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Shoulder/Arms-unit.-
Master - (Changed - 27/04/2008)
If you wish to play very good golf shots it is absolutely vital
that the shoulders and the arms are firmly held together as a very
compact unit throughout the complete golf swing, by keeping
the elbows held as close together as is physically possible at all
times - an action which also ensures
that the arms remain fully extended at all times.
I cannot stress too strongly how important
it is to keep the shoulder/arms-unit in this very compact condition,
especially as the club head swings into and through the contact
area.
Failure to keep the upper body unit firmly held together as
a very compact unit throughout the complete golf swing will only
result in erratic golf shots.
But in addition, as the shoulders rotate
into the back swing movement, the left shoulder must always be in
over-all control.
For instance, the left
shoulder is used to control the shoulder/arms-unit as it rotates
around the central core of the spine, thus pushing the arms as far
as possible.
Learn to use the rotational movement of the shoulder/arms-unit
to first of all push the arms to the end of the back swing movement,
and then continue to keep the shoulder/arms-unit firmly held together
as a very compact unit but totally passive to the movement of the
hips, thus creating the right conditions to enable the club head
to be accelerated into and through the contact area --and you are
more than half way towards playing very good golf.
Set Up
At the address position you must draw the elbows
as close together as it is physically possible which
will hold the shoulders and the arms together as a very compact
unit, but this action will also force the arms be fully extended
and also ensure that the arms remain in a totally passive
condition.
( When you hold the upper body correctly, although the shoulders
and the arms are firmly held together as a very compact unit, the
muscles of the forearms hold the elbows in close together but the
hands are totally relaxed.)
It is difficult to explain to the reader either
through written text or by video, how closely the elbows must be
held so that the shoulder and the arms remain firmly held together
as a very compact unit, or how the original configuration
of the upper body must be maintained, even as the club head swings
into and through the contact area, because it is only when you,
the golfer perform the movement correctly and see the results, only
then will you understand how important these actions contribute
to playing very good golf.
The only image that I can offer you is that in
order to keep the elbows close together as the rotational movement
of the shoulder/arms-unit push the arms into the back swing movement
and then as the shoulder/arms-unit rotate into the down swing/follow
through, try to imagine a steel band holding the elbows close firmly
together.
You must hold the shoulder and the arms in this very compact
condition as you perform the back swing, the down swing movement
and the follow through movement, but especially whilst movement
of the hips force the whole twisted body unit to rotate about its
axis thus automatically returning the shoulders to the original
address position and in doing so swinging the club head into and
through the contact area.
However when you see the results of holding the upper body in this
very compact condition throughout the complete golf swing movement
but keeping the arms in a totally
passive condition, you will be more than satisfied with the result.
So remember, you must
hold the shoulder/arms-unit firmly together as a very compact unit
as you perform the back swing movement but especially so as the
movement of the hips force the whole twisted body unit to rotate
about its axis thus automatically returning the shoulders back to
and beyond the original address position - failure to do so will
result in very erratic golf shots.
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