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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Tips for Improving Your Golf Driver Play

Practice these golf driving tips and instructions at practice ranges. These instructions will help you to get longer yard range at the tee.

Almost every golfer is trying to get more distance off the tee. Always remember that the driver is the most difficult club in the bag to hit, due to the amount of loft being the least. Hence, for even a small miss, the error is going to be larger than with a nine iron.

Imagine yourself on the tee box of your favorite shot 4 par. You have your driver club in hand. The hole is designed with risk reward. If you hit the ball long and straight, you can get very near or maybe on the green and can setup a birdie. But if you miss-hit, you stare down at the barrels. You may get o/b or balloon score.

Distance is determined by the clubhead speed. The faster you swing the club, the farther the ball will travel. driving the golf ball long and straight is the holy grail of almost all amateur golfers. An average player generally uses his arms to move the club faster, and this leads him to problems and inconsistency. Instead, he must try to make a solid contact. It is better to hit the ball in the center of the clubhead speed of 90 miles an hour than to hit the ball on the toe of the clubhead at 100 miles an hour.

It is important to focus on swinging in tempo, with a smooth move. Make a full shoulder turn away from the ball and think about turning your back to the target. Make a full rotation while swinging through and face the target. Above all it is important to stay in balance.

Incorporating these tips will take lots of practice, but as long as you keep working on the fundamentals.

  • Watch and imitate good players. Imitation is one of the best methods of learning.
  • Never watch players who are struggling, unless you want to imitate their swings.
  • Practice.
  • Practice wherever possible - on the driving range, in your living room, or even your backyard. You dont have to leave your home to get quality practice.
  • complete concentration must be on your practice. Its much better to spend ten minutes and concentrate on what youre doing than spend an hour just whacking balls.
  • If youre hitting a too may balls, take breaks at regular intervals.
  • Think about what youre doing, and rest when youre tired and frustrated.
  • Dont wear sun glasses they impair your depth perception.
  • It is extremely rude to give unsolicited advice to your friends or strangers, even if you believe that your advice will help them
  • Walk the course. professional golfers always walk. The reason being that, walking gives you more time to concentrate on your next shot. And it actually improves the speed with which you play.
  • Have a professional videotape your swing, then watch it, and analyze it.

You can improve your golf game with proven golf swing tips that can help lower your golf score by visiting http://www.onlinegolfer.com, a popular golfing website that provides tips, advice and resources , golf driving tips and the best selling golf ebooks that will improve your golf game.

Jon Friend

Microsoft Has A Plan For The Xbox 360

In an interesting article from Fool.Com entitled Why the xbox 360 Is a Loser, author Seth Jayson points out that the xbox 360 is costing microsoft big money. The article discusses how the xbox 360 is part of a much larger plan that, if successful, will eventually lead to profits.

It is no secret; microsoft is losing money and lots of it on the xbox 360. Microsofts home-and-entertainment division has already lost $293 million on $1.57 billion in sales. And as Jayson points out, the more popular the console becomes, the greater the loss.

Make no mistake: For now, and for the foreseeable future, the Xbox 360 is going to cost microsoft money. The consoles are sold at a loss, and the costs of launching the new system will continue to grow. The more popular the xbox 360 becomes, the bigger the losses will be. commented Seth Jayson in his article.

The reason being is two fold. microsoft is in a marathon, not a sprint to beat Sony (PS3) and more importantly, to be #1 in the yet undefined home media PC market.

Down the road microsoft will be able to build revenue from video game sales, entertainment purchases, license fees, internet advertising, and revenue from developing products for your living room

But for the time being, the loss has investors wondering if the media giant is moving in the right direction.

only time will tell whether-or-not the long term plan will pay off. To be successful, microsoft will have to depend on many factors, with one of the most important being, plenty of 3rd party support.

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