Golf Instructional Aids That Will Improve Your Golf Game

Many of us know that life abounds with love/hate relationships.  You know, that type of relationship where you can’t get the other party out of your mind, no matter where you are, or what you’re supposed to be doing?  You’re constantly thinking about the last meeting, and what you did wrong, as well as the next meeting, and what you plan to do differently.  You only hope the other party understands your turmoil, and will be more kind to you next time.

If you’re a golfer, chances are you’re perpetually in such a relationship.  Yes, with the game itself!  You may take it seriously enough, that in between dates, you’re constantly primping and training yourself, with the idea of making yourself look better, and perform like the champ you want to be seen as.

There are many kinds of golf instructional aids intended to help us in this effort.  So many, in fact, that it’s bewildering at times.  Which ones work?  Which ones aren’t worth the time or effort?  And yes, there are some which will not only not help, but could hurt your game.

Training and Mechanical Aids

Of course, there are the standard golf instructional aids, such as books or videos, which present the basics of how successful professionals, or others, approach the game.  These are good for those just starting out, taking up their game after a period off, or those who may not be able to afford lessons from an instructor.

There are also mechanical aids to choose from.  These “golf instructional aids” primarily consist of contraptions that force your torso, arms, or neck and head, into what is supposedly the most desirable position.  There is also a seemingly endless number of products that help us practice our mechanics, in the way of special balls, clubs, mats, nets, and etc.  Any of these may, or may not, help improve our game, depending on exactly what’s wrong with it to begin with.

Golf Instructional Aids Providing FEEDBACK

This brings us to the subject of golf aids that provide us with feedback on our personal game, its strengths, and its shortcomings.  This gives us at least a starting point for our efforts to improve.

Some products, such as mirrors, will allow those of us without 24-hour, on-call trainers to actually see what we’re doing, and whether or not its in accord with what we know we’re supposed to be doing.  Swing mirrors, as well as putting stance mirrors, are good for this purpose.

Another nice product for providing feedback on our swing is an impact bag.  This is a heavy bag that is struck full force with the club, and by the feel it provides, lets us know if the swing was a quality one.

But my favorite product for determining a starting point for all my efforts at game improvement comes in the form not so much of a golf instructional aid, at first, as it is a tool to do that which Aristotle (admit it, a smart man!) said must precede all else:  “Know thyself.”

Pocket Pro, a simple note taking system used while playing, allows a player to do just that.  As a library of information on courses, holes, conditions, and most importantly, personal habits, is built, one finds themselves becoming their own professional caddy.  Those tidbits of information from previous rounds let us know the course – and our own game – as we never could before.  Pocket Pro has been one of my favorite golf instructional aids in my own bag ever since I found it.

This article was written by Robert Chewning, an expert
in the Golf category at www.yoexpert.com

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