1. Swing Thoughts To Review & The ‘Magic Move!’
From Coach Rick
August 30, 2017

2. Swing Thoughts
Picture a shot going perfectly on your intended line of flight.
Let the ball get in the way of a good swing instead of making the ball the object.
On iron shots, don’t try to ‘pick the ball up’ – the club is built for that purpose.
Hit the ball FIRST, the ‘divot’ will be in FRONT of the ball
Put two balls together on the matt about 2 inches apart. If you can miss the OUTSIDE ball, you will never hit a ‘shank’ shot
Let the club head go where you expect the ball to
Finishing the swing is VERY important. Without a good finish, to keep the ball straight is just luck.
To start a golf swing ‘NATURALLY,’ you need a little ‘forward press’ of some sort that sets off the action.
Think of the ‘swinging-the-bucket’ drill I showed you.

3. Swing Thoughts (cont) Topping the ball is caused mainly by TWO things:
Closing the face of the club toward your body
Stiffening of your knees at impact
Avoid these 2 mistakes and you should NOT top the ball.
Practice the ‘HOWDY’ drill I taught you to go ‘back and through’ correctly!
Let the RIGHT hip take the club back and the LEFT hip bring the club forward.
Try holding your RIGHT shoulder back as long as possible to give your left side a chance to get through the ball.
Let the hands start slightly before the head of the club on the backswing. (Practice the ‘club-pushing’ drill I taught you.)

4. The ‘Magic Move’ (Dropping the club into ‘the slot’)
To start your downswing, ‘drop the club into the slot’ at the very completion of your backswing – then:
Let your weight shift to your LEFT FOOT while bringing your RIGHT ELBOW back down to your body.
This 2nd part is one move not two.
Practice this move again and again! You don’t need a golf club to do this. Practice this until you get the feeling and rhythm of it, and then keep on practicing it!
Be sure your eyes are trained/focused on the spot where the ball would be. Your head will stay well back instead of getting ahead of the ball if you do this ‘magic move’ correctly!