| Power in the golf swing is not brute power. This can | | | | Ok.. let's try this, take a good grip, and a good swing |
| be seen every day in a high school golf team where | | | | down to the impact position. |
| the "A" player is a tall , but skinny kid that pounds it | | | | Note the position of the back of your left wrist. In a |
| down the fairway 290-320 yards. You'd be lying if | | | | good swing it will be pointing exactly toward the |
| you said you never wondered how the heck that | | | | target , will be slightly bowed out toward the target, |
| skinny kid can do that. Especially since his swing looks | | | | and or may be pointing somewhat toward the |
| so smooth and easy. | | | | ground. |
| Or how about some of the shorter players on the | | | | Practice this: during the downswing rotate your left |
| PGA tour, or the girls on the LPA tour. | | | | wrist down toward the ground right from the top of |
| Power and accuracy are the two symptoms of a | | | | the swing. Do this fast and hard. But be careful not |
| great swing. A combination that is arrived at in | | | | to over rotate and pull the club to the left. |
| concert with other physical characteristic that equal a | | | | Rotate the back of your left wrist so that it points |
| common point at impact. | | | | toward the target and the ground. |
| This means that all good swings that generate good | | | | The left wrist can be bowed out toward the target. |
| power and good accuracy will contain the exact | | | | If you do this correctly you will notice a "pop" into |
| same characteristics at the impact position. | | | | the impact area that you didn't have before. The ball |
| So, after studying dozens of swings at all levels, and | | | | will have more spin on it and the trajectory will be |
| having the ability to see these swings with closeup | | | | pro-like in that it should rise and then flatten out as it |
| and very slow motion, the proof was there. The | | | | reaches it's maximum height. |
| swings are all the same at impact and down the line | | | | Practice this with shorter irons at first.. keep at it until |
| through to the finish of the swing. | | | | you can feel the rotation and get excellent contact |
| So what are they doing they you are not doing? | | | | and a good divot. |
| Actually there are several things that they do but | | | | This is a professional move and it's easy to do once |
| today we'll settle on understanding just one thing. If | | | | you get the hang of it. |
| we can learn to do this one thing we will have | | | | It's one of the " magic moves" that you won't hear |
| increased the potential for a powerful hit and an | | | | about on the range. |
| accurate shot. | | | | One thing that you will notice, the angles that you |
| First let's make sure that you understand that you | | | | have created with the wrists, the bent right wrist |
| cannot make a good golf swing move with a lousy | | | | and the falt ( not bowed ) left wrist, will be intact at |
| clubhead path. So make sure that your clubhead path | | | | impact if you rotate the left wrist toward the target |
| is from the inside of the target line and through the | | | | and the ground. This provides great leverage. |
| target line swinging with down that line or out past | | | | Remember that I have said in most of these articles, |
| that line... that is the target line. If you are swinging | | | | if there are no angles there is no leverage, if there is |
| from the outside in... well you may as well stop right | | | | no leverage there is no power, and if there is no |
| here. It will never ever work. | | | | power there is no distance. |
| The actual clubhead must travel from the inside to | | | | Power depends on these angles , but so does |
| the outside of the target line. | | | | accuracy. You get both at once if you do it right. |
| You got it ??? | | | | |