Mechanics of a Golf Swing

The Basic Golf Swing Consists Of These Six Steps:

Step 1 Shift and Rotation: The first move is to lean away from the ball about one inch to the right. That transfers your weight to the inside of your right leg and towards the heel of your right foot.

Step 2 Your Backswing: The completion of this step happens when your left arm is parallel to the ground and your club is at a 90 degree angle to your left arm. At this point the end of the club should be pointing somewhere between your body-line and the ball/target line. Don't worry too much, there is still plenty of freedom at this position.

Step 3 Transition: Your upper body should have 90 degrees of shoulder turn, 90 degrees of wrist-hinge, and 90 degrees of elbow bend. Your lower body should have about 40 to 50 degrees of hip rotation and your left knee should be slightly behind the ball.The clubface should be level to your shoulder plane, or in line with your left forearm. This indicates a square clubface.

Step 4 The Downswing: The downswing is initiated by the entire lower body shifting toward the target and your right shoulder bringing the right elbow down to the right hip.

Step 5 Impact and Follow-Through: This starts at impact and finishes with full extension. At impact, your left arm should be straight with a straight or slightly bowed left wrist. At this point your right arm is straightening but is still bent, and the right wrist is bent back but preparing for maximum extension in the follow through. Your weight has been transferred onto your left foot, and rotating back toward your left heel. Sounds more complicated than it is.

Step 6 The Finish: This is actually the final fundamental of the golf swing. All great players will finish in perfect balance. At this point you have now fully transferred your weight onto your left side and your belt buckle should face the target.

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