ok I'll try...at address weight should be distributed evenly between your feet, butt out, back straight, arms hanging down holding on the the club. The angle of the club at address is your swingplane, which is the path you want the club to follow. Start your backswing by rotating your shoulders to move the club along that plane, shifting your weight to your back foot. Halfway up hinge your wrists, forming an L shape with your arms and club. Rotate a bit more to the top, making sure most of your weight is on your back foot. (With driver I like to feel as if my front arm is going to touch my back shoulder on the backswing, although it does not. Creates a shallow swingplane and gets my weight to shift properly) Then start your swing by rotating your hips and your torso, then your shoulders, arms, wrists, and then clubhead. Make sure that your grip is light, not squeezing the life out of the club. If your grip is tense, you will not get the necessary lag to power your swing properly. If this was too verbose and made no sense, get an instructor.
My understanding is as long as you keep it within your swing plane your ok.
If I could add one more comment. Use your assets God gave you. For example. Jack Nicholas had very powerful legs so he used them to their maximum potential in his swing. Others have been blessed with strong arms. I'm a member of the arms club myself.
What I am speaking about is how to get the club to the top correctly.
it really isn't all that important how, as long as it gets there, but since we're on the subject, here is a excellent way to find out hoe the club should be at the top and you can use this as your actual swing if you wish.
first, take your normal stance (no ball needed) and with your wrists only (no arm movement) bring the club parallel to the ground with the butt end pointing towards your target, or close to it.
now, all together, bring the club to the top using your shoulders, you are now at the ideal position.
Heres something interesting, the backswing has absolutely nothing to do with power generated in the swing, it only getting your hand in the right place, and for tempo etc i read in a book
ok I'll try...at address weight should be distributed evenly between your feet, butt out, back straight, arms hanging down holding on the the club. The angle of the club at address is your swingplane, which is the path you want the club to follow. Start your backswing by rotating your shoulders to move the club along that plane, shifting your weight to your back foot. Halfway up hinge your wrists, forming an L shape with your arms and club. Rotate a bit more to the top, making sure most of your weight is on your back foot. (With driver I like to feel as if my front arm is going to touch my back shoulder on the backswing, although it does not. Creates a shallow swingplane and gets my weight to shift properly) Then start your swing by rotating your hips and your torso, then your shoulders, arms, wrists, and then clubhead. Make sure that your grip is light, not squeezing the life out of the club. If your grip is tense, you will not get the necessary lag to power your swing properly. If this was too verbose and made no sense, get an instructor.
Hi Big, yea there's tons of 'super-duper', 'guaranteed' and 'ultimate' advice out there which - for a 'barely off the tee' player like me - can be more confusing & frustrating than useful/helpful. ErikGalindo referred to slow-mo footage of Tiger's swing (So That’s What Happens – General Golf Discussion), which I thought was excellent as a reference point. Check it out at http://youtube.com/watch?v=XPJtK-DxnV4 and be sure to watch the related video of Tiger’s ‘poetry in motion’ swing at http://youtube.com/watch?v=cHcP6X7dE...elated&search= - gives me gooseflesh. D2d (hmmm… maybe I’m related to R2D2!)
Last edited by Divot2deep : October 21st, 2006 at 04:06 AM.
My understanding is as long as you keep it within your swing plane your ok.
Well that would help quite a lot, theres a new piece of kit out called the "explanor" its a machine that tell you your correct swing plane its very good i dont know if anyone has ever come across it.
I took a lesson from a Pro who taped my swing. His computer program showed me the correct swing plain. I happened to be swinging a bit above my plain and also had some break down of my arms at the top of my swing, "over swinging".
This lesson helped me understand two things:
1) The perimeters of where I needed to be to produce a swing that is in plain.
2) Don't take the club back so far on my backswing.
October 19th, 2006, 10:23 PM
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