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Want to Play Golf? Then Golf Lessons Are Your 1st Step

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010


Golf is a sport that can no doubt be annoying and challenging, all depending on how easily or poorly you are hitting the ball on that day. The frustrating part of the game of golf comes from the fact that most people cannot consistently post solid scores. Essentially the golf swing is complex and the problems start with the golf swing when people start to modify their game and allow for mistakes to come into their swing. A bad golf player will consistently aim to the far left side in order to correct a slice instead of working out the cause of the slice. There are many additional examples of this, too.

Playing golf this way creates problems for individuals who adopt this method and they never really produce reliable swings. These types of players are constantly a work in progress and their rounds are seldom consistent. The game is lots more fun when you are consistently splitting the fairways and challenging pin placements. So how can the good players do it and what is their secret? Majority of them recognise the importance of golf lessons to the successful golf player.

Some professional golfers may think that golf lessons are just for young players and kids starting to learn golf. The golf lessons can?t be for golfers who have been striking the links for years, right? It is essential to understand that even the most impressive players in the world work with a golf coach. Coach Hank Haney will be observing Tiger Woods before a major golf tournament working through his golf swing and training. Individuals can constantly get better, and the best way to do that is by fixing your essential problems with golf lessons.

Nowadays, golf lessons are becoming even more impressive, since teaching professionals have more technology at their disposal. In the past, they have had to rely upon their eyes and established improvement exercises. Nowadays, a teaching professional is able to integrate a video recording of your swing and this is where you use targeted practice exercises to correct specific problems. Within little time, golf lessons can take hold and transform a person’s swing, so that their scores are more consistent and the game is more enjoyable.

How to Raise the Muslim World from Poverty?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

In the times of yesteryear when Prophet Muhammad banded together the followers of Islam into a single economic and political group people associated their livelihoods with their tribe. Purchasing, selling, earning money was predominately transacted through the ideology that the tribe must thrive and dominate. As Islam became more important it was evident that it superceded any consideration to the needs of other entities. Islam became the new standard of economic activity. As the borders of the Muslim world increased so did its economic strength. Eventually it was the most powerful entity on the Earth.

In modern times Muslim countries live in great poverty. Even though there are a number of wealthy pockets to be found, the vast majority have a difficult time feeding their children or building necessary infrastructure improvements. Why is this so? The reasons lie in the assumption of nationalisms superiority over Islam. In Islam’s past there was no concept of country and national currency. Instead each city was viewed as a small state that lived and worked in the collective of the Muslim world. At that time the concept was revolutionary and lead to a great many economic changes. The Christian world was still squabbling and fighting wars against each other, furthering the economic drain on their local economies. They therefore, could not compete against Muslims effectively. The Muslims had a central authority that made great strides in reducing internal squabbles. Therefore, when they acted they could do so in a uniform manner.

Today the situation is reversed. The wealth countries of Europe have banded together in terms of economic treaties and military collaboration. The United Nations, the European Union and FTAA are all examples of this collaborated effort. This spirit of working together mitigates any internal structures they have by virtue of utilizing one of these larger organizations to arbitrate. The Muslim world, to its dismay, has reduced itself to internal squabbling and the active “undermining” of each other.

The only way to reverse the Muslim misfortune is to change our entire way of viewing business. Islamic principles of fairness, hard work and collective effort need to evolve. The concept of nationalism needs to be viewed as outdated and the concept of the singular “Ummah (community) should take its place. By working together the people can utilize their untapped wealth in terms of knowledge and natural resources to develop something for the betterment of all. Countries like Saudia Arabia, who desire a more secure food source, could invest in those countries with fertile soil but little capital wealth. Trade barriers between nations can be reduced to assure that easy flow of goods and money is possible. Leadership could be made accountable for the increasing the viability of not only their nation but that of their neighbors.

In essence the promotion of a singular Muslim currency and governmental body is necessary if any meaningful reform is going to take place. The structural governmental body would be much like that found under the European Union but with substantial Islamic improvements. Individual and national agendas would not be given full weight nor shall economic improvements be subject to corruption. Internal control would have to be developed that would help solve some of those problems that thrive in the Muslim world.

Murad Ali is a two time published author of “A Call to Greatness” and “An American Mecca”. He works full-time in labor relations, is developing an heirloom farm, runs a small consulting business, is working towards his PHD, and edits the Muslim Times. If you are interested in more articles written by Murad please visit www.muradenterprises.org