Recent Articles in THE BACKSWING

Moe Norman is still regarded as one of the premier ball strikers in the history of golf.

In this video I discuss his setup and how it helped his backswing & how it could help yours also.

While the backswing can take on many different shapes and forms it is certainly beneficial to help set things up for a smooth transition for the move down to the ball.

In this video I show you one of my drills I use to help the golfer feel the important components of the backswing.

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Many great golfers- such as Lee Trevino, Fred Couples & Jim Furyk- have used an outside takeaway to create their motion.

It's a great option to give yourself the opportunity to get back onto the correct 4:30 path for entry into impact.

In this video I discuss the reasons why these players chose this backswing and show you how it could also be beneficial to your game.

Width in the golf swing is important- especially if we want the left arm and the shaft to form a nice straight alignment at impact.

Whilst not all great golfers had a perfectly rigid left arm right throughout the swing-

it is certainly something that allows us to put a pure downward strike onto the ball at impact.

In this new video I explain how the left arm works it's magic

and it is probably not what you think should happen that enables this key to consistency to occur.

As Ben Hogan once perfectly stated. "The ultimate judge of a good golf swing is the flight of the ball"

Whilst slow motion swings can be great to look at, what the viewer tends to miss is the dynamic movement that is occurring throughout the swing.

To the untrained eye it would seem that slow motion video would be more beneficial to see how the swing is functioning. That however is not really the case.

History proves there have been many styles of backswings that have won golf tournaments all across the globe year after year.

In this video series I discuss different styles of backswing and why they may be suitable for you to try build your game around.

Part 1- The Shorter Backswing