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Take just a few minutes to stretch your arms, shoulders and leg muscles prior to warming up with any rotational forces such as practice swings

Start your practice session by feeling your impact position, make swings that stop at impact and feel the correct position of your hips, legs and arms

Sandy demonstrates the correct one plane golf swing.

Look for these two common faults in the backswing that lead to loss of power and control

Use a lock with a string attached to it to feel the momentum of the putter head and learn how to swing your putter like a pendulum

There are two ways to practice the short game. First are how-to shots, where you learn how to control trajectory through set up and swing shape. Second are situational shots, where you move around the short game area and practice specific shots.