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Elbows held close
together. (Changed
- 01/04/2009)
On of the most important basic principles that you must learn
is to keep the elbows held as close together as it is physically
possible throughout the complete golf swing movement so that the
shoulders and the arms move together as if welded into a solid unit.
However although the shoulders and the arms move as a solid
unit, the arms must always remain totally passive to the movement
of the shoulders, except when the arms are forced to interact thus
moving the arms independently of the shoulders for a nanosecond,
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 to the movement
of the shoulder as the shoulders and the arms rotate to the end
of the back swing movement.
(2) During the down swing movement this action neutralises the
muscles of the forearms and therefore assists in keeping the arms
and 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 elbows held in this close condition,
but persevere with this action and you will see a dramatic change
in the quality of your golf.
If you keep the elbows drawn as close together as it is physically
possible, the feeling that you will have is that the arms feel completely
and totally passive to the movement of the shoulders.
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 very firmly in this condition throughout the complete golf
swing movement and simply use a combination of the movement of the
hips to force the twisted body unit to rotate around the central
core of the spine thus automatically returning 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 golf swing, 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, but especially as the club head moves into and through the
contact area, thus keeping the arms and the hands in a passive condition.
The tighter you can hold the elbows together, the straighter
the ball will go, but remember, you must keep the elbows close together
as the club head swings through the contact area.
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