Golfers of the World want to be the best they can – they want to reach their full potential - and its the perfect game for anyone, tall or short, thin or ‘well built’, old or young, to have fun or compete …only we all want better shots. ‘So what’s the answer’ I hear you say. Do you buy the latest clubs? Do you have more lessons? Or do you practice more? All of these certainly will help but, and it s a big ‘but’, a person plays the game not the club. If we are not conditioned to play the game, how can we expect to play a fantastic game?

‘The Warwickshire’ at Leek Wooton hosted the WLCGA Girls Jamboree on Wednesday 20th August. This event was organised to encourage girls to try out golf. In the morning, 25 girls ranging in age from 6 to 16 tried out putting, SNAG putting and golf holes. The head professional, Mark Dulson also gave some tuition.

Leading European Tour professional Nick Dougherty will be cheering on the country’s most talented junior golfers next week as they compete to become 2003 Age Group Champions of Great Britain and Ireland. A hundred of golf’s finest girls and boys will be taking part in the 2003 Golf Foundation Weetabix Age Group Championships at the Marriott Forest of Arden Golf & Country Club, Warwickshire on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th August

When choosing a gym there are certain facilities and qualities you need to consider. As a junior it is important that you are treated accordingly. That’s not to say that you’re handled like a kid, just that your body is developing rapidly which should be an important factor of exercise programming. Ideally to get the supervision, clubs that offer memberships are better suited. These may also have a student fee that includes fitness assessments, exercise programmes with ongoing support and unlimited use. This fee should be flexible to a certain degree due to term time commitments and holidays.

I’ll be the first to admit that having only golfing experience on the driving range doesn’t qualify me to comment on the skills of the game. However from a fitness point of view any sport can be analysed to see what the main components of the movement are and which muscle groups are used. The most effective swing requires you to use your body as a whole unit coiling up like a tight spring, contorting into one of the most uncomfortable positions I think I’ve ever actually tried to get into and then release the power to end up the other way around ready to go again like a performance pendulum.

Golf - first impression, a long walk and a bit of game play, not particularly interesting, no twisted jeans and certainly no bad behaviour. However, with hot new talent entering the sport at an ever younger age, the image is becoming more and more popular with the possibilities of earning enough for a tidy lifestyle and serious toys to play with. Media coverage, fame, sponsorship and enough prize money to buy your dreams ensure those at the top are true professionals dedicated to their sport and this means excelling in every discipline including maintaining top physical condition.

There is a considerable amount of isometric exercise involved in a golf swing. This simply means that your muscles work without altering in length (if you can, imagine that your muscles normally work by shortening between two points over a joint creating movement).