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Here is a practice routine that you can carry out whilst in
your own home:-
The purpose of this exercise is to slowly repeat the interaction
of the arms from just before the club head makes contact with the
ball, to just after the ball has been struck.
Place a golf ball on the ground to the left of centre and then
adopt your normal stance.
Form the shoulders and the arms into the familiar upper body
unit by holding the arms so that the elbows are as close together
as is physically possible.
As you stand at this moment the shoulders and the arms have
been formed in to a compact, one piece, triangular shape unit, with
the left shoulder slightly higher than the right shoulder and with
the left arm straight, but with the right
arm slightly bent.
Hold the shoulders very firmly in the address
position and by that I mean that the shoulders must remain firmly
fixed in this frontal facing position. In addition, the
head must be positioned so that the left eye is slightly behind
the ball position and the head is held in the Fixed
Frontal condition.
Place the club head about three inches behind the ball position
and whilst holding the shoulders firmly in the frontal facing position
and with the head kept firmly positioned slightly behind the ball
and simply straighten the right arm whilst keeping the left arm
perfectly straight and the elbows kept as close together as possible.
You will notice that by holding the shoulders firmly fixed
on the Parallel to the Target Line, as the right arm is straightened
it pushes the club head through the contact area.
However as soon as the right arm is fully straightened, the
shoulder/arms-unit resumes its rotational movement thus forcing
the right shoulder to rotate under the chin.
In order to perform this exercise correctly, the head must remain
firmly positioned slightly behind the ball throughout the movement
and the shoulders must remain on the parallel to the target line.
Obviously there will be a point when the club face no longer
remains Square to the Target Line, but this exercise shows that
it is possible to extend the distance that the club face remains
Square to the Target Line as it goes through the contact area.
This is the very basic movements of what I call the Key Movement
and once you are aware of this movement and how it works, you can
begin to expand the movement.
However I must point out that it is absolutely vital to the
success of this movement that you keep the head
in the original address position and maintain the upper
body angle you carry out the Key Movement.
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