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Upper Body Angles.-
(Changed - 02/10/2007)
This is one of the most important principles of the golf swing,
so read this section and remember the content.
At the address position the upper body is set at two particular
angles.
First of all the upper body must be slightly tilted to the right
so that the right hand can be comfortably place on the golf club,
but you also need to adopt a posture which assume an forward angle
of the upper body.
Therefore it is absolutely vital to the success of the golf
swing that once these angles has been created, they must be strictly
maintained throughout the golf swing, but especially as the down
swing and the follow through movement is performed.
Back Swing.
You have to learn to rotate the shoulders around a fixed point
(See below) whilst maintaining the forward upper body angle and
a sideways tilt of the upper body so that the left shoulder moves
under the chin at the end of the back swing movement (depending
on the flexibility of your body)
Down Swing.
But importantly you must continue to rotate the shoulders around
the central core of the upper body whilst maintaining the forward
and the sideways angle of the upper body as you perform the down
swing and the follow through movement.
Therefore it is vital that you retain these upper body angles
until well after the ball has been struck so that the right shoulder
can be forced to rotate under the chin as the follow through movement
is performed which must happen regardless of the flexibility of
your body, thus ensuring that the right shoulder pushes the club
head into the follow through movement whilst square to the target
line, but also giving a boost to the velocity of the golf shot.
However in order to perform this action correctly, you must
also keep the head firmly
held slightly behind the ball until well after the ball has been
struck.
Exercise
This exercise is performed without holding a golf club.
Therefore whilst facing a wall, place your feet about 300mm
away from the wall and slowly adopt your normal address position
and as you bend over, you will note that your head is either touching
or nearly touching the wall.
If the head is not quite touching the wall, slowly shuffle your
body forward so that as you move closer to the wall, your head actually
touches the wall.
Whilst maintaining both a sideways angle and a forward angle
of the upper body, move the weight of your body on to the balls
of your feet, so that the whole body begins to tilt forward and
the head rest heavily against the wall.
Therefore hold the head firmly against the wall whilst you carry
out this exercise.
As you stand at this moment by keeping the head touching the
wall, the head will be kept firmly in place.
Therefore whilst holding this position, simply rotate the shoulders
back and forth, but to achieve the desired effect, focus on a spot
on the ground.
The head must not move away from this fixed position as you
rotate the shoulder back and forth, but importantly as long as you
maintain the upper body angles, as the shoulders make a full rotational
movement towards the target area the right
shoulder will automatically to rotate under the chin.
The feeling you experience whilst carrying out this exercise
is exactly how the upper body angles should be maintained as you
carry out the full golf swing.
Vital Information.
Most golfers allow the upper body angle to straighten as the
clubhead moves into the contact area and then as the club head makes
contact with the ball, the upper body angle becomes move vertical,
but ironically this is the precise part of the golf swing when the
upper body angles should be firmly held in place.
So if you want to play very good golf, it is absolutely vital
that at the precise moment the club head makes contact
with the ball, the right shoulder is forced to rotate under the
chin, whilst the upper body angles are maintained and the head remains
slightly behind the ball.
You must concentrate on this aspect of the golf swing, especially
as the clubhead goes through the contact area, but importantly,
you must continue to maintain these upper body angles until the
completion of the golf swing.
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