31 feels found
feel your lead arm staying straight—not rigid or locked, but extended with no bend at the elbow. Like there's a splint running from your shoulder to your wrist. It stays long from takeaway through impact, only folding after the ball is gone.
Feel that when hands reach RIGHT THIGH in downswing, shaft is still PARALLEL TO GROUND—not released. Pause here in practice to ingrain.
In boxing, hook comes across horizontally; uppercut comes up from below. Feel trail arm swinging like throwing UPPERCUT—up and through rather than around. Creates in-to-out path.
Imagine a chain attached to the butt of your grip, running up through your lead arm to your lead shoulder. Start the downswing by "pulling the chain" with your lead shoulder—the clubhead follows last.
At start of downswing, squat down slightly as force runs through legs into ground. Feet should twist and grip. 'That feeling of them twisting—that's torque.'
In the finish, feel like your trail shoulder is trying to bury itself under your chin. It works DOWN and THROUGH, ending lower than where it started.
At finish, trail shoulder should be closer to target than any other body part. Feel body rotating fully so chest faces target and shoulder has 'passed' everything else.
Imagine your spine is the center pole of a carousel. Everything rotates around that fixed pole—it doesn't tilt, sway, or move off center. Your shoulders, arms, and club are the horses spinning around that stable axis. The pole stays perfectly still while everything else turns.
Feel your head perfectly still and quiet while everything else moves around it. Body turns, arms swing, hips rotate—but the head floats in place like it's suspended by a string from above.
Feel like your feet stay quiet and grounded while your hips do all the talking. Hips are aggressive and rotate fully, but feet stay calm and connected to the ground.
Through impact, feel EYES coming out of shot—like David Duval or Annika. Hands stay passive while chest and hips open aggressively to square clubface.
Imagine a laser extending both ends of the club. Keep the laser down the target line in both the takeaway and downswing.