– If we now suggest that
you've got that club into a perfect position at the top, the journey moves on as we
start to make the transition into the downswing. So we have the club turning
all the way back through, through takeaway, through
halfway, to the top. Now, how do we bring the club down? And if it goes wrong for any
golfers, it goes wrong here. So many good backswings have been ruined by poor transitions,
poor direction changes, down into the golf ball.
This is the bit we've got to get right. So once the club is at the top,
how does the club move down? It does not move down by
using your hands first. It does not move down by
using your shoulder first. I see so many golf swings change because the hands work or the
lead shoulder turns too early. What that looks like from down the line, up to the top in a decent position, the hands work or the lead shoulder works. Now, if you followed golf for a while and you've watched a few videos, you'll know that neither of
these positions are any good, unless you're trying to send
the ball in big curvy loops from left to right for right-handed golfer and slice the backside out the golf ball, which is not what we want to be doing.
The key part of transition is from the top of the backswing, we want to start with
the legs and the hips moving towards target slightly. We want to start with the trail elbow dropping and shallowing
the shaft slightly. So we take the golf club
up in a nice direction. Ideally, we want the club to follow the same direction going down. What we don't want to do
is take the club to the top and then throw it over the top this way, out to end through the
back of the golf ball is not gonna work for us. Really nice checkpoint. Look at yourself, head on here
in a mirror or a patio door, swing the golf club nicely to the top, try and make sure the
hips start the downswing.
Try to make sure the right elbow
for the right-handed golfer starts the downswing. Make sure the lead shoulder
has not opened up too quickly. If you're a golfer that
takes it to the top and spins the upper body, that could be the root
cause of a lot of issues. Up to the top, hips start to move, right elbow starts to move. Feel like you keep your back to target for a little bit longer, than you can release everything through. And that's what we're gonna focus on as the transitional phase. So swinging to the top of the backswing, moving the hips and the right elbow, and then holding the back to
target for a little bit longer, then delivering the
club in a good position.
If we can do that, the shots will not only be powerful, but the swing direction will come in from the right position and you'll feel like you're
getting most out of your power by turning the hips at the right time, dropping the right
shoulder at the right time. Spinning the upper body,
using the hands too much, is the root cause of loss of power, loss of direction and lots and lots of those slicey golf shots..