It is important to understand is that the golf swing is broken
down into three sections and each section of the swing has its
own "sequence of movements"
Therefore maintain the back swing, the down swing and the follow through as individual movements and you will
begin to understand how the professional golfer perform the golf
swing.
Back swing
The back swing movement consists of rotating the shoulders and the arms to the end of the back swing
movement whilst held firmly together as a solid one piece upper body unit but also whilst both feet remain firmly on the ground, thus creating a fully twisted body at the end of the back swing movement.
(See
Pete Cowen`s -"Axe Drill"- When site comes up, click
on the sites "home page" for the video.)
Down Swing
The down swing movement is initiated by applying
pressure to the left foot to the ground which immediately forces the hips to begin to rotate towards the target area.
As the hips begin to rotate towards the target area, this hip action begin to force the teisted body unit to rotate into the down swing movement thus returning the club head to the back of the ball.
Therefore the down swing movement must be seen as a series
of individual movements that come together to accelerate the club
head into the back of the ball.
At the precise moment the club
head makes contact with the ball, the follow through movement begins.
At the precise moment the club head makes
contact with the ball, the head must be positioned so that the left eye is slightly behind the
ball, the hands must not be ahead of the original address position and the weight
of the body predominantly over the left leg and the hips facing at approximately 45 degrees towards the target area.
Therefore the golfer has to synchronised the whole swing movement
so that the club head makes contact with the ball at the precise
moment the hands return to the original address position, but
what is paramount is that the head must remain slightly
behind the ball and the upper body angles must be maintained whilst the eyes are fully focussed on the ball..
This down swing sequence ends as soon as the hands and the
club head are back at the original address position.
Contact and follow through.
This is the critical part of the golf swing, because during
the down swing movement, the rotational movement of the hips and the rotational movement of the shoulders were simply carried out
in order to ensure that at the impact position the hands have returned to the original address position and simultaneously the club head
makes contact with the ball.
At the impact position,
the next "sequence of movements" begins.
Therefore as soon as the club head makes contact with the ball,
the right arm is forced into the fully straightened position,
thus keeping the club head square to the target line for that extra millisecond after the ball has been struck, whilst simultaneously the whole body continues to quickly turn to fully face the target area - at
the same speed that the club head moves through the contact area.
(You cannot turn the body to face the target area
too quickly once the club head strikes the ball.)
However in order to perform the golf swing successfully, the head must remain slightly behind the ball position and in the Fixed
Frontal condition and the upper
body angles must be maintained until well after the ball has
been struck and you must maintain your focus on the ball until it is struck.