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Transition
The
transition from backswing to downswing with control of the
shoulders is the key to a successful downswing. This golf
tip is for the off season with the sun going down early and
some rainy cold days spend some time in a mirror and work
on your transition.
It
has been written so many times that the downswing starts from
the ground up. Essentially, the problem is this, most players
start the downswing by turning the shoulders. Consequently,
they end up swinging across the line from “out to in”,
with the shoulders open at impact. I feel this wrong movement
of the shoulders is due to the fact most players slice and
they are trying to get the ball from curving to the right
all the time. Or when the club swings back to flat in the
backswing it will tend to come down to steep on the downswing.
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Learning
control of the shoulders at the top of the backswing will
become much easier with some mirror work. The transition key
works like this; At the top of the backswing you must hold
the shoulders fully turned as the arms begin down. To achieve
this feel we must be in a correct body position at the top
of the backswing, as the arms start down they drop with the
hips moving in a lateral motion to the target. The hips have
a lateral shift prior to their turn at impact. Halfway down,
when the hands are waist high the wrist should still be fully
cocked, the hips square to the target and the shoulders still
turned 45 degrees. This position will help give you the best
chance of delivering the club from the inside.
This
winter take some time in a mirror and swing a club up to the
top and hold the shoulders as the arms drop then feel the
arms raise back up to the top and drop the arms again and
again until you can feel in control of the shoulders staying
back. By the new season of 2002 you just might have a nice
little draw verses that dreaded slice.
Director
of Instruction, Sienna Plantation Golf Club, Neil Wilkins
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