Almost every recreational golfer has several energy leaks in their movement. Unlike professional and elite amateurs, recreational golfers are rarely maximizing their efficiency in swinging the golf club. But with a few key changes, you can take some much-needed steps forward.
One such power drain is the lack of width in the rear drive. Breadth is the distance between your torso and arms as you make your swing, and generally speaking, the more you have, the more power you can generate.
However, when it comes to recreational players, they have a tendency to collapse their arm structure and narrow more than they should back. This creates less potential energy and leads to less energy in motion.
Luckily for you, there’s a great feeling you can use to get rid of this “slackness” in your movement. In a shoot with GOLF Magazine a few years ago, 100 best teachers John Tillery used a piece of rope attached to a spike in the ground to demonstrate the proper feel for width during the backstroke.
“I’m going to need some tension on this thing if I’m going to turn it around and charge it,” he said. “It’s going to feel a little like I’m pulling this thing out of the ground until I get it fixed.”
In the images above, you can see the correct (right) and incorrect (left) way to do this. You should feel like you are holding the rope taut as you start the backswing so that you start with the right strength and build width.
“I use the analogy of a boat pulling an inner tube,” Tillery said. “If the rope is lost, you’re going to have a hard time putting a lot of torque on them. It’s hard for me to get any load on the backstroke and really get my muscles to lift if I’m pulling the drag back and then playing to get behind it.”
If you want to get more range (and power) into your movement, give this workout a shot. It will teach you the proper feel for taking the slack out of your swing and help generate a more efficient swing.
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