Ads By CbproAds

Guide to golfing for seniors



Guide to golfing for seniors Are you above 50 years old? Do you stop playing golf because you fear injury? If you still want to play, you may need to make some adjustments on how you grip your golf club. This is to ensure that you will not develop golfer’s wrist or hamate bone.

What is golfer’s wrist?

Golfer’s wrist is an injury in the wrist where you feel tenderness and pain. This injury may need surgery and takes time to heal. To help senior golfers, Johnny Miller has a revised his teaching to conform to the senior’s bone condition. Following his instructions will help you continue enjoying the game and avoiding injury.

Swing for seniors

The concepts of golf swing for seniors is just like the golf swing for younger players, your start from the backswing, then hit the ball on the downswing and make a follow-through. However, one minor revision that Johnny Miller teaches is to cock the hands on the backswing and keep the right elbow close to the hip.

While for younger players, back swing is done by stretching the arms fully to make a wide arc as you bring down the club towards the downswing. Cocking the club will come later, as compared to the senior where cocking comes earlier.

Still the swing needs power, but seniors are advised to be more strategic rather than exert greater power that may put them at risk. If you usually reach 300 yards when you are younger, hitting the ball after 50 can be 200 yards or less. You only need to make sure that the direction is still there.

Stretching is necessary

If you are more than 50 and you still want to enjoy golfing and other fun activities, it may help to prepare yourself for the physicality of the activities.

Do some stretching exercises on a regular basis. This will help you prepare for any game you want to enjoy including golf.

To help you continue improving your game even after age 50, you may need a mentor that knows golf and should be more than 50 as well. Why is this so, this is to make sure that your mentor or coach understands the risk and thus will be able to teach you techniques that will not lead to problems later on.

Golfer’s wrist is painful and even if it is detected early, it may need months to heal and surgery in inevitable.

Thus, to make sure you will not succumb to hamate bone or golfer’s wrist, ensure proper handling of the golf club. If you may need to change your golf club for a comfortable game, then do it.

You however do not need to purchase costly golf clubs; your comfort is the focus and you should try to look for your golf club intelligently.

Finally, walking is another form of exercise; avoid using the golf cart. However, if you must make sure it is what your coach has advised. Your doctor should also have a say, if you can continue golf. Thus, check him out first before you continue golfing.

As a senior citizen, you will need to look after your health. Exercise is good but please your doctor needs to know what activities you get yourself into. He will therefore give you the advice you need. If golfing is allowed, then, do it and enjoy playing.




Comments

*Name:
*Email:
Website URL:
Title / Subject:
Hide my email
*Comments:
*
 



Menu


My Articles

Golf Etiquette Rules
Playing Golf With The Right Mentality
Just A Little Golf History
Guide On How To Play Golf
Kids Guide To Golf
Guide To Golf Clubs
Tips On How To Play Better Golf
Important Things You Need To Know In Golf
Golf Lessons: A Necessity Or Not?
Golf Fitness And Health
Succeeding At Golf
Guide To Golf Rules
Guide To Golf Green
Getting The Right Golf Clubs For You
Golf- Learning And Perfecting The Basics
Guide To Golf Swing
Getting Good Golf Lessons
Buying Those First Golf Clubs
Guide To Golf Etiquette
How To Be A Master Golfer
Golf Occupations
Guide To Pro Golf
Guide To Golfing For Seniors
Guide To Golf For Beginners










My Articles


Playing Golf With The Right Mentality In most endeavors in life, success or failure starts in the mind. If you..


Getting The Right Golf Clubs For You In the game of golf, having the right golf clubs is very important...


Guide To Golf Green Do you want to play golf? Do you wonder how it feels to walk on..



Related Videos:

Related News:

 
Golf roundup: Kyle Stanley rallies from 8 back to win Phoenix Open - Deseret News

    

Deseret News

Golf roundup: Kyle Stanley rallies from 8 back to win Phoenix Open
Deseret News
"I just needed to focus on playing golf. I needed to put last week behind me." Stanley closed with a bogey-free 6-under 65, holing a 4-foot par putt on the par-4 18th, to finish at 15-under 269. He cried again, this time tears of joy.
Golf roundup: Kyle Stanley rallies at PhoenixVancouver Sun
Five things we learned this week in golfESPN
Golf: Stanley overhauls fading Levin to win Phoenix OpenGMA News
AZ Central.com -CBSSports.com
all 652 news articles »



Golf: Paul Lawrie back in world top 50 after second win in Qatar - Scotsman

    

USA TODAY

Golf: Paul Lawrie back in world top 50 after second win in Qatar
Scotsman
By MARTIN DEMPSTER PAUL Lawrie may have been a tad embarrassed to hear he'd been likened to Nick Faldo in his prime but the Aberdonian certainly produced a final-day performance the six-time major champion would have been proud of in winning the Qatar ...
Lawrie holds off Day, Hanson to win Qatar MastersCBSSports.com
Paul Lawrie wins Qatar MastersUSA TODAY
Lawrie lays early Ryder Cup markerIrish Independent
Bloomberg
all 263 news articles »