PurePoint Golf Instruction Golf Backswing & Bending the Knee Advice

Im going to give you some great golf backswingyou bend at your hips, over the bones that are on
advice thats going to help you a lot. There are twoboth sides of your hips.
mistakes that you can make in the backswing. AndWe dont sit in this sport. We have our knees slightly
then Im going to tell you the correct way to do it.flexed, and then we bend from the hips.
The first mistake is, if your shoulder doesnt moveIn the golf swing, the knees never ever get straight
and doesnt turn backwards, then your arms will runin the backswing. They stay flexed the entire way.
into it and the shoulder will tilt up in the air. And if youThe game of golf starts and ends right here. Good
do that, the golf swing will look too vertical, and youllplayers play the sport from inside the right knee as
hit the ground and youll hit a lot of shots off to thethey turn. It doesnt go out and it doesnt go straight.
right.But it stays where it was at the beginning of the
On the other hand, some of you think so much ofbackswing, so as we start back the knees dont
turning that you turn your right shoulder and yourmove.
hips together, and the golf club gets way aroundNow, the downswing: As the arms start to unwind
inside.the knees dont move at all. The centrifugal force,
So, for those of you that do this, youll wind upthe speed of the golf club swings into the ground.
hitting a lot of tops because the club wont swingAs the club passes you and your left hip starts to
back down.move out of the way, then, and only then, does the
So, let me give you some golf backswing advice. Thisright knee start to get straighter in the downswing
is the correct way. After youve addressed the golfafter impact.
ball, the right shoulder starts turning backwards. AndAnd the entire time, make sure that you dont lock
that way, this enables the golf club to swing up onyour left knee in the downswing. Keep it slightly
the correct plane.flexed as you swing through. You dont have to
So, if you can move your shoulder out of the waycome all the way up and straighten it up.
and dont turn your bottom much, the golf club willI think that that might help you improve your golf
move up on plane as you turn away from the golfswing. Think about this tip a couple of times and
ball.make sure that this is what you're thinking of when
Now, Im going to tell you the role that the kneesyou swing the golf club, in relation to your knees.
play during the entire golf swing. The correct postureAnd thanks.
in golf, in order to improve your golf swing, is that