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In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to use the hand rollover to cure a hook shot in golf. A reason why people hit hook shots is because when they come to impact, they roll their hands too early and too much. Therefore closing the club face and causing the ball to go left. To correct this, when you're coming to impact, rotate into a position where the back of the left hand is facing the target. This will square the club face. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy playing golf and...

Golf Link with Chuck Cook demonstrates how to use the punch drill to cure a hook shot in golf. A common cause to closing the golf club face and making the ball hook is the release of the head of the club early on the downswing. This is called casting the head of the club which makes the head of the club arrive at the point of impact before your hands. At the moment of impact you want the back of your left hand flat and the back of your right hand bent so that you can compress the ball. Use the...

In this video you will learn how to do a front handspring. To do that just follow these easy and quick steps and instructions: The first thing that you need to do is to stretch your body so that you won't get injured or hurt. The next step is to perform a handstand and a handstand bridge. Now repeat the handstand bridge but only this time with your legs apart. Now take a step before the handstand and then perform the bridge and land with your feet together. Now repeat this step and recover from...

This video illustrates how to play Racquetball and how to teturning the Lob Z. Your main priority should be to cut off the Lob Z at or around the dotted line. If the serve is low in your hitting zone, take an aggressive shot like down the line or cross court pass. Make sure to square up to the side wall as shown in the video. If it is a good serve and the ball is high in your hitting zone, play it safe and go up to the ceiling. This will get your opponent out of center court and allow you to...

PGA member Jay Goldman teaches us the difference between a one plane and a two plane golf swing. He explains how a one plane golf swing is like a Ferris wheel that has been slanted whereas a two plane golf swing is where your upswing and your downswing are in different motions. He shows us the motions of both swings and what they should look like. He describes how some of the greatest golfers have two plane swings and other great golfers have one plane swings. This description is clear and...

This video shows you how to do a back hand spring reverse rebound/step out. The first thing to do this is to learn how to do a handstand snap down. Which is a handstand but quickly come back down. The next thing to do is put one foot down and cross the other foot behind it then twist your body in that that direction. After that you do a back handspring which is a back flip but you put your hands on the ground and push yourself up thin twist the other way. Then you just combine them together and...

This video shows the viewer how to take a 'Trivela' free kick. This is where the player kicks the ball with the outside of their foot. This makes the ball curve towards the foot that the player kicked the ball with – a right footed shot will curve to the right and vice versus. The main point the video makes seems to be to make good contact with the ball. This is very crucial. The video also contains other tips and tricks as well as some footage of successful 'Trivela' free kicks taken by the...

This is a video clip that shows how to hit a chip shot in golf. He uses a pitching wedge to do the chip. He explains that there are different ways of gripping the club. He says that many professionals today are using the overlapping grip that they use for the irons but many are also using nowadays a putting grip for their chips. He also demonstrates the swing, saying that a putting swing should be used to do the chip. He explains a technique of keeping a golf tee on the club and not...

This is a video demonstrating how to cure a push shot in golf. To do this proper alignment is necessary. The push shot often happens by aiming too far to the left or right. To prevent the push shot, take a golf club and put it directly behind the golf ball, aiming the club where you want the ball to go. Then, take another club and align it next to that club, parallel. Now remove the club that was behind the ball, and move it parallel to the second club on the other side of the club. This...

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to curve a soccer ball with the inside of the foot. The kick is also referred to as the banana kick. When kick the ball, use the inside of your foot. Kick the ball at the lower middle section. As your hitting it, wrap your foot around the ball. Do not place your foot too close to the ball when your planting your foot and make an L-shape with the leg. Kick the ball at an angle. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy playing soccer and would like...

In this video Jay Golden talks about what the numbers on a golf ball mean. The different numbers do not mean that the ball is a different weight or size or dimple pattern. The major purpose for different numbered balls is so that you know your ball when you are playing golf. If two players have the same numbered ball normally a dot is put on one of the balls with a magic marker so that you can know which ball belongs to each player. If you hit the wrong ball it's a two stroke penalty. If...

Norwegian father and son duo Narve and Christoffer Læret are martial arts world champions. Narve has ten plus Guinness world records under his belt, and his son Christoffer is not far behind.

Golf Link demonstrates how to fix your golf grip to cure a hook shot. A hook shot often occurs because a player has a grip which promotes the hook. In a hook-promoting grip, the player has his hands too far to the right of the club. When carrying through with their swing, the club face closes and causes the hook. To align your grip, put a golf tee in between your left thumb and the first knuckle of your left hand. Repeat the process with your right hand. Adjust your grip so that both of the...

This video presentation details how to control and reduce a slice in golf. Materials required include a golf club, golf balls, and optionally a tee. Ideally a wood would be involved in this practice. How to control the slice is somewhat of a misnomer since the intent of the process is to remove the slice since it can be an unwanted thing. A slice is when a golf club is swung and the club remains 'open', this is when it is facing toward the right as the swing is coming through, this imparts a...

Kevin Battersby of battersbygolf.com explains how to hit a golf ball straighter with the golf club.He starts by explaining slicing and hooking the ball, or the ways you can hit the ball with the golf club's flat side not facing the ball perfectly. Hitting the ball flat is done by stopping the rotation of the face of the club while you are swinging. This is done by assuring you have the right grip of the club: putting your hands not too far to either right or left of the handle, and using all...

In golf the grip is the key essential feature and this video shows you the most common mistakes. It is intended for a right handed golfer - left handed players should note that the opposite applies. Let your hands fall to your sides and let your fingers fall to the grip. The video shows a weak, neutral and strong grip. The strong grip shows a V shape formed by the left thumb and forefinger pointed to the right shoulder. The palm of the right hand should face the target. You should let the...

You don't have to wait to get to the golf course to practice your strokes. You're swing path and swing plane will improve by doing these exercise and ultimately leave you with a straighter hit. This drill can even be done inside.

Takeaway practice in golf is important. The takeaway position is only about three feet away from the golf ball when you lift to swing. The club shaft should be parallel to the ground. With the club shaft at your toe line, you want the club you're swinging to line up with the club on the ground (at your feet). The club's face should be pointing at the horizon in what is called the 'toe-up' position. Getting into this position correctly will insure more accurate and longer shots, so it is very...

Professional golf instructor Chuck Cook demonstrates one way to avoid a push shot by making sure that the right side does not hang back. If a golfer is allowing the right side of their body it causes the club to swing away from the body creating a push shot. He demonstrates a good swing where the right side of his body follows through and ends up past his left foot. In order to practice this correct swing he puts an umbrella in the ground in line with his left foot and shows how a good swing...

Mich Baker of Bogies to Birdies demonstrates how to draw and fade your ball in golf. To draw the ball, first set yourself up in the fairway. You want to close yourself down by aiming right down the fairway when drawing the ball. Set yourself up for a fade by deliberately using a driver. Instead of coming in to draw the ball, come out and across for the fade. When fading your ball, set yourself up so that you are really open. Aim down the left side of the fairway. To fade the ball, keep the ball...