(Pictures and video clips are shown at my website http://basicbodymovementforanygolfswing.com/onepiecetakeaway.html Many golfers have learned to rotate their hands to begin their takeaway or backswing movement. When you rotate your hands you also rotate your forearms. This causes pressure in your elbows and shoulders as your forearms move out of their natural position to your body.

This turn of your hands can be a contributing factor in "the flying elbow" movement. ("Flying elbow" is name given to "flaring outward" of right elbow from body as you raise your arms, hands, and club part way through your takeaway. Left elbow for left-handers.)

When you begin to lift your arms you feel additional pressure at your shoulders and elbows. As well, you are trying to position golf club in ideal parallel position to target line. Moving your elbow out from your body is easiest way to relieve pressure and to align your club at top of your takeaway. If you do not move your elbow sideways from your body you will have to develop an opposite turn of your hands and forearms to remove discomfort and to align your golf club for a better swing back to ball. This opposite rotation of your hands and forearms starts part way through your takeaway --- about time any movement is reaching end of its comfort zone. Movements become difficult and harmony of movements suffers. This happens more often as fatigue sets in near end of a round. True. Golfers are successfully doing this corrective move. But, it is an additional movement in their takeaway which has to be done in time or in harmony with other movements. Any additional or unnecessary movements take time to do. OR, they occupy some of your swing thoughts. You can add these movements if you think they will help your "grooved swing". But, you must understand that you will have to practice more often just to maintain your harmony of more movements. You must realize that if you start getting poor results with your swing that early stages of problem most likely will be a breakdown of your timing and not some fault of a part of your swing movements. Here are movements in this example: * Turning your hands * Turning your upper body * Lifting your arms * Moving your elbow sideways OR * Turning your hands opposite way from first move in this list. This is a lot of work just to get golf club far enough away where you can generate a desired blow on ball.

Cont'd in Part 2

Don’t concern yourself too much with each team’s starters. In most preseason games, starters that are secure in their jobs are resting on bench by second quarter as coach’s audition their back-ups. Preseason games are usually won or lost in second half by reserves and players who won’t make team’s final cut. There is a definite difference in quality of reserve players between teams. Weaker teams with more roster spots open will usually have stronger players in camp than last year’s top teams with less roster spots open. Top free agent signees out of college are more likely to want to play for a losing team where a stronger opportunity to make team exists than trying to catch on with an established winning team. 

Handicapping NFL Preseason requires ability to recognize each team’s needs and what coach wants to accomplish during Preseason as he prepares his team for regular season. Try to back head coaches who care about outcome of Preseason games and bet against those that don’t. Keep these factors in mind and you will be well on your way to building your bankroll for 2004 Football Season.

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