twist the upper body to achieve a full back swing movement by Basic Steps Better Golf

The twisted condition of the whole body is achieved by rotating the shoulders as far as it is physically possible into the back swing movement whilst the heel of the left foot remains firmly on the ground.

However as soon as the whole body has been formed into this twisted condition, it is important to maintain this twisted condition of the upper body unit throughout the down swing and the follow through movement.

Why? well as long as you keep the upper body unit firmly held together and do not consciously rotate the forearms during the back swing movement -- and then as long as you do not physically try to rotate the shoulders back to the original address position but simply allow a combination of the movement of the hips and the lower back muscles to control the movement of the shoulder/arms-unit, as the shoulders rotate around the central core of the spine the club head will automatically return to the ball "square to the target line"

A combination of the hips movement and the lower back muscles are forcing the shoulder/arms-unit to rotate around the central core of the spine thus automatically returning the shoulders back to the parallel to the target line.

However whilst the shoulders automatically return to the parallel to the target line the muscles of the left shoulder//left upper arm pull the passive arms/golf club into the contact area.

To fully understand this action, experiment with this movement as follows:-
At the end of the back swing movement force yourself to hold the body in the twisted condition as shown in the photo to the left (photo 1) and whilst holding the body in this twisted condition, simply rotate/pivot the hips towards the target area for a very short distance -- you will notice that the upper body unit will be forced to follow the movement of the hips however as soon as the upper body begins to move, use the lower back muscles to assist in the rotational movement of the upper body unit.
Therefore as a combination of the hips and the lower back muscles continue to force the shoulder/arms-unit to rotate around the central core of the spine the shoulders automatically rotate back to the parallel to the target line.

Therefore it is the movement of the hips and the lower back that control the movement of the shoulders.

When you understand the movement, you can then try to hit a few ball on the practice range.

But remember, the upper body unit must remain totally passive to the movement of the hips and the lower back muscles.

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