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The Basic Steps to Perfect Golf. Masterfile. **To return to the previous page, click the arrow in the top left hand corner. |
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Whipping Action-practice. ( Changed - 22/10/2010) 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 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 shoulders, and keep the hands in a totally passive condition. This principle of the arms remaining passive to the movements of the shoulders 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 fimly fixed so that it does not
move away from the address position of being held slightly behind
the ball 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.
Pause at the end of the back swing movement and hold the wrists in the fully cocked position before beginning the down swing movement. Now simply use the rotaional movement of the hips to force the shoulders to rotate around the central core of the spine thus using the rotational movement of the shoulders to swing the passive arms/golf club back to the original address position, but delay the un cocking of the wrists until the very last moment. ( You must keep the arms totally passive to the movement of the shoulders.) 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 club head begins to release, allow the left wrist to swivel from the fully cocked position, back to the position they were at the original address position but as the club head moves past the ball position, hold the shoulders parallel to the target line whilst the passive arms/golf club swing to the bottom of the swing arc - an action that forces the right arm into the fully straightened position.
The one key to remember is that throughout out this exercise, you must try to keep the right arm in a slightly bent condition until the precise moment that the clubhead makes contact with the ball/tee peg. In addition, the hands must be 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 strikes the ball, the whole body must quickly turn to fully face the target 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 shoulders rotational literally swinging the passive arms/golf club back and forth, 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 and as soon as the club head strikes the ball the whole body quickly turns to fully face the target area. 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.
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