How To Build A Golf Swing, Part 2

[Music] [Applause] muscles that form a habit the same coordination every time that's what the golf swing is all about by now your muscles are probably starting to develop their individual habits in your swing they're feeling the Rhythm back and [Music] through and the flow of power coiling and unleashing through your whole body [Music] while holding the center [Music] steady the consistent plane and the wide Arc your arms [Music] make all these are probably starting to become a habit you're developing a swing so let's get down to some of the fine points that will give you control of direction and distance Direction first how to hit the ball straight both Arc and plane should be in line with the direction you want the ball to go the key point in direction is right here the moment of impact everything you do in your swing before and after this moment shows up right here and its effect on the Flight of the ball here's why a line from your ball to the Target is the course you want your ball to follow the target line to drive the ball accurately along that line the club head at the moment of impact must be traveling exactly along the target line with the club face exactly at right angles or Square to the line if either your Club face or the path of your Club as it meets the ball is not Square to the Target line the ball has got to go in another Direction it's simple [Music] physics so your control objective is to bring the club face through the ball along the target line and square to the Target line you can do that simply by building controls into your swing it starts at the point where you and your Club join forces your hands how they grip the club firmly enough to hold the club face Square to the Target and absorb the shock of its impact with the ball you'll develop this feeling of firmness through experience a grip just strong enough to hold the club face Square to the Target line at impact how do you learn it here's one approach all right now one of the most important things we have to do now is learn to place our hands properly on the club your left hand being so important we're going to start with your left hand I want you to do like this just Gary and I are going to take a just like we're going to shake hands but with the left hand instead of the right put your hand out there Gary you see I'm putting I don't put my palm up facing the sky or down we put it just straight ahead and this is what I'm going to do with the grip right now I'm going to hold it up in the air with my right hand i' put my hand out like I was going to shake hands with a club and I'm going to grip it there with my left hand turn a little over on top of it the thumb on that side of the shaft a little on the right side all right let's try that a minute take your Club hold it up with your right hand out in front of you like you're going to shake hands extend your arm a little bit your left arm out extended close your hand over just a little bit and close your hand around it into the fingers and into the palm of the hand with the fingers pressing it into the palm of the hand now sole the club or set it down the ground like this that's right all right now we're going to show that the last three fingers are the pressure points in the left hand so hold it up again like you did before but now let your thumb and finger your index finger and thumb come off left arm a little straighter Lana that's right now see your arm is straighter and you're holding it so that all the pressure under the heel or under the butt of your hand right here feel if you don't feel it there then readjust it and set it so you feel it there left arm a little straighter Dolores out there a little straighter hold your arm straight now out straight that's it's a little heavy is it okay SE It On The Ground again and that's where we're going to start in our left hand grip okay we've worked on the left hand positioning now now it's important that we learn how to put on the right hand or place the right hand on the club to fit with the left what I'd like to do now Gary remember we shook hands before now we're going to do it right-handed and that's really similarly what we're going to do here I can place the out in front of me my my left imagine I'm shaking hands or even imagine that you have a ball out in front of you you're going to slap it out towards your target words your hand is flat to the Target and then I just place it in my fingers see not in the Palm but in my fingers of my right hand so that my palm of my hand right here this crease in my right hand covers my thumb closes right over onto the shaft onto the grip part of the shaft and we're going to se it right from there let's all try that hold it up with your left arm all right now take your right hand and placing it in your fingers in your fingers close it over so the hollow of your your hand covers your left thumb your right thumb is a little over on the left side of the shaft correct now sole the club with your arms extended now you have a full fingered grip with both hands on the place on the clip all right that looks pretty good for the first time okay another way that really can help you to find the right grip and really a natural way to do it is to just do this Jenny want to sit in your knees just a little bit and sit left with your weight a little on your left side now let your hands hang right in front of your left leg and we're going to rest the club so it angles over to your left leg right there now let's let your hands hang naturally like that see how they're hanging just in their natural hanging position I'm going to ask her to bring them in and place them around the club in her fingers that's right see now she place them just the way her hands hangs naturally now take your hands off and just let them hang see that's a natural hanging position do it again now if her hand came on in this position like this and she took her hand off you see her hand doesn't hang natural that way it hangs this way so that's another way that you can check yourself lay it against your leg take your hands off all right put them on and there's a natural hanging grip position it's a very easy way to find the grip and a good way to find the grip positioning for your hands here's the grip from above count the knuckles you can see on your left hand you may see two or even three as your swing gets stronger you may want to bring your left hand around more so you can see fewer Knuckles but for now keep your left hand more on top of the shaft where you can see more knuckles for greater control of the club but there's more to your hand position underneath many good golfers differ about what to do on the underside of the grip some keep all their fingers on the club like this the full finger grip others interlock the little finger of the right hand with the four finger of the left hand the interlocking grip still others use this overlapping grip the little finger of the right hand overlapping the index finger of the left hand but always the club is carried in your fingers pressing the club against the palm of your left hand while being gripped almost totally in the fingers of your right hand you'll have to find the one that feels best for you strong enough to control the club but not so strong as to hinder the other movements of your swing now before you try to hit a ball think about one more factor of your swing and most other sports the ball is moving often unpredictably you have to reach out change to backhand or in one way or another you're always adjusting to where the ball is and golf it's different the ball is always waiting it won't move it gets hit only because it's in the way of your swing so you have to think about how far away to stand so your Arc comes through the [Music] ball now the last thing we need to do in terms of positioning ourselves to the ball is to do this we have to learn how far to stand from the ball the way you can find this out very easily for any length of Club is simply to place your hands in the grip the way you've learned hold your arms out in front of you with your back rather straight or slightly arched and bring your left arm down till it's flat on your chest so you feel some pressure here then bend at the waist and sit in the knees and that's the distance you come from the ball see if I came to here bent and sat I would be too far away from the ball so I'd have to move up a little bit closer to right there J let's have you try I'm going to move the ball right here take your grip positioning the way you've worked on it that's right good all right now she's going to hold it up away from her out arch your back slightly come down flat until you're flat on your chest right there Bend at the waist and sit in the knees a little bit now she's a little too far away so she would move up slightly with her feet until she felt a little pressure right here with her left arm just a little more just a little a little farther there you are okay and there's her distance from the ball and she'll find that with any Club of course with the wood it would be farther away with an iron it would be a little closer that's how you find your distance from the ball here's another important check look straight down at the ground your hand should be inside the ey line that line from your eyes vertically to the ground now it's time to swing your ultimate objective of course is the big full swing but in the beginning take it easy and try to incorporate the fundamentals into your beginning swings the flow of power the turning in your upper body and the balancing shift of weight in your [Music] legs easy at first but the power will increase as your swing develops your first few attempts may not meet your expectations but more practice will improve that remember the target side lead your muscles on stretch with that firmly planted rear leg there's also the swing seter holding firm and steady regardless of the release of power around it and the forward shifting of your knees and hips below and remember the arc you made with a paper streamer because your arms were extended all through the swing Target side arm on the down swing the other arm on the follow [Music] through it won't come easy it'll take time [Music] and the plane [Music] too your club and arms always in a constant [Music] plane back and through the ball to the finish and remember the importance of centrifugal force the towel a straight extension of your target arm think of the big swoosh make that sound once you have the feeling of the big swing you're ready need to take it to the practice tea to work on some refinements one is the position of your target side wrist when your target side wrist Flexes in the back swing try to keep it in plain with the back of your forearm in fact wrist position is so important in your swing that it's a good idea to practice in front of a mirror occasionally just to make sure of that straight flat wrist not a humped effect like this with a wrist bent inward straight a straight wrist and not CED like this but straight straight from elbow to Knuckles it seems a lot to remember but soon all these factors of the Swing will become habits and you won't have to remember they'll all go together and you're going to like what [Music] happens now it's time to think about lining yourself up for direction how to get in position so that your swing will send the ball to the Target first think of your target line the direction you want the ball to go now draw a line from the ball to you somewhere between the middle of your stance and your left foot and it right angles to the Target line that's the ball line finally visualize a third line parallel to the Target line that's your foot line your toes placed along that line form a square stance the rear foot pointing Straight Ahead the target foot flared slightly now you know that if your alignment is right and your swing is good the ball should go where you aim it as you practice don't start with a full swing work on a half swing let it help you get control of your Club face the feeling of contact with the ball let it give you control of Direction Over short distances and then Reach Out enlarge your swing gradually toward the full swing that involves more power reach back feel the stretch let your swing grow but keep the fundamentals in it now one more point when you take that swing out to the course to enjoy it you're going to find an exciting difference between the static situation of practice and the Dynamics of the game golf is a flow of motion all the way from the first t to the 18th green to make the most of every shot golfers develop a routine approach to the ball it starts here behind the ball as you examine your lie distance and [Music] Direction you draw the target line in your mind you feel the coming swing a swing that drives the ball from the grass and Soares it gloriously away [Music] and the swing that serves you equally well in trouble spots [Music] be [Music]