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Elbows held close
together. - Master
- (Changed - 08/07/2008)
On of the most important basic principles that you must learn
is to hold the upper body unit as tightly as possible and to assist
in this task you must keep the elbows held as close together as
it is physically possible as you perform the golf swing.
It is absolutely vital that you adhere to this basic principle
during the down swing, especially when the arms interact, thus performing
the Key Movement.
This action performs four functions:-
(1) The arms are forced to remain totally passive as the muscles
of the back rotate the compact upper body to the end of the back
swing movement thus literally pushing the passive arms to the end
of the back swingg movement.
(2) It neutralises the muscles of the forearms and therefore
assists in keeping the hands in a passive condition.
(3) The arms are forced to remain fully extended.
(4) It maintains the triangular shape of the upper body unit
at all times, even whilst the passive arms interact.
This is an action that feels very strange at first, especially
if you do not generally keep the elbows held in this condition,
but persevere with this action and you will see a dramatic change
in the quality of your golf.
If you keep the elbows drawn as close together as it is physically
possible, the feeling that you will have is that the muscles of
the forearms feel completely inactive causing the arms to be totally
passive to the movement of the shoulder/arms-unit.
Therefore carrying out these actions so that the elbows are
drawn as close together as is possible is probably the most important
single item that you must adhere too if you wish to play very good
golf.
Simply watch the professional golfers to see how they keep the
elbows close together throughout the complete golf swing movement,
but especially as the arms interact.
This is one aspect of the golf swing that most golfers fail
to give any serious consideration, so remember, as soon as
you draw the elbows together, it is absolutely vital that you maintain
the arms in this condition throughout the complete golf swing movement
and simply use the a combination of the movement of the hips and
the rotational movement of the shoulders to literally swing the
arms into and through the contact area.
( It is so easy to forget this very important basic principle
as you perform the back swing and the down swing movement, so concentrate
very hard at keeping the elbows held together to the completion
of the golf swing movement.)
If you can teach yourself to hold the arms in this manner as
you carry out the golf swing, you will see a dramatic improvement
in your golfing skills.
** You must become obsessed with holding the elbows as close
together as it is physically possible as you carry out the golf
swing thus keeping the arms and the hands in a passive condition.
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