maintaining the upper body angles by the Basic Steps to Perfect Golf

Maintaining the upper body angles is one of the most important principles of the golf swing, so read this section and remember the content.
( See Video and see how the upper body angles are maintained throughout the golf swing.)

First of all the upper body must be slightly tilted to the right so that the right hand can be comfortably place on the golf club, but you also need to adopt a posture which assume an forward angle of the upper body.

Therefore it is absolutely vital to the success of the golf swing that once these angles has been created, they must be strictly maintained throughout the golf swing, but especially as the arms interact thus allowing the right shoulder to simultaneously rotate under the chin.

You have to learn to rotate a very compact upper body unit around a fixed point (See below) whilst maintaining the forward upper body angle and a sideways tilt of the upper body so that the left shoulder is positioned under the chin at the end of the back swing movement (depending on the flexibility of your body)

But importantly you must maintaining the forward and the sideways angle of the upper body during the down swing and the follow through movement.

Therefore it is vital that you retain these upper body angles until well after the ball has been struck so that as the arms interact the right shoulder can be forced to rotate under the chin - which must happen regardless of the flexibility of your body, thus ensuring that the right shoulder pushes the club head into the follow through movement whilst square to the target line, but also giving a boost to the velocity of the golf shot.

However in order to perform this action correctly, you must also keep the head firmly held slightly behind the ball until well after the ball has been struck.

Most golfers allow the upper body angle to straighten as the clubhead moves into the contact area and then as the club head makes contact with the ball, the upper body angle becomes move vertical, and ironically this is the precise part of the golf swing when the upper body angles should be firmly held in place.

So if you want to play very good golf, it is absolutely vital that the upper body angles are maintained and the head remains slightly behind the ball whilst the arms interact so that the right shoulder is forced to rotate under the chin.

You must concentrate on this aspect of the golf swing, especially as the clubhead goes through the contact area, but importantly, you must continue to maintain these upper body angles until the completion of the golf swing.

Therefore whilst facing a wall, place your feet about 300mm away from the wall and slowly adopt your normal address position and as you bend over, you will note that your head is either touching or nearly touching the wall.

If the head is not quite touching the wall, slowly shuffle your body forward so that as you move closer to the wall, your head actually touches the wall.

Whilst maintaining both a sideways angle and a forward angle of the upper body, move the weight of your body on to the balls of your feet, so that the whole body begins to tilt forward and the head rest heavily against the wall.

Therefore hold the head firmly against the wall whilst you carry out this exercise.

As you stand at this moment by keeping the head touching the wall, the head will be kept firmly in place.

Therefore whilst holding this position, simply rotate the shoulders back and forth, but to achieve the desired effect, focus on a spot on the ground.

The head must not move away from this fixed position as you rotate the shoulder back and forth, but importantly as long as you maintain the upper body angles, as the shoulders make a full rotational movement towards the target area the right shoulder will automatically to rotate under the chin.

The feeling you experience whilst carrying out this exercise is exactly how the upper body angles should be maintained as you carry out the full golf swing.

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