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The Movement of
The Upper Body. Master
- (Changed - 06/09/2008)
Back Swing Movement.
The back swing is performed by using the
lower back muscles to rotate a very compact
upper body unit around the central core of the spine, therefore
literally using the rotational movement of the compact upper body
unit to push the passive arms to the end of the back swing movement
-- whilst the lower part of the body totally resists the movement.
At the end of the back swing movement
the whole body adopts a fully twisted condition.
Down Swing Movement.
The down swing movement is initiated by simultaneously pressing
the left foot to the ground and also aggressively rotating/pivoting
the hips towards the target area.
The down swing movement is initiated by pressing the left foot
to the ground and simultaneously rotating/pivoting the hips in a
aggressive, but controlled manner, towards the target area.
( As soon as the hips begin to rotate/pivot towards the target
area, the hips must continue in this aggressive manner, thus forcing
the compact upper body unit to literally follow its movement to
the completion of the golf swing movement.)
Therefore as the hips aggressively rotate/pivot towards the
target area, the torsion of the muscles between the lower part of
the body and the upper part of the body quickly reach their absolute
maximum and this torsion has the effect of forcing the compact upper
body unit to follow the movement of the hips and begin to rotate
around the central core of the spine, thereby automatically rotating
the shoulders back to the original address position.
Therefore it is absolutely vital that the upper body unit continue
to be tightly
held together as a solid compact one piece unit as the movement
of the hips force the unit to rotate around the central core of
the spine.
However as the aggressive 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 inertia
effect upon the arms will cause the arms to lag behind the rotational
movement of the shoulders and unless action is taken to counteract
this lagging effect, the arms will remain in this lagged condition
to the completion of the golf swing.
Therefore throughout the down swing movement
the muscles of the left shoulder hold the passive arms in this lagged
position, however a fraction of a second before the shoulders return
to the original address position, the muscles of the left shoulder
begin to pull the passive arms into the contact area quite aggressively
thus dramatically increasing the speed of the arms in order to perform
three functions:-
1) To counteract the inertia effect upon the
arms.
2) To ensure that the club head makes contact
with the ball at the precise moment the shoulders return to the
original address position.
3) To ensure that the arms interact whilst the
shoulders are parallel to the target line.
Therefore it is the skill of the golfer to judge the down swing
movement so that at the precise moment the shoulders return to the
original address position the club head makes contact with the golf
ball.
At the precise moment the club head makes
contact with the ball, the shoulders must be in the original address
position, the head
must be positioned so that the left eye is slightly behind the ball,
the hands
must not be ahead of the original address position and the weight
of the body predominantly over the left leg.
However as soon as both arms are straight,
the right shoulder must be forced to rotate under the chin whilst
the aggressive movement of the hips continue to force the compact
upper body unit to rotate around the central core of the spine so
that the whole body turns to fully face the target area.
But as these actions are being performed
, the head
must remain in such a position so that the left eye is slightly
behind the ball and the upper
body angles must be maintained.
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