Controlling the shoulder/arms-unit by Basic Steps to Perfect Golf

Look at this video of the full golf swing and notice how the compact upper body unit, which includes the arms, rotate around the central core of the spine whilst the elbows are held as close together as is physically possible thus holding the upper body unit as a very compact unit - This is a basic fundamental principle that you must learn if you wish to play very good golf.

Concentrate on this basic fundamental and fit the rest of your golf swing around it - this is a must principle, regardless of what else you learn.

Therefore if you wish to play very good golf shots it is absolutely vital that the shoulders and the arms are held tightly together as a compact one piece unit throughout the complete golf swing, so that any conscious independent movement of the arms is entirely eliminated.
(The only exception to this rule is just before the shoulders return to the original address position when the muscles of the left shoulder pull the passive arms into the contact area thus counteracting the inertia effect upon the passive arms and then continuing to use the muscles of the left shoulder to pull the passive arms through the contact area, until the right arm is forced to adopt the fully straightened position whilst the shoulders remain parallel to the target line.)

This compact upper body unit is achieved by keeping the muscles of the chest, the shoulders, the upper back and the forearms into a taut condition, actions which pull the upper arms closer to the upper body, it also forms the shoulders and the arms into a compact, one piece unit, but importantly by keeping the muscles of the forearms in this condition, it maintains the alignment of the club face relative to the position of the shoulders throughout the complete golf swing movement, however during the down swing and the follow through movement, the hips totally control the movement of the compact upper body unit.

But most importantly, you must hold the elbows as close together as is physically possible at all times which ensures that the upper body is tightly held together as a very compact unit and also ensures that the arms remain fully extended throughout the golf swing movement.

The upper unit must remain in this compact condition at all times as that it rotates around the central core of the spine so that the alignment of the club face is controlled.

When the golf swing is performed with the elbows held as close together as is physically possible, at first it will feel very mechanical and you will assume that you are not performing a full back swing movement.

However if you observed yourself in a mirror you will note that in actual fact you do perform a full back swing movement, but importantly, when you see the results of performing a golf swing whilst the upper body unit is held in this condition you be amazed how straight and long the ball goes.

Therefore by maintaining the upper body in this very compact, solid, one piece unit throughout the complete golf swing movement, the alignment of the club face is always under your control.

It is difficult to explain to the reader either through written text or by video, how tightly together the elbows must be held throughout complete golf swing so that the upper body unit remains held together as a very compact unit throughout the complete golf swing movement, thus totally eliminating any conscious independently movement of the arms until some point in the down swing movement.

This action will enable you to totally control the alignment of the club face and it is only when you, the golfer, perform the movement correctly and see the results, only then will you understand how important this action of holding the upper body tightly together at all times contribute to playing very good golf.

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