How to Hit a Draw for Righties 4

Welcome again, elegance! I take it that you had lots of time to practice that not-quite-complete draw swing we created in advance within the week. Let me remind you...

Each day has 2 posts -- one for righties and one for lefties -- and will be identical except for the diagrams and some instructions that might be clearer if I write them specifically for each type of player. The posts will be scheduled one minute apart so both posts will show up at almost the same time. Any of you who have questions can leave them in the comments of the appropriate "handedness post," which should eliminate a lot of confusion. And yes, this is the post for right-handers.

Today let's have a look at if we cannot take that partial swing and flip it right into a complete swing -- a draw, of direction. Our setup will be the same:

As you'll recall, we kept the swing short enough that both of our upper arms could stay in contact with the sides of our chest all the way back and through, and that our lead shoulder didn't turn enough to move under our chin. But now I'll tell you why we kept the original practice swing so short.

When we make a full backswing, our trailing arm has to lose touch with the side of our chest unless we preserve our swing extraordinarily flat. (And while flat as Hogan saved his swing, he said his arm had to break free his side whilst he made a complete swing.) It takes a bit of time for that trailing arm to swing backpedal and re-set up touch with the side of your chest.. And for the duration of that point, your shoulders will turn barely again towards your setup function.

In fact, they will turn to about the same position as our practice swing. So our practice swing has taught us the proper arm position at the point where we reconnect during the downswing.

All you want now's an expertise of the way to make this downward-pass-to-reconnect... And the way that flow feels relies upon a bit on whether you have got a modern swing or a conventional swing.

The modern swing is the hip-driven swing, most often associated with Hogan. It developed as an attempt to maximize the power of the steel shaft, and it's the method I focused on in my books Stop Coming Over-the-Top, HIT IT HARD, and More Golf Swing Speed. It's the most commonly taught swing method these days -- though certainly not the only one -- and it's based on the idea that you focus on driving your hips around, which pulls your hands and arms down to impact.

For those of you the use of the cutting-edge swing, it will feel as if your arms DROP from the top of your backswing -- in any case, they're being pulled around via your hips -- and they will drop till the top a part of your trailing arm touches the side of your chest inside the function you found out with the exercise swing. It will experience as though your fingers are losing instantly down however, in reality, your shoulders are turning as your palms drop so everything takes place on aircraft.

The classic swing, on the other hand, is taught by a large number of teachers like Manuel de la Torre, Bob Toski, and the late Jim Flick. It's the original swing that developed during the days of hickory shafts, and it's the method virtually EVERYBODY uses for the short game because it offers the most control and feel there. My Accurate Iron Play book is based on classic methodology but works for everybody -- just look at Steve Stricker.

In the classic swing -- as in the modern swing -- your hips also provide drive for your swing. The difference is that they aren't the focus of the swing motion. A classic swinger uses his or her arms and hands much more to create club head speed. (And yes, that's why you sometimes hear instructors tell you to "ring the bell" to start your downswing. It's a classic swing thought, as opposed to the dropping motion of the modern swing.)

For those of you with a conventional swing, it's going to experience as in case you PULL your arms down from the pinnacle of your backswing and you will pull until the top a part of your trailing arm touches the side of your chest inside the position you discovered with the practice swing. And again, it will experience as in case you're pulling your fingers directly down but, in fact, your shoulders are turning as you pull so the whole thing happens on aircraft.

I'm sure you're wondering if it's possible to combine the two... and yes it is. I suspect a huge number of pros do just that but, based on what I've heard from them and their instructors, I'm pretty sure Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson both combine the techniques -- pulling down with their hands and arms as they drive their hips and legs forward. It can create a tremendous amount of club head speed -- hell, Henrik swings so hard that the face of his 4-wood caved in during warmup on Friday! The tradeoffs are that timing becomes more critical and back problems become more likely... but it can be done if you're so inclined.

For this publish I'm going to count on you'll be happy just the use of one at a time so that it will get a consistent draw!

I suspect you already know whether or not you attention on higher body or decrease body power in your swing, truly due to the fact most instructors teach either "losing your fingers" or "swinging your palms." ("Swinging your fingers" appears to be most instructors' preferred approach of describing what I've called "pulling your palms down." The instructors I cited earlier all use that terminology.)

To stretch your practice swing out to a complete swing, you simply only want to consider one issue: PRACTICE SLOWLY. It won't take long to be able to get a constant full motion so long as you practice slowly sufficient to make certain you continually flow from the top of your backswing down to the connected function of your exercise swing. Make some slow swings, then gradually speed up to a ordinary pace. Do this numerous instances all through a while on the range -- gradual swing to faster swing, gradual swing to faster swing -- and do it every day while you are studying the whole motion. It might not take long so one can get wherein you can draw the ball with your complete swing.

Tomorrow we're going to tie up all the loose ends.