condition of the arms by the basic steps to perfect golf.

A very important aspect of the golf swing is that the arms must be totally passive at all times.

Therefore to force the arms to remain totally passive to the movement of the shoulders, it is vital that the elbows are drawn as close together as it is physically possible thus setting four important criteria:-

(1) The arms are forced to remain totally passive to the movement of the compact upper body unit thus totally eliminating any conscious independent movement of the arms from the golf swing, with the only exception is at some point in the down swing movement when the muscles of the left shoulders pull the passive arms into the contact area.

(3) The muscles of the forearms are neutralised thus assisting in keeping the hands in a totally passive condition.

(4) The triangular shape of the upper body unit is maintained throughout the back swing, the down swing and the follow through movement.

Regardless of how fast you rotate/pivot the hips during the down swing movement, which in turn dictates the rotational speed of the compact upper body unit, it is absolutely vital that you keep the upper body unit tightly held together as a very compact unit so that the shoulders and the arms move as a solid one piece unit, especially as club head swings into and through the contact area.

By using the movement of the hips to aggressively force the compact upper body unit to rotate around the central core of the spine, thus automatically rotating the shoulders back to the original address position, the club face will automatically return to the ball square to the target line.

If however you try to use the muscles of the arms to physically swing the arms into the down swing the activation of the muscles of the arms will cause the muscles to tighten up thus twisting the club face into a closed position at impact and probably create a hook.

The feeling that you will have if you keep the elbows held close together is that the muscles of the forearms and the hands feel completely inactive, causing the arms and the hands to be totally passive to the movement of the upper body unit .

Therefore holding the elbows close together at all times is probably the most important single item that you must adhere too if you wish to play very good golf.

You must resist the urge to use the muscles of the arms to hit the ball. Simply use a combination of the movement of the hips to force the compact upper body unit to rotate around the central core of the spine and the muscles of the left shoulder to swing the club head into the contact area and at that the point when the club head makes contact with the ball, continue to use the muscles of the left shoulder to pull the passive arms through the contact area.

** You must become obsessed with holding the elbows as close together as is physically possible, thus assisting in holding the upper body unit tightly together as a very compact unit so that the arms remain both passive and also fully extended as you carry out the golf swing, but particularly when performing the down swing and the follow through movement.

Simply watch the professional golfers to see how they keep the triangular shape of the upper body throughout the complete golf swing movement.

Because the elbows are held as close together as is physically possible -- this creates a condition where any movement of the shoulder/arms-unit will cause the arms to instantly move.

However it is important that one of the arms must always be held in the perfectly straight position.

For example, as the rotational movement of the compact upper body unit literally push the arms into the back swing movement, the left arm must be held as straight as possible -- whilst the right arm gradually folds.

As the movement of the hips force the compact upper body unit to rotate around the central core of the spine, thus automatically rotating the shoulders back to the original address position, the left arm must remain in the straight position whilst the right arm is initially held in the fully bent condition until the flailing action of the golf club begins, but by the time the clubhead makes contact with the ball, the right arm will have returned to the position it was at the address position, which is in a slightly bent condition.

However it is vital that the upper body unit remains tightly held together as you carry out the down swing movement so that you can retain total control over the passive arms.

As the Key Movement is performed, the left arm must remain in a perfectly straight condition until both arms are perfectly straight and fully extended, which effectively then is the end of the Key Movement.

Thereafter it is vital that both arms are held in the fully extended condition for as long as possible.

However the golf swing eventually reaches a point when the left arm collapses and begin to fold, whilst the right arm remains in the fully extended condition until it also begins to fold at the very end of the golf swing movement.

The only way that you can correctly carry out the golf swing whilst always keeping one of the arms in the perfectly straight position, is by fully utilising the flexibility of the wrist joints.

Therefore to maximise the use of the wrist joints but without increasing the tension within the arms as you carry out the golf swing, continue to hold the upper body in a very compact condition.

Another vital aspect of the golf swing is that during the back swing movement the forearms must not be consciously allowed to rotate, this rotation of the forearms will happen automatically as the right arm begins to fold.

As the shoulders rotate back to the original address position, the gradual straightening of the right arm will automatically rotate the forearms back to the original address position, but you must maintain the fully cocked wrists until the very last moment in order to flail the club head into the contact area.

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