Cameron McCormick on Reverse Chaining

It's a short Golf Digest article, but Cameron McCormick's instruction on using reverse chaining to shape your shots is something you might want to try.

This isn't a new idea, but it's the first time I've heard it called reverse chaining. McCormick explains it this way:

The concept is that in case you recognize the type of finish position your body and membership have to be in to create a sure ball flight, your thoughts intuitively adapts, so your frame and club recognize how to move to attain that destination. In different phrases, the downswing and through-swing occur definitely because of seeking to get into the right finish role.

You've heard of it too, haven't you? The nice thing about this article is that he explains the finish positions you need for three different shots in a very simple, easy-to-picture way.

• For a draw: a high-C finish (pictured above)

For a knockdown: forestall short

For a fade: swing low and left

Again, it's a very simple concept but it's something good to try if you need to eliminate extraneous mechanical thoughts. I don't know that it will work for everybody -- nothing does -- but it might make your swing more fluid, which is always a good thing.

Best of all, it is a swing notion you can attempt, irrespective of what swing technique you operate. Such mind are hard to discover nowadays.