The Golf Swing Basics

It is widely thought that the golf swing is very hard to complete correctly and yes without practice then it’s not something that can be picked up instantly.


Swing Step 1: Be Relaxed

Relaxation is vital when completing your swing, so ensure your body is relaxed with your knees and legs feeling quite springy when addressing your ball. If you feel tense then this will show in your swing causing you to not connect with the ball correctly as you’ll be too rigid and stiff.


Swing Step 2: BackSwing and DownSwing

Your backswing should be controlled and started with your hands, move those hands back and then naturally follow with your shoulders and hips. Make sure it’s completed in one single motion and not a series of steps as that would lose any control.

From the top of your backswing your downswing should begin, by moving your hips first which pull through your hands and shoulders. Keep your head completely still looking straight down at your ball, do not be tempted to look up too early.


Swing Step 3: Hand Control

Keep a thought on your hand movements during your swing, it is easy to try and control shot with your strong hand (right for right handers and left for left handers). Make sure your strong hand is just a passenger during your swing.

If you use your strong hand to get more power into your swing you will lose all the control of the swing and end up slicing or hooking your ball.

Your swing needs to be controlled by your weak or front hand, this will help you complete straighter shots which will really help lower that golf score.


Swing Step 4: Swing Tempo

It’s easy to put all your power into your backswing thinking this will ensure you hit longer shots, now sometimes this could be true but more often the more power you put in the less control you will achieve.

So its better to slow down you backswing into one single motion then you can let go with the energy on the downswing when you can have more control even with loads of power.