Golf Tip of the Month - November 2009!

My student Jarrod is a good athlete and is very flexible. We're working on his hip turn. He tends to turn his hip too much on the backswing, then open up or turn too fast on the forward swing. We're going to try and keep the left hip a little more quiet on the backswing then slide the hip slightly to the left to start the downswing.


Progress:
After a little work Jarrod has cut down the hip turn or rotation on the backswing.This will create more torque in his backswing giving him more power. The lateral slide to start the downswing will hold the coil longer allowing the power to release later in the downswing. Also the club will drop into the hitting slot, then down the line giving him more accuracy. He's going along very well.




Summary:
Improvement in the golf swing is a results of practicing properly. Praticing the wrong thing is not going to help your swing. We idenified a couple of flaws in Jarrod's swing. He practiced specific training drills at home and on the driving range. He is now in a position to improve.