The real question to ask concerns posture
By Don Leone
Keep your head down. Keep your eye on the ball. Don’t look
up.
Heard of these sayings? Next question, did they work? Chances
are they didn’t. These are misleading questions we’ve been
brainwashed into asking after you top or mishit a shot. What’s
really happening is loss of posture.
The real question to ask concerns posture
By Don Leone
Keep your head down. Keep your eye on the ball. Don’t look up.
Heard of these sayings? Next question, did they work? Chances are they didn’t. These are misleading questions we’ve been brainwashed into asking after you top or mishit a shot. What’s really happening is loss of posture.
Loss of posture is any alteration from the original address position during the swing. Losing your posture can affect all aspects of the swing — timing, balance and rhythm. The key to consistency is maintaining your spine angle (posture) throughout the swing. If the spine is moving up and down, it makes it difficult to deliver the club head on a consistent path. The body moves closer to the ball as the club enters the hitting area, causing your posture to rise up.
Here’s a drill to help maintain your posture. Without a club, take your address position and cross your arms over your chest. Place a chair behind you so your rear end (glutes) is touching. The key is to keep the rear end touching the chair as you turn back and through. If it comes off the chair, your posture has changed.
When you can do it without the club, try making swings with a 6-iron. Soon you’ll have the feeling and feedback of maintaining posture.
Don Leone is PGA director of instruction at Coyote Creek Golf Club. He writes every other week for The Weekend Pinnacle and can be reached for questions or help at 463-1800 ext. 118 or by e-mail at:
dl****@co*************.com
