Pressure and Spin: This is how I think about the swing to make it easier for my students to learn the relationship between spin and weight management, which must be synchronized to hit the ball hard and avoid most swing errors.
Here’s the deal: You build pressure before you swing on both sides of your swing. So, as you start the club back (1), drive your trailing foot into the ground. As you build that base, you’ll find that your body turns smoothly behind the ball with your arms naturally rising to the top. Same thing when you go through your downfall.
Here, you add pressure to your front side by driving your front foot into the ground (2) to create the base your body needs to start decomposing (3).
When you add pressure before you spin, you create massive loads of potential energy and, even though you’re spinning back and forth, you stay centered on the ball, which is a huge bonus.
You’ll end up tracking the ball to your finish, watching it fly straight and away (4). Who doesn’t want that?
Erika Larkin is one GOLF Top 100 Teachers and is director of instruction at The Club at Creighton Farms in Aldie, Va.
