The golf swing as performed by Luke Donald illustrates in slow motion, the basic method of playing top quality golf and it is important to point out that the down swing and the follow through movement is totally controlled by the hip movement that works in complete unison with the twisted body unit to allow the whole body to act as a one piece solid unit to hit the ball hard, the only exception is that the arms begin to interact with each other to force the right arm into the fully straightened position a fraction of a second before the club head makes contact with the ball, but importantly he watches the golf ball until the precise moment the club head strikes the ball
As the upper body is rotated during the back swing movement to its maximum, the hips are eventually forced to turn and rotate away from the frontal facing position.
In addition, at the end of the back swing movement the whole body has been twisted to its maximum whilst the left heel has remained firmly on the ground.
However, there is a slight pause of the upper body movement at the end of the back swing movement whilst the hips begin to turn towards the target area, this slight pause allows the correct sequence of movements that is conducive to playing very good golf -- and that is, using the movement of the hips to rotate the whole twisted body unit around the central core of the spine into the down swing and the follow through movements.
Almost immediately the right elbow is forced into his waistline with the left arm remaining close to the right shoulder.
The action of pulling the right elbow into the waistline is the beginning of the Magic Move
Therefore as Magic Move is performed, the whole body is forced to adopt the impact position by the rotating action of the hips so that the hip are almost fully facing the the target are a fraction of a second before the club head strikes the ball.
However once the right elbow is pulled into the waistline it remains in this position whilst the whole twisted body rotates into the down swing, however the hands must wait for the club head to strike the ball before the whole body begins to turn to fully face the target area.
You will note that the body remains in the fully twisted condition until well after the club head strikes the ball, but importantly, at the point when the club head strikes the ball the hips are practically fully facing the target area, from this position the rotation of the hips and the twisted body unit to rotate and basically swing the club head into and through the contact area.
*** During the down swing movement, the turning of the hips and the rotational movement of the whole twisted body unit moves as one as it rotates around the central core of the spine but equally important is that the complete down swing movement is performed in slow motion which enables him to correctly time the flaying of the club head into the contact area.
I cannot over stress how simple the whole down swing movement is, one flowing movement, the hip and the whole twisted body rotating around the central core of the spine.
The down swing is performed at a ridiculously slow tempo whilst the hips and the twisted body unit rotates into the down swing, whilst the left arm remains close to the right shoulder.
But importantly, at the precise moment the club head strikes the ball the hip will have turned so that they are practically facing the target area, and from that point onwards the hips must continue to turn to fully turn to face the target area in conjunction with the rotation of the twisred body unit to hit the ball hard whilst the whole weight of the body moves onto the left leg le - at the same speed the club head is moving through the target area.
