The downswing takes the golfer onto the 4:30 path to impact. Get this part of the swing in order and golf becomes a simpler game
Often during lessons, I will bring out the big club to show students the correlation between a cupped wrist or a bowed wrist and how the club really squares up for impact. Watch this video to learn why the 430 path and an open feeling clubface are keys to make you better.
Holding wristcock at impact and beyond is the key component to returning the shaft and clubface back to its original orientation formed at address. It's no surprise that this is a key concept of the drill one and 430 path.
Returning the shaft to a similar alignment at impact to where it started at address is a key to consistency. Many golfers change the shaft- lift it up higher- at strike point. Moe Norman is a great example of doing it the correct way, even though his setup was unconventional to most.
The forearms are the least talked about engine of the release in golf instruction. Here at Bradley Hughes Golf, we don't make that mistake. The forearms can not only create speed and a squarer clubface, but they can also save an incorrect swing path.
This is pretty much the secret to great golf. Opposite forces provide the key to controlling the clubface & making the body and arms move in a cohesive manner. The training and visuals of my drills take every golfer to an advanced level. It's just physics...
Building forearm strength to support the loading of the club on the downswing and creating hand speed via the forearm release needs strength. In the drills we use tools to help build that strength. Here is another way also.
Whilst instruction leads us to believe that we need to point the club straight to the target line at the top of the backswing, there are many cases of great golfers not doing this. Here is why..
The ball being on the ground down and away from our eyeline entices golfers to come down steep in an effort to strike the ball. Visualizing chopping wood at waist high will encourage a truer arc of entry and exit.
Storing energy in the backswing and downswing is huge in how much power we can release at the right point in the swing. Width becomes load.
