Not Sure What Your Golf Backswing Should Feel Like? Try This Simple Golf Drill!

Not Sure What Your Golf Backswing Should Feel Like? Try This Simple Golf Drill!

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Read on for a simple exercise to make sure you're in the correct position at the top of the backswing.

On the driving range I often see golfers swinging to the top of their backswing and stopping and trying to see if the golf club is positioned correctly. Naturally this is a very, very hard way to tell if the backswing is in "the slot" so to speak.

If you're in the same boat and never really know whether your club ends up in the perfect position, I'll offer you a drill that will allow you to check easily if your swing is too steep, too shallow or just right.

To do this exercise, all you have to do is swing back to the top of your backswing and stop and hold your backswing position for a second or so.

Then from this position, simply slowly loosen your grip and let the shaft fall down. And if the club hits you on the tip of your right shoulder that tells you that your golf backswing is in a good position. Your backswing is too flat if the club misses your body. And conversely if your club hits your head or neck that indicates that your swing is too upright.

If after doing this backswing exercise, you find that your top of the backswing position is not where it should be, then please don't do this:

Don't try to force the club into a good position. The golf swing sequence is a chain reaction - one element sets off the next. To explain, I need to elaborate on the individual elements that make up the golf swing:

- The impact position you get into when you swing is a result of the downswing position that you were in.
- Your downswing position is the result of the transition from the backswing position to the downswing.
- The position half way into your backswing determines the position you get into at the top of your backswing.
- The position you get into half way into your backswing is the result of how you took the club away.
- And finally, the way you took the club away is largely a result of your setup.

So you see, you can't take one position in your golf swing and try and fix that because the positions that you got into before that determined the future positions. Instead you have to start from the setup and systematically work on each sequence of your golf swing. If you do that you'll naturally and automatically get into a great top of the swing position.

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