How to Build Your Golf Swing

This process is multi fold1. Learn what YOUR neutralpressure. It is important to understand that the
grip is2. The CORRECT ball position for every club3.forefinger and target side thumb both be on the
The CORRECT swing shape4. How far back YOUsame side and angle of the shaft for the best
can take the club5. How to play within YOURsupport. The trailing thumb should be on the target
styleYou will have many options to choose from andside of the shaft. You never want the thumbs to
I'll show you how to find the ones that will work forexert any pressure. Finally, in order for the hands to
you. Once you have all of your "components" youwork together, they must be parallel to each
won't need to experiment any longer!WHERE TOother.POSTURERegardless of the player's level of
START - GRIP AND POSTUREWhile this may begolf anyone can get into a posture that looks as
obvious to some you would be surprised by thegood as any Tour Player, it takes no athletic ability to
number of people that work on their swing withoutget into a proper posture! For full swing shots, other
starting with their grip. There is only ONE neutral gripthan a Driver, the inside of the heels should be as
for any golfer! That grip is where YOUR arm hangswide as the outside of the hips (for a Driver the
down from the shoulder socket and the angle ofinside of the heels as wide as the outside of the
YOUR target side hand. It makes no differenceshoulders). Push the hips sockets back and up so that
whether you use an overlapping, interlocking, andthe pelvis is at an angle, not horizontal to the ground.
ten-finger (baseball) grip. What IS critical is the angleAs you push the hips back, and up, this will lower the
the club lies in your hand.To find YOUR neutral grip,chest and place the weight toward the back of the
first take your address position, but without a club,arch of the foot. Simply unlock your knees, you'll feel
and let both arms hang downward from the shouldera little pressure above the kneecaps, and let the
sockets with NO TENSION. Most golfers will find thatarms hang limply downward from the shoulder
their target side arm hangs somewhere between thesocket. There should be NO TENSION in the arms or
middle of the target side thigh to the inside of theshoulders. Some players like to tilt their upper bodies
thigh (depending on the width of stance and/or theslightly away from target as the final set-up
width of the chest). As you look down at youradjustment and just because your trailing hand is
target side hand pay attention to the angle it hangs.lower than the target side hand this is acceptable,
Some of you will see two knuckles of the hand,just don't overdue it. Now you have YOUR grip and
some will see three, and some may even see four. Itposture.BALL POSITIONBall position is the most
doesn't matter how many you see! Whatever themisunderstood portion of the entire set-up. There
number, this is YOUR bodies way of telling you itshave been many opinions about ball position. Some
natural tendency and that is the neutral angle forsay one position for every shot, others say move it
YOUR grip! When you place your target side hand onaround depending on the club. All of the guesswork is
the club it should be at the same angle you justtaken out however if the golfer would set the club
saw.The club then runs diagonally from between theat address as the manufacturer designed it. All clubs,
first and second joint of the index finger to justexcept for the Driver, are designed so that the grip
under the heel pad. Close the fingers and then closeend of the club is ahead of the clubhead if soled
the hand with the heel pad on top of the shaft withproperly, this means the shaft leans forward, not
the thumb to the backside of the shaft. This suppliesvertical or backwards! If you address the ball, with
pressure from the heel pad downward and the lastsay a 5 iron, and the shaft is vertical then even
three fingers exert pressure upward. Then take thebefore you swing you've added loft and turned it
lifeline of the trailing hand, located between theinto a seven iron! That same 5 iron is designed to
thumb and heel pads, and place it on the thumb ofhave approximately 8 degrees of forward lean at
the target side hand. The lifeline against the thumbaddress. The best players in the world, using that
exerts the pressure here; the right forefinger shouldsame 5 iron, have upwards of 15 degrees at Impact!
be separated, in a "triggering position", but with noThis turns it into a 3 iron!