Why Shoulder Turn Is Important

Today I'm such as a video from Michael Breed about the way to get a higher shoulder flip. It's pretty a whole lot self-explanatory, so I won't upload much to what Breed says.

But I do need to speak about why shoulder turn is more vital than you believe you studied... And it is NOT as it helps you get greater distance.

Most instructors spend a great deal of time emphasizing the need to start your downswing with your lower body. I think this is a recipe for disaster and I can give you a number of reasons why:

• It is physiologically impossible to get the club moving forward on your downswing without using your lower body. If you don't believe me, just try to swing the club while wearing sneakers on wet grass! The club will hit the ground well behind the ball because you can't use your legs.
• You tend to exaggerate any movement that you focus on, especially when it's a movement that you do naturally. Since using your lower body is a natural move -- I know some of you disagree, so I'll come back to that in a minute -- "trying" to drive your lower body typically results in driving your hips too far forward, and that results in leaning backward, slanted planes and pushed shots.
• Unless you practice it a lot, focusing on leg drive tends to throw your form and balance off. Bear in mind that the pros practice this every day, sometimes for hours, and they STILL can't always predict whether their bad shots will go left or right. If you aren't going to practice a lot, you're going to have the same problem but worse.

Okay, let me get back to that "lower body drive is natural" thing. The reality is that most people do have a natural decrease body drive whilst our arms and palms remain decrease than our shoulders during the swing. Whether it's a baseball swing, a tennis stroke or a hockey shot, most of us automatically turn away from the ball and use our legs to make the swing.

But maximum of us, in making these swings, don't flip our shoulders completely. We don't flip enough for our backs face the goal. That's because we don't need to. With our fingers shifting under shoulder stage, that is a naturally powerful role for maximum people. When we make that "stage" swing motion we automatically shift our weight returned and then ahead to hit the ball.

That does not manifest mechanically once we swing our hands high above our shoulders. We don't make a complete shoulder flip; rather, we will be inclined to just elevate our hands. That's because it takes a lot more flexibility to attain up and again for the duration of a complete golf swing than it does to absolutely attain lower back as we do when we make, say, a tennis stroke.

If we just get our shoulders fully coiled at the top of our backswings, then starting the downswing with our lower bodies is the most natural thing in the world. A full shoulder coil stretches the muscles of your torso, and that tension causes you to shift your weight back and then drive your legs forward to start your downswing.

That's why I want you to pay greater interest to getting those shoulders absolutely coiled while you make your backswing -- in case you do, using your legs will take place naturally, in an effort to in flip assist you stay in balance and make better touch with the ball.

That's why shoulder turn is essential. Of path, it'll assist you hit the ball farther as properly... But it truly is simply a bonus.