How to perform a back swing movement.

After adopting the correct address position, pull the elbows as close together as is physically possible and also keep the biceps of both arms held close to the chest cavity, thus forming the shoulders and the arms into a compact unit.

After you have set up the upper body unit, the feeling you must have is that any movement of the shoulders, regardless of how small the movement, will automatically cause the arms to follow its movements.

Therefore the upper body unit must be held very tightly together as a very compact unit at all times.

From the moment you begin to rotate the compact upper body shoulders into the back swing movement you must concentrate on using the rotational movement of the unit to move the arms to the end of the back swing.
However as the compact upper body rotates to the the end of the back swing movement, the left shoulder/left upper arm lift the passive arms to the correct position at the top of the back swing movement.
(You must ensure that as the compact upper body unit rotate into the back swing movement that the club head begin to move inside the target line from the absolute beginning of the movement - as a good indicator, look down at your right foot as you practice the back swing movement and make sure as you make the back swing movement, the hands move diagonally across your right foot.)

If you keep the muscles of the upper arms ( the biceps of both arms ) touching the chest throughout the back swing and the down swing movement you will automatically swing the arms/golf club on the correct swing path.

You must also the fix the focus of your eyes on the back edge of the golf ball and maintain this intense focus on the back edge of the ball throughout the back swing movement.

But also throughout the back swing movement you must keep the head firmly fixed in the position where the left eye is slightly behind the ball position - the head must not have any lateral movement away from this fixed position at any point in the back swing movement.

In addition, the head must also be held in the Fixed Frontal position and the upper body angles must be maintained throughout the back swing movement.

The important point about the back swing movement is that you must ensure that the club head begins to move inside the straight to the target line as soon as the back swing movement begins, thus keeping the club head close to the ground for a short period.

But more important is that the swing tempo must be very slow - Much slower that you can possible imagine.

(Obviously the club head will not stay close to the ground for long, because as soon as the shoulders begin to rotate into the back swing movement, the club head will automatically and immediately begin to lift further and further away from the ground, but to ensure the correct swing path, as the shoulders rotate into the back swing movement the hands should move diagonally across the right foot.)

Remember, the upper body unit must continue to held tightly together so that it becomes a very compact unit.

When you reach a point when the compact upper body unit will not rotate any further without: (a) The heel of the left foot lifting off the ground or (b) The head rotating away from the Fixed Frontal position, the back swing movement is complete.

However by learning to the twist the upper torso, it is possible to rotate the compact upper body unit slightly further without the heel of the left foot lifting off the ground, however once this action is completed the torsion of the core muscles will be at their absolute maximum and therefore the back swing movement is completed.

(It is vital that the heel of the left foot remain firmly on the ground throughout the back swing movement and that you do not allow the right leg to fully straighten.)

From the moment the back swing movement is completed, you must take a slight pause before the hip movement takes over the task of rotating the compact upper body unit back to the original address position.

But remember whilst the compact upper body unit is forced to rotate around the central core of the spine, the arms must move in complete synchronisation with the movement of the shoulders.

I cannot emphasis that the eyes must remain firmly focused on the back edge of the ball and the head firmly positioned with the left eye slightly behind the ball, in addition the head must also remain held in the fixed frontal position whilst the back swing movement is performed, but importantly the left side of the shoulders must remain in over-all control.

But most of all the back swing movement must be performed with a slow motion movement.

End Of the Back Swing Position.

Therefore at the end of the back swing movement the whole body has achieved a twisted condition whilst the left arm remain fully straight, but the head remains firmly held with the left eye slightly behind the ball.

The elbows remain as close together as is physically possible, the biceps are still held against the chest cavity with the golf club parallel to the target line and the golf club resting on the left thumb.

At the end of the back swing movement the compact upper body unit is held at the top of the back swing for a short period whilst the hips begin to slowly rotate towards the target area, thus creating an overlap of the back swing and the down swing movement.

Do not worry too much about achieving the perfect back swing position, just ensure that the torsion of the core muscles force you to stop.

I cannot stress too strongly how tightly the elbows are held together throughout the complete back swing movement and the biceps of both arms held close to the chest cavity - but with the left shoulder in over-all control of the arms.

At the address position the head is positioned so that the left eye is slightly behind the ball, but importantly, I hold the head firmly in this position throughout the back swing movement.

The end of the back swing is not necessarily when the golf club is parallel to the ground.

The end of the back swing movement is when you are unable to rotate the upper body unit any further without allowing the heel of the left foot to lift off the ground and whilst keeping the right leg slightly bent.

Practice Device.
To assist in your task to find the correct swing path that suits you, have a look at a device called:-"True path golf"
- (Click on the word "Photo" on the site and you will see a video of the device.)

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