I am working on correcting my steep down swing and have been using drills that bump the hips forward and then rotate the hips. Previously, I was thinking my backswing started by swinging with my arms. At least that was my thinking during the swing. Is that correct or a bad thought? Is that what caused my steep down swing?? Is it true to say, the downswing is driven mainly by the hips bumping and then turning which turns the shoulders which then pulls the arms, hands and then the club through striking the ball? If this is true, then the arms, hands, and club are just along for the ride and no force added by arms. Like a water skiier being pulled by the boat. Skiier is along for the ride and boat (hips) drive the down swing. If so, when if any do the arms/shoulders supply power to striking the ball? I am either really messed up or I have just stumbled onto something huge concerning the proper down swing.
The back swing is all about the shoulders turning and then turning the hips with no mention of the arms driving anything except keeping them straight. Is the downswing the reverse of that? Thanks, I hope you can understand the thought I am trying to convey. Frank
Thanks @Tom Saguto ! You have a lifelong over the topper, swinging out of the zone of death! Too soon to talk about the Nobel Peace Prize? š
Sounds like you're dialing in the downswing sequence quite nicely, @aaron.l.dixson. Keep up the great work!!
-TS
I was dealing with the same issue, for me, it comes down to not trying to get my trail shoulder down and pointed at the ball. This one swing thought pushes my hips forward and then rotating hips follow. Tom said this in the instructional video of the downswing and itās literally gold for me.
Have a look at these two YT channel videos featuring Ben Hogan. He just may answer some or most of your questions:
- https://youtu.be/iejRWhuB7y8
- https://youtu.be/iejRWhuB7y8
Mr. Hogan said that if he started his downswing correctly with the lower body, he wished he'd had three right hands to apply power to the strike.
Don't overthink things. You've got the blueprint and all the supplemental information you need in the school. But there is no magic elixir here ā no shortcuts, no way for me to climb into someoneās physiological and psychological uniqueness and translate my personal swing feels, thoughts, or triggers into theirs. I can teach folks what the correct motions and prescribed positions are, simplify them, demonstrate their proper execution, and where possible offer various options/āfeelsā for accomplishing the same desired result, but by design it must ultimately come down to each individual golfer to interpret, incorporate, ingrain and, basically, āfigure it outā if they are truly going to take ownership of THEIR swing!
Or as a YouTube commenter recently said, "Saguto's stuff is like a puzzle: he gives you a new "piece" in each video, but they all fit together. Heās not giving you 20 different swings, but rather ONE swing seen from 20 different angles, as it were."
TS