subject: Check Your Golf Backswing With This Simple Golf Drill [print this page] Check Your Golf Backswing With This Simple Golf Drill
Many golfers swing to the top of their backswing, then stop and see if their club is in the right position. Naturally this is a very, very hard way to tell if the backswing is in "the slot" so to speak.
So if you've struggled to tell whether your golf backswing is correct then today I'm going to give you a great exercise that will allow you to quickly tell if your backswing is too upright, too flat or just right.
So to do this, swing back to the top, then stop and hold your club for a moment.
Now loosen your grip and allow the club to drop. And if the club hits you on the tip of your right shoulder that tells you that your golf backswing is in a good position. Your backswing is too flat if the club misses your body. And conversely if your club hits your head or neck that indicates that your swing is too upright.
If you find that your backswing does not finish where it should, avoid the following:
Do not try to manipulate what is happening near the top of your backswing to get the club in a good position, because you must understand that the golf swing is a chain reaction. Let me explain that some more by looking at what happens when you impact the golf ball:
The downswing position of your swing is responsible for the impact position.
The downswing position you get into when swinging is a result of how you transitioned from your backswing position to the downswing.
The position half way into your backswing determines the position you get into at the top of your backswing.
The position you get into half way into your backswing is the result of how you took the club away.
And finally, the way you took the club away is largely a result of your setup.
So you see, you can't take one position in your golf swing and try and fix that because the positions that you got into before that determined the future positions. Instead what you need to do is systematically work on getting each phase of the swing the best it can be, working from the setup, take away and on from there. If you do that you'll naturally and automatically get into a great top of the swing position.
