Tip of the Week Archive

1. Keep your head down or still
   If you try to lock your head into position as this misleading term suggests, you’ll tend to shift into a reverse pivot on your backswing and you’ll inhibit your finish on the follow through. The head must flow with the spine during the golf swing if you are to generate any real power. The head does not pull the body. Try throwing a ball sidearm from your normal address position and you’ll get an accurate feeling for the permissible and necessary head movement in the golf swing.
2. 
   Keep your left arm stiff or straight
   Not only does this misleading term generate unwanted tension in the swing, but it produces almost immediate disconnection in the backswing. When this happens, the arms will have to pull the club back down to the ball with little help from the major body muscles.
3. Turn
   The trouble with this term is that it encourages golfers to twist into what amounts to a reverse pivot rather than coiling back into a natural and powerful backswing position. If you stood on one leg, flamingo style, you could turn on the single hip joint, but the golf swing is made from both hip joints.
4. Pull down with the back of the left hand or the butt of the club
   When a golfer tries to follow this advice, the hands get away ahead of the rest of the body and the club slides through the impact area with an open face. Try backhanding a chair or similar object and you will achieve the correct downswing action which will square the clubface at impact.
5. Stay behind the ball.
   This term promotes falling back with thin or topped shots a frequent result. The large muscles of the legs and body are not allowed to play their part in driving through the ball. There’s a tendency to hit under and up instead of down and through when one strives to stay behind the ball.
6. Hit into a reverse “C” finish
   This misleading term is guaranteed to produce inconsistent shots, not to mention lower back problems. All the great ball strikers, past and present, finish erect, with shoulders and hips level and facing the target

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