Golf Swing Technique for the Proper Golf Swing

This golf swing technique is simply not true and can cause many swing faults for the player who attempts to start their backswing in this way.

Firstly, the move can result in a lateral weight shift rather than a coiling of the upper body over the right hip.

In moving laterally the weight will move to the outside of the right foot and a loss of balance occurs.

Such a straight back move can also result in a disconnection of the arms from the body.

The arms now swing the club separately from the body and rather than them working together to produce maximum power, they work independently and power is lost.

A straight back takeaway can also promote a closed clubface making it easier to hit shots to the left of target.

The proper golf swing works in an arc, where the center of that arc is the center of the chest between the two shoulders.

As long as you have two hands on the grip then this will be true of every golf swing. Thus, there is no way the club can be swung fluently and work in a straight line at any time during the swing.

Our goal is to maintain width in the backswing and allow the club to stay on plane for as long as possible.

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