| If you think that your golf swing cannot produce the | | | | move as the above two moves. |
| kind of golf ball flight that the pros produce, well, you | | | | What is the one thing that all three of these moves |
| may be right. | | | | have in common? |
| But what if you could do two things in your golf | | | | For righties.......... the left shoulder does not spin out of |
| swing that would come very very close to giving you | | | | the way, it stays close to your head and square to |
| the power that you have hidden and not yet used? | | | | the target line if there were one. |
| The kind of power that would make your playing | | | | If, in your baseball swing, if you allowed the left |
| partners take serious notice. The kind of power that | | | | shoulder to spin out of the swing, you would either |
| would give a chance to get to the green in two on | | | | hit it to right field or miss it altogether. |
| some of those par 5's. | | | | If, in your hockey slap shot, you allowed you left |
| And the kind of power that you already have but | | | | shoulder to spin out, you would hit a very poor off |
| just don't quite know how to get to. | | | | line shot, or you would top the puck and it would go |
| I know these two things. I am going to give them to | | | | nowhere. |
| you now. | | | | And while chopping the tree, if you allowed the left |
| You know by now that golf instruction is usually not | | | | shoulder to spin out, you would not have hit the tree |
| big on tiny details. Its the big picture that golf | | | | with power and little to no wood chunks would have |
| instruction is all about. You know things like getting | | | | been removed from the tree. |
| the ball off the ground. | | | | Now in your golf swing, if you allow you left shoulder |
| But here we are going to dig a bit deeper. This on | | | | to spin out of the swing on the way down, you will |
| line golf lesson is about finding a way to get to your | | | | either hit the ball dead left or hit a left to right ball.......... |
| natural power sources. And not about just getting | | | | a slice. |
| the ball off the ground. | | | | This spinning out of the left shoulder is a common |
| We know that one leads to another. Make a good | | | | move for folks who tend to hit " over the top" and |
| move toward the ball and there is no worry about | | | | hit a slice. |
| the ball leaving the ground. You will be wondering | | | | Keeping the left shoulder "in the swing" as long as |
| how close to the pin it will be. | | | | possible, creates a power source, the support for |
| A whole different mind set. | | | | power in the golf swing is the body, by keeping the |
| I want to let our imaginations run a little here so that | | | | body solid and steady on the left side is a power |
| we can think about the first of the two power | | | | support for your golf swing. |
| sources and not think about the golf swing. | | | | One way to try this while on the range is to turn into |
| So imagine that you have an axe in your hand and | | | | your backswing and then swing down to the ball with |
| you are going to cut down a tree. You grab the axe, | | | | your arms and hands ... first... while keeping your back |
| step up to the tree, rear back with the axe and | | | | to the target as long a possible. This will, in turn, keep |
| swing it down into the tree. Right ? | | | | the left shoulder in the swing longer and you will hit |
| Did you check your grip ? Did you check alignment ? | | | | against your left side. |
| Did you hit the tree ? | | | | A major power source! |
| Here is what actually would have happened, You | | | | You should try this as soon as possible using a small |
| would have hit the tree exactly where you were | | | | swing. Make a huge effort to get it right. |
| looking or if not exactly it would have been very | | | | Power source number two is the old standby, the |
| close. And if you hit it hard there would have been a | | | | angle of the right wrist. It needs to be bent slightly |
| substantial chunk of wood flying off the tree. | | | | at impact and the hands are slightly ahead of the |
| And here is what it would have looked like. You | | | | clubhead at impact. |
| would have stood more or less sideways to the tree, | | | | So get an early right wrist angle and keep it as long |
| kinda like your golf swing set up, you would have | | | | as you can. |
| made a backswing, kinda like your golf swing, and | | | | This is truly a magic move if you can do it. These |
| you would have made a downswing, kinda like your | | | | two power sources are what separates really good |
| golf swing. The point here is that this move is much | | | | players from hackers. |
| like your golf swing and in a moment I will show you | | | | There is no reason for you to be a hacker. You may |
| how this is a lot like your correct golf swing. | | | | not be able to do these every single time on every |
| Now if you had a baseball bat in your hand and a | | | | single swing. But if you try you will get enough good |
| pitcher to throw baseballs for you to hit you would | | | | power swings out of this to make a huge difference. |
| use about the same kind of move as you would with | | | | So just go do it. Golf instruction is not easy for you |
| the axe. | | | | or the teacher but when you get good information |
| And if you were a hockey player, and were to hit a | | | | try to get the most out of it. |
| slap shot you would have almost exactly the same | | | | |