| There are prior factors and there are post | | | | working, there is a lot of footwork and body |
| factors in a golf swing. Let me call upon a | | | | action. |
| scientific formula to help explain this order | | | | |
| of importance that I am discussing. The | | | | To repeat, there are three basic factors in |
| formula reads as follows: | | | | golf: |
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| Ultimate results depend on post factor | | | | Footwork, for balance |
| efficiency. | | | | |
| | | | Body action, for power |
| These seven words succinctly describe the | | | | |
| artistry of a golf swing; there are things to | | | | Hand action, for club control |
| do, but there is a certain time to do them. | | | | |
| | | | But to these three factors there is an order |
| First the golfer must handle his weight; but | | | | of importance, a delicate sense of timing |
| shifting the weight from one foot to the | | | | that so many golfers miss. They fail to get |
| other does nothing of itself, it only places | | | | the knack of properly coordinating these |
| the player in a position where he can use and | | | | three factors into a working arrangement. |
| utilize his body correctly. | | | | |
| | | | As there is a certain order of importance, so |
| Secondly, only when the golfer has the basic | | | | likewise there is a certain order of |
| or prior footwork so that he is in a position | | | | performance in these three basic operations |
| to use his body to swing the club, are the | | | | of a golf swing. In other words, in the |
| hands free to exert over the club the proper | | | | properly executed golf shot the player moves |
| sense of position and control, and the | | | | smoothly from one operation to the other, but |
| ability to apply the club correctly to the | | | | all operations function collectively towards |
| ball. In other words, a golf shot only flies | | | | the final goal of applying the club to the |
| as the club makes it fly, and how the ball | | | | ball. So there is in the golf shot an order |
| flies is a direct result of the club | | | | of importance and an order of performance |
| position. The club position is a direct | | | | which precludes any such thing as a one-piece |
| result of what the hands are doing, and what | | | | swing. Be prepared to reach your ultimate |
| the hands are doing is the post factor that | | | | goal of a smooth, flowing performance through |
| determines ultimate efficiency. | | | | a natural step-by-step procedure rather than |
| | | | through any short cut. |
| No wonder so much time and effort is | | | | |
| concentrated on the correct grip in golf. | | | | The other comment I wish to make is that if |
| | | | there is error in the performance of any |
| I have often said that a runner runs with his | | | | operation in the swing, then such an error |
| feet, but a golfer golfs with his hands. Of | | | | would multiply and increase as it would be |
| course, for the runner to get his feet in | | | | carried on into the next operation. So there |
| action, there is a lot of arm and shoulder | | | | must be sure performance in the execution of |
| work, and for a golfer to get his hands | | | | each of the three factors. |