Forward Swing

  • 1 - Start Downswing

    Start on Down the Swing

    Whether you are taking a full backswing or just until the club shaft is pointed straight back/up about 40% of a full swing on the swing plane. Since you raised the club from the front 'A' position, keeping the clubhead in the swing plane, we need to come back down with the clubhead in the swing plane. Illustration. A popular idea is like taking a dagger through a downward movement on the swing plane as shown in the illustration.

    Keep the arms extended as much as possible making the swing more consistent, larger, and rounder.

     

    GLGBannerSquareBlac3.png Start downswing by pulling along the swing plane


     

  • 2 - Back to "A" Position

    Extend Back to the 'A' Position

    Jack Nicklaus believes, as does Tiger, in a two piece swing. These two rotate so fast it is hard to see as they swing, but us amatuers swing slowly enough to place our poor bodies in the right places for maximum power.

    The way to maximum power is using the large torso muscles from the back "A" postion to the front "A" position. So the downward swing should end up at 90 degrees with the clubhead vertical, sweeping the clubhead along the swing plane. In other words, the back "A" club position is not in a vertical movement, but rather along the swing plane which allows the clubhead to keep in the swing plane while hitting the ball and then reaching the forward "A" position. Anything less than a full 180 degree sweep ussually results in less power.

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    A stabbing motion doesn't mean you actually have a knife.


     

  • 3 - From "A" to Original Setup Position

    From Horizontal to Vertical

    The maximum power (the speed of the club) is at the bottom of the swing. Of course using a teed golf ball would put the ball slightly ahead of the bottom of the swing, it's not a lot and it's the only way to hit the ball on the way up.

    Remember the setup has the left arm in line with the club shaft. This helps with the back of the hand being pointed toward the intended flight of the ball at impact.

    During this part of the swing we are working at keeping a solid triangle of the arms and body which lets the torso muscles do the hard work. If your arms and body get disjointed you will lose power. If you start cocking and uncocking the wrists you will lose power. And do not push your arms any further forward than the lean from keeping the arm and club shaft straight together. Anything you  do to get away from a rigid triangle means fixing a flaw and Jack and Tiger know the fewer moving parts the better the golf swing.

    GLGBannerSquareBlac3.png It's just slightly different from the original stance.


     

  • 4 - To Forward "A" Position and Finish

    Forward and Out

    Continuing along from getting back to the original stance position, means keeping the back shoulder down - remember you are rotating around your spine - through impact and to the forward "A" position. Most people never had to have a shoulder down in a forward swing - keeping the forward shoulder down in the backswing is very normal in many sports like baseball - but in the forward swing not so common.

    Your wrists will automatically turn over as your torso rotates. While you don't have to do anything special to make the wrists turn over, you should feel the turning over, if you don't your arms are going to be out of sync and there is no telling where the ball might go.Keep the club as extended as possible.

    Both arms should be pointing at the shoot direction 9hopefully the green) at the forward "A" position. Your forward arm will break at the elbow just like the back arm broke at the backward "A" position. As you pass the "A" position you may stand up, not before.

    GLGBannerSquareBlac3.png Does keeping the right shoulder down hurt?

Forward Swing

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