BEST YOUNG TEACHERS
Give your swing a lift
ONE THING I SEE WITH most amateurs, especially slic- ers, is that they don’t know how
or sideways pressure on the grip that pulls the club to the inside and off plane. By the time the clubhead is waist high, it’s even with their hands and direct- ly between the arms. The clubface is square, and the shoulders are aligned perfectly to complete the backswing. The rest of the swing doesn’t require any compensations. The early lift on the club ensures that your body is in sync with the club and is in the best position to deliver a square blow on the ball. Learn how to start back with the tips opposite. – WITH DAVE ALLEN CJ NAFUS, one of Golf Digest’s Best Young Teachers, is director of instruction at Roxiticus GC in New Jersey.
to take the club back the correct way, a key to accuracy and solid ball-striking. Whereas the best players lift the club up using their shoulders to start the back- swing, the average golfer takes the club away very low to the ground and to the inside, behind the body. As a result, they must make all sorts of in-swing compen- sations to get the club and body back in position to finish the swing. Watching 3-D motion-capture video of the pros, it’s evident there’s some early lifting of the club from under- neath the shaft during the initial stages of the backswing. There’s no twisting
Start from under the grip to improve your ball-striking BY CJ NAFUS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES FARRELL
40 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024
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