Slow Golf Swing To Greater Accuracy

A slow golf swing starts with your backswing. A fast golf swing or worse rushing your swing leads to losing control of the club by the time you start your downswing. By the time the club-head impacts the golf ball, the trajectory it is being launched on could be anywhere with little control over the flight path. It’s simple, slow is fast.

If your rhythm and timing is off, your swing is off plane and off line well you could be slicing, hooking, duffing or hitting the ball badly anyway you try. Hitting out of play that will cost you strokes.

Your slow golf swing relies on the backswing. So let’s take a closer look at it. Once you have gone through your decision-making and addressed the golf ball you want to have your hands, arms, chest and shoulders working as a triangle. All working as one in the backswing.

The start of the takeaway of the golf club head from the ball for the backswing starts at your center of gravity, with your stomach muscles. Followed by your hands, arms, chest and shoulders moving together rotating around your spine.

Don’t bend at the shoulders or back in your address. Bend at the hips to the ball with a straight spine. This is important. A straight spine will give you the least resistance for full rotation and setup your golf backswing plane. By the way, bend the knees just slightly to aid rotation. Like a spring.

Plant your feet square of the line and slightly wider than your shoulders. Keep in mind the angle of your swing plane will change based on your height and the distance from the golf ball. Don’t make the mistake of standing too close to the ball. A steep backswing creates complications like losing control of the club at the top of your swing because you are adjusting to find a downswing plane to stay on line.

A steep backswing can lead to too much up and down movement, swaying and being prone to swinging with your hands. Cocking the wrists overhead rather than maintaining flat wrists is also the leading cause of wrist injury with golfers. Otherwise your swing will be all hands which can hurt.

By standing further away from the ball you can have a flatter takeaway. A slow takeaway will help you enormously with control of the golf club head and keep it on plane. The advantage this gives you is to maintain a single golf swing plane from backswing into the downswing and not have to play a two plane swing because you are too upright.

You will find better rhythm and timing.

The best thing you can do through your backswing is to breathe. Breathe in on the backswing and use your breath as your guide for rhythm and tempo. You will find your own natural rhythm without having to think. Thinking usually gets in the way by this point. This is a time for a still mind.

Slow and low, rotate around your straight spine and swing from shoulder to shoulder. Your left arm will be parallel to the ground at the top of your backswing. Your transition at the top of your swing is easy, go into the downswing with your out breath.

There is no doubt taking the golf club back low and slow will give you control and a golf swing that delivers more accuracy.

A slow golf swing will help you build a reliable, repeatable swing that delivers more accuracy and consistency to your game. Slow is fast…it will help you achieve golfing excellence.