Women in
Golf
Gone are the days when gold used to be a man's game. Times have
changed and women are increasingly becoming a part of the game.
They are moving leaps and bounds to scale the same heights men have
reached. The National Golf Foundation says that about one-third of
new golfers are women. That is a good figure considering that the
entry of women in the game has been recent. About 20 percent of the
overall golf population is represented by women which goes on to
show how much they are into the game and the number is only
increasing.
If you are new
to the game and want to pursue it seriously be rest assured that
the competition is tough and you need to give your best to reach
the top positions. Annika Sorenstam and Julie Inkster have
redefined what women's golf was and taken it to new heights.
Here are a few tips you can keep in mind and beat all the
competition of the game:
- Start at the basics: Do not jump the gun and think all you
should do is to practice putting. You need to build a foundation.
You need a fit and strong body to help you make those amazing
drives and lone rangers. Until your training program has proper
muscular exercise you can not keep you body away from breakdown and
injury. If your muscles are affected this will in turn affect your
golf swing. So learn to properly engage your muscles and exercise
aimed at improving your resistance to fatigue.
- Improve strength: As easy as it may seem, you can not just be
at the top if you play well. A lot of things go into making of a
professional LGPA players. You need to develop your body in a way
that it is able to stand and resist a lot of fatigue. This can be
done by developing strength in a progressive way. Over the time
relatively increase your exercise schedules and workouts and you
can add resistance to your body. Slowly but consistently you will
see how you improve in the game as well if your endurance
increases. Making the body more adapted to varying kinds of
exercises will ultimately make it fit to play in any given
conditions and periods of time.
- Develop an exercising routine: Your routine should keep in mind
that if you change one of the key elements of exercise you will
gain a lot of benefits and this can help you a lot in the long run.
You will reach new levels of fitness and your game will improve to
a large extent.
The key exercise elements are:
- Frequency of exercise
- Time of exercise
- Intensity of effort
- Types of exercises.
Until your body is fully fit you can not go a long way in the
game. You need to give your body proper nutrients and your diet
should be rich enough to sustain all the exercise you are going
through. You need to have strength, flexibility, endurance and
nutrients to make up a proper fitness plan. So team it up with
aerobics, weight training and a mix of exercises to add variety to
your routine. You need to work on your abs, lower back and
hamstrings to improve your game.
You should also work on your standing position. Some people
suggest that women golfers can do with a wider stance since their
hips are wider than men. You can try it out and see if it affects
your game positively.
Try including all this in your game and golfing life and see how
you are not far from the top.
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