USE YOUR LEGS LIKE A SPRINTER
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The second move is one that can help golfers who start down to the ball with their arms first, a common mistake. Cam says he sometimes works on getting his left hip quickly moving at the target. The effect is that his left knee goes from pointing inside the ball at the top of the swing to point- ing a foot or more in front of it halfway down. Copying this knee action helps prevent an arm-dominant swing.
The most dynamic moves in Young’s swing come from his lower body, and if you can copy them even just a bit, you’ll pick up a lot more speed. First, as his
upper body is completing the backswing, note how his right foot “pushes off the blocks like a sprinter’s,” David says. That trail-leg push ( above ) can provide a real boost to how fast you can move the club back down into the ball.
PUT A FIRM GRIP ON YOUR CLUB If you think Young is gripping his driver as if he’s holding a baby bird, feel sorry for the bird. You might start from a tension- + free address position with your arms and hands feeling relaxed, but to generate real speed on the way back down to the ball, you can't hold onto the club like you're afraid to break it, Cam says. Because Cam’s body is largely supplying the energy of the strike, he needs a tight hold on the club to control it ( left ). Amateurs are often given the “light grip” advice to help release the club through the impact zone, but there’s no need for that hand action if you control your swing mostly with body rotation.
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