Balanced Setup

One question we often have here at the dewsweepers golf show is about how to find a balanced setup. Here are a few suggestion to help you get more balanced in your setup and to help you make a better golf swing.
The first place we need to look is in your knee flex and the amount you are bent over at the waist. The edge of your shoulders and should be over the tips of your shoes. If you are too bent over at the waist you we will be in an unbalanced position and forced to change your posture during your swing to compensate for the poor posture and balance at address.
Remember to get to the ball with a combination of knee flex and hip flex. Most amateurs get to the ball by rolling over at the shoulders. This gives them poor posture, reduces their ability to turn and puts them out of balance.
Your weight should be centered in your stance. The feeling here should be that you are positioned as if you are going to jump straight up in the air.
I have found through the use of our swing catalyst that way too many golfers have their weight too much towards the toes. I tell students all the time to feel brace themselves as if I was going to jump on the back
This always gets them in a balanced athletic position.
Try these tips for setup and balance and see if you don’t hit the ball better.

3 Rules for Playing the Wind

In honor of this weeks tournament in Scotland at the Old Course.”How do I play in the wind?”
Well when playing in the wind I suggest you use these 3 simple rules.
1) Always take more club and swing less hard. Remember that the harder you try and hit a shot the more it spins and more out of control it gets during your swing.
2) Allow for cross wind too! Don’t just worry about down wind and into the wind. Factoring in the cross wind is just as critical to avoiding trouble off the tee and around the greens. If possible it is better to curve the ball into the wind rather than riding the wind. This strategy will give you more control over the shot.
3) Get on top of the ball. I work with students in their golf swing on this all the time. Doing this in the wind will help you hit it more solid and control your trajectory.. Try and get your chest over your left leg at impact. This covering over the ball will get the shaft to lean more forward and get the flight down.

Correct Hand Motion

A question that I often hear is what can I do to improve and help make sure I am doing the correct motion with my hands during my golf swing.
The advice I always give is to hold your finish. Practice hitting little chips and pitch shots holding your finish. Make sure that the finish position you find your hands in is the one all great golfers have.
A flat left or lead wrist and a bent right or rear wrist. If you can learn to finish every pitch and chip shot with hands in this educated position that you will teach yourself the proper hand action through the ball which is No hand action.
Even if when you finish the shot your hands aren’t perfect put them in the proper educated position so that you can learn where you are trying to get to,
Try practicing this way and see if you don’t improve your short game and your full swing.