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Tom's Featured Tip: Swinging Vs. Steering The Club
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
I have had a few lessons lately where some otherwise good players had fallen into the trap of trying to steer the clubhead into the ball instead of swinging the club into and through the ball.
This is usually caused by the player overthinking his swing mechanics or just swinging too carefully when danger lurks near the target for that particular swing.
The result from a "steered" swing is usually a soft ball flight that ends up right of the target because the clubhead has not been released properly. "Released properly" means that the clubhead has been squared up to the swingpath at impact.
I usually correct the problem with a few swinging drills, sometimes with specific hand movements to feel the clubface squaring up at impact. That part is usually a pretty easy fix. However, once the student feels the actual "swinging motion" they often start the arms swinging too soon in the downswing.
Understanding the timing of when to allow the arms to start swinging in the downswing sometimes requires a little more coaching.
It's out of sequence to start your downswing by swinging your arms downward immediately after you've completed your backswing.
Instead, let your body motion (sliding and pivoting) put the arms in motion. It should feel like your body tugs or drags your arms initially into the downswing. After you feel that tug or drag, then the arms should start to accelerate and swing freely and powerfully through impact.
Practice obtaining this feeling with this four swing practice drill, done without a ball but at a tee in the ground.
Swing the club to the top, then initiate your downswing with a lateral hip bump. At the point where your lateral bump turns into a sliding and pivoting movement freeze. Repeat that for three swings. Your arms will probably move a little regardless of how hard you try, but make the effort to keep it minimal. It should feel like your body is begging your arms to swing.
Just hold your arms at the top.
Do the "freeze" swing three times. On the fourth repetition let the arms swing right after you feel that your body has tugged at your arms, and feel your swing acceleration build to a crescendo at impact.
Note that this isn't the "pump drill", where the arms go halfway down and hold. This is called a constraint drill that builds the feeling of keeping the downward arm swing initially lagging behind your downswing body motion.
Try this drill, you'll love the results.
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Tom
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Tom's Bonus Tip: HS + LBS = MMP
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
HS + LBS = MMP
I've written about keeping your head still while putting ad infinitum.
The other part about movement is having a stable base, which means no movement of the hips or knees.
If you keep the parts still that are supposed to be still when you putt, you'll see improvement.
Here's the formula: HS + LBS = MMP:
Head Still plus Lower Body Still equals Make More Putts.
Enjoy, Tom
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