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How To Start Your Golf Downswing

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Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Online Golf Instruction

One of these days I am going to send out a survey to all golfers and it’s going to ask one question, “What starts the downswing?”

You can not believe some of the answers I have heard over the past 30 years.  Today I will tell you my answer and then I will tell you why I believe it to be.  The first thing you have to remember is that before you finish your back swing the golf club is already beginning to swing back towards the ball.  That is a fact.  I have a camera that takes 1000 fps and I have seen it on new golfers and Tour Professionals.  It is really cool.

Let’s put that fact aside and talk about the question as it relates to our swing thoughts.  No matter who you ask they will give you an answer.  The answer might start with the feet, ankles, hips and work it’s way up to the shoulders or chest.

You either believe that it is the upper body and arms or the lower body, the hips, knees, legs, ankles or feet.  Somewhere in the back of your mind you believe one or the other.  Upper body or lower body.

My take on it is a little different.  It has everything to do with your own golf swing.  If you are someone that hits a large number of pulls and hooks, you are going to have to move the bottom half of your body first.  If you hook or pull the golf ball the golf club is arriving at the bottom of the golf ball sooner than your body.  Instead of slowing down your arm swing you should speed up OR start your bottom half of your body first.

On the other hand.  If you are someone that hits pushes or slices, you are someone that is getting the body to active to soon in the downswing and the golf club is falling behind you.  Instead of changing your body action, try speeding up your arms and hands OR start them first.

Lastly, if you are someone that hits most of your shots in front of you.  STOP READING THIS ARTICLE.  It is not for you.  Seriously, if you are hitting the ball solid and you don’t struggle with shots to the right or left, then your timing is great.

If you stop and think about it, if the club arrives before you, your shots will start left, most of the time.  If the club arrives after you, your shots will start to the right, most of the time.  The next time someone asks you what starts the downswing, you can tell them-it all depends.

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How can I improve my golf swing? Part II

Bobby Eldridge Bio PictureWritten By
Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Swing Fixes

If you haven’t read Part I, you can at How Can I Improve My Golf Swing?

You have to keep a couple of things in mind.   If you don’t hit the golf ball straight there are four misses to the right (slice, push, push hook or a push slice) and there are four misses to the left (hook, pull, pull hook, pull slice).  The reason I am telling you is so you can see that you have to be very careful with your diagnosis from the start.

The very first question you have to ask yourself if you are going to learn how to improve your golf swing is, what does the golf ball do CONSISTENTLY when I mishit it?  Believe it or not your golf ball does one or two things consistently when you don’t hit it well.  If you don’t hit it solid and straight then it will have a pattern to the mishit shots.

Let’s move on to the next thing you can look for.  If you don’t hit the ball solid you will either hit the top, middle or too much of the bottom of the ball.  In other words you either hit the ball thin or fat. 

You can not believe how much information I just gave you for you to begin to properly diagnosis your mistake.  Another 10 million dollar question, what do you do with this info?

Let’s start with the curve.  The grip and the club path control the curve of the ball. If your ball curves to the right too much-turn both of your hands to the right an inch or so.  If the ball curves to the left too much-turn both hands to the left an inch or so. 

Let’s move on to the impact zone.  The posture plays a huge roll in whether or not you hit the golf ball solid.  If you stand too tall you are going to hit a lot of thin shots, if you are bent over too much you are going to hit a lot of fat shots.  If you swing the club too much from the inside you will hit the ground behind the ball or top it to the right and if you swing the club from the outside too much you will hit the ball to the left, top it or hit it fat.

This is the coolest part.  You only make one or two mistakes, not 50.  It seems like every amateur golfer I talk to thinks they make 100 mistakes and it just isn’t true.  The next time I hear from you I want you to say “let me tell you how I improved my golf swing”, instead of “how can I improve my golf swing”?

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How can I improve my golf swing?

Bobby Eldridge Bio PictureWritten By
Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Video Tips

If there is one question that I have been asked over a million times it is “how can I improve my golf swing“?  I might be exaggerating a tiny bit on the million times but it is with out a doubt one of the most asked questions in my professional career.

My answer has been the same for over 35 years.  “What is your mistake”.  The problem with the question is that the answer isn’t always correct, and in there lies the problem.  If you are going to self diagnose your golf swing, you better get it right.  If you miss on the diagnosis you are going to struggle with the correction.

The 10 million dollar question is, how can you tell whats broken?  I am going to give you a few things to go through so you can diagnois your golf swing and come up with the correct answer, most of the time.  If you ask the right questions you will begin to see the correct answers.

You have to keep a couple of things in mind.   If you don’t hit the golf ball straight there are four misses to the right (slice, push, push hook or a push slice) and there are four misses to the left (hook, pull, pull
hook, pull slice).  The reason I am telling you is so you can see that you have to be very careful with your diagnosis from the start.

The very first question you have to ask yourself if you are going to learn how to improve your golf swing is, what does the golf ball do CONSISTENTLY when I mishit it?  Believe it or not your golf ball does one or two things consistently when you don’t hit it well.  If you don’t hit it solid and straight then it will have a pattern to the mishit shots.

I will continue and finish this article during the next post. How can I improve my golf swing?

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