Kay Wall's Blog, page 6

Incentive to Practice Golf

Most golfers have the best of intentions when it comes to practicing. The next time they've got a spare hour, they say, they'll go to the practice fairway.
These people believe in reincarnation.
It's all very well for the pros, they complain, they have a monetary incentive to get better.
These people believe that merely playing better isn't enough pay-off.
The problem with the average golfer is that they consider hitting half a dozen shots into the practice net as serious practice. And if they have half a dozen practice putts, that shows they really mean business.
So, if you're one of those golfers who can't be motivated to practice, here's what you do.
Concentrate on short game practice, because that's where you can save the most shots. Set up large pots, upside down at distances of 10, 20, 30, and 40 meters, as pictured. Under the first pot place a bottle of water. Under the second, place a bottle of beer. The third pot gets a bottle of wine and the fourth, a bottle of champagne.
When you hit the first 5 times in a row, you get the water. The second requires 4 hits in a row, third three and the champagne only needs two. The pot will protect the bottle.
There's nothing like a tasty reward to focus your concentration. And make sure you use an expensive bottle of champagne. Your grandchildren will thank you for it.



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Golf Positions to help your Fishing

Tantric Sex for Better Golf is now available from www.smashwords.com. Along a similar line, we wondered, could golfing help your fishing?
Here's a photo of the fishing expert surfcasting at the Otaki river mouth.
We haven't put up a photo of her reeling in the fish ... we didn't have the camera with us 3 months ago when that happened.
So it's not looking good that one can help the other. However, there are similarities between the two sports. The main one being that this fisherperson dislikes being told she didn't follow through fully on her cast - something she doesn't like pointed out on her short irons swing.
Note the fully extended right arm - very important for surfcasting and golf. Note the flexed right knee - something else to be maintained with both golfing and surfcasting. In surfcasting's case, it's so you can kick the stray dogs away from your bait.
As an onlooker, I have to say fishing's not very rivetting when nothing's being caught. Whereas there's always conflict and tension when you're watching golf, and often a little hilarity thrown in as well.
There's one thing that fishing has over golf, though. Sometimes you get to bring home dinner.
Mind you, if you play on a course that has sheep on it...



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Tantric Sex for Better Golf - Rejected Positions

I've received many queries about my Tantric sex for Better Golf publication, most of them asking why I'd left particular positions out. For instance, one golfer insisted that The Pyramid was great for foursomes golf.
This is completely wrong, and illustrates why you must only ever take advice from a renowned expert such as myself. The Pyramid may help chess players (you'll only be able to move diagonally) but will make golfers shank.
After all, those golfers who can still do headstands would be hard pressed to do anything other than maintain the headstand.

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Tantric Sex for Better Golf - the 10 best positions to improve your score

That's the latest publication from Ms Kallas-Way, but I'm not sure how to 'market' it. In spite of the title, I wouldn't consider it x-rated because the only bits of anatomy I mention are feet, arms, legs and hands. I deal with actual sexual positions, but in a comical way which relates them to golf improvement.
Honest! Here's an excerpt:

Are you tired of spending endless hours hitting golf balls at the practice fairway? Bored with chipping multiple balls on to the practice green?
At last, you can improve your golf from the comfort of your bedroom.
Tantric Sex for Better Golf will soon be available for purchase. 2,000 words for only 99c, and not only you will enjoy practicing, so will your partner, even if they're a non-golfer.

Position 4. THE WHEEL. (Looked more like 'The Flat Tyre' when I tried it.) This will suit golfers who can't decide which club to use and their thoughts whirl around their head without locking into a decision.
On the fairways and in bed they tend to dither, and when they finally manage a shot, it's a poor one and so they blame their equipment. Or yours.
Get into that 'I can so make a right decision' feeling by trying this position at least a month before the game. (The Wheel needs that long to make up their mind to give it a go.)
The Position: The man stands straight while the woman hooks her ankles around his lower back and arches backwards until her hands are flat on the floor. Her head is off the ground and the man supports her lower back with his hands.
Golf Improvement: Great exercise to gain flexible, strong wrists for more power, especially for the woman, who will be able to generate awesome club head speed. Particularly good for bunker shots or hitting out of long grass.

Opinions would be appreciated.

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Saturation Golf

Six games of golf in seven days. What has that taught me?
1. I spend a lot of money on lunch.
2. The worse the golf, the more I enjoy the lunch.
3. Sometimes, I go to golf just to eat my lunch.
4. If it's a really bad round, lunch starts on the 5th.
5. When my relationship with golf goes bad, I seek comfort food.
6. Lots of it.
7. Preferably covered in chocolate.
8. Sometimes from other people's golf bags.



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Judgeford Golf Course

Judgeford is a difficult course on a fine day but on a cold day when the wind blows, it's a very tough test of golf. Unfortunately, Sir Nick hasn't offered any advice on playing Judgeford, so you'll have to trust me.
1. Wear crampons ... on your gloves, so you can pull yourself up to the 4th green.
2. Put crampons on your ball ... so that it will stay on the 4th green.
3. Attach an anchor to your trundler ... so that your clubs stay beside the 4th green.
4. Always, always, ALWAYS stay below the pin on the 4th hole, even if that means staying below the green.



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Out of Bounds, the Novel.

Here's mk 1 of the cover of my soon-to-be-published golf adventure novel, Out of Bounds. It's a 64,000 word humorous ebook and everything is ready to go ... except the cover. What do you think? Would this cover make you want to buy the book? Or would you just bypass it without reading the blurb? Here's the blurb: Jane Walters' humdrum existence changes dramatically when she and her husband are playing golf on the Mt Ruapehu golf course, and Ruapehu erupts. A mysterious American, Elwood Thomas, appears from nowhere and helps her off the mountain. Is his continued interest in Jane altruistic? Or does he have an ulterior motive? Mt Ruapehu holds all the answers.I think the blurb also needs work. It's a bit airy-fairy.   

Simple Golf Tips that Work

I've been hitting my fairway woods really badly. Either low off the toe and pushed, or an ugly low slice.
I'd had a lesson a while ago and 'take the club away with your left shoulder' had worked for a time. Then that stopped working and I watched my swing on the ipod. (Using the V1 Golf Digital Coaching app, which is wonderful because you can slow down the swing, stop it, and draw lines through spine, shoulders, etc.)
My left shoulder looked high and crooked at impact so I tried to get my shoulders squarer at impact. With mixed results.
Then a couple of weeks ago, Sir Nick Faldo showed a pro at impact and said. "Watch how he's covering the ball with his chest."
Eureka! I thought. I've got a bigger chest than that guy. Should be a piece of cake for me.
And it was. By concentrating on my chest, instead of my shoulder, it was easier to get into a good position at impact. My fairway woods improved considerably and at least now when I hit them poorly, they go straight so I don't get into trouble.
If I can improve my worst shot, I'm making progress.
Now if I can just fix the reverse pivot, changing spine angle and excessive foot action...



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Simple Golf tips that Work

I love watching the US and European Golf Tours on TV and every now and again I pick up a tip from the announcers that works really well for me. I've picked up a couple of tips from Nick Faldo that have worked brilliantly, mainly because they are so simple.
For instance, I was having trouble with my chipping. Every club I used, from the 5-iron to the wedges, had a similar flight path, ie. quite low so they all ran on. I used to be a really good chipper so couldn't figure out how it had changed for the worse.
Until Nick Faldo got a pro's chip swing slowed down and emphasised, 'Watch how he keeps the clubface open, right through the shot.' One simple sentence and it was only saying something I already knew. But because I'd lost my confidence with my chipping, that simple bit of advice had gone completely out the window. 
Eureka! I thought, rushing outside to practice chipping on the lawn. Immediately my shots with different clubs had different flight paths and amount of run. This helped me relax and I realised that my tempo had been way too fast and my backswing too long. Short running chips do not require much backswing.
Another tip which has saved me innumerable shots (and has helped my friends) was 'Always keep your hands ahead of the ball when chipping'. He told us this when a pro played a brilliant chip from a fluffy lie. (One which amateurs often muck up by either hitting skinny and sending the ball completely over the green, generally to another fluffy lie, or they stop on it and leave it in the rough.)
I've told lots of interclub opponents this one (after the match, obviously - I'm not THAT altruistic) and all of them have been rapt that it stops the skinny chips. Naturally, you've still got to practice it to understand where to land the ball, but when you're getting good results, practice is a lot of fun.
Tomorrow I'll tell you another simple tip from Sir Nick that has helped my fairway woods.
How about you? Any simple tips you've picked up?

Gumboots or Golf Shoes?

As my followers know, from watching my YouTube tips, I have given up golf shoes in favour of gumboots. Not only do they prevent excessive foot movement, they are the only footwear that will keep your feet dry in the winter downpours we have in New Zealand.
(They're also perfect for playing Buckley or Taihape, where they run sheep on the fairways. Both are very good golf courses, by the way.)
Advantages of gumboots:
1. Perfect for getting out on the fairways and kicking butt.
2. You'll always comply with restrictions on sprigs (spikes).
3. You can go straight from the course to the cowshed.
4. You can go straight from the cowshed to the course.
Best of all, black goes with every outfit.




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