Today we’re going to look at another Major Mistake; a part of the golf swing that, like alignment (Lesson #5), usually doesn’t register on a golfer’s radar when trying to improve his or her swing.
What is typically taught or written about is that as you start your backswing you push the club away from the ball, low to the ground. This just causes the front shoulder to be pulled down and you end up with a reverse tilt (and a sore back).
In the Surge Swing, we lift the club up as we make our limited turn to keep the shoulders and hips level and to get the club above our hands at the top of the backswing.
The image I use (you’ll hear and see this often) is a baseball catcher, squatting right behind your aiming line, glove out, around knee high. Just behind the catcher is a tree. You lift your club up using both arms from the shoulder sockets, into the mitt (toe up) and up the tree.
Low and slow? No way.
Actually, “in the mitt and up the tree” is pretty easy and definitely less complicated than what’s being taught in most golf circles today. You’ll soon be learning this is how your body wants you to swing. Remember, the Surge Swing is based on science: physics and physiology.
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Tomorrow you’ll learn about the limited turn. What other sport requires you to turn your back to the target? NONE! Why should golf?
Tomorrow is your Seventh Lesson!
Don Trahan, PGA