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The Movement of
The Upper Body. Master
- (Changed - 11/04/2008)
The most important point to make is that
as the compact shoulder/arms-unit rotates back and forth, the elbows
must be held as close together as it is physically possible,
thus holding the shoulders and the arms firmly together as very
compact, one piece unit-- in other words the shoulders and the arms
are held firmly together throughout the complete golf swing.
Keeping the elbows drawn as close together
as it is physically possible, will ensure that the arms remain fully
extended, but importantly it forces the arms to become totally passive
to movement of the shoulders.
You cannot hold the unit too tightly together as you perform the
golf swing movement, but importantly, the closer you hold the elbows
to each other, the more compact the upper body becomes, but even
more importantly, the more passive the arms and the hands
become.
Back Swing Movement.
Therefore as the back swing is performed,
your number one priority is to concentrate on the left shoulder
as being in overall control as the shoulder/arms-unit to rotate
around the central core of the spine, thus using the rotational
movement of the shoulders to push the
passive arms/golf club to the end of the back swing movement - whilst
the lower part of the body totally resists the movement.
At the end of the back swing movement
the whole body adopts a fully twisted condition.
Down Swing Movement.
As soon as the left foot is pressed to
the ground, the hips are forced to quickly rotate/pivot/sway towards
the target area and simultaneously the shoulder/arms-unit begins
to rotate about its axis thus causing the shoulder/arms-unit begin
to rotate into the down swing movement.
However due to the inertia
effect, the passive arms/golf club are unable to immediately
follow the movement of the shoulders - ( this delay is minuscule
but nevertheless it occurs) - and therefore the passive arms/golf
club begins to lag slightly further behind the movement of the shoulders
thus storing up a large amount of torsion/energy within the upper
body which will be used to good effect during the later stages of
the down swing and the follow through movement.
However as the shoulders get very close
to the original address position, the golfer must begin to slow
down the rotational movement of the hips/shoulders so that the energy
that was built up within the upper body muscles can be released,
thus allowing the passive arms/golf club to catch up with the shoulders
at the impact position.
Therefore it is the skill of the golfer
to judge the movement of the shoulders so that the club head makes
contact with the ball at the precise moment the shoulders return
to the original address position.
At the precise moment the club head makes
contact with the ball, the shoulders must be in the original address
position, the head
must be positioned so that the left eye is slightly behind the ball,
the hands
must not be ahead of the original address position and the weight
of the body predominantly over the left leg.
However as soon as the shoulders return
to the original address position, they must stop
rotating, albeit for only a milli-second, whilst the arms interact,
thus causing the right arm to fully straighten
But what is absolutely vital, is that
at the precise moment the club head makes contact with the ball,
the shoulders must be held "Parallel to the Target Line"
albeit for only a milli-second, the head
must remain in such a position so that the left eye is slightly
behind the ball and the hands
must not be ahead of the original address position whilst the shoulders
muscles force the arms to interact,
thus performing the key Movement and also swinging the club head
to the bottom
of the swing arc.
Then as
soon as the both arms are straight, the shoulders resume its normal
rotational movement.
Therefore to get the movement right, you
must concentrate on holding the shoulders Parallel to the Target
Line for that milli-second, keep the head
positioned so that the left eye is slightly behind the ball and
ensure that the hands
must not be ahead of the original address position whilst the passive
arms interact thus performing the Key Movement and also swinging
the club head to the bottom of the swing arc.
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