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Elbows held close
together. - Master
- (Changed - 27/04/2008)
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 as you perform the golf swing so that the shoulders and
the arms remain firmly held together as a very compact unit at all
times.
It is absolutely vital that you adhere to this basic principle
during the down swing but especially when the arms interact, thus
performing the Key Movement.
(In order to hold the arms as close together
as it is physically possible, the muscles of the chest, the shoulders
and the broad back muscles must be formed into in a taut condition
and held in this condition throughout the complete golf swing movement.)
This action performs four functions:-
(1) The arms are forced to remain totally passive to the movement
of the shoulders.
(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 are a golfer that normally use the muscles of the arms to
swing the club club, 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 muscles of
the forearms feel completely inactive causing the arms to be totally
passive to the movement of the shoulder/arms-unit.
Therefore carrying out these actions so that the elbows are
drawn as close together as is possible is probably the most important
single item that you must adhere too if you wish to play very good
golf.
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
the rotational movement of the shoulders to literally swing the
arms into and through the contact area.
( 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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