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Starting Your Golf
Swing
From Top to Bottom
Starting your golf swing from the top position is something that is
talked about a lot. Terms such as 'cast' or 'casting the golf
club'
have been used in the past, or 'pulling the handle' in order to start
the golf club back down towards the golf ball.
As I pointed out in lesson
seven, when you are at the top of your back swing with your
lower body resisting, you will be tightly coiled (but relaxed) feeling
the need to uncoil and swing back towards the golf ball.
Golf Swing Tip:
When you get to the top of your golf swing, think 'pull' to
start your
swing back on the same path as you went back.
The
first thing to happen when you start your golf swing is the
right arm will begin to unhinge and straighten back to the exact same
position it started in, secondly your left hip will move an inch or two
towards your target and turn out of the way to allow your hands, arms
and club to swing back down on the same path as it went up.
Golf Swing Tip:
The start of your golf swing can be from your left hip moving an inch
or two towards the target.
Club head speed is generated from your hands, arms and club swinging
wide back down the same swing path as it went up. This can only happen
by turning the hips out of the way. The left shoulder will now be
turning towards the target, with the right shoulder turning towards
back to the exact place it started.
Golf Swing Tip:
The left hip must swing out of the way so the hands, arms and golf club
can have a place to swing after impact.
Your
left arm should not
be rigid and locked, but long and relaxed. As you moved the
golf
club to the top of the back swing it swung back on an arc. The arc was
slightly inside a straight line away from the target. The
club has to swing inside and up on the arc. When the club passed 9:00
it has to start swinging up.
Now your moving! As the left hip
moves out of the way, the left knee will move back towards its address
position. When the club head gets halfway back down, your right knee
will turn towards the target and your weight will move from your right
side back to the middle of your stance.
This
is the end of lesson eight, in lesson nine will discuss the downswing.
And getting closer to what its all about, impact!
Lesson Nine The
Downswing
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