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Shoulder Muscles.
(Changed - 28/07/2010)
The "Deltoids" are a group of muscles that surround
the shoulder joints.
It is this group of muscles that are held in tension throughout
the back swing and during the down swing movement.
From the moment the down swing movement begins, the torsion
of shoulder muscles gradually increase. This means that as the shoulders
rotate into the down swing movement the shoulder muscles gradually
begin to add their power into the swinging action of the arms.
Therefore at the precise moment the club head strikes the ball
and simultaneously the shoulders are parallel to the target line,
the shoulder muscles are pulling the passive arms/golf club at full
speed through the contact area - thus swinging the passive arms/golf
club to the bottom of the swing arc.
Exercise.
A simple exercise to practice this movement is as
follows:-
Grip a seven iron and make a normal stance as if to address
a golf ball, make a very slow short back swing, but as you do so
keep the legs and the hips absolutely dead still.
Whilst keeping the legs and the hips absolutely dead still,
slowly rotate the shoulders back to the original address position
and hold them there - and whilst keeping the legs and the hips absoutely
dead still, and the shoulders parallel to the target area, use the
shoulder muscles to pull the passive arms/club head across in front
of the body so that the club head swings through the contact area
whilst the shoulders are stationary - an action that forces the
right arm into the fully straightened position.
During the actual golf swing, this action takes place whilst
the shoulders are parallel to the target line.
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