| Golfers like Tiger Woods are envied for their skill in | | | | the power required for hitting the ball. |
| the execution of the proper golf swing. The pure joy | | | | The distance travel by the ball may be the same for |
| of watching them swing their clubs and sending the | | | | each golfer, but the technique is as different as chalk |
| ball soaring up into the air and away over the | | | | and cheese. The techniques are different because |
| fairway, knows no bounds. The proper golf swing | | | | the body structures are different. |
| can be called the Holy Grail of Golf. It is the proper | | | | A little bit of mathematics and physics could help you |
| golf swing that separates the chaff from the grain; | | | | perceive the differences in the proper golf swing of |
| the rookie from the veteran and the true golfer | | | | each individual, the stocky and the slender golfer. |
| from the pseudo. | | | | Most professional golfer can attain a club head speed |
| The popularity of golf throughout the world has | | | | of about a hundred miles per hour (mph) – Tiger |
| spawned a number of books, golf swing instructions | | | | Woods is known to have hit 125 mph. – at the |
| and DVDs aimed at improving the swinging ability of | | | | moment the clubface makes contact with the ball. |
| the golfer. Some people find these materials | | | | Tiger Woods is able to achieve this golf swing speed |
| effective some do not. The principal reason behind | | | | because he pivots far behind his back than most |
| the failure of most of these guides is the difference | | | | golfers can. The effect of the angular motion and the |
| in the anatomy of every individual golfer. No two | | | | torque force on the club at the moment of impact |
| golfers are the same, neither are two golf swings. | | | | has been studied in detail by physicists. They have |
| Some of the techniques in golf swing instruction | | | | found that velocity also has a telling effect on your |
| guides simply will not work on some people because | | | | proper golf swing. Practically all golf club heads have |
| of their anatomy. And guides cannot be expected to | | | | the same weight and to achieve distance the golfer |
| address all anatomical differences. | | | | has to hit the ball with the maximum force and this |
| For instance, the flexibility and agility of a slender | | | | can be created only if the club head reaches the |
| golfer cannot be normally matched by the powerful | | | | maximum velocity. |
| swing of a stocky person and vice versa. The stocky | | | | One of the most common mistakes that a novice at |
| golfer uses his broad shoulders to create the power | | | | golf makes is to snap the wrist just before impact. It |
| to strike the ball to a far distance and this is matched | | | | usually happens if the golfer is standing too close to |
| by the legerity and the suppleness of the slender | | | | the ball. This actually slows down the speed of the |
| golfer to take his back swing far behind his back and | | | | club, hence the force and translates into a lesser |
| thus give a longer downswing, which translates into | | | | travel distance of the ball. |