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Golf and Zen
Golfing Zen
About Golfing Zen: This is the first in a continuing series of short essays dealing with the application of Eastern spiritual philosophy to your golf game. (The title says "Zen," but this discussion will apply equally to the other...
Golfer: Improve Your Balance
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“How Your Sex Life Can Improve When You Stop Coming Over The Top In Your Golf Swing”
Would you agree that coming over the top (in your golf swing) is one of the most frustrating problems to have in the game of golf? Yes? Well, consider this: If you manage to fix that OTT problem, you'll start hitting better golf shots. You're...
Myrtle Beach Golf Courses Face New Competition
Fall is here and the Myrtle Beach golf industry is booming. Heat and humidity are falling as fast as the summer crowds are leaving. With its average temperatures hovering around seventy five degrees, the Grand Strand area is perfect for a golf...
Tips for Finding the Right Set of Golf Clubs
Golf is a game of nearly infinite subtleties. A slight rotation during the swing of a degree or two can mean the difference between hitting the green or landing in the bunker. Those same subtleties are also apparent in a set of golf clubs. As...
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Never Keep Your Head Still in Your Golf Swing
I still remember years ago when I first started to play golf,
the tip you heard the most was "keep your head still". My father
used to say it to me at least 50 times a round. He thought he
was doing me a favor,when really, he should have been telling me
to do the exact opposite. He should have been saying "move your
head a little on the way back".
Why move your head as you take the club back? You want to move
your head because in order to swing in a circular motion you
need an axis to swing around. An axis has a top and a bottom.
When you set up to the golf ball, you have 1 top to an axis
(your head) and 2 bottoms (your legs and feet) to an axis. This
means that on the way back your head should be moving 3 - 5
inches to the right in order to create your first axis to swing
around. Your head will stay there as you come down and fall even
further back through impact. Then, after the ball has been hit,
your head will move forward over top of the left leg to create a
second axis. This second axis will allow you to complete the
circular rotation in your golf swing allowing you to finish your
swing. So what you have is a floating top to an axis. Your head
floats back and forth to create 2 axis when you swing. This
allows you to swing in a circular motion. It's not a perfect
circle though. It's a slight oval. Because your swing is a
slight oval, you will never hit the ball 100% perfect.
The only time you would keep your head still is if you had one
leg. If you had one leg, you would have 1 top and 1 bottom to an
axis. This means that if you moved your head you would destroy
this axis. So maybe we should all be playing standing on one leg
and keeping our head still? Unfortunately, this will never work
because you will not generate enough power and you will probably
fall over. Most people have enough trouble keeping their balance
with 2 legs never mind 1 so it's best that you keep both legs on
the ground and learn to move your head.
Most people I teach try to move their head back when I tell
them
to but they have a hard time actually doing it because it feels
so uncomfortable for them to move their head. To get the proper
feeling, you must feel like your head is moving about 1 foot to
the right. If you feel like your head is moving 1 foot to the
right on the way back, it will actually only move a few inches.
Try swinging regularly towards a mirror. As you watch yourself
swing, you can clearly see if your head is moving back 3-5
inches. As your head moves back, feel how your weight loads into
the right leg. This is the tell tale sign that you have created
your first axis in the backswing. If you don't have a loaded,
powerful feeling in your right leg, you will have to move your
head a little more as you go back. If you are wearing a hat when
you play golf just take your backswing and look to see if the
brim of the hat is level to the ground not tilted to the left.
If the brim of the hat is level to the ground at the top of your
backswing your head will have moved the proper amount. As a
final check just ask a friend to watch your head to see if it
moves back a few inches or use a video camera to see for
yourself. If your head is too still then constantly remind
yourself to move it back or have someone constantly remind you
to "move your head".
As you move your head back, beware that it may cause you to hit
behind the ball a little. This is a good sign at first. It's
telling you that you are moving your head back but you have too
much weight on your right foot at impact. To remedy hitting
behind the ball (fat shots), all you have to do is feel a little
more weight shift off of your right foot through impact. If you
do, you will hit the ball perfectly and with much more power
than you are used to.
Paul Wilson
About the author:
Paul Wilson is the author, and creator, of Swing Machine Golf
which teaches people how to copy the perfect swing of the Iron
Byron swing machine. Please visit http://www.paulwilsongolf.com
or http://www.swingmachinegolf.com for more information.
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