Yesterday I published a face-on video of Cristie Kerr smacking a driver, that will help you learn a higher circulate down to the ball. Today I need to feature a bit to that practise, and I'm the usage of a down-the-line video of Cristie's drive that will help you see this part higher.
I quoted this from the Golf Digest article I referred to in yesterday's post:
"Most amateurs are transferring their arms difficult down in the direction of the ball and moving their bodies closer to the goal. The key flow is to keep away from letting your right hip rotate closer to the target too early as you move your palms and the membership away."And I said that it's easier to get that result if you focus on your arm and shoulder motion by keeping your trailing elbow straighter, rather than focusing on lower body action. I'm not changing that at all. However, I'm going to tie that advice to another tip I've mentioned many times, a tip that works very well with the arm motion I recommended.
In truth, this tip will make the arm movement a great deal less difficult to learn.
I have often written that I would rather see you move DOWN to start your downswing, not forward toward the target the way many teachers suggest. That's how Sam Snead used to do it, and they didn't call him "Slammin' Sam" for nothing! Cristie does this as well, and the above video will not only help you understand why I recommend this move, but it will help you start your downswing smoothly.
The second and third swings on the above video are slow -- and the third one is REALLY slow, just like yesterday's video, so it's the easiest one to see the move in. When Cristie gets to the top of her backswing, her trailing knee (her right one) is almost straight. But to start her downswing, she bends that knee. That starts her weight moving downward, and that in turn helps pull the club down without changing the amount of bend in her trailing elbow.
But it does more. Bending her trailing knee -- a mini-squat, if you like -- pulls her trailing hip forward, toward the ball, and shifts her weight onto her lead leg. (It has to. If it didn't, she'd lose her balance and fall down!) It's almost as if she fell onto her lead leg and braced herself with it... and since her lead knee is already bent, it automatically "loads up" to push her upward at impact, effectively "using the ground."
That one downward flow -- bending her trailing knee to start her downswing and pull her fingers downward with out converting the angles created at the pinnacle with the aid of her trailing elbow -- creates both hip rotation AND weight shift with none form of dramatic hip or leg movement... And meaning you stay solid over the ball, growing better contact. It additionally stops you from uncocking your wrists too early on your downswing, so that you create more clubhead pace as nicely.
If you watch both films and try to feel the rhythm of her backswing-to-downswing circulate, and then strive it out on your personal, I think you'll be pleased with the results you get after just a little practice. It's a simple, herbal way to use the physics of your swing to create extra clubhead pace with much less effort.
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