Warming Up – Tips to Prepare Yourself for the Golf Game

What is the best way to ensure a powerful and focused golf game? The best way to prepare for golf, and just about any other sport that you may play, is to warm up before the game even starts. It’s true what your phys ed teacher once told you: warming up and stretching is absolutely key to doing a good job on the green. Here are some guidelines that will get you warmed up properly and ready to face the green with confidence.

First, How Not to Warm Up

There are many ways not to warm up, and chances are that if you are not warming up properly before a match, this may seem a little familiar to you. Do you warm up by running from your car into the pro shop? Do you warm up by running to the first tee because you are already late? Do you warm up by giving your arms a quick flex and stretch before teeing up? Is your idea of a healthful breakfast a breakfast burrito that you picked up at a drive thru window on the way to the golf course? If this is your idea of warming up, it is time to give something else a shot. Chances out these habits have not been serving you well on the golf course. Here are some ideas to help you warm up properly.

How to Warm Up Properly – Get to the Green Early

What is one of the best ways to warm up? Get to the golf course early so you actually have time to warm up. It can be hard to enjoy a relaxing and focused start if you are just thinking about having enough time to use the restroom and visit the golf shop and change your shoes. Avoid this stressful beginning to your golf outing by making sure you get to the course early enough to have time to warm up properly.

Warm Up Those Tense Muscles on the Putting Green

The putting green is one of the perfect places to begin your golf warm up. After all, they say that putting is just about half of all golf. Getting warmed up on the putting green is a also a good idea because it allows you to warm up gently and easily. The putting stroke is, after all, one of the slowest, if not the slowest stroke available to golfers. Spend time on the putting green so that you can get into the zone of golf. This is a great place to gently begin to stretch your muscles and to get into the tempo of golf.

Change Angles as You Warm Up on the Putting Green

While on the putting green, make sure that you hit shots from a lot of different angles. Try putting from various distances as well. Even without you knowing or feeling it, your body will gently begin to warm up and you will be getting some valuable putt practice time. Spend at least five whole minutes on the putting green practicing your putting at various angles.

Warm up Some More by Hitting Chips

What is another great way to warm up? Spend about ten minutes hitting chips on the green, using the tee as your target. This is a great way to warm up as well. You will get a good sense of what you can hit using what strength and gives you valuable practice in judging distance as well. You will also get the opportunity to test out the different firmness of the green. You will begin to learn the difference between soft greens and hard greens.

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