The Basic Steps to Perfect Golf.

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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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