How to Develop a Fluid Golf Swing

Every golf player knows it from experience.
Tensing up during play courts disaster.

Your golf swing should be easy and fluid.
But just how do you develop that kind of
free swing?

The real pivotal center of the stroke isn't
the hands wrist or head. It's the point
exactly between the two shoulders.

All of the muscles of the body are below that
pivotal center in action and putting energy in
propelling the club forward.

Now let's address the muscles that are controlling
the head. If you keep your head still, you can
preserve the pivotal center constant in relation
to the ball.

Balance is paramount and if your arms are straight,
the elbows are bent and you hit the ball at the toe
of the club instead of the center of the face, this
will give you the correct distance.

When you come back to the ball, there's more power
transferred to the arms by the shoulders and back
when the arms are extended than when they are bent.

So you have more narrowly a fixed guide for guiding
the club and the club shaft when the club shaft and
the left arm are in line.

When making the swing most players spend too much
time on their address thinking about this angle and
that angle.

What results is they move their heads and stiffen
their muscles. Where's the freedom in this swing?

You will be a better golf player the second you
find the muscles getting tense at any point in the
stroke find a way to loosen up because the tension
will destroy your accuracy and reduce the power of
your swing.

It's an advantage to you to keep your arms well in
toward the body, because it's easier to control the
amount of play you will allow the arms in the downward
stroke if you'recoming down inside the ball than if
you're going beyond it.

So you'll only have to yield a little to reach the
ball. But if you're going beyond the ball you have
to overcome the centrifugal force) (force which tends
to pull the club outward) when pulling in the hands.

So it's a good idea to keep your arms in toward the body.

Let the centrifugal force carry your club out in the
downward swing until it reaches the ball. Then you can
put all your energy in to propelling the club. You won't
need much effort to guide it.

Also, make sure that you don't reach for the ball in
the address because that will stiffen your muscles.

Beginners usually swing too short. Because the amount
of centrifugal force is so great, the beginner will
involuntarily pull in his hands because he's scared
he'll go beyond the ball.

If your hands and arms were in motion in the address it
would be necessary to have them reaching for the ball.

But since they're still, the idea should be to obtain
the easiest and most comfortable position so that as
the player reaches the top of his swing his muscles
won't be tired from holding a set position.

The angles at which you address the ball have little
influence. It's the way you take your gauge at the top
of the swing that counts.


This will give you firmer control of the club with your
left arm or guiding arm than if your left arm was bent.

If you practice these tips, your swing should become
more fluid and free. Above all, relax. Breathe deeply.
Approaching the game with a fun spirit encourages freedom
of movement!