GOLF TIPS; KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOUT YOU.Byline: Gary Finneran Special to the Daily News Beware of bad advice. . . ``Keep your head down'' is the most common piece of bad advice from amateur instructors. Keeping your head down causes you to bury your chin in your chest. With your head in this position you don't have room to turn your shoulders properly, forcing you to compensate by dipping your left shoulder to complete your backswing back·swing n. The initial part of a stroke, in which one moves a racket or club, for instance, to the position from which forward motion begins. (causing a reverse weight shift) or raising your body on the backswing. Good advice: ``Keep your head centered with your chin up Verb 1. chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar chin gymnastics, gymnastic exercise - a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility .'' You should be able to get at least a fist's distance between your chin and your chest. Keep your eyes parallel to the target line and maintain your posture or spine angle from the address position to the top of the backswing, through impact and until the inside of your right shoulder reaches your chin on the follow-through. Picture your chin resting Noun 1. chin rest - a rest on which a violinist can place the chin rest - a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest" on an imaginary shelf in space and stay on the shelf until your right shoulder pulls you off the shelf on your follow-through. Bad advice: ``Keep your left arm straight.'' Golfers trying to keep their left arm straight make their arm tense or rigid, and in turn inhibit rotation and reduce clubhead speed. Good advice: ``Your arms should hang relaxed from your shoulders throughout your swing.'' Golfers tend to bend their left arm on their backswing because they pick and lift the club with small muscles (hands and arms). Using your big muscles (back and torso torso /tor·so/ (tor´so) trunk (1). tor·so n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk. ) to initiate your backswing will help keep your left arm straighter. An incorrect left-hand grip and/or gripping the club too tightly also causes the left arm to bend. A good grip has the heel or fat of the left hand placed directly on top of the grip. This promotes a proper hinging of the left wrist throughout the backswing. Soft thumb pressure with both thumbs also promotes a natural wrist cock cock watchful church-tower sitter. [Christian Symbolism: Appleton, 21] See : Guardianship cock its crowing reminded Peter of his betrayal. [N.T. . Remember, the swinging motion of the club moves your wrists; you don't move your wrists. Use the connection of the lifeline life·line n. 1. a. An anchored line thrown as a support to someone falling or drowning. b. A line shot to a ship in distress. c. A line used to raise and lower deep-sea divers. 2. on your right hand and the top knuckle knuckle /knuck·le/ (nuk´'l) the dorsal aspect of any phalangeal joint, or any similarly bent structure. knuck·le n. 1. of your left thumb to help stretch your left arm. With your wrists cocked and your right arm bent only 90 degrees, push outward with your lifeline on your left thumb to stretch your arm straight. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) FINNERAN |
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