How To Push The Golf Club Head Into A “Toe-up” Position
The result of the golf swing can be determined within the first few inches of the backswing. The movement indicates very quickly whether positions established at address will promote coordination unique to the golf swing and whether positions will have time to coordinate by the speed of the swing when it starts.
Established positions at address are of critical importance to the overall swing. Good or bad, correct or incorrect, positions start to coordinate the movement when the backswing starts, and positions determine the sequence of motion between the body and the clubhead that determines the rest of the swing.
For accuracy through the swing, the clubhead starts away from the ball headed towards a “toe up” position. The position is a reliable checkpoint, indicating that the body is turning away from the ball with the clubface square and with the clubhead on the right swing plane.
A 4-Step Process
Pushing into and through the toe-up position is a 4-step mechanical process for learning: first by establishing accurate positions, second - pushing into the position, third - “breaking the wrists”, and finally - pushing the clubhead onto the top of the swing.
Once you have developed the procedure and practice, you can easily coordinate positions and movements into its smooth backswing. Let us go into more detail:
* Use a waggling motion to reestablish positions. Roll your elbows toward each other, with the right elbow lower than the left. Confirm your grip. Keep your head steady and use a forward press.
* Almost simultaneously, deliberately push the clubhead away from the ball by pushing your left shoulder forward and extending your firm left arm. Let your weight shift to the right, against your right foot, but keep your knees were they are to prevent excessive movement
* Although the clubhead starts on the line of flight, it swings up and onto the directional line as your shoulders turn. Keep your arms together and let your right arm fold with the elbows pointing down as your left arm extends. Push the clubhead away until the shaft is parallel to the ground, on the directional line, with the toe the clubhead pointing straight up.
* The address position of the hands, wrists, left arm, and shaft – moving with the shoulder turn – remains unchanged, so the angle of the left arm and shaft will be bent.
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