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The Movement of
The Upper Body.
(Changed - 02/01/2009)
It is absolutely vital that the upper body unit is held very
tightly together throughout the complete golf swing movement so
that the shoulders and the arms always move in complete synchronisation.
Back Swing Movement.
The back swing is performed by rotating
a very compact
upper body unit around the central core of the spine and simultaneously
allowing the hips to rotate away from the frontal facing position
so that the hips reach the limit of its movement at exactly the
same time the shoulders do likewise, whilst the heel of the left
foot remains firmly on the ground.
However as the shoulder/arms-unit rotate
into the back swing movement you must ensure that the left
shoulder/left arm in over-all control, 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, but importantly,
without consciously rotating the forearms--,
but importantly whilst keeping the club face square
to the ball position for as long as possible.
At the end of the back swing movement
the whole body adopts a fully twisted condition.
Down Swing Movement.
After a slight pause at the end of the back swing movement,
the down swing movement is initiated by pressing the left foot to
the ground and simultaneously forcing the hips to rotate /pivot
towards the target area whilst the compact upper body unit remains
in a totally passive condition and the shoulders remain parallel
to the target line.
( As the torsion of the muscles between the lower part of the
body and the upper part of the body reaches it absolute maximum
the danger is that you will allow the shoulders to rotate away from
the parallel to the target line - so concentrate on holding the
shoulders parallel to the target line whilst the torsion builds
up.)
A fraction of a second after the hips begin to rotate/pivot
towards the target area, the lower back muscles begin to force the
shoulder/arms-unit to rotate around the central core of the spine,
thus automatically rotating the shoulders back to the parallel to
the target line.
(The movement of the hips and the lower back muscles must remain
in over-all control over the movement of the shoulders to the completion
of the golf swing.)
As the shoulders rotate around the central core of the spine,
a combination of the rotational movement of the shoulders and the
correct use of the left
shoulder/left arm will ensure that the club head makes contact
with the golf ball at the precise moment the shoulders return to
the parallel to the target line.
Therefore at the precise moment
the club head makes
contact with the ball, two things must be performed absolutely
simultaneously and instantly whilst the shoulders stop rotating
momentarily whilst parallel to the target line :-
1) The muscles of the left
shoulder pull the passive arms through the contact area.
2) The hands move towards the target area at the same speed
as the club head.
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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