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

A very important aspect of the golf swing is that the arms remain totally passive to the movement of the shoulders at all times.

This does not mean that the arms should be all floppy - it simply means that the arms move in complete synchronisation with the movement of the shoulders for the majority of the golf swing except when the arms are forced to interact at which point the shoulder muscles then move the arms independently of the shoulders.

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 move in complete synchronisation with the movement of the shoulders thus totally eliminating any conscious independent movement of the arms within the golf swing, with the only exception being when the arms are forced to interact when the muscles of the left shoulder pull the passive arms through 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 shoulders, it is absolutely vital that you keep the shoulders and the arms tightly held together as a very compact unit at all times so that they move as a solid one piece unit, especially as club head swings into and through the contact area.

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 upper body unit tightly held 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 upper body unit tightly 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 become obsessed with holding the shoulders and the arms tightly together as a very compact unit so that the arms move in complete synchronisation with the movement of the shoulders, 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.

Then during the down swing movement -- as the movement of the hips, aided to a lesser degree by the lower back muscles, force the shoulder/arms-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 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, any 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 straightening of the right arm will automatically rotate the forearms back to the original address position, but you must maintain the right arm in the fully bent condition for as long as possible.

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