Perfect Golf Swing: Pre Shot Drill For All Levels Of Players

Here is a great tip for grooving the perfect golf swing that I got from watching professional baseball players.

Over a single day I made a great connection between the perfect golf swing and a regular baseball swing based on two sport programs I had seen. The first was a baseball highlights show which had a brief segment about baseball players attending a golf event for charity. He remarked that many baseball players enjoy their golfing as they often find that they are long-drivers off the tee.

A few hours later the highlights from the PGA were being shown and Miguel Angel Jimenez was lining up for a regular pitch off of the fairway. What I noticed was that his pre-shot routine consisted of making about three swings that more closely resembled a baseball swing. His stance was quite upright and the club head never went closer than 12 inches to the ground. What I perceived was that the drill was promoting a loose swinging rhythmic golf swing.

Either way, I've incorporated into my pre-shot routine and it does help loosen up my golf swing and help get the sensation of coiling the core muscles like a spring - just like in baseball.

So Why Does This Work?

The perfect golf swing and the ideal baseball swing both involve some striking similarities in order to generate power:

- A powerful swing starts in the legs. These are the anchor to the ground around which the swing takes place. Both swings require a stable stance.

- The stomach muscles are the powerhouse of the swing. As the body pivots it is essential that the back swing ratchets up the stomach muscles and that the hips start the transition from back swing into the down swing.

- If the body muscles are tensed up then the transmission of power (from the legs to the core muscles to the arms and finally down through the club) are constrained. A pre-shot drill that focuses on doing a loose golf swing is the ideal way to encourage a smooth rhythmic golf swing.

It is fair to say that the perfect golf swing has many factors which go into making a consistently good shot. But at its root is the need to coil the body around in a smooth motion (backswing through to follow through). The baseball pre-shot drill goes some way to encouraging this natural swing.