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Golf is the highlighted topic this week. Here are 5 top tips submitted by our readers:

• “The question I’m asked most in Golf is how to chip the ball better. A good practice drill is to set the ball back in the stance and form a ‘Y’ shape with your arms and club. Then, swing the ‘Y’ shape from 9 O’clock to 3 O’clock and no more, making sure to swing the club head at the target area.” - DarthFader
• “Another key to consistently getting the ball up and down when chipping is proper weight distribution. Keep at least 60% of your weight on the front foot at address (left foot for right-handed golfers).
  Think of hitting slightly down and through the ball. This will encourage a good weight transfer and, in turn, help complete the follow-through. Keep the back of the left wrist facing the target and don’t let it break down. That’s crucial. Otherwise, your shots will break down as well!” - LearnAboutGolf.com
• “The one thing I always keep in my mind when swinging is keep my eye on the ball, this pretty much eliminates a lot of my problems like picking my head up or being distracted etc.” - Dad
• “Take a wider stance when playing in the wind, keeping a solid base will minimise the affect of the wind on your balance.” - Dad
• “Watching your playing partners’ chips and putts can help you with your shot. Make a mental record of everything; good and bad and try and capitalize on past events.” 4thround

A big thank you to DarthFader, LearnAboutGolf.com, Dad and 4thround for contributing to TipsTree dot com 

The next topic to be featured on the home page will be Hangover Prevention. I look forward to reading your tips, next Tuesday at 6:00pm (GMT) I’ll pick the best and post them on the home page. Enjoy your weekend. 

We’ve had some great tips submitted on the topic of Sleeping, here are my pick of the top 5 tips:

• “To sleep better you’ll need a routine for your body clock. Try to get to bed at the same time every day of the week. If you missed your set time for bed, don’t try to make up for lost sleep by staying in bed for an extra hour in the morning as this can easily reset your body clock and make it hard to sleep.” - Andy
• “Exercising for 20-30 mins a day can help you sleep. It’s best to do this in the morning or afternoon (if you have the time). Exercise stimulates the body so doing this before bedtime may make it harder to sleep.” - Andy (again) 
• “Make sure you’re at the right temperature before you go to bed, not too cold and not too hot. This can stop you from sleeping if the temperature isn’t right.” - Ozzie
• “No naps in the day, this will throw your body clock off course and make it even harder to sleep at night ” - Jiko
• “If you can’t sleep, get up and eat some turkey! Turkey contains tryptophan which is a major building block for making serotonin, a neurotransmitter, which sends messages between nerve cells and causes feelings of sleepiness. Though this only works if you eat it on an empty stomach with no protein present.” - Topman

Check out the Sleeping page to see more great tips on this subject, hopefully you won’t be struggling to nod off anymore. A big thank you to myself, Ozzie, Jiko and Topman for contributing to TipsTree dot com   

The next topic to be featured on the home page will be Golf. I’ll be playing golf with my Dad on the weekend so I’ll try and put the tips into practice (I’m going to need all the help I can get!). Next Friday at 6:00pm (GMT) I’ll pick the best and post them on the home page.

Every few days I pick a topic from TipsTree to be featured on the home page, this weeks topic is eBay. From our eBay page we have 5 great tips to share with you today. It’s all about quality not quantity and these 5 are great things to keep in mind when selling with eBay:

• Andy (that’s me) says “Always, always, always list a photo of your item, preferably more than one from multiple angles. Whenever I’m bidding on an item I’m 100% more likely to bid if it has a real photo of it (not a stock photo!)”

• StrikerZ followed up with “I completely skip an item without a photo. Just to add to the point Andy made, if your images are of decent quality (eg. good lighting, in focus…) then you’ll probably see better sales than items taken with crap camera phone images.”

• StrikerZ also says “…another pet peeve of mine is sellers not offering Paypal . There’s no reason why not to offer it, sellers not offering Paypal as a payment option can kiss my money goodbye. “

• JennyHow (a full time eBayer and blogger) gives her tip; “great customers service and responding to emails on time. Read more on my ebay blog.”

• Finally, Whiskers advises us to ”Set the opening bid/starting price really low (e.g a dollar); It’ll encourage healthy bidding, thus raising the perceived value and the final price.”

I’d like to thank myself, StrikerZ, JennyHow and Whiskers for contributing to TipsTree dot com.   

The next topic to be featured on the home page will be Sleeping. Next Tuesday at 6:00pm (GMT) I’ll pick the best and post them on the home page. Have a good weekend. 

Every few days I’ll be choosing a topic to feature on the home page, it could be any topic on this site (we have over 100 to choose from). I’ll highlight some of the best tips on that topic so make sure you get submitting. “What’s in it for me” I hear you cry, well (as I said in the FAQ) not only will you be sharing an interesting tip for other people but if you have a website you’ll recieve a free linkback (free promotion ftw!).

So the first topic featured on the home page will be……eBay. Get over there, submit a tip and you’ll have a good chance of getting on the home page. You have until 6:00pm (GMT) Friday when I’ll decide which to feature. Your time starts, now! 

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