impact position

Impact position - Master - (Changed - 05/09/2008)

As you perform the down swing movement you must totally focus on ensuring that the club head makes contact with the ball whilst the shoulders are parallel to the target line.

At the point when the shoulders return to the original address position, the shoulder must be held in this position, albeit for only a nanosecond whilst the muscles of the left shoulder pull the passive arms into the contact area thus counteracting the inertia effect upon the arms, and then whilst the shoulders remain parallel to the target line, the muscles of the left shoulder pull the passive arms through the contact area, thereby forcing the right arm to adopt the fully straightened position, actions that inject power and accuracy into the shot.

As soon as the both arms are straight the right shoulder must be forced to rotate under the chin.

You will note that I say "you must totally focus on the precise moment the club head returns to the ball"-- What I am trying to impress on you is that the club head must be swung into and through the contact area in a smooth seamless manner without any attempt to "HIT" the ball -- you must not focus on striking the ball, you must focus on swinging the club head to the bottom of the swing arc.

Up to this point, the club head has been returned to this position by using an aggressive of the movement of the hips which forced the compact upper body unit to rotate around the central core of the spine thus automatically returning the shoulders back to the original address position, plus the pulling action of the left shoulder muscles which counteracted the inertia effect upon the arm.

However at the precise moment the shoulders return to the original address position, you must ensure that:-
1) The upper body remains slightly tilted to the right, with the left shoulder slightly higher than the right shoulder.

2) The shoulders must continue to be held parallel to the target line,
3) The head must be held in a position so that the left eye is slightly behind the ball.
4) The hands in the original address position.
( The hands must not be either ahead of the original address position or behind the original address at the precise moment the club head returns to the golf ball, they must be in exactly the original address position.)
5) The upper body unit remain tightly held together as a very compact unit.
6) The weight of the body is predominantly over the left leg.
7) The muscles of the left shoulder continue to pull the passive arms through the contact area, thus forcing the right arm to adopt the fully straightened position.

However as soon as the both arms are straight, the right shoulder must rotate under the chin whilst the whole body pivots on the left leg and turns to face the target area.

Therefore it is absolutely vital that the head is held so that the left eye remains slightly behind the ball, the head is held in the Fixed Frontal condition, and also the upper body angles are maintained -- until both arms are straight.

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