| Your golf swing path is the path traveled by your | | | | Your downswing is also part of your golf swing path |
| club on its way to making contact with the ball., | | | | and this relies on shifting your weight in the right |
| Every golfer has a different swing path, but yours | | | | way, in how you pause at the top of your |
| should remain consistent from swing to swing. If your | | | | backswing and keeping your elbow in the right |
| swing path is not consistent, then you might find | | | | position. These are the most important factors in |
| your ball going everywhere except where you | | | | your downswing, though there are others. |
| actually want it to go. | | | | When you pause before your downswing, do you |
| The Backswing | | | | think about your swing? Ideally, you don't think about |
| Your backswing is the first leg of your golf swing | | | | it at all - this should be second nature by the time |
| path. There is no single right answer to what sort of | | | | you're on the course. However, when you're |
| backswing you should use, but whatever it is, it | | | | practicing, you can stop here and look at your |
| should be a fluent movement which becomes second | | | | stance. Is there anything about your stance which |
| nature. If you have to think about your backswing, | | | | seems off? This can help you to identify problems |
| then it is definitely a problem for you. If you're having | | | | with your downswing. |
| problems with your backswing, then you should look | | | | It is helpful to run through the entirety of your golf |
| at how you shift your weight, your elbow tuck and | | | | swing path slowly to make sure that you're doing |
| your chin tuck. It could be any of these things or a | | | | everything correctly. Run through it over and over, |
| combination of them which could be throwing off | | | | speeding up slightly each time until you've gotten up |
| your swing. Look at how your ball is traveling. Is it | | | | to speed. Do you maintain your form throughout |
| going to the right, the left or is it not going far | | | | your swing? If you're doing OK with this, then try |
| enough? If so, it probably means that your stance is | | | | swinging as you would normally to make sure your |
| all off. If you are having trouble controlling your ball, | | | | form is still good. This is an exercise which can help |
| you're probably not shifting your weight correctly. If | | | | your golf swing path by ensuring that each part of |
| your ball keeps moving to the right, then your elbow | | | | the movement becomes something you can do |
| tuck is likely the issue. | | | | without any thought. |
| The Downswing | | | | |