How should I start my downswing

I've heard so many different views on how to start a downswing and am very confused. Help!

Hey, good question. I've been working on that as well. I'm currently trying to work on a slight shift to the left side...for me that involves getting my right knee back back over my right foot...and at the same time, working to bring my right elbow down towards my right hip...from here, I try to turn my hips a bit and then continue to swing through.

My problem has been casting-related and I've struggled with releasing the club at the right time. I'll be interested in what others might suggest.

I don't think there is one correct way. In general, lower body movement precedes upper body movement. Triggers can be a turning out of the left knee towards the target, push of the right foot, turning the hips. It really depends on what you are comfortable with. Personally, I think more left sided thoughts as I like to lead with the left side and going through the ball as smoothly as possible. I tend to avoid right side thoughts as I have a tendency to try and hit the ball rather than swing through.

my post in the thread "takeaway problems solved" addresses this

Shifting some weight to the left and some hip rotation, then just letting the arms drop nice and easy is how I do it.

You need to start the downswing with your lower body. Transfer your weight from your back leg to your front leg and rotate your back hip around your front hip. Your front leg should act like a gate post and your entire body should rotate around it, not just turning your body towards the target.


The basics of the swing is you are building coil against your lower body with your backswing. To unleash the power built, you need to start turning the lower body towards the target. The lower body will pull the upper body through the impact zone, and the upper body will accelerate because of the coil built. As the upper body speed increases, so does the arms peed, again because of the coil built at the top of the backswing. The arms will also accelerate with the coil built. The elasticity in your body will create all the speed you need. If you do this in any other order, you will have lost most of the power that you were able to build during the backswing and throw the natural timing of the sequence.

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Heres a good article

http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline...468976,00.html

The key to this is timing and feel. You may have to do these moves a lot building up from slow speeds to blend the upper and lower body moves together. Driving with the upper legs is recognised as a powerful move but be sure to move both legs forward so there is still a gap between your knees as you approach impact (as you see Annika do in the article). You can also see how how left hip and shoulder have come up and her right shoulder down before it then starts to come around

Good article, thanks .

maintain good spine angle in the back swing, which will enable proper coil, and then the lower body will AUTOMATICALLY lead the way. trying to figure there is more to it then that will only leave you confused and on a wild goose chase

Thanks for the info...I've been on that goose chase for a while and it's no fun at all. Thanks again!