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HOW TO BUILD YOUR GOLF SWING - Part 1 of 9 (September 2007)
Chuck Evans - Executive Director of Instruction - Medicus Golf Institute |
This process is multi fold
1. Learn what YOUR neutral grip is
2. The CORRECT ball position for every club
3. The CORRECT swing shape
4. How far back YOU can take the club
5. How to play within YOUR style
You will have many options to choose from and I'll show you how to find the ones that will workfor you. Once you have all of your "components" you won't need to experiment any longer!
WHERE TO START - GRIP AND POSTURE
While this may be obvious to some you would be surprised by the number of people that work on their swing without starting with their grip. There is only ONE neutral grip for any golfer! That grip is where YOUR arm hangs down from the shoulder socket and the angle of YOUR target side hand. It makes no difference whether you use an overlapping, interlocking, and ten-finger (baseball) grip. What IS critical is the angle the club lies in your hand.
To find YOUR neutral grip, first take your address position, but without a club, and let both arms hang downward from the shoulder sockets with NO TENSION. Most golfers will find that their target side arm hangs somewhere between the middle of the target side thigh to the inside of the thigh (depending on the width of stance and/or the width of the chest). As you look down at your target side hand pay attention to the angle it hangs. Some of you will see two knuckles of the hand, some will see three, and some may even see four. It doesn't matter how many you see! Whatever the number, this is YOUR bodies way of telling you its natural tendency and that is the neutral angle for YOUR grip! When you place your target side hand on the club it should be at the same angle you just saw.
The club then runs diagonally from between the first and second joint of the index finger tojust under theheel pad. Close the fingers and then close the hand with the heel pad on top of the shaft with the thumb to the backside of the shaft. This supplies pressure from the heel pad downward and the last three fingers exert pressure upward. Then take the lifeline of the trailing hand, located between the thumb and heel pads, and place it on the thumb of the target side hand. The lifeline against the thumb exerts the pressure here; the right forefinger should be separated, in a "triggering position", but with no pressure. It is important to understand that the forefinger and target side thumb both be on the same side and angle of the shaft for the best support. The trailing thumb should be on the target side of the shaft. You never want the thumbs to exert any pressure. Finally, in order for the hands to work together, they must be parallel to each other.
Medicus Top Tips Newsletter Archive:
Top Tip #47: Beat the Golf Ball Position Blues
Top Tip #46: How to Handle Defeat
Top Tip #45: Track Your Golf Game
Top Tip #44: What Starts What?
Top Tip #43: As Players We NEED To Understand That We MUST Control The Three Parts Of The Golf Club In Order To Strike Quality Golf Shots.
Top Tip #42: How to Practice
Top Tip #41: How to Increase Your Swing Speed....
Top Tip #40: The Secret of Golf
Top Tip #39: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 9 of 9)
Top Tip #38: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 8 of 9)
Top Tip #37: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 7 of 9)
Top Tip #36: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 6 of 9)
Top Tip #35: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 5 of 9)
Top Tip #34: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 4 of 9)
Top Tip #33: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 3 of 9)
Top Tip #32: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 2 of 9)
Top Tip #31: How to Build Your Golf Swing (Part 1 of 9)
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Top Tip #29: Impact... The Moment of Truth!
Top Tip #28: Over the Top
Top Tip #27: Try to Recreate Pressure Situations When You're Practicing
Top Tip #26: Hitting Down on the Ball...
Top Tip #25: Control Your Nervousness by Controlling Your Movements
Top Tip #24: Do Less and Play Better!
Top Tip #23: Take a deep breath and think of the times that you have successfully completed the action in front of you.
Top Tip #22: The "Magic" of the Right Forearm
Top Tip #21: Control your self-talk to what you want to attain, rather than what you want to avoid.
Top Tip #20: Great Iron Players All Have Similar Characteristics
Top Tip #19: It Happens to Players at Every Level...
Top Tip #18: When Everything Else Fails!
Top Tip #17: Did you know there's a shot that none of us should try on the course?
Top Tip #16: Driving the Ball
Top Tip #15: Did you know that Tour Players never miss golf shots?
Top Tip #14: Is negative thinking really the kiss of death?
Top Tip #13: Clearing The Right Hip
Top Tip #12: Reduce Tension Before a Putt with this Quick Exercise
Top Tip #11: Chip it Close
Top Tip #10: We all know practice is important, but how do you know what to practice?
Top Tip #9: Power and Accuracy
Top Tip #8: Complete your shoulder turn to straighten out your drive!
Top Tip #7: Eliminate Strokes by Putting Better
Top Tip #6: Sooner or later in a golfer's career, it's tournament time!
Top Tip #5: Get comfortable with your pre-shot routine, and use it for both practice and play...
Top Tip #4: Swing Easy When it's Breezy...
Top Tip #3: Keep your head steady to make more short putts
Top Tip #2: Some quick tips on reading the grain...
Top Tip #1: Take More Loft Off The Tee
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