By Glen Davis, Director of Instruction @ Glen Davis Golf Schools

Let’s discuss the back swing. The purpose of the back swing is to get the body in the proper position to move forward,bottom line. Most golfers never get into this position which can lead to a long list of swing flaws. You may notice as hard as you try you can not transfer your weight,your left arm bends or breaks down,your right elbow flies and you don’t  have control of the golf club. Many of you can relate to this. The good news is one simple change can make all these problems go away.

 The key factor in the back swing is the angle of the shaft.  This position in most cases dictates what position your arms and body are going to be in when you start your forward movement.

 

 Most golfers swing the club too steep creating a vertical shaft angle as shown above. This position can set off a chain reaction. This vertical position will cause the left arm to bend forcing the right arm to fly separating the arms. The arms now can not extend without arm extension, the weight cannot transfer, your turn is limited and you are in a weak unbalanced position. Notice the arrow on the shaft. If you were to let the club fall from this position, it would fall on the path of the arrow away from the body. This path creates an arm swing limiting what the body can now do. This is the major contributor for an outside to in swing path.

 

In this picture the shaft is in the proper position going back. You can see I am in a much more athletic position. The shaft angle has placed my arms properly allowing them to extend and remain much closer together. this arm extension allows the body to shift properly allowing you to get into a powerful balanced position. The position this shaft is in if you were to let it fall it would drop behind the hands, engaging the body and allowing the club to be propelled using the body and arms towards the target.

 

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