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Whipping action-practice. -Master -( Changed - 13/01/2008) To develop the technique and the timing that is required to be able to accelerate the clubhead into the contact area, begin with this simple exercise:- Begin by taking your normal stance position with the shoulders Parallel to the Target line and place a tee peg in the ground in a position just slightly left of the centre of your stance which will give you a point to focus on as you carry out this exercise.
For this exercise we will be using an nine iron simply because it is easier to use a short iron to practice this movement, rather than a longer shafted club. Grip the club and hold it at a 90` angle to your body so that as you look down at the arms and the golf club, it forms a true "Y" shape.
It is absolutely vital to the success of the perfect golf swing that the elbows are drawn as close together as is physically possible, thus forcing the arms to remain totally passive to any movement of the shoulder muscles, and keep the hands in a totally passive condition. This principle of the arms remaining passive to the movements of the shoulder muscles must be in the forefront of your mind as we carry out this exercise.
During this exercise (and during the full golf swing), it is
absolutely vital that the head is held slightly behind the ball
at all times and that the hands are held back from returning to
the original address position until the precise moment the clubhead
makes contact with the ball. Simply concentrate on the wrists as being the fulcrum of the flailing action and concentrate on the fact that one of the arms must always be in the straight position.
During this first part of the exercise stand perfectly still, form the compact shoulder/arms-unit and reinforce the unit by holding the arms as close together as is physically possible. Therefore as you carry out this exercise, do not allow the shoulders to move, simply use the shoulder muscles to move the arms. Therefore keep both arms perfectly straight but with the hands in a passive condition and carry out the movement in slow motion. As the club head moves away from the address position, do not rotate the forearms but exaggerate the cocking of the wrist joints ( Keep the hands in a passive condition) so that by the time the arms reach the end of the short back swing movement, the angle of the golf club is such that the shaft is pointing towards the sky on the right side of your body. (Not directly upwards but pointing above towards the ten o`clock position.) Pause at the end of the back swing movement before beginning the down swing movement.
Now simply use the shoulder muscles to move the arms independently of the shoulders and accelerate the arms/golf club back to the original address position, but delay the release of the club head until the very last moment. Maintain the position of the forearms in a neutral position and keep the wrists fully cocked until the hands are nearly back at the address position, but you must hold the hands back from returning to the original address position until the precise moment the club head returns to the original address position. As soon as the flailing action begins, allow the left wrist to move from the fully cocked position, back to the position they were at whilst in the original address position.
The one key to remember is that throughout out this exercise, both arms must be fully extended and held as close together as is physically possible so that the arms remain totally passive to the movements of the shoulder muscles and the shoulders must be held parallel to the target line. But importantly the right arm must remain slightly bent until the precise moment that the clubhead makes contact with the ball/tee peg. The key to the success of this exercise, is that the hands are held back from returning to the original address position until the precise moment the clubhead makes contact with the ball/tee peg. As soon as the club head makes contact with the ball/tee peg the shoulder muscles must force the hands to move towards the target area at the same speed that the club head moves through the contact area. But you must continue to hold the arms close together, keep the head in the original address position and maintain the upper body angle.
Move the mouse over the picture to see a very basic version of the practice movement, but try and repeat the way the hands are held back until the club head makes contact with the ball. You have to visualise the shoulder muscles swinging the arms with a smooth movement from the start of the movement, all the way to the completion of the movement. However make sure that the hands do not return to the original address position until the precise moment the club head strikes the ball. But also the head must remain slightly behind the ball and ensure that you maintain the upper body angle at all times. However remember to hold the arms as close together as is physically possible as you carry out this exercise. ** To return to the previous page, click the arrow in the top left hand corner. Please Note. If you have any comments relating to this website, or if you want anything clarified about the golf swing as described, please contact me :- Here |
