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| Concept Golf's five swing principles have been proven | | | | result? You do kill it this time. It dies at your feet!! |
| effective by countless golfers at all levels. The | | | | The golf swing is an expression of centrifugal force. |
| principles are not just theory -- they are what works | | | | Remember swinging the rock at the end of the |
| and what the best players have always done. These | | | | string in science class in 8th grade? To make the |
| five fundamentals cause all of the positive, desired | | | | rock go faster you had two choices; speed up your |
| effects you see in the Tour Players' swings. They | | | | hand that held the end of the string or make the |
| are based upon the same fundamental athletic motion | | | | string longer. PUSHING ON THE STRING MADE THE |
| you use when you throw a ball. They are not | | | | ROCK STOP, NOT GO FASTER. |
| scientific, but they do follow the laws of physics. You | | | | That's centrifugal force, that's the golf swing. The |
| don't need to think about these things, but having a | | | | rock on the end of the string is the club head. The |
| thorough understanding of the total concept of the | | | | string is the shaft and your arms. The string attaches |
| swing will benefit you. | | | | at your sternum. To make the club head move more |
| 3. Weight Transfer: This is the foundation the basic | | | | quickly you have two choices; lengthen the string |
| athletic motion used in every ground based sport. It | | | | (longer shaft) or speed up your sternum. BY |
| is simply the moving of the body to the back foot to | | | | PUSHING ON THE STRING YOU WILL NOT MAKE |
| cause the back swinging motion. Then moving the | | | | THE CLUB MOVE MORE QUICKLY, YOU WILL SLOW |
| body to the front foot to cause the through | | | | IT DOWN. |
| swinging motion. It is movement OVER to the back | | | | To create maximum speed in the club head requires |
| foot. You can accomplish this by picking your front | | | | maximum relaxation in your shoulders. Then the club |
| foot up in the air. What happens? All of your weight | | | | will be swung without interruption. Your job is to relax |
| moves to your back foot. That's exactly what you | | | | so your arms can swing freely, so your club can |
| want to have happen. | | | | swing freely and at its maximum possible speed. |
| By moving all your weight to your back foot you | | | | Trying to swing your club at the ball with all your |
| have gotten the mass of your body behind the ball | | | | might will keep you a 100+ shooter. I promise. |
| and it is now ready to move back through the ball. | | | | How do you speed up your sternum? With your feet |
| To reverse the direction of the swing, transfer all of | | | | just like you do when you throw a ball. Want to |
| your weight from your back foot to your front foot. | | | | throw it farther, quicken your feet. Want to hit a |
| That is all there is to it. Stand on your back foot then | | | | longer shot? Quicken your feet a little bit. Don't try |
| stand on your front foot. | | | | hard to quicken your feet a lot. A little additional |
| There is NO turning, just a lateral move to your back | | | | speed in you feet translates to a lot more speed in |
| foot then to your front foot. Might your head move | | | | your sternum and a whole lot more speed in your |
| when you do this? YES, it will. Is this OK? It is | | | | club head. |
| necessary, not just OK. The still head thing is a myth, | | | | Relax your shoulders until it seems they are coming |
| a folk remedy discussed in The Swing book. | | | | out of their sockets DURING THE ENTIRE SWING |
| It is the moving of your body through weight | | | | and you have increased your club speed |
| transfer that permits the swinging of your arms. This | | | | exponentially. I promise. |
| is strength, power, effortlessness, distance, | | | | 5. Back leg and knee: This is your real source of |
| consistency. Other than that its not important. | | | | power. During your backswing, keep your back leg |
| This principle is intertwined with the next principle, | | | | flexed and the weight and pressure on the ball and |
| Relaxation. They are dependent on each other. | | | | big toe of your foot. Now as you reach the top of |
| Without weight transfer, relaxation will not and | | | | your backswing your back leg is in position to push |
| cannot occur. Without relaxation weight transfer | | | | against the ground in order to push your body |
| cannot and will not occur. | | | | forward to your front foot. The good baseball |
| 4. Relaxation: This is possible for you, and every | | | | pitchers pitch with this motion. You throw a ball this |
| golfer, to accomplish. It is necessary for every golfer | | | | way , pitch a horse shoe this way, shoot a basket |
| to accomplish if he is to have any real quality shots | | | | ball this way, etc., etc. your power, and delicacy |
| success. This is the secret to great distance. It is the | | | | come from your back leg. It can and will work |
| secret to high consistency quality shots. Nothing | | | | automatically if you have weight transfer, relaxation |
| works well in athletics without relaxation. It seems to | | | | and keep you back leg flexed during the backswing. |
| be counter-intuitive in golf. | | | | Did you notice that I spent more words describing |
| You see the green 442 yards away and you drive | | | | the relaxation section than the other four sections? |
| the ball with all your might. That's seems to be the | | | | Would it seem that I think relaxation is important? |
| effective thing to do to make the ball go as far as | | | | Now, relax your shoulders and go play golf. The five |
| possible. What happens to the drive? It goes 157 | | | | Concept Golf swing principles are not five things to |
| yards slicing in to the trees. The solution? Swing | | | | do but a whole concept to understand. |