Lesson #2
February 21st 2020
Hey Tracy! Here’s a good way to find your body’s natural athletic posture for golf. Simply put your hands on your thighs with fingertips stretched and then bend from your hip joints until your fingertips reach the top of your knee. You should feel your butt move back and your knees flex slightly. In the 2nd picture you had a little too much knee flex so I brought you up a little into your correct posture that you can see in the 3rd picture. Check it before each shot by taking your right hand off the club once you’re in setup and make sure your fingertips are touching the top of your knees.
This is a swing before the start of the lesson off a small tee. It was a good shot but I could still see the hips being restricted quite a bit as opposed to them rotating back and through.
This was a great slow motion rehearsal of clearing the hips and shifting your weight to the lead side. Both of those motions are needed in order to hit the ground consistently and in front of the ball. The extension at the end of the swing was to help feel the club, arms, hands, all extended as far as they can be after the shot in order to counteract the short arm (t-rex arm) follow through. The less hip clear you have the harder it will be to keep the arms extended.
This was a test to figure out what your body’s natural movement would be for the right arm and hand. We discovered that your right hand grip should be mostly on the side of the grip while favoring the top side slightly. Don’t let it drift to the underside of the grip. You can use this test to to figure out your right hand placement before every swing.
These were really great practice swings during this exercise. Constant motion swings help your body feel the right athletic feels of shifting weight in order to move the divot more forward. Do these religiously until getting off your back foot comes naturally. Remember when you practice…..do everything slowly, otherwise the changes will never last!