Truly the Recreational Golf Swing

The grip of the most accurate golfer in history, Moe Norman:  Using his single plane discovery with a more upright stance due to spinal issues, the Golfer's Footprint - www.golfersfootprint.com for a self-instructional and maintenance purpose along with Off-Season Learning and maintenance: and the use of clubs not found in conventional golf stores from Hireko Golf - this is truly the definition of The Recreational Golf Swing. 

    One can practice anytime and even use the footprint indoors on the carpet while swinging over the impact area with the proper strong grip to reinforce that crucial zone in the swing.  Practice balls or large marshmellows are great to hit off of the footprint while indoors to maintain the correct hand position during impact.  The speed in the swing is mainly imparted between nine and three on a clock if one is facing the golfer.  If one pictures the numbers on a clock while facing the golfer you will realize that this shorter swing zone is totally possible to do in a standard room with eight foot ceilings.  There is no high back swing necessary or high finish so the club will never collide with the ceiling.
    Again using the lofted clubs at degrees of 16, 33, 37, 45, and perhaps 50 along with a putter, one can play great great golf.  The same swing and the same club design make all aspects of learning a golf swing are easier and more repeatable.  Perhaps one won't get that 250 - 320 yards off the tee with the 16 degree club, but this club can be used in the fairway also while being able to reach the 200 yard zone - More often in play however.  More shots in play equals better scoring an a more repeatable swing does not require long shots as the System Q hybrids from Hireko Golf all swing the same.  My previous blog has the link where one can order.  I alway order one inch longer shaft in graphite and one and a half longer in steel shaft because of the more upright stance.  Lately I have ordered a standard size grip whick allows me to tightly grasp the grip and maintain the club face square through impact.  There is a Golf Pride grip that appears like a wrap grip and that is my choice at this time. 
    If one is just starting out, start with a 33 degree loft, learn a sound repeatable swing and then move toward the 16 degree and perhaps next the 45 degree.  Just keep in mind that everyone will have a certain distance they hit these clubs depending upon the speed and stability they have in their swing.  Putting is its own art so one needs to find the putter they prefer and a method for putting.  I can show what I have learned in a later blog.  At first with the Recreational Swing I played a few golf holes in the latter part of the day and learned to putt ( chip putt actually ) with the 33 degree club.  This taught me some touch around the green and I even practiced this on a carpeted floor at home.  The best part of this is the fact that the same grip can be used in putting unless one decides to experiment as time passes. 
    So for the non-golfing - leisurely golfer - once to a few times a year - this Recreational Golf Swing is ideal.  No one to this point has tried to excel with the swing but it certainly is possible.  Why not, considering one can hit solid shots more often and very accurate shots so great golf is possible.  Can one find a driver that is similar to the 16 degree wood that can attain more distance for the tee shots?  That might be my next journey.  For now hitting shots more in play and teaching others will be my main goal.