All You Need To Know About Playing Golf... Indoors !
Peter Faulkner
Whether it's winter time or not, you can benefit a great deal by working on your swing indoors. And there'll be no danger of breaking an office window or knocking over things at home.
Golf training has come a long way from simply going out on the course with a pro, and whacking at the ball. This is the age of high tech in almost everything, including sports, and golf is certainly no exception.
In fact, the feedback available to golfers working on various facets of their game, is invaluable when you incorporate such tools as streaming video and instant playback. Out on the course, you're not always going to have someone watching what you do, and even if you "feel" the shot has gone wrong, there's no way of learning from your mistake.
That's why visual aids are the key to success of many indoor instruction facilities. They will offer both lessons and training sessions, a combination that allows you to learn, and then practice what you have been studying with the instructor. Trained staff will set you up in the practice areas with your equipment, and familiarize you with using the video feedback.
This is a giant leap forward from practicing on your own, out on the course. There are times when you know things like your grip didn't feel right, but have no idea what was wrong, and the video images can show you that, allowing you to correct it immediately and practice a better grip that will improve your swing.
Not all facets of the game can be taught indoors like this. The primary areas that indoor training is good for, are grip, swing, putting, and perhaps the short game. But it's an excellent way to start for new golfers, and provides a fun afternoon or evening out during the winter, when the green is covered in white!
About the author: Peter Faulkner has been a keen golfer for many years. On day at the 19th hole he decided to relate his experiences in a series of articles...
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