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How to fix reverse pivot in golf swing

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Playing golf has always been fun for many. Many think that golf is a very easy go game. It would seem like just to beat t golf ball. The players who do golfing regularly will know how difficult can it get. Sometimes it becomes so dangerous. The reverse pivot in golf swing has always been very dangerous. If you are a beginner, you might feel so back pain after playing golf. You should treat it with care and not just leave it careless. When you attempt a reverse pivot in golf swing, you should be well aware of the consequences.

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When you actually try doing a reverse pivot, your position becomes so tough and at times might cause splint around your leg or hip. Many amateur golfers are open to this reverse pivot. This reverse pivot is basically due to the imbalance in weight. The weight might not be spread equally. One’s body moves front when it actually should move back. To avoid this problem, to fix the reverse pivot in golf swing you should first analyze the actual reason in the reverse pivot. When you play baseball, you tend to step forward and put your weight in the front and balance so that the ball covers farther distance. The reverse pivot in golf swing is just similar to the principle involved in baseball. Generally when a golf player does the backswing, he tends to move forward and when he does a downswing, he tends to move backward. This shouldn’t be the case. To fix the reverse pivot, you should move forward when you do a downswing which leads to the balancing of weight.

Similarly, one should move backward during a backswing. Doing such a move prevents you from getting a reverse splint. There are many other moves which might appear a bit tough. Repeated practice and perfection makes you play better. The novice players should keep these points well in their mind to get rid of the splint during the golf swing. There are many forums in various websites which offers varieties of suggestions about the reverse pivot. The golf instruction books actually guides you clearly about the positions you must take during a particular type of swing. There are pictures in the internet which shows you the exact positions for playing golf swing. It is not a big deal to fix the reverse pivot in golf swing.

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How to Handicap in Golf

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Handicap in Golf
Handicap in Golf

The ability of an amateur golfer can be shown by a numerical figure called Golf Handicap.  Golf Handicap is calculated and allotted as per the norms of course and handicapping rating system to allow the golfers of all standards to compete with each other. The maximum rating of handicap in golf for men is 36 whereas for women 45.

Handicap system in Golf was introduced in early 20th century by United States Golf association (USGA). The aim of this system was to equalize the field of playing golf for golfers of various capabilities to compete each other.

The system was improved in 1980s by introducing the term slop rating for golf course, in order to include the difficulty standard of golf course to calculate the golf handicap. The difficulty of course for bogey golfer as compared to course rating is shown by the number called slope rating, which is considered to be 113, an average of 55 and 155 the supposed minimum and maximum range of difficulty of course.

The weak player is allowed to play strokes on a given hole on the golf course, in this system, and deduct the stroke from his score on that hole. Thus the net score is figured out by the two players of different calibers, after ending the round.

According to USGA, course rating of say 74.8 is meant by 74.8 should be the average score of the player for best 50% rounds, the scratch golfer plays.

The USGA’s authenticated Handicap Index of a player can be calculated by a difficult formula that includes slope rating, adjusted gross score and course rating whereas adjusted gross score is the average of the total score of the strokes played at a hole.  Handicap index of a golfer can be attained for minimum 5 strokes played in a club authorized to issue it. Index is calculated by 10 of the best 20 rounds played by the player recently. It is used to calculate player’s handicap in golf.

It is the golf handicap that fixes the number of strokes to be played by the golfer on that course. It can easily be calculated by consulting various calculators online or by adding slope rating of the course to USGA Handicap Index.

The golfer has to become the member of an authorized golf club by USGA to get his Handicap Index. Once the course handicap is received by the golfer he becomes geared up to compete with any golfer globally.

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Timing & Tempo

The reason the vast majority of golfers have such trouble timing a shot satisfactorily is that, subconsciously or consciously, they try to regulate the speed of the club head directly with their hands, without using the intermediary links of the hips, shoulders, and arms. When they do this they get an early but never very great reaction, in terms of speed, from the club head.

This is the old familiar “hitting too soon” or “hitting from the top.” When the intermediary links are used and the chain reaction is allowed to take its course, there is a late reaction by the club head, which then accelerates to great speed at impact. There is a common expression to describe the player who uses the chain reaction: “He waits on the club.” It may not be grammatical but it is descriptive.

What this all comes down to is, the expression of good timing is the late hit. The expression of poor timing is the early hit.Here, as we discuss timing, we isolate one key move that leads to good or improved timing. It is this: Let the body—not the hands—start moving the club on the downswing.

Once you can do this you are on the road to vastly better golf. You will have the feeling that you are starting down with arms and club close to the body—close to the axis— where they should be at this time.

So much has been written over the years about the importance of the hands in swinging the club, that many of us are entirely too hand conscious. A standing vote of thanks is due Bill Casper for stating, in a description of his swing as it reached the hitting position: “At this point my body is still swinging the club.” Many of us have been sure of that for years, but Casper, to our knowledge, was the first of the top tournament pros with the courage to say it.

The hands will take over soon enough, as an automatic, reflex action. The problem is to keep them out while still keeping them moving. If we keep them out while our body moves the club from the top, our timing will be far better.

Rhythm and Tempo

Rhythm and tempo can be considered together, because in golf they mean very nearly the same thing.

We mentioned earlier that the rhythm in the swing of a good player is noticed because of the measured cadence in the upward and downward movement of the club. In his swing there appears to be—and there is—a definite relationship in time between his backswing and his downswing. It is measured in two parts, from the time the club leaves the ball until it stops at the top of the backswing, and from the time it starts to move again until it hits the ball. The club does have to stop at the top, of course, for the instant required to reverse its direction, whether we feel it or realize it or we don’t. No object, not even a golf club, can be traveling in opposite directions at once.

These two segments of the swing can be accurately timed by a motion-picture camera, by the simple process of counting the number of pictures the camera takes during each segment. Such a count shows that the backswing of a good player takes almost exactly twice as long as the downswing.

This two-to-one ratio is the rhythm of the swing. The total time or tempo of the swing will vary with different good players, but the ratio or rhythm will not. Nor will it

 

vary from club to club. The ratio will be the same for the 8 iron as it is for the driver. The tempo of the swing will not change, either, for the individual player.