The golfers generally make a mistake when they hold the golf club loosely in their fingers but make their arms stiff. Thus, the golfer sometimes fails to hold good grip on the club and he consequently plays a poor shot.

Don't forget to hold the club firmly in your fingers, if you wish to play a good swing. Think a cup of coffee is on the table in front of you and you try to pick it up with loose grip of your fingers but your firm arms. What will happen? May be you drop the cup down. The same may be the case with a golf club.

Once you understood how to hold the club, the next thing is to learn is the proper pull. When you try to pull either too hurriedly or from the elbow or shoulder, you may put a stress on your arm and your torso. If you wish to play a good swing, hold the golf club firmly in your fingers. By doing so, you will have one fluid motion and you will direct the ball to get in the way. This also helps to bounce off the club correctly.

Now when you learnt the skill of holding the club in your firm fingers and attain a fluid motion, you will able to play various shots in a creative manner. You will play your best golf when you hold the club with firm grips.

There are different ways in which you can swing your golf club. The most famed is the modern swing which is also referred to as the lower body swing or total body swing. The "tail swings the dog" is a type of swing which is mostly played by young golfers with lean body and who are the first timers. A young boy generally swings the club with his arms, but his body inertly twists a little in reaction to his arms' and club's movements across the front portion of his body. The flexible body of a young boy moves about in space due to the forces that are generated by his moving of arms while trying to play a swing.

But most of the grown up men who have bulky body and a firm central torso play a shot which is called "dog swings the tail". Generally, an over-weight man is seen playing such type of shot because he fails to bend his torso in response to the movements of his arms and the club.

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