Golf Tips - The Back Swing - Lower Body Motion

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By Roland Stafford

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Photo showing the top of the swing The key to the back swing is to turn your center (front part of your torso) behind the ball without changing your head position and without losing your balance on the right leg.

Photo showing backweighted sway at the top of swing Losing your balance to the outside of your right leg and allowing the body, including your head, to move laterally off the ball is known as a sway.

Photo showing a bad forward sway, a reverse pivot The opposite is just as bad or worse. That is leaving your weight on the left side, never turning your center behind the ball, and creating the position known as a reverse pivot.

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Practice Tips For Juniors

Juniors should learn to practice like the pros do, and that means starting with a wedge, establishing contact and hitting your driver last

Intro: Brent Franklin

Brent Franklin is a three time All American and believes that if you get a proper set up then simplify the golf swing into swinging the club on plane and in sequence there is very little that can go wrong with your swing

Body Posture and Movement Through the Golf Swing

Tilt the spine forward, maintain a well centered set up and a slightly lateral and primarily rotational pivoting action

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Chip Shots From the Fringe

Keep your body still in the shot and play it like a putt no matter what club you use

Learning Impact Position

Start your practice session by feeling your impact position, make swings that stop at impact and feel the correct position of your hips, legs and arms

Pine Needle Lies

Play a shot on pine needles two ways depending on where the flag is, if you have room to roll it play it like a chip but if the flag is close then set up to play it identical to a bunker shot

Par Four and Five Tee Club Selection

Do not assume that every par four and five is a driver, you need to tee off with the club that is going to leave your next shot in your favorite scoring position, hitting your tee shot too long often hurts your scores

Flexibility

Flexibility as you get older is very important, it lets you wind up your body to hit the ball with more power, and swinging a pole can help you do this as well as fix your release point

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