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If you’re a golfer looking to quickly and effectively improve your golf swing speed, power and distance, you’ll want to take a look at our Power Golf Swing Weight Trainer.

I am always on the lookout for golf swing trainers that will help golfers add more power and distance, and this one “fits the bill” completely!

It is now part of my power training routine, and I can already feel a difference in my flexibility and power.

It’s ONLY a fraction of the cost of a weighted club, and it’s the most portable of all of them!

Want a great golf gift for your loved one, co-worker, even your boss?

I have come across what I know to be the most effective power golf swing trainer to hit the market in a LONG time, that will definitely increase your power and more importantly your driving distance.

Take a look below at how I use this everyday, and can outdrive anyone in my foursome easily.

This is the Perfect Connextion Power Golf Swing Trainer available at Perform Better Golf!

Golf instruction just got a lot easier. Taking golf lessons is critical, but if you don’t have the correct feeling for a connected golf swing, you’ll struggle indefinitely. This swing trainer gives you “instant feel.”

Senior golfers struggle with golf swing mechanics due to declining physical abilities. You have 2 choices. Improve your physical abilities with golf-specific conditioning, or use effective swing trainers like this one to quickly see improvement. The combination of both is best!

Golfers need to understand feel, and feel is learned, not taught!

For any holiday,  Christmas, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and Birthday’s, this is a great golf gift!

Learning how to be better at golf is a lifelong mission for most of us. Peaks and valleys is commonplace. We all are addicted to the challenge of hitting a good shot, and once in a while hitting one that keeps us “coming back”.

Below is a list of golf improvement approaches that you can use independently or in combination to learn how to play better golf:

Golf Instruction

The golf swing requires certain movements that are not very natural, so golf swing instruction should be at the top of your list, especially if you’re a beginning golfer. Learning the fundamentals of golf is something every golfer needs and struggles with even as you improve.

Golf instruction can be through private one-on-one golf lessons. Group lessons (which are less expensive). Online instruction is becoming more and more popular. Golf instruction books. And golf instruction DVDs is another great alternative, that is much less costlier than private lessons.

Golf-Specific Fitness

I’m making this number 2 on the list, but easily could be a tie with number one, as many golfers, especially senior golfers have physical limitations that will not enable them to apply what they learn in their golf lessons, making improvement nearly impossible.

I am a firm believer that you are only capable of what your body can do in golf. In simpler terms, your body is keeping you from a better game. How many times have you told yourself you need a bigger backswing? Come on…be honest! What you are indirectly telling yourself, is your body can’t make a bigger backswing, and I’m telling you the ONLY way to improve it is with golf-specific stretching exercises specific to your backswing.

If you’re looking for longer drives, you need to improve your core strength and flexibility. This is the engine to your golf swing. When I talk about fitness, I’m not talking about going to a gym, and spending 2 grueling hours a day. I’m talking about doing, easy, fun and effective exercises right in your home with minimal equipment.

All you need is an exercise ball, exercise tubing (w/handles) and hand weights. That’s your entire golf fitness “in-home” gym. For under $50 you can have your own golf fitness gym, and start seeing results quickly.

If you need guidance on your golf fitness program, take a look at my Effortless Golf Swing Training System.

Golf Swing Training Aids

Another great option that can be very effective for specific swing faults is a golf swing training aid. There is a lot of garbage out there, and a few good pieces. The goal of any training aid is to ultimately make your swing better, but more specifically to help you correct YOUR personal swing fault.

This swing fault may be any number of them, such as a slice, top, thin, chunk, hook, pop up or any other ugly mishit that we all hate. There is only ONE training aid I think so highly of that I offer it on my site. The hinged golf club is an absolute gem of a training aid.

This club gives you INSTANT feedback as to the mistake you’re making in your golf swing. Whether it be a jerky takeaway, or an off plane swing, the hinge will break to show you it’s incorrect. Whether your tempo is off, or your swing plane, this training aid will get you corrected making a near perfect golf swing in no time!

I’ll be back later today, to finish this post, so stay tuned!

With fitness for golf exploding, golfers are wanting to know what they need to get to be able to do a program specific to golf.  I can tell you firsthand, the golf fitness equipment you need will cost you less than one round of golf, and is so portable, no one will ever see it in your house!

I’m talking about golf products for fitness you can get at a local Target store!  Simple stuff you won’t believe will transform your golf swing!  I’ve seen it happen with thousands of golfers all over the world.

Read more about golf fitness equipment right here!

There is very little talk about swing plane when you read the magazines or watch the golf channel, but it is a critical factor in solid ball contact. In fact, if your swing plane is off, your golf swing will produce many different mishits including a slice, block, push and an over-compensated hook.

There are several golf swing plan trainer devices out there, and one type I recently reviewed at my golf swing training aid review site. There are several others I will be reviewinging in the near future as I feel swing plane in your golf swing is very important.

Swing plane in golf is critical to getting back to the ball squarely. The feel of the correct swing plane may be foreign to you and you might not have ever felt it correctly.

The only way to truly feel the correct swing plane is to go to your local range and step into one of those golf swing plane trainer devices. You’ve seen those contraptions haven’t you?

Just look for the big, white angled circle tucked away in the corner of your range. Look hard enough and you’ll find it. Once you do..step in there and make a swing…hello! That is what the proper swing plane should feel like.

Everytime you go to the range, step into this swing plane training aid and make a few swings…even before you hit one ball. Now you’ve given your muscles a feel for the correct swing plane and path.

I have seen so many training aids for golf come out in the past few years that it boggles my mind.  Is the golf swing that difficult or complicated…or are we just making it more complicated?

Is there a magic golf swing training aid that will transform your golf swing?

I don’t think so, but that doesn’t mean I don’t see value in using them.  I just hate to see golfers throwing money down the drain in hopes for this miraculous golf swing transformation.

In fact, one golf swing aid I think is very effective is the medicus.  This training aid does not lie.  When you make a bad swing, the hinged breaks and you get instant feedback.  This is one example of an effective golf swing training aid that can really help your golf swing.

Golf companies selling golf swing aids are making millions and millions of dollars. All on the premise it will give you a better swing, more distance and lower scores. My question to you is…”is it working?” Have you gotten better? Are you hitting it 30 yards longers as these companies promise?

I raise these questions because I feel there are dozens of golf swing aids that are gimmicks. You may have one or two of these gathering dust in your garage right now.

It bothers me that these companies feed off the desperation golfers have to play better golf. I’ve always said, “give a golfer hope, and they’ll pay any amount of money for these so-called miracle golf swing aids.”

If you’re tired of wasting your money on golf swing aids, then work on the “machine” that will really make a difference. Your BODY! I have said this a thousand times.

You heard it hear first! If you hear, or read the above statement anywhere else, it’s my ‘copycat’ competitors at it again!

I will go to the “ends of the earth” educating golfers on the importance of improving their body’s ability to make an efficient, powerful and repeatable golf swing.

It’s time to look at the source of your mishits, power leaks and lower performances.

Golf training aids fill up every golfers garage!

The 6 million dollar question is did they help your game? Did you improve your golf swing from the purchase of a certaing golf training aid?

I’m always blown away at how easily a golfer will pull out his wallet in hopes for the “silver bullet”. Golf improvement needs to be approached from a different angle if you want long-term results. Looking for a quick fix is not the answer.

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I was just watching the Golf Channel and saw that they put a “ticker” on Jijay Singh. This “ticker” clicked over EVERY TIME Jijay contacted a ball in practice or play. The point they were making was Vijay’s golf practice ethic. He was there WAY BEFORE the round started…and the LAST ONE to leave in the evening.

This “ticker” had recorded over 550 golf practice shots by the time I left the television viewing area. They said that is the equivalent to 2 entire tournaments in ONE DAY!

Wow!

Vijay is a golfing machine!

Don’t forget he uses the very popular golf training aid called the SPEED STIK everday as well!