| What are the steps to a better golf swing? The | | | | we want to use our body to start our swing instead |
| problem is that most of us don't even know what is | | | | of our arms. The whole body (hands, arms, |
| going wrong in our own swing. We all have different | | | | shoulders, torso) will turn together instead of our |
| swing hiccups. So, in order to get better, we must | | | | arms leading the way. The actual speed that our |
| gain a better understanding of some simple yet very | | | | shoulders turn increases the clubhead speed, not our |
| important golf swing foundations. | | | | arms. We want to avoid using a baseball swing using |
| | | | our hands. Simply turn your shoulders faster for more |
| 1. Don't try to kill the ball! We tend to think that we | | | | speed. |
| have to crush the ball to send it far but actually we | | | | 3. What is your club face doing at impact? We want |
| don't. Hitting at the ball as hard as we can often | | | | to ensure that our clubhead is square at impact. |
| causes more problems then it solves. We increase | | | | Square at impact means straight shots that are in |
| grip pressure which throws our clubface off line. | | | | control and (better yet) in bounds. An open clubface |
| Ultimately this means more slicing and hooking. We | | | | will result in a slice while a closed clubface will create a |
| also lose balance when we swing too hard. Balance is | | | | hook. Another way to tell is by looking at our divot |
| important because it allows us to control distance and | | | | patterns. We ideally want to make ball contact first |
| accuracy. Stay balanced and swing the club smoothly | | | | followed by a shallow divot. But if we are hitting |
| without tension in your arms and hands. | | | | outside-in or inside-out the divot provide further |
| 2. Rotate around your spine. Think of our spine as an | | | | evidence. Ideally you want to open (in backswing) |
| axis that our body rotates around. It doesn't sway | | | | and close (in follow-through) the face smoothly as |
| back and forth in the swing. This is called sliding and | | | | you make your swing. |
| we want to avoid it. When we start our golf swing, | | | | |