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Be Choosy When Buying Golf Swing Aids

I can't believe the number of training aids for golf that are coming out! Talking about "mass overlead" of the brain! Golfers how enough to think about let alone how to use another swing aid for their golf improvement. Am I right?

Training Aid Gluttony

How many do you have in your garage? Don't even try to tell me it's under a dozen! I'm talking about videos, training clubs, putting mats, books, you name it! I can't say it's under a dozen for me either.

How bout this? Did they work? Or did you use them once or twice and file them away in the golf garage? How much did you drop on them? A hundred? Maybe even more?

Here's a reality. I'll bet you've purchased golf swing aids and only used them once or twice. Am I right? If so, did you get what you wanted out of it?? I see and hear this all the time, and yet golfers will continue to spend hundreds of dollars by the latest/greatest gimmick.

I don't know if they think they will find the 'one' training aid that will change their game forever; or they are just trying to take the easy way out?

Either way...the main reason most golf swing aids don't help is because you are not working on what's causing your swing faults. You! Your machine (body) dictates your outcome! This is a physical fact!

What your body is capable of in that moment is the result you'll get.

How about that full shoulder turn you wished you had? Is that related to a training aid or your body? You can use a golf swing aid all day long and not ever make an improvement in this "physical limitation". How often do you walk off the course with a sore back? How many times did you have a good front nine only to blow up on the back nine and shoot your normal score?

The above results were because of the physical issues within your body. Until you realize this and take a different approach to your golf improvement program, you'll be a frustrated golfer for a long time.

In my opinion, there are a couple of golf swing aids that are effective when you incorporate them with your new golf training program. One is the hinged golf club driver. This is a fantastic golf swing aid that gives you instant feedback. Swing it too fast or out of plane and the shaft breaks at the hinge.

Another golf swing aid I like is the weighted golf club. I swing mine everyday and boy does it loosen me up and strengthen my golf swing muscles.

Other than the above golf swing aids, there are dozens and dozens of ones that are a total waste of money. Save your money and work on you! The sooner you do, the sooner you'll stop buying the latest, greatest golf swing aids.

Mike Pedersen
Golf Performance Professional