Golf Swing Speed And Accuracy

There are many elements that make up the golf swing, posture, hip turn, shoulder turn, wrist action and weight transfer, but one thing to remember is that there is not a lot of leg movement.

Too much leg movement breaks a solid posture and causes too much movement through the spine. This extra movement won’t allow you to bring the club in correctly on a consistent basis.

Posture

Good posture is something that you should feel from your feet, if you lean forward when you swing you will feel too much weight on the balls of your feet, and if you lean back in your swing you will feel too much weight in your heels.

Correcting your posture until you feel even weight spread across your whole foot is ideal.

Common Swing Mistakes

One of the simplest things that can affect your swing is if you don’t wear a glove.

If every time you swing you feel as if your club is going to slip, this will cause you to squeeze too tightly on the club at the point of impact and this can cause problems for your swing.

Before taking a swing you need to make sure you have the correct distance from the ball, you have the correct grip, your posture feels balanced and you are relaxed, if you are tight through the shoulders and you squeeze the grip too hard you will be too rigid, and not able to get the club back to the right angle on your back swing.

Swing Sequence

Wrist, arms, shoulder then hip movements in that order make up the correct back swing.

With the final hip turn back, it should be a pivot from a central point (your spine) not a lean back, as your right shoulder rotates away from your target, your left shoulder should pivot towards the target in an even motion.

Body Tension

Throughout the golf swing if you liken yourself to a tall tree. Your feet are the roots that anchor you to the ground, and your legs are the long tall trunk.

Your torso and arms are like the branches of the tree starting at the lower branches having more flexibility and movement than the roots and trunk, and the higher branches having even less tension to allow them to bend in the breeze without breaking.

The tension that holds your feet and legs in place is much greater than your torso and arms and helps hold your spine in the right alignment, the arms and torso have less tension for greater movement that allows them to flow through the swing like the branches in the breeze.

Break your swing down

If you consistently break your swing down to make sure that all the elements are coming together in the correct order, you will soon find a golf swing that is accurate and have an increase in speed.

Putting in a lot of time on the driving range is only helpful if you are working towards a more consistent swing, not necessarily a more powerful drive, getting the posture and balance right will improve all areas of your game not just the drive.