Did you notice what muscle carried out this movement? No! OK, repeat movement following above instructions. As soon as you begin movement try to identify what muscle is pulling your shoulder and armpit area backwards. Still can't quite figure out which muscle it is? It is part of your large back muscle where it passes over your right kidney area. At least you will feel more tension at this spot of your back muscle.

Your back muscle is very powerful --- when it is stretched out and then tightened aggressively. The effort needed by this muscle to draw your right shoulder backwards is not very much. In my lessons, I use an arbitrary number like one twentieth of its power. This is only conscious movement you need to do "one piece takeaway". In pictures and videos on my website you can see how my upper body responds to one movement described above. The One-Piece Takeaway Movement — In Posture 1. Set up in your usual posture when addressing golf ball. 2. Place your hands on front of your shoulders. 3. Firm your whole body. 4. Be aware that your spine is now angled forward. 5. Pull your right shoulder straight back to be above your right heel. 6. But, since your spine is angled forward your right shoulder also arcs upwards as it moves backwards. 7. Feel your left shoulder arcing forward and under your chin area. 8. As above, your arms must not move out of position to your body to assist turn movement. 9. You must feel weight of your body about half way between your right hip joint and your tailbone.

This turn in posture must feel comfortable. You should not feel any pinching and stretching in your sides or backbone areas.

Summary Remember, more movements you use or allow in your takeaway movement then more problems you will have trying to make all these movements work together. You can do this. But, you will have to practice more often. If you can learn to do biggest part of your takeaway with one movement you make it easier to have a good golf swing with less practice.

(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