Golf Tip May 8th 2008

Golf Tip of the Day: Timing all these together makes for a pretty awesome swing. Start the swing in a one piece take away. Hands, arms, shoulders and hips start the swing.

Golf Tip May 7th

Tension between the upper Body and the lower body.

If you are properly loading tension in your feet, and restricting your hip movement then you are off to a good start.

Tip for the day: Allow the upper body to feel unrestricted with a good shoulder turn. The upper body should glide over the top effortlessly all the way to the top of the back swing and about waist high on the way down. At waist high you can let it fire. Waiting to fire the upper body assures a solid hit.

 

Golf Tip May 5th 2008

These three tips alone are enough to work on all summer. Working on how these three interact with each other is key.

Tip for the day: Practice these three separately first, then together. If possible practice just a few minutes a day in front of a mirror. Practice with a belt buckle on, standing straight up, and watch your belt turn around not move from side to side. You can do this with a club locked behind your elbows and back. This is a critical power move. Continue the same move over a bent knee and a stable foot. Again separately practice swinging the club next to a wall with your back to the wall. Move away from the wall 6 to 12 inches. Practice swinging the arms and shoulders without hitting the wall. After becoming efficient at both, try to incorporate the three together.

Training your mind through practicing these separately first, and then together will provide many of the basics you need for a solid swing. 

Golf Tip May 4th 2008

Assuming the first two tips I gave were helpful, lets build on those in a anatomy moving up the swing.  Feet stable, Hips restricted.

Tip for the day:  Let the arms shoulders rotate unrestricted with ease of motion smoothly up to the top of the backswing.

If you can produce these three feelings you should feel a coiling or power as in winding up to the top of the swing.

Golf Tip May 3rd 2008

So if you understand the loading tension in the swing what's next.

Besides all the basics grip stance posture alignment setup etc.

The tip for the day: The tension in your hips should be moderate compared to your feet and knees. Let your hips start the swing but restrict them from turning all the way and breaking down the solid feeling in your feet. If you were standing on a clock and the ball is 12:00 let your hips turn only to 2:00. You will start to notice a very solid hit each time you do this.

Working these two together the tension in your legs and restricting the hips is key to a sound swing.

Golf Tip May 2, 2008

After discussing this with many of the top pros in the country, I am sure the feet are the most important part of your swing. Who would have guessed that? 

Think about how you would swing on roller skates, or a field of marbles. But the pros rarely tell you about the importance of the tension that should be held in your feet.

More specifically between the knees and the feet. 

Here is your tip for the day. Load tension from the knees through the feet solidly.  Keep this tension enough to restrict movement in the swing. Watch how much more accurately you strike the ball when your knees stay in the same place at address throughout the back swing until impact, or slightly before impact.

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