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Tightening Up A Golf Swing
Three most common ways that swings get "loose" and how to fix them.
1. Lack of lower body stability. Caused by excessive movement in the feet and knees during the back swing which allows the hips to over rotate. Improve by keeping feet and knees still in back swing. Best drill is to practice back swing while holding a soccer size ball between the knees. Imagine a bucket between the feet and keep the ball over the bucket during the back swing.
2. Arms swing back too much. Caused by excessive arm swing in relationship to the size of the body turn. For the arm swing and body turn to be "matched" you must stop swinging when you stop turning in the back swing. Best drill is to hold a soccer size ball between your arms and against your chest while you practice your back swing.
3. Wrists cock too much. Caused by the fingers opening up and the hands separating. For proper wrist action a constant level of grip pressure must be maintained. On a scale of 1 - 10 it should be about 5 and stay the same through out the entire swing. Sense your grip pressure in the last three fingers of your top hand and the middle two fingers of you bottom hand.
