Small swings, big results Hi everyone, I'm Michelle Welcome back to the Golf Channel with Michelle today I'm going to be covering the half-swing for the enjoyment of golf and it's great to hit the sweet spot solidly so How do we do this in a row without thinking Beginners prepare a short ladder like this so you don't have to worry too much about hitting the ball solidly first just practice and focus on the body movements I'm assuming you all have the right club grip, stance, stance and body by now Parallels a little bit about body parallels, stance and stance I just want to make sure your elbows, knees and forefoot are in line this would be a pretty good stance make sure you have a good club grip make sure you stay relaxed Status First of all I want you to put the ball on the tee first because we are practicing on the driving range so we want to make sure the ball is on the tee so we can hit the ball in the same position even if your feet Okay ball, setting the pose is also standard I want you to mark where your feet are you can use a ball ladder or even an alignment rod I have one here try to set up like this or put down a ball ladder if you It's on the grass you can poke the ball ladder in if it's not grass you can choose to put it on the ground okay let's start here How to make a proper half swing we need to make sure that our start is what I call a small swing to be right so first of all I think you guys poking the thicker end of the club into the belly and pulling it down a bit point bent over set the pose like this you can see there's a triangle here I want you guys to wave it back and forth I really like to use the clock so it's 8 o'clock here it's 4 o'clock I want you guys to be like this again Set the position with the thicker end of the club against your belly and bring it to the 8 o'clock position and stop at the 4 o'clock position you can see my chest move with the club In fact, we don't want the club to want the thicker end of the club to be lower than the target line when we start the shot.
We have to make sure that our body is linked to make the correct starting action . Is it ok to send the club so when Grips, stance and stance when we start a small swing when we get to the 8 o'clock position you feel like there's a flagpole behind the thick end of the club pointing at your belly Bring it back to 8 o'clock Clock position and then to the 4 o'clock position is it okay to move like this and then when you get the hang of it I want you guys to stretch a little bit but at 8 o'clock I want you guys to turn the hips and the chest a little bit more until You feel a little bend in your right elbow Here's where I want you guys to do a little push And because you can see, if I turn around right away you can see the club head coming from the farther out and then we hit the ball farther out can you imagine, if we had a longer path on the backswing it would It's coming in further out so we have to make sure that when we backswing we have a slight push from here it's going to be a little bit parallel to the ground and the club is parallel to the ground and the elbows are slightly bent and you can see that the face and the My spine angle is in a straight line from here I'm going to push the feed it will look something like this ok I'm going to hit the ball now start from here make it a little parallel to the ground and push the feed at this point you will start to feel My chest is a little off target and my hips are still a little off target but the gravity is starting to shift to the left so that's the small swing from here and then out we got the small swing and then we're going to get into the half swing good half swing actually The top is what the extension of the small swing would look like There's a 90 here and there's a 90 on the backswing, okay? What we really need to pay attention to is that as the path of our swing gets longer and longer we tend to start losing touch with the body right? If we do that we will Can't get the timing, rhythm and coordination of course, it's going to be more difficult to repeat so it's very important that our bodies are always linked For the half swing let's talk about the backswing first when we get to the small swing position here We have a really good little swing here.
I want you guys to turn your chest and hips to the right and extend your right side a little bit until our left arm is parallel to the ground . Is it okay to look at it from the side ? Make a nice send, can you do a little swing here and start from here I want you guys to bend your wrists a little bit until your arms are parallel to the ground chest and hips start to turn right leg here a little stretch so from the front Look we can see that our knees will move slightly down and inward Is that okay? Take another small swing and start to bend your wrists slightly and turn your hips and turn your chest until the left arm is parallel to the ground.
From this angle we want to make sure the club is Right in front of our chest it's not behind us or not too forward we have to make sure our bodies are linked and then bend the wrists to do this but if our hands are not linked to the body the thicker end of the club Pointing below the target line, we swing and it starts to flatten. The arms move behind you, or some people just extend their arms without turning their chest or hips, so take special care that you must first Make sure you're in a small swing. Bend your wrists and extend your right shoulder and turn your hips a little bit. Now that we've got the right half backswing, let's talk about the downswing. Before we start, I want to talk about the lower body.
Partly for our downswing we're going to use the hips, the legs, the knees and the feet so our knees, first of all it doesn't wiggle like this it just moves forward our knees just move forward so like i mentioned before yes when we backswing actually our knees just go forward inwards and downs is that ok ok now we're going to talk about the downswing and i hope you guys get back to a standard set up position again when we start the backswing When we talked about the downswing, I remember earlier I mentioned pushing the hips a little to the left. It's a little bump or a little push. I want you guys to pick up your water bottle and put it on the inside of your right heel . , on the downswing you feel like you're going to push the water bottle down with the inside of your ankle so it will look like this 90 degree angle at this point my chest is almost on target and my right foot is off the ground is it ok again half swing to make it a 90 degree angle and make sure you try to hold this position for about three seconds Exactly Let the body and muscles know how this should look and feel so it will look the same from the side put the water bottle on the inside of your right ankle Man, when we start when we don't push, turn from above at first as you can see I can't push the water bottle down, right if I just turn from above we'll swing farther out and maybe hit Slider or even a chip shot, get it so from the side it should look like this When the backswing (left arm) is parallel to the ground Push the water bottle back to the bar Make sure the right forearm is parallel to the ground and make a 90 degree angle again Put the ball on the tee for one exercise Make sure your setup is correct Put the water bottle on the inside of your right ankle Is it okay to get the proper setup Turn your arms and chest to the right Right hip a little stretch your arms to the ground The parallel club is in front of your chest and then push out the feed then let the right forearm be parallel to the ground with the hip and chest facing the target and make this 90 degree angle so this is a half swing please keep practicing if you have any questions please leave a message and press Like and subscribe my channel we will see you in the next video we will learn the proper full swing we will see you soon thank you