October 21, 2006

Is Your Golf Training Center Worth Their Fees?

Does this describe you?

You have just picked up a liking for golf, you would love to go on a golf vacation, so you obviously want to learn fast, and perform well. What do you do? You seek out a good and enroll yourself for the prescribed workouts with the hope that your golf game will improve gradually.

What Should You Expect From A Golf Training Center?

A good golf training center will put you into a regime of .  This is definitely not the same thing as the regular fitness training. There is a major difference between these two types of workouts and while the regular fitness training is great under any circumstance, it will never be particularly helpful in improving anybody’s golf game.

A golf training center should train you in golf-specific exercises/ workouts. These would include exercises with bands, hand-weights, weighted golf clubs, balls and so on which will focus on those body muscles that are needed during the game of golf.  The golf training center will also teach you the importance of posture, grip and alignment as well as your balance, timing, sequence and so on.

The golf-specific fitness training will also improve the flexibility of those muscles that are in danger of injury – such as lower back muscles and the hamstrings. All these will be quite different from the regular fitness training. Hence, beware of the golf training center which is equipped like a gym. Though this will not harm you, this will not benefit your golf game the way you envisage.

There is another thing that is very important when you enroll in a reputed golf training center, and that is how regularly you exercise. If you go even once a month it will be okay. But ensure that you go regularly; the best would be at least twice a week. Do not be among those who become members only to be part of the conversation about training.


Remember, even pros need continuous workouts. Exercises not only help in building and maintaining the stamina and flexibility of the golf muscles that are of paramount importance for a good golf game, it also helps in checking out where you lack and you need improvement.  Without a continuous feedback and constant training, it will not be possible to progress with the game quality.

Regular golf-specific workouts will make it possible for you to improve your core stabilization, overall stamina, flexibility of the muscles (and hence prevent injury) and promote physical endurance. Everything is possible when you know how!

So armed with this knowledge, you are now well on your way to becoming a skilled golfer.

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November 9, 2006

Bethany said:

My Dad played golf when I was growing up, but I never took much interest in it until just about a year ago when I started playing a golf game online. Since then, I've been anxious to try out the real thing, as it seems like the type of hobby that requires one to put both their mind and body into it.

November 11, 2006

Lesley said:

Interesting article.  I'm not really a golfer myself (I tried, I was useless, and didn't enjoy it enough to want to spend time and money improving either) but I have friends who are, and they have invested quite a lot in training. There are simulations you can get for the computer now that track your motion and can help you improve your swing - they come with video trainers and a motion sensing kit, and they really do seem to work (at least, my swing is tracked as all over the place, and my better friends are within the correct arc). Maybe this would help save some money as you wouldn't need to spend as much time in the centers?

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