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Times-Advocate, 1988-06-01, Page 16Page 4A Times -Advocate, June f, 1988 TOP DART PLAYERS - Receiving trophies at Saturday's Exeter Legion mixed dart league banquet were the best individual performers. -Back, left, Alex Jackson, Wayne Parkinson, Dan Heywood and Claude Nixon. Front, Betty Bowerman, Elsie McDonald, Barb Hearn and Ellen Knight. Golf vv tips 1� COMMON ERRORS IN GOLF By Ron Bileski C.P.G.A. Golf Profes- sional, Exeter Golf Club MISTAKE: Not warming up - Most bodies, like cars, take a little warming upto run smoothly and efficiently. Not warming up properly results in stiff swings, minimal accuracy, and sometimes injuries to an- kles and muscles. CORRECTION: The latest research in sport medicine tells us that stretching those mus- cles before using them in car - nest prepares them for their task. The -golf club makes a fine stretching aid. Bend your botty to awaken those big back muscles where your power lies. Turn from side to side, holding a golf club at both ends: Kncc bends and short jogs also arc useful in getting your motor up to performance levels. MISTAKE: ' Poor Grip Some golfers use unorthodox grips. This is a mistake for the golfer who wishes tp progress as quickly as possible in golf. If you feel the club shift in. your hand as.you make contact with the ball, if your fingers fly off the handle, if swinging the club causes you pain in the wrists or gets you knotted up in your follow-through, chanc- es arc you are using an unor- thodox, poorly coordinated grip. CORRECTION: -With the left hand square, place the club in the hand so that it runs diag- onally across the palm at the angle it would assume at ad- dress. Place the club underneath the pad at the rear of the hand and curve yqur index finger around the shaft. With thc right hand facing the target, slip the middle and ring fingers around thc shaft, insuring that the grip of the club in against and un- derneath the base pods of the fingers, and that the club is resting in the fingers. Never exert grip pressure with the thumb or forefinger of the right hand. MISTAKE: Poor sct-up - In a golfer's eagerness, he often positions the ball too far for- ward. The shoulders will thcn, during the swing, move to the left causing a slice. CORRECTION: With the ball moved back toward the .center of the body, the y'dcrs now will be aimed proper- ly at the target, and the swing will let you use your power to drive the ball, rather than lift. top, or miss it. Remember - the butt of the club should al- ways be pointing to the center of your chest. MISTAKE: In one's effort to try to hit the ball long and far the golfer uses mostly hands and aims resulting in a discon- nection of proper muscles for proper golf shots. CORRECTION: Here's a simple drill for immediately ac- quiring the feeling of connec- tion in the golf swing. Stand in your normal address position holding something fairly heavy such as a shag bag full of golf balls, and try throwing it with some authority toward a target 15 feet away. You will discov- er that to do this effectively, you wilt naturally draw on the Targe muscles in your legs and back. To have a powerful golf swing, your whole body has to _get into thc act. If you rely pri- marily on your hands and arms to toss the shag bag, you'll lose both power and accuracy. MISTAKE: Keeping your head down - Undoubtedly the oldest and most sacred admoni- tion in the game of golf. CORRECTION: If. you try to lock your head into position you'll tend to shift into a re- verse pivot on your backswing and you'll inhibit your -finish on the follow-through. The head must flow with the spine during the, golf swing if you arc to generate any real power. The head docs not pull. the body. Try throwing a -ball side arm from your normal address position and you'll get an accu- rate feeling for the range of per- missible and necessary head movement in the golf swing. MISTAKE. Keeping your left arm stiff - Having a strong or stiff left arm generates un- wanted tension in your arms. CORRECTION: In any of the sports in which a player is trying to advance an object with a club, bat or raquet, sup- ple but essentially soft arms are an absolute must. It should be obvious to most readers that stiffness at anypoint in the golf swing creates unwanted tansion and restriction which , robs the player of both power and accuracy. MISTAKE: Grip - Left hand over too far, right hand under too far. CORRECTION:- The most important aspect of the grip has to do with the position of the hands relative to each other and the target. They should al- ways be placed on the club as though in a clapping position, with palms facing •each other and with the back of the left hand and the palm of the right hand square to the target. Royals lose Two runs in the bottom of the first inning proved to be the win- ning margin as Tavistock Orioles defeated Exeter Royals 5 to 1 in South Perth League fastball action, Thursday night in Tavistock. Dave Fore led off the game by singling offY starting and losing pitcher Scott Brintnell. Tim Yung- blut followed with a long home run to right field. The Royals closed the gap in the second inning as Doug Todd dou- bled and scored on a single by Mike Desjardine. However single runs in the 4th, 5th and 8th innings ce- mented the Tavistock victory. The Orioles were led by second baseman Paul Kalbflcisch who sta d_ for_.the_Exctcr Mohawks in - - their Hardy 'Cup series against La- nark. Kalbfleisch contributed three hits including an eighth inning home run. The Royals managed seven hits off winning pitcher Jeff Brick with Pete Tuckcy and Doug Todd provid- ing two hits each. The Royals with a season record at one win and two losses, played a +turn match at home last night against the same Tavistock club and will. host Fullarton on Thursday June 2 at 9 p.m. in Exeter. Shuffleboard EXETER - Thursday saw the only meeting of the Exeter Shuf- fleboard Club this week. In five games, Steve: Hrapchak led the pack with a score of 416. He was followed by Pearl McKnight with 381. Taking third spot was Allen Johns with 316. A. Hummel rounded out the scoring with 306. Scottish team to visit South Huron Thc South Huron District High School girls field hockey team are getting a rare opportunity to show their stuff during the off-season. Coach Jim Workman reports that a high school team from Dunns in Scotland will arrive in Exeter Thursday night and will provide the opposition for the local team in an exhibition game, Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. - While it's normally time off for field hockey, Workman said his team has been working out once a week in preparation for the Scottish opponents. Thc visitors- will be billeted with members of the local team for five nights. Crediton Cowgirls add to their winning performances Crediton ladies fastball team add- ed three more wins to bring their season's total to four. The Crediton Cowgirls played the Kirkton ladies Monday night and came away with a very decisive win of 21-6 in five innings. Thcy travelled to St. Marys last night and . host the Exctcr Greys Monday night in Crediton. Kirkton streaked ahead in the first two innings with well placed hits getting all their six runs. Over throws and near misses plagued Crediton at the beginning of the game. In thc second inning, Crediton settled down and started to play their own style of game and got their bats moving by tying it up 6- 6. A rally of nine runs in the fourth and six -in the fifth clinched the win for the home team: . Tammy Regier, Karen Williams and Pauline Brannon went four for four at bat. Brenda Morgan, Lori Devlaeminck and Brenda Wilds add- ed some long hits. Kathy Gicten and Kclli Phillips helped the cause with singles. Deb Lord pounded a triple in the fourth and then solved the outcome of thegame with a home run in the fifth. Brenda Morgan on relief for Deb Lord held thc opponents down by allowing only three hits. Iligh scoring Corbett took a 17-2 beating from Cowgirls in five innings May 23 after Crediton dominated the first in- ning with nine unanswered runs. Deb Lord, the winning pitcher, al- lowed just three hits in five in- nings. Brenda Morgan and Kelly Phillips turned in a good performance in the infield while Brenda Wilds managed several good catches in centre field. Lord hit an RBI triple and a sin- gle. Tammy Regier kept. the runs coming in by going three -for -three at bat while Pauline Brannon con- tributed two singles., . We hope to grow old. yet we fear old age: that is. we are willing 10 live. and afraid to die. . The cart in the supermarket is the most expensively run vehicle in the world.: EASY DOE IT - Andrew Hem guides his bike over the obstacles at the Optimist bike rodeo Saturday as Optimist Tom Bowen keeps score. • 'TRAMS WHAT HAMS OW YOU tiler bots • PROGRESstVE YOUP10 Mkt'PERSP APPtR AS AiKIO In Sebringvillc May 19, Cowgirls pulled out a 13-8 victory, scoring all of their runs in thc first four in- nings then hanging on for the win. Sebringville threatened in the bot- tom of the sixth with a five run ral- ly but they were unable to best Cre- diton's earlier efforts. • Judy Steeper, Marilyn Young and Kathy ,Gielen were steady in the field. The team relied on well-placed hits from Wilds and Regier. Brenda Wilds had two triples and one dou- ble for an excellent night. BEST INDIVIDUAL SPARES - Trophies were presented to the top in- dividual spare players in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. Back, left, Don Wallace, Bob Simpson and Mike Gans. Front, Jean Simpson, Amanda Hamilton and Dorothy Reynolds. DART RUNNERSUP - The Lost Flights were runnersup in regular league play in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. From the left are Claude Nix- on, Nancy Beaver and Ellen Knight. Missing was Dave Beaver. AWARD TO CANSCOTTS - The Canscotts won consolation run- nersup in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. Back, left, .Bob Re- ynolds and Fred Sims. Front, Wanda Reynolds and Georgie Sims. 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