DVD or EBook or 7 Free lessons from the Teachers of The Secret visit
http://LearnWealthySecrets.com
Getting Your Online Money Making Business Started
For
the absolute
novice the foray into creating
a money
making online business can be quite
daunting. Most
don't know where
to start let alone know what
to do or how
to do it.
The one common theme,
no matter what
their circumstance,
is "I want
to make money!"
The key to having an online money
making business is a change of mindset
from employee to
business owner or entrepreneur.
The employee clocks
in every day, does
the required tasks, clocks out again
and spends their pay check;
sometimes years
in advance if they
have accumulated credit debt.
The
business owner however takes
a wider view. He or she
has a business plan, sets
goals and initiates strategies to
achieve them. The business owner forecasts their
income in advance.
One of the first things to
do, to avoid information
overload, is to sit down with pencil
and paper
and plan your business.
Begin by defining what sort of business
you want:
1. Physical products
This
could be based
on something as
simple as
your favourite craft or hobby. My teenage daughter,
for example, loves making
her own jewellery; so
much so that our home is literally littered with her "creations". Therefore
I built a website
for her to
sell it.
2. Electronic Products
If "making" a
physical product to sell seems like too much work, how about creating a "How To" ebook about all you know on
your favourite hobby, craft or area of expertise. Electronic products
are very popular with
those who want information but don't have the time to do all the research. Gather all your knowledge up in one package and sell your efforts again and again and again.
3. Affiliate Program Products
If you
are really stuck for an idea of a product to sell,
affiliate marketing is a good place to start. Affiliate marketing is selling someone else's product for a percentage of the sale. The secret to
this kind of business is find products that you
really love; it will be easier to
succeed if your heart and soul is in your business.
There's no
reason why you can't do all three - eventually - but for a start choose just
one. Once you have decided, plan out ways to implement this new business. Break the plan into smaller, easy to achieve tasks.
For each stage of implementing your money making business
work on bite size pieces.
For example: "I need a
website" can be refined into:
- Registering a Domain Name
-
Find a web host
- Find an Auto-responder service
- Find a web designer or for the do-it-your-selfer, lessons on website building
- Find a payment processor
A certain amount of single-mindedness is
required as it is easy to become
distracted. You might find ideas
popping into your head as you are working away. Great!
Write them down in your ideas vault and get back to business.
They can always be developed later when you have finished the
task at hand
All good business owners work within time-frames. Use this to measure your
effectiveness and productivity. Schedule time for your tasks, set a completion date, review your
progress, and then adapt to make improvements.
While overseeing your business as a whole and
focusing on the tasks required, your online money making business will
take form and you'll find you will make money.
Dee-Dee
MacLeod-Wilson (
http://www.wanttoworkfromhome4life.com) is a Kiwi work from home mom with a
holistic approach to helping like
minded parents become successful work from home families.