Work on That Golf Swing

Believe it or not, when one performs a golf back swing, it is not just your arms that’s doing the heavy lifting. It is more about the golfer’s back as it turns away from the target. The club is tracking behind the golfer’s back more so than it is swung up towards the air.

The back swing:

If you look at it closely, the golf back swing actually works from up to down. The takeaway back swing begins from the top as you make the movement on your arms and follows as you do that turn on your shoulders. The movement then goes straight down towards the legs and the hips.

The golf back swing is primarily about how the body is being coiled upwards thus creating the needed tension in the muscles as well as the torque necessary to let out that all powerful downswing. Particularly, that swing is created by the golfer’s turning his or her upper body as well as shoulders and the turning – to a lesser degree – of the lower body and the hips.

Relax, Relax, Relax:

It is highly advisable that one should not do the swing in a hurried manner. If a back swing is in any way done in a hurry, the downswing does not become powerful. Actually the back swing will likely not be effective at all and the golfer will strike a poor shot.

The back swing speed should be in a tempo that is steady and should neither be fast nor slow. Although some golfers have that tendency to go faster than the regular. Anytime you are aware of yourself doing this, try to slow it down a bit.

The downswing:

When you reach the downswing, all you really need to do is to just let it go. Let the downswing happen. However, this only applies when you were able to start with your golf stance, back swing and grip that is correct.

The downswing must be the organic result of all that went before it. If you were able to do your back swing in the correct manner, your body will unwind in itself thus releasing the club and striking the ball that will therefore result in a follow through that is balanced.

The follow-through move:

A follow-through should be best seen as the feather in your cap move. The legs must be adequately straight and the hips have to form a straight line together with the legs.

This move will serve as the gauge of the whole swing you have just completed. You know that you were able to make a swing that is smooth and balanced if in the end you have a position that looks like the letter C only in reverse.

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