Golf Backswing Mistakes - How To Make A Correct Turn In Your Backswing

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 amount of turn during the backswing are hurting their students.

To elucidate why I feel like this, I'm going to 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 think that you are turning, this is the base of your backswing sicknesses.

For the club face to come back to the ball square and focused, the geometry and relationship of the arms and chest and shoulders cannot change during the swing. Doing this experiment, you see that what might seem like a backswing to several golfers, but is really a major change in the arms / body geometry which may lead to an entire cluster of wild shots depending on what else the golfer tries to compensate.

Now try a new experiment. Cross your arms across your chest and turn your upper body 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 ought to be making during your backswing.

What is the difference between the 2 turns?

In the first turn, the arms pulled parts of the chest and shoulders until the arms looked like they were in place . The stomach and hips didn't turn.

In the 2nd 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 usually 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, nonetheless it is one of the commonest mistakes I see that many instructors miss during their lessons. Now you can improve your backswing and become more unvarying.

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

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

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