Move the Clubhead First
reverse the order coming down and deliver the club efficiently to the ball. To nail this move, focus on giving the clubhead a head start ( above ). This might feel like an earlier wrist set, as opposed to moving everything together. A good thought is small to big . The smaller muscles of the hands, wrists and arms move before the larger ones of the shoulders, torso and hips.
inside and starts a chain of events that produces a slice. When we look at the swings of the best players with 3-D technology, we see that the clubhead moves away from the ball first, followed by the arms, then the shoulders, then the torso and finally the hips. This is the proper kinematic sequence, which keeps the club track- ing on a good path, so you can simply
nstructors have long preached the importance of a one-piece take- away, where the club, hands, arms and shoulders start back together. That’s bad advice – the clubhead should start first. Some players might feel like they have a one-piece move off the ball, but feel and real aren’t always the same thing. Taking everything back together gets the club too far to the
WARM UP DYNAMICALLY Gone is the day when a static, club-over-your- head stretch is enough to get warm. Before pros get to the range, they go through dynamic warm-ups that prep for the movements they need in the swing. My favourite is a lunge with a twist. Step forward into a lunge position and rotate your upper body towards your lead leg (right). Go back to your starting position and repeat this five times on each leg. You’re train- ing to disassociate movement of your lower half from your upper half, just like in the golf swing.
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