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golf swing tip free by John Dunigan
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What is important about a golf swing?
Think about it, Hogan, Byron Nelson, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, Tiger Woods, Ernie Els (the list goes on and on) all
looked) incredibly different as they swung the club. They stood differently at address, had vastly different backswings, their hips were in different positions on the downswing. I could go on, but that's not the point. If and when you looked at what the club was doing during their downswings, you might have learned all you ever needed to know. Remember: The club is the only thing that hits the ball. It makes sense to focus your attention on what the club must do to create the shot you want.
The only thing these legends had in common was their amazingly similar swing planes (see photo #5 under Swing Plane). Which made them all tremendous ball strikers. We have long been shown the differences in great players' swings. Isn't it about time we looked at the similarities? If there is anything you should copy from great players, let it be what the club does. That's what counts!
You can read other golf swing tip free by viewing our golf drills of the month where you can learn putting and the swing plane technique.
Here is a small description of the swing plane concept.
The Two Plane Swing
Every golf swing has a section that is over-the-top of (or above) the original plane. To make the backswing long enough to create sufficient club head speed to play the game, we must shift above plane. Unfortunately for our understanding of what happens in a golf swing, this shift is built into our body and so we don't even notice it. Obviously, since we don't notice the shift, we don't realize the need to return to the original plane.
What makes the move back to the plane so difficult is that it feels like we are swinging away from the ball. Intuitively, from the Top of the backswing, we try to swing right at the ball, because we don't realize that a plane shift has occurred. It is the transition (what you do at the start down) that will make or break you. Ben Hogan called it a "crossroads." If you take the wrong road, you can't get where you want to go.
Once you become aware of this plane shift and realize that you must correct it before you head for the ball, the golf swing becomes much easier to understand and make. All the myriad theories of how to start the downswing fall by the wayside because they can't possibly result in returning the club to the original plane. This is why the average golfer hasn't improved in years: For years, golf instructors have taught us to start the downswing in a way that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to return the club to the original plane. In short, that can't work. That's why I started writing books: At the very least, if you do what I tell you, it will work!
Copyright © John Dunigan 2000
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