Paul Azinger on Connection (Video)

With Azinger properly into his new NBC golf gig, I concept it might be best to expose you one among his swing motion pictures -- particularly so on account that it's about shotmaking and that is a ability that players in Mexico could be leaning on difficult this week.

Ben Hogan is most "linked" with the essential of connection, but the reality is that all constant gamers use it to a few degree or other. And Azinger does a super process of both explaining and demonstrating this easy idea in this short video.

And connection IS a simple concept. If your top hands stay near your rib cage maximum of the way thru your swing, it'll automatically keep your elbows pointed all the way down to the floor. And if your elbows point downward at impact -- as they do at deal with -- you may locate it a good deal easier to rectangular the clubface while you hit the ball.

It doesn't count number whether or not you think of keeping your higher fingers close to your rib cage, or of keeping your elbows pointed down at the floor. Either one will motive the alternative, so use the notion that makes it easiest for you.

One point I'd want to make right here. While your lead elbow stays linked thru everything of your swing, your trailing elbow does drift away all through your backswing. You can see it happen a bit in Paul's swing across the :50 second mark. It's not as said in his swing because he has usually had a totally flat swing aircraft.

If you swing more upright, as the classic swingers and other upright players like Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman did, and as Phil Mickelson still does, your trailing elbow will separate more at the top of your backswing. Paul says not to do it around the :45 second mark, but bear in mind that his swing plane is flat and therefore it would be an error for him. An upright swing will look somewhat similar to what he shows as an error.

But do not misunderstand the idea. Some things live the same, and also you want to keep in mind them.

• No matter whether your swing is flat or upright, BOTH of your elbows continue to point to the ground throughout your swing.
• If your swing is more upright and your trailing elbow moves away from your rib cage at the top of your backswing, THE FIRST THING IT DOES ON THE DOWNSWING is return to a connected position close to your rib cage.
• And at the risk of repeating myself, no matter whether your swing is flat or upright, both of your upper arms stay close to your rib cage during the the bottom half of your swing, on both the backswing and the downswing. Waist high to waist high is always connected, just as in the L-to-L drill (this link goes to one of the many posts I've done about that drill).

Connection improves accuracy and, with a longer swing, can help you create tremendous power as well. And Azinger knows of what he speaks, as he was deadly accurate with his clubs. Just working on this one concept -- again, use the L-to-L drill because that's the easiest way to get used to it -- can work wonders in your game.