Thrusting his stomach toward the ball pulls him off the chair |
By T.J. Tomasi
Universal Press Syndicate
If you constantly hit pushed slices off the heel of the clubface, with an occasional shank thrown in to test your patience, you're no doubt thrusting your hips forward toward the ball when they should be rotating.
The solution: Keep your hips (your core) back until your arms have time to drop down in front of your body, i.e., your hips don't start to rotate until your club shaft is parallel to the ground. Now that doesn't mean that your hips don't move. It means that from the top, your hips should shuttle laterally before they rotate.
To help get the feel, place a chair behind your rear end at address so that both cheeks are touching it. Then leap off your back foot and allow your trail hip to come out toward the target line at the start of your downswing (your trail cheek will come off the chair). You'll find that you won't have time to get your trail elbow in position.
Staying on the chair gives him plenty of room to slot the club. |
It's the correct sequence of motion that gives your arms the time they need to come down into a position called the "power slot." The feeling is that the hips slide along the rim of the chair until the arms are in place, then they fire.
Once you have the feel of the proper sequence, try to hit balls with the chair still in place. Loss of contact with the chair will give you immediate feedback. As you start back to the ball, gently push the chair backward by extending your butt. This will clear space for the arms and it will also increase your pelvic crouch in preparation for the release of your core to the target.
The Drill
At address, two cheeks are on the chair; at the top, one cheek is on; half-way down, two cheeks are on; at impact, one cheek is on and your core is pointing at the target. Before every swing recite 2, 1, 2, 1.
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