The Most Typical Backswing Issue

One of the most puzzling terms in golf instruction is “shoulder turn”. 
Personally, I suspect that instructors that talk about shoulder turn to explain the quantity of turn during the backswing are injuring their students. 

To elucidate why I feel this way, I will ask you to try a little experiment. 

Reach both arms in front of your body and take your right hand and grab your left wrist.  Now, without turning your chest, pull your left arm across your chest with your right hand till your left arm is pointing to your right. 

Notice how far your left shoulder moved.  If your shoulders do this during your backswing and you believe that you are turning, this is the root of your backswing illnesses. 

For the club face to come back to the ball square and targeted, the geometry and relationship of the arms and chest and shoulders cannot change during the swing.  Doing this experiment, you see that what might look like a backswing to several golfers, but is really a major change in the arms / body geometry which may result in a complete lot of wild shots dependent on what else the golfer makes an attempt to compensate. 

Now try a new experiment.  Cross your arms across your chest and turn your chest and shoulders until your chest faces away from the target ( make a backswing ).  You’ll notice that your arms and chest moved together.  This is the same movement you should be making during your backswing. 

What is the difference between the 2 turns?

During the first turn, the arms pulled parts of the chest and shoulders until the arms seemed like they were in effect.  The stomach and hips did not turn. 

In the second turn, you had to turn your mid-section to make the turn, also turning the hips as needed.  Those are the same muscle you should always use to make your ordinary backswing turn. 

This one change in your swing will create more distance with less effort.  It is not the end all of the golf swings, as there is more to controlling your movement, but it is one of the most typical mistakes I see that many instructors miss during their lessons. 
Now you can enhance your backswing and become more uniform. 

Instead of pondering turning your shoulders, think about turning your chest. 

This will not fully correct your shot pattern, however it may get it more in hand and give you more distance as well . 

Even accomplished golfers occasionally make this mistake but on a way smaller scale.  It is one of the most typical timing inaccuracies in the golf swing.

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