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Elbows held close
together. - (Changed
- 01/01/2009)
On of the most important basic principles that you must learn
is to keep the shoulders and the arms held together as a very compact
unit at all times, which is achieved by keeping the elbows held
as close together as it is physically possible.
It is absolutely vital that you adhere to this basic principle
at all times but especially when the arms interact, thus performing
the Key Movement.
This action of holding the elbows close together performs four
functions:-
(1) The arms are forced to remain totally passive as the shoulders
rotate to the end of the back swing movement, thus literally pushing
the passive arms to the end of the back swing 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 shoulders and the arms held tightly
together as a compact unit, but persevere with this action and you
will see a dramatic change in the quality of your golf.
If you keep the shoulders and the arms held tightly together
by keeping 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.
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
to a lesser degree the lower back muscles, to return the shoulders
back to the parallel to the target line.
( 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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