Monday, December 24, 2007

Break Bad Golfing Habits With A Golf Training Aid

Many golfers learned the game on their own or through some tips from a friend who has played the game before and undoubtedly has developed some bad habits. Either with their grip or their swing, the mechanics they have been using will make it difficult for them to ever become a good golfer. In order to break some of those habits they may need a golf training aid to help change the way they have been playing the game.

In some cases simply playing shot pieces of plastic pipe on the ground, about four-inches apart, with the ball in the middle, can help a golfer learn to swing straight. Having the club head level and straight at the time of impact allows the ball to fly straighter and with the use of this simple golf training aid the strike can be evened out. The initially follow through, that is within the first two feet after striking the ball determines the balls flight path.

By using a similar golf training aid elevated slightly off the ground, the golfer can learn to keep the club head in a straight motion through the swing past the initial point of impact. It is highly recommended to use lightweight plastic pipe or some soft material if making your own golf training aid, as striking it with the club will be inevitable.

Help Available To Keep swing Paths Even

Most golfers have difficulty keeping their down swing on the same path as the upswing, which is what causes the ball to either hook or slice. There are some crazy looking golf training aids that help a golfer to remember the path and prevent sending errant hits into the woods or the next fairway over. There is a golf training aid that resembles to circles of plastic pipe, set about six-inches apart, in which the golfer swings the club head.

During the back swing, it is easy to keep the head inside the circle but when the club is brought back down, the player usually finds it hitting the circles on one side or the other, indicating the impact on the ball with either be with the head going to one side. By using this golf training aid repeatedly, the body can learn to remember the swing pattern.

Even a home video camera can be used as a golf training aid, by filing yourself hitting several balls while filing from the back, side and front. By reviewing the video and where the ball went, it can offer tips on how to correct your swing.

Ian Botham runs his own online sports goods mail order business as well as several sports related websites. Click the following links for more info on Golf Schools or more general Golf articles and resources.
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Dhauti - An Excellent Stomach Cleanser

Dhauti is a shuddhikriya which means the act of cleaning. It specifically cleans the stomach. Since is one of the main organ in the human body and the health of the human being is dependent on the condition of the stomach. Hence it becomes very important for you to clean your stomach. Dhauti is the useful activity for this cleansing.

Dhauti is of three types:

Vamana-dhauti: This is the easiest of all the three types. In this process you have to drink about six glasses of water and then vomit it out by putting the index and the middle fingers in the mouth till uvula. You throw up the water, which brings along with it the impurities in the stomach.

Danda-dhauti: Repeat the above process but instead of inserting the fingers, you insert a rubber tube of about three feet in length and the width slightly more than the lead pencil. It is gulped down slowly so that one end of the tube reaches the stomach while the other end is held outside the mouth. Bend the trunk forward and this siphoning action will bring out the water from the stomach. When all the water is thrown out, bring out the rubber tube. Before using the tube, clean and disinfect it by inserting it in the boiling water for a few minutes. It is difficult for a lot of people to insert the tube without vomiting because the throat is sensitive to the touch stimuli. For them it is advisable to go for the vamana-dhauti since it is the simpler of the two. The advantage of danda-dhauti is that there is no spasm of the stomach wall and the water is thrown out very smoothly.

Vastra-dhauti: This is the most difficult but useful dhauti. Here a strip of fine muslin cloth of about three inches in width and twenty feet in length is taken. It is washed and disinfected by dipping it in boiling water for some time and rolled up. Hold one end of it between the two fingers and insert it into the mouth. Gulp it down slowly. Stop gulping when only six inches of the cloth remain outside the mouth. Take care to ensure that you do not let the other end go into the mouth. Churn the abdomen by Nauli with the cloth inside the stomach. Now remove the strip slowly by pulling out the other end of the cloth. This dhauti cleanses the stomach by rubbing itself against the inner lining of the stomach wall and removing all the impurities from the stomach.

Dhauti has a great therapeutic value. You can use it as a part of yogic treatment of disorders like acidity and asthma.

Kevin Pederson is the webmaster of Yogawiz,that provides loads of information on basics of yoga, the need to do yoga and usage of accessories like rugs, yoga chairs and cushions. Dhauti is a therapeutic process of cleansing the stomach.

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