| Probably the most common swing fault in amateur | | | | them slightly right of the target. This will encourage |
| golf is the over the top golf swing. This swing plane | | | | an inside out shot. |
| can result in slices, pulls and even whiffs. So what is | | | | Another very common mistake is made in the |
| an over the top golf swing. Basically it is a | | | | takeaway. Rather than letting the shoulders take the |
| combination of bad techniques that causes the golfer | | | | club away, many golfers us their hands resulting in an |
| to come "over the top" of the original swing plane on | | | | incredibly flat swing plane. By the time they get to |
| the downswing. When the club goes off the original | | | | the top of the swing, the golfer has to compensate |
| swing plane, heaven only knows how, or even if, the | | | | for the flat arc and comes over the top with an |
| clubface is going to strike the ball. | | | | outside in swing. |
| So why does this happen. | | | | The solution is simply to takeaway as one unit. Arms, |
| The golf swing is really a chain reaction. It starts at | | | | shoulders and hips bringing the club back on the |
| the set up. The way you set up will influence the | | | | proper plane. An easy drill to test this is simply |
| take away which will influence where the club is at | | | | putting a second ball just behind your first. Leave just |
| waist level which will influence the top of the swing | | | | enough room for the club face. Now when you take |
| which will influence; well you get the idea. A common | | | | the club back, see where that second ball went. If it |
| mistake at set up is having the shoulders aimed left | | | | went right you have too flat a takeaway. If it went |
| of the target line. Even if you made a perfect swing, | | | | to the extreme left, you are starting a too steep |
| the swing plane is going to end up being outside in as | | | | swing. If it goes just a little left, then you're on the |
| you bring the club along the line formed by your | | | | way to a correct swing plane. |
| shoulders. | | | | So if you can set up properly and control your |
| So the first remedy for over the top golf swing is to | | | | takeaway, you are well on your way to curing the |
| insure that your shoulders are aligned with the rest | | | | over the top golf swing. |
| of your body. If you aren't certain that they are, aim | | | | |