The One Piece Takeaway In Your Golf Swing (pt. 2)Written by Glen Osborne
Pictures and video clips are shown for this part on my website at: http://basicbodymovementforanygolfswing.com/onepiecetakeaway.htmlThe One-Piece Takeaway Movement This is a brief outline of what is in my lesson modules. (Note: references are for a right-handed golfer. I am a left-handed golfer, myself. Please think left in place of right if you are also a left-hander.) You have positioned yourself at your golf ball, set up in a comfortable posture, and you are now ready for your first movement to take your golf club away from your ball. The start of your first move is to draw your right shoulder and armpit area back towards your right heel --- in a straight line. The completion of this move will place you in a position which features: * The front of your shoulders closely in line with your right foot. * Your shoulder blades facing green or fairway area where your ball will land. * During this single movement action you are to maintain your posture angles. * You must also maintain position of your arms to your body and of your hands to your forearms. * There must NOT be any sideways movements of your arms to help you turn. * There must NOT be any turning of hands. * There must NOT be any "flipping" or "hinging" of hands at your wrists during early part of this movement. An often used instruction to start takeaway is to initiate movement with your left arm and left side. Little thought is given to your right side. Your right side has to move backwards, out of way, for your left side to arc comfortably down and under your chin. And, guess what? Correctly pulling your right shoulder area back to your right heel will comfortably draw your left shoulder under your chin without any difficult pushing activity. So, how do you pull your right side backwards as indicated above? First, a practice exercise. 1. Stand up right. (Do this in front of a mirror if you can.) 2. Put your hands on your shoulders to prevent arm movement. 3. Firm your whole body. 4. Pull your right shoulder straight back to be above your right heel. 5. You must feel weight of your body about half way between your right hip joint and your tailbone. 6. The front of both shoulders should be above your right foot.
| | The One Piece Takeaway In Your Golf Swing (pt. 1)Written by Glen Osborne
One conscious move for your backswing? Wow! Do you mean that a main part of my backswing can be done with one simple movement? Read on to learn some needed understanding of how this can be achieved. For your short iron hits your backswing is not as long as it is for your longer irons and woods. One conscious move, done correctly, is all you need to get your golf club far enough away from ball from where you can apply desired hitting force. However, there is an important "but". Oh yes! Along with "one conscious move" there is a whole bunch of "don't move this and that". But, don't think you have to remember all "don't moves". They are remembered by thought of "controlled body movement". By following instructions of control and movement in my upcoming putting and swing modules, you will automatically be doing a ‘one-piece takeaway'. In fact, I have designed a putting method which uses first inch or two of takeaway movement of your basic chipping, pitching, and full swing skills. Amazing! You can practice early part of your ‘one-piece takeaway' by learning and using my putting technique. The instructions which tell you how to do one piece takeaway are in Part 2 of this title. But, first.... Some Body Awareness Stuff When you stand at ease in your attention position your body, arms, legs, and head have a beginning, natural position to each other. There are basic movements which you can do which will maintain most of your natural body position. Three of these movements are: 1. Bending forward at your hips 2. Bending your knees evenly 3. Reaching your arms forward from your shoulders (Hmmm! Do these 3 movements or positions remind you of something you do when you golf? Or when you see other people golf?) When you swing your golf club you will do one or more movements which cause part of you to move away from your natural body position. If you keep these unnatural movements to a minimum you will have far less trouble with your golf swing. It is easy to recognize unnatural movements. Think of how comfortable you are in a standing position without being rigid. When you make any movement from this position you will use some muscles. You will feel less comfortable, even though some movements are done within an acceptable range of comfort. As you read this try a variety of bending or turning movements in various parts of your body. You will find some which are harder to do and which feel quite uncomfortable. Hold both comfortable movements and uncomfortable movements at a position away from your starting position. You will become aware that within seconds it becomes harder to hold these positions. Now, make a comfortable movement to a comfortable position and hold it. While in this position try a second movement. Think about how hard it is to maintain first position while you do second movement. Repeat this idea by firstly moving into an uncomfortable position to begin this test. The final test is to hold your left thumb with your right hand and then try a variety of movements. It does not matter if they are golf related movements or not. Your hands and arms will be in same position as they are when you hold a golf club. As you experiment with a variety of movements ask yourself: * Does this feel comfortable? * Does this feel uncomfortable? * For how long does a test movement feel comfortable? * When does a test movement begin to feel uncomfortable? * Does a test movement change pressure of how you hold your thumb? * Does one part of your body begin to feel uncomfortable as you move another part of your body? Let your thoughts wander around trying different variations of this test to find positions and movements which feel comfortable or uncomfortable. This test will help you to learn more about movements related to your putting and golf swing. When you begin to follow my instructions involving basic body movements and control you will be more aware of your positions and movements which are comfortable or not. The goal is to guide your golf movements towards total comfort and control. This includes being comfortable during and at end of movement you are doing. Incredibly, you will find that you will be establishing takeaway motions which will give you a feeling of weakness but which set you up for explosive and accurate power in return part of your golf swing. Do You Get Tired While You Golf? Here's What Might Be Happening! No matter what your physical strengths are you will experience some level of tiredness as you play last few holes of your round of golf. You may not notice this tiredness if you are fairly strong. But, it will occur in "small" muscles used to control your swing movements. You will be using one or more movements which take part of your body, arms, or hands out of their natural alignment. Tired muscles will make it more difficult to either maintain unnatural positions or make it more difficult to do adjustments built into your swing which control unnatural body positions. The first collapse in this scenario will be that your timing of 2 or more movements will fail. You will feel awkward or weak during a golf shot. Often, you will blame some technical part of your swing such as your grip or weight shift or whatever. As you become more tired you will have problems doing one or more of your takeaway movements. The result is a poor golf swing. A Move Which Can Cause An Unwanted Move
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