Golf Instruction – No Slide on the Downswing
Posted July 29th 2010 at 8:11 pm by admin
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The best way to understand this is for you to setup with a golf club against something (like a chair) as if the chair is the ball. Then…undwind from ground up a little towards the target using all of your body unwinding against the chair. The shaft must be in line with the front arm. Use your knees, hips, torso, chest, shoulders (but not hands). When you find the most powerful position… you are there. I think maybe 60% on front foot so you can still use the back foot to push…Ross
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What percent of body weight is on the front foot at impact?
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The best way to think about the wrists or Grip Pressure in general is… “You do not change your grip pressure at all during the swing” You do, however allow the wrists to hinge naturally due to the inertia from the shoulders turning on the backswing. If you do not actively hinge your wrists, then your wrists will just allow the club to hinge and unhinge squarely every time adn at the right time as you turn.
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Ross,
Hi,I was wondering if there is any uncocking of the wrists prior to impact to square the club face or will this cause a flip?Sometimes I have done this and hit the ball mile but it is very inconsistent.Please advise.
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boston George
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The main reasons golfers Flip is throwning the club head into the ball with their back hand rather than keeping the hands passive and allowing their turn to impact. If the hands help take the club back (should be shoulders only) they will help on the downswing and generally throw the club head past the handle and the front wrist bends and there is no straight line down the front arm thru the shaft to the ball. Using the hips and your turn for power will over ride the hands. Turn don’t slide.
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Anything that has to do with changing your speed will never be reliable. If you wind up right, you can unwind as fast or as slow as you feel for power or touch. When the big muscles control the takeaway (not hands) you can swing at any speed you want. Timing is never an issue once you learn the correct sequence on the takeaway and downswing… Ross
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I notice when I start slow on the down swing I get great contact….but i loose just a little distance will it retun when I get comfortable with this slow transition? by the way starting slow keeps me from sliding.
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(con’t) The hips will eventually turn some but due to the shoulders bringing the hips over (not on their own). Then all you have to do is start the downswing with your hips unwinding and keep turning all the way to the finish. This is the most effecient wind up. Most important… keep your hands out of the swing. Let the big muscles control your arms and club. You will NEVER hit off line as long as you keep turning… Ross
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… for every action, you get an opposite reaction… so if you slide off the ball on your takeaway (I don’t teach this but many pros do), you’ll have to slide back…SOOO… on your takeaway, restrict keeping the weight inside your backfoot and up your leg (like a brace) and let the shoulders start first pushing the club straight back (not inside)… YOU WILL GET A GREAT WIND UP AND A TON OF POWER.
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Good tip!
I tend to slide forward instead of rotating the hips and i just realised that after seeing this.
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On the downswing… If you allow your body to unwind (best way to achieve this is to start downswing with your hips first turning left) …this will keep your head in position and then your head will come up and out along with the back shoulder. This is a natural athletic move unwinding from bottom to top.
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One of the problems I have with understanding instructors is when they say, “just stay back a little bit longer” The swing happens so fast, that anything lasting “a little bit longer” just doesn’t translate for me.
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This is NOT true if you do not slide on the takeaway. I do not teaching shifting or sliding on the takeaway… The older players you are talking about all shifted and slid to their back foot.. I do NOT agree. I teach that the lower body does NOT move only the shoulders on the takeaway (winding from top down) and the shoulder turn will turn the hips a little, BUT NO SLIDE TO THE BACK FOOT…Hense no need to slide to the front foot…JUST UNWIND. This is a much more reliable POWERFUL swing.
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One comment that may make people understand the use of their hips better is that U don’t slide to the left ,but prior to the turning of the hips there must be a weight transfer to the left foot(side).If U simply turn your hips as U describe timeing is emphasised too much Vs. reacting(falling in the slot)..All great golfers, see Nicklaus,Hogan and Mo Norman shift and then turn,not slide.Simply turning your hips will cause spinouts and over the top movements,lots of practice.
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You bet… (read what I wrote to rw5791) and it will help keep you in position at the start of the downswing…Ross
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Yes the head stays still for a second. I don’t like to use the word lateral (gives you room to slide) but the feeling is like someone is pulling your left belt loop from behind you. The downswing MUST start from your HIPS turning left ( the knees work too but much easier to think of the hips starting first and they keep leading all the way to the finish!
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A most common error. This is something I need to work on.
Thank for the tip – Burl
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I think you’re saying the head must stay in the same position.A slight lateral shift of the hips is ok as long as the head does not move,
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Thank you
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Thanks, I appreciate the nice comment.
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Thank you.
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Thank you… If you have a specific problem, I will upload a video to answer that issue… Ross
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Yes and throwing the club head with the right hand at the ball also causes fat and chuncked shots. Best bet is to keep hands passive thru impact and concentrate on rotating your hips to the left letting your hands and club come along with your turn… thanks for the nice comment…
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Excellent tip. very well explained too.
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great instruction