Similarities Between Golf & Baseball

Series Summary

Although it is a popular game amongst people of all ages, the game of golf can be challenging. Whether you are an absolute beginner, or someone who has been playing for a while, golf lessons can help you improve your game at any stage. Golf, like most sports, is one where practice makes perfect. Unfortunately though, it is a sport where practice can often be expensive. Since you can’t practice your game in the backyard, it is necessary to be able to maximize your time at the range or on the course so you can see the most improvement.


In this free video series our golf expert Jay Golden will teach you how to use baseball to improve your golf game. You'll learn tips for producing the proper golf grip and hand position that's right for you. Jay will spare no time walking you through the basic fundamentals of the golf stance and swing. He'll also show you how to visualize and use confidence in order to have you hitting more accurate and powerful than ever before. Jay Golden sometimes uses baseball as an alternate angle for expressing the intricacies of the basic golf mechanics. Learn some tips from our golfing expert and start hitting your way towards lower scores.

Video Transcript

"In this, the first segment of "Hit a Golf Ball Like a Baseball", I'm going to give you the overall picture. There are so many similarities between hitting a golf ball like a baseball. But I'll tell you the number one similarity: and that is, in baseball, have you ever heard the expression "He really golfed that one"? That means that there was a low pitch. And on that low pitch, that batter hit the ball almost off the ground- Boom!- and then ran to first base. And many times, he hit that ball hard. And if you ever saw a slow motion of that baseball swing on that low pitch, it is what I would call a perfect golf swing. A swing where the body is moving, the arms are moving, the hands are moving. It's on the correct plane. It has a tremendous amount of power. The grip is in such a strong and natural position that everything else is able to work. You've heard the expression "Oh, you used the baseball swing on that one". Well, if you really did use a baseball swing and you golfed that baseball swing, you would have had a great golf swing. There are many ways to swing a golf club. Hitting a golf ball like a baseball is one of them. And that's the overall concept. And now I'm going into more specifics. But generally, you could use so many of the fundamentals. Hit a golf ball like a baseball. Try it. Make believe there's a low pitch. Hit it to center field. And that might be enough right there for you to start to play grand slam golf."