SPEED AND CONTACT Niemann: Your ball-striking will improve a lot if you focus on weight shift and segmental body rotation
like to feel my chest mov- ing the clubface instead of my hands. It gives me more consistency. However, there is one good swing thought involv- ing the hands that will help you blend the rotation of your body with the swinging of your arms. On the down- swing, I feel like my right arm is skipping a stone, not chopping an axe. It helps me stay down and make a
MY GOLF SWING HAS a lot of rotation. A big turn back is how I create speed. A big turn through is how I un- leash that speed. You might not have that kind of flexibility, but if you want to hit quality iron shots, make your body the swing’s engine. There’s less that can go wrong if the big muscles lead instead of focusing on the movement of the arms and hands. I
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