Improve Strength For Golf To Reach Your True Potential
March 12, 2010
Improve Strength For Golf To Reach Your True Potential
by: Mike Pedersen
Strength for golf is a term you’ve all heard by now. It’s all over the television during professional tournaments, and golf instructors are now throwing the term around.
What makes strength for golf so important and why should you listen?
Let me briefly explain.
The golf swing is traumatic to the body! I can’t put it any simpler than that. When you are swing an object that is over 3 feet long at over 85 mph, there is a physical cost.
The physical cost is undo stress on the major joints of the body. The lower back is the most common area to get injured, along with the hips, shoulders, knees and even wrists.
If your body is physically weak and restricted (low level of flexibility), you will have a minimal chance at playing good golf and staying injury-free as well.
How many times have you gone to the range or the course, only to come home with your lower back stiff, aching or in pain? What about other body parts? I’ll be you’ve felt your hip joints or maybe even your shoulder joints at some point.
New Jersey Camping & You: Perfect Together
March 11, 2010
New Jersey Camping & You: Perfect Together
by: Eric Stephenson
Why the heck would I want to go camping in New Jersey?
I get asked that question just about every single day and I’m pretty tired of it after all these years. So I’m going to answer that question right here for the last time.
There are literally hundreds of reasons to go camping in New Jersey, but there is one large, and I mean really large, reason:
Where else in the country can you drive less then 3 hours and go from the mountains, to the shore, to the marshlands, to 3 different major metropolitan areas to several major lakes and everywhere in between?
Camping in New Jersey is literally the best of all worlds. There is just about nothing you cannot do while you camp in New Jersey. You have your choice of over 120 campgrounds and State Park facilities to choose from not to mention thousands of acres of public land to explore.
6 Winning Strategies Guaranteed to Improve Your Coaching
March 10, 2010
6 Winning Strategies Guaranteed to Improve Your Coaching
by: David Huizar & Matt Zavadil
Are you sure you’re doing everything you can to be the best coach possible? Absolutely sure?
I’ve been a coach and I’ve had a lot of coaches. You know what I’ve found? Some coaches put all the pieces together and some just don’t invest time developing the coaching skills that make a difference.
I can’t turn you into a coaching superstar overnight but I can get you started with these six powerful communication skills. I’ll break them into two groups: Verbal and Non-verbal.
Three verbal communication skills you must master:
1) Consistency
Don’t send your players mixed messages by telling your team something today and then two days from now completely contradicting yourself. Your players must be able to trust the words that come out of your mouth.
Also, keep your tone consistent with what your words are intending to get across. I had a coach once who, when one of us messed up, would say, “That was great” in a dripping wet sarcastic tone. Talk about sending us a negative message and beating team morale into the ground!
Golf Equipment Isn’t Working
March 9, 2010
Golf Equipment Isn’t Working
by: Mike Pedersen
Golf equipment doesn’t work? Did that catch your attention? I hope so. Now keep reading.
Just the other day I was watching the Golf Channel and they were talking yet again about the latest and greatest drives and irons. This golf equipment (new technology) that has gotten totally out of hand, is making these companies a ton of money.
Why?
Because they prey on vulnerable, frustrated golfers looking to play better through golf equipment.
Here’s my beef!
It’s not working! I don’t care what these companies sayI see golfers everyday, buying new golf equipment and STILL not playing any better. It’s a known fact that the average golf handicap has not gone down in over 20 years!
It’s NOT the equipment that’s going to improve your gameit’s YOU!
You swing that club. You show up to the range or course. It all depends on your current physical condition how well you will swingand especially for 18 holes.
Is that registering with you yet?
How many new clubs have you bought lately? Did it allow you to play betterconsistently? Be honest. Don’t let your pride answer that question. Just state the facts. Are your scores lower? Do you swing with better consistency?
Golf Etiquette Tips For The Beginner
March 7, 2010
Golf Etiquette Tips For The Beginner
by: George Gabriel
I’ve played with a lot of golfers who truly take the game of golf seriously and a lot of golfers who don’t. It’s okay to have fun out there, keeping in mind respect for other players who do take it serious.
The tee box
Think of the tee box as a stage with a spotlight. Everybody gets his or her turn to shine. Try to remain quiet and out of the golfer’s view, including your shadow that may hinder the golfer’s concentration at address. The best position to stand when a player is addressing the golf ball would be to the other side, opposite of his golfer’s arm extension. You should be standing far enough back to see the club head and golf ball of the player addressing the ball. By taking this position, you would definitely be giving the player room to concentrate, unless he can see your shadow or hear the chatter of your clubs or talk. When you must stand behind or front of a golfer addressing his or her shot, take a second to ask if it’s okay and or are you far enough away. Act like a caddie when another player is playing a shot. Watch the golf ball finish rolling and mark the spot with a tree or bush. A lot of golfers do not like to watch their ball land, if it’s a bad shot. By doing this for your fellow golfer, it will help speed up play. Try to refrain from yelling nice shot or great shot, when you’re around another tee box or green. When you must tell a joke, wait until it’s you’re stage.
Creating a Baseball Fantasy League
March 6, 2010
Creating a Baseball Fantasy League
by: Jay Moncliff
The last decade has seen many changes, one of them being the amazing involvement of individuals in baseball fantasy leagues as well as other fantasy sports. There are no specific rules for baseball fantasy involvement; however an unspoken rule for you to be successful at baseball fantasy games is for you to have a real appreciation and interest in real baseball. These simple steps will help you start a baseball fantasy league that you will really enjoy playing with the whole season.
Baseball Fantasy Step #1 Calling all Teams
The first baseball fantasy step to creating a league is getting your teams together. This basically means you need to get 8-12 friends together to create teams. Remember, if you have less than 8 teams or more than 12 your season will not be as enjoyable. The suggested 8-12 baseball fantasy teams mean you will be able to have a competitive season.
Baseball Fantasy Step #2 Elections
Every baseball fantasy league needs a commissioner, or someone who is in charge. This person will be responsible for compiling each team’s statistics on a weekly basis and distributing them to all of the players. Be sure you elect a commissioner who is responsible and takes the position seriously.
Shopping for a Swimming Pool
March 5, 2010
Shopping for a Swimming Pool
by: Jeff Lakie
When the summer rolls around and the air heats up, we all dream of having pools in our own backyard. However, before shopping for pools, it is important to be aware of safety issues. Make sure you are willing to take on the responsibility before you buy.
Do you have a lot of kids in your neighborhood? Pools are magnets for children! Be aware that if the pool is on your property, you may be liable for any accident that may occur. For safety reasons, the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend installing pools until your children are at least 5 years old. While they are certainly a lot of fun, pools can also be hazardous if the owners don’t take proper precautions.
Fences should be placed around pools to prevent accidental falls as well as uninvited guests. The fences should be at least 4 feet high and gated. Ideally, there should be latches and locks for when the pools are not in use. Ladders from above-ground pools should be removed when not in use.
Golf Exercises Don’t Have To Be Grueling
March 4, 2010
Golf Exercises Don’t Have To Be Grueling
by: Mike Pedersen
Golf exercises are viewed by the majority of golfers as “work”. That is why it is so difficult to convince golfers that golf exercises can be fun and don’t have to wipe you out physically.
I’ve worked with many golfers in person and with my online golf performance sites, who were shocked to realize how much fun and motivating golf exercises can be.
Don’t picture going into a sweaty, smelly gym and lifting god-awful weights. Nopicture doing golf exercises that mimic your golf swing and have a direct impact on your power, accuracy and consistency.
This new outlook will be a huge motivating factor in the success of your golf exercise program. When you envision the end result, it makes it all worthwhile.
It’s also a double benefit!
Doing golf exercises that closely mimic your golf swing, will not only improve the strength and flexibility of your golf swing quickly, but reinforce your swing technique off the course. This double benefit will transform your game.
Get ready for powerful drives, accurate approach shots, and scores that will plummet.
Golf Exercise Benefits
March 2, 2010
Golf Exercise Benefits
by: Mike Pedersen
Golf exercise benefits are many. Golfers have struggled for years with their games and have become very frustrated. I can’t tell you how many times I play with golfers who are about to quit the game.
To explain golf exercise benefits to a golfer takes a little convincing, but in a short amount of time they become believers. There are so many I can’t possible list them all in this article, but you will be motivated to take this approach.
Some of the main golf exercise benefits are; improved power for longer drives; dramatically improved stability for better consistency; a body that moves freer, removing tension from the swing; more energy for 18 holes; elimination of injuries; weight loss; improved concentration due to a reduction in fatigue; I could go on-and-on.
Improved Power For Longer Drives
If your body is weak and inflexible you will not be able to achieve optimal swing mechanics. Such things as a full shoulder turn, with minimal hip rotation; creating and retaining torque (energy) in your core for maximum clubhead spead; proper sequence of motion with muscles firing at the appropriate time; being able to swing just a little harder on long par 5’s and still be in control.
Beginning Runner: The Benefits of Water Aerobic Exercise
March 1, 2010
Beginning Runner: The Benefits of Water Aerobic Exercise
by: Kely Braswell
As beginning runners (or any runners for that matter!), we often tend to stick to the one thing we know: Running.
And at Ordinary Runner (http://www.ordinaryrunner.com/) we certainly believe EVERYONE should be a runner!
However, running does give us quite a pounding on our legs! Our joints and muscles are repeatedly shocked throughout the course of a run… And the more intense the run, the more pounding they take!
Cross training a day or two a week can work wonders!
What is cross training, you ask?
It basically means that you “cross over” for a day into another aerobic exercise area, instead of only running, in order to help prevent injury. (Or to recover after an injury!)
Don’t get me wrong! Running, as we’ve stated before, is NUMERO UNO as far as aerobic exercises go! Nothing gets your heart rate going like a good run!
But running does give you a good pounding!
So lots and lots of runners take a day or two a week and cross train.
