Being In Sync With Your Body and Your Golf Swing
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research
If you lack consistency (some shots hook and others slice), closely examine your release of the clubhead to the ball. To have a sound swing, the release of the clubhead into the ball and the rotation of your body must be synchronized. This can be learned by doing the two-part “Sync Drill” outlined below while using video and/or a mirror.
Drill Part 1:
Pose 45 degrees to the ground with your left arm – per photo 1. Your left arm and hands should be over your toe line so that an imaginary line drawn through the butt end of the club points approximately at the target line.
From this position, the goal is to move your hands and core (belly button) together as if they were one. When you can arrive every time at the position shown in photo 2, you’ll know that this part of your swing is in sync.
Being in sync means that key body parts like the hands and core move as one.
Drill Part 2:
From the position in photo 1, swing the club to a point after impact where your trail arm is parallel to the ground (photo 2). Here your trail arm and your hands should be over your toe line so that an imaginary line is drawn through the butt end of the club and the club head is parallel to the target line. At first, do the drill without a ball to get the feel of the relationship of hands to the core. Then tee up each ball and use a seven iron to hit some soft, 30-40 yard shots. Finally, ease into a full swing, still focusing on syncing your hands/core over the key distance used in the drill.
This pro’s core has kept pace with his hands which have remained in front of his core, just as in photo 1.
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