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The Golf Swing.
Master -- ( Changed -06/05/2008)
The golf swing is all about using the rotational
movement of the shoulders to slowly push the passive arms to the
end of the back swing movement whilst the lower part of the body
put up the maximum resistance thereby forming the whole body into
a fully twisted condition, but importantly the back swing movement
is performed without consciously rotating the forearms,
thus keeping the club face square to the ball position for as long
as possible.
The down swing is initiated by pressing down with
the left foot and simultaneously rotating/pivoting the hips slowly
towards the target area, which forces the twisted body unit, (which
must remain totally passive to the movement of the hips) to rotate
about its axis, thus automatically returning the shoulders back
to the original address position, but importantly, automatically
returning the club face square to the target line at the impact
position.
However whilst the shoulders automatically return
to the original address position the golfer must judge the precise
moment when to release the torsion built up during the back swing
and the early stages of the down swing movement within the muscles
of the shoulder region in order to accelerate the passive arms/golf
club into the contact area whilst ensuring that the club head makes
contact at the precise moment the shoulder return to the original
address position.
**View a feature in the "Golf
International" of a swing analysis by Simon Holmes, called
"An Eye on the Tiger" -- it illustrates the golf swing
that I teach in these lessons.**
As a point of interest, in this feature on the
swing of Tiger Woods, Simon Holmes points out that " Tiger"
is able to perform an amazing feat of rotating/pivoting the hips
towards the target area, whilst his back is still facing the target
area.
I can assure you that it is not that difficult
- I am 65 and I can do the same, you simply have to practice the
movement over and over again to program the body to perform this
action.
Ok we may not be able to rotate/pivot the hips
as far as Tiger does before the shoulders are forced to follow,
but you can do it if you concentrate.
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