Comments on: Golf Driving Tips To Fix Your Slice

By: Hotchipper

Hotchipper — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:43 +0000

“From the top the arms swing first” and “Swing with feet together drill” These two coaching gems have made a big impact on my game over the past few weeks. Thanks HC14

By: FairwayJack

FairwayJack — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:43 +0000

Interesting…is this “arms first” for the driver only? Irons and FW woods being different?

By: No1Gawlfer

No1Gawlfer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:43 +0000

These golf drills are always good. The advice is perhaps leading people to only hit with the arms and hands. Actually, the drill shows that the hips turn on the backswing – bringing the arms up – and turn again bringing them back down. On the way down you can feel the right point to accelerate and snap the hands through the ball.

By: daiswing

daiswing — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:43 +0000

This is the best advice I have had for some time and it works. Thanks, perhaps now I can start to play better golf again. I will let you know.

By: elgordineo0607

elgordineo0607 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:43 +0000

Thanks for the good advice!

By: bob17845

bob17845 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:42 +0000

What he means is your arms bring the club down, not the shoulders.Yes the left hip starts the downswing, but that is not what he is talking about. Don’t swing around with the shoulders…

By: Evafan133

Evafan133 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:42 +0000

There are indeed many different ways. The downswing is merely a chain of reactions triggered by a technique performed by the person swinging, whether it’s slightly shifting your weight, or starting with the hands first.

By: bobgsearch

bobgsearch — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:42 +0000

It appears to me that there are a lot of different ways to start the downswing, not just one. Maybe we (includes me) sometimes think there is only one way to do something that is the “correct” way. I don’t think that’s true.

By: cmoney1988

cmoney1988 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:42 +0000

Arms don’t “swing first” they are just a reaction of proper rotation on the way back. First thing moving to the target should be your right hip.. And that is actually moving towards the target on the backswing.

By: claudius1964

claudius1964 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:42 +0000

One of my instructors suggested putting the feet together like that… Also if you’re tall like me you have to hover over the ball more, getting into a better stance.