Backswing
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before I give my two and half cents, read what YODA wrote back on Jan 12 9:05. A story about Hogan, left shoulder and right thumb.
http://www.thegolfingmachine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=151
I like to push away with my left elbow... feeling my left thumb push into my right hand (a reverse PP#1)... straight to the top with a straight left wrist. Directly to top - don’t waver. The problem with instructors like Jim McLean and others is that they keep interrupting the take away with position stops. Beginners feel they need to stop or slow down to check positions. Just push away and get to the top with a flat left wrist. You will need to bend the right elbow while keeping the left arm radius constant as you pivot to the right. All the good stuff happens going to impact
Get your weight to the inside of your right foot. Let it 'flow' back with the clubhead, and 'flow' through to your left side.
Step through drills help get this feel (or just swing back, lift left, swing 'through' lift right). You are the center of a 'swinging' on plane force.
Always balanced.
The swing is a lot simpler than most make it - the less you 'do' the better.
Thinking only of getting the weight back and through and doing nothing 'with' the hands/arms can help a lot of people. Let the hands and arms go where they go. They 'support' more than the 'do' during a swing.
People like to think they can 'add' force, when really they can only 'support' and 'build' speed, not 'make' speed happen. Understand the physics of a rock on a string.
The better you get, the more you appreciate the shoulders, so if you must focus on anything, just thinking of the plane and turn of the shoulders, and letting your body 'flow' and 'react' is a good thing.
Hit the ball with the back of your left shouder.
Step through drills help get this feel (or just swing back, lift left, swing 'through' lift right). You are the center of a 'swinging' on plane force.
Always balanced.
The swing is a lot simpler than most make it - the less you 'do' the better.
Thinking only of getting the weight back and through and doing nothing 'with' the hands/arms can help a lot of people. Let the hands and arms go where they go. They 'support' more than the 'do' during a swing.
People like to think they can 'add' force, when really they can only 'support' and 'build' speed, not 'make' speed happen. Understand the physics of a rock on a string.
The better you get, the more you appreciate the shoulders, so if you must focus on anything, just thinking of the plane and turn of the shoulders, and letting your body 'flow' and 'react' is a good thing.
Hit the ball with the back of your left shouder.
The biggest thing I'm trying to get to in my backswing is a flat left wrist. My problem currently is I get a flat left wrist at the top of my backswing, but struggle maintaining the wrist angle all the way to contact. I didn't know if either a right or left hand backswing would assist in getting your hands to set properly.
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Your backswing is not the problem, its what you do when you get to the top that matters.
Most poor shots arise out of an enforced c0cking of the wrists (both) when it is only the left wrist that should c0ck and the right wrist should be bent back on itself.
This bending back of the right wrist can take place anywhere in the backswing that you find most comfortable. How you take the club away is not an issue.
You can preset the position by making a forward press before your backswing actually starts. But, your only real concern should be in maintaining the bent wrist through to impact.
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