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Perfecting The Golf Backswing - Move Your Head By Paul Wilson When Paul Wilson was learning to play golf, his father told him at least 50 times per round to keep his head still. Perhaps you've heard the same advice. Especially when it comes to trying to learn the perfect backswing.
Better advice would be to "move your head a little on the way back" to get a proper backswing.
Why move your head as you take the club back during the backswing? You want to move your head because in order to backswing in a circular motion you need an axis to swing around. An axis has a top and a bottom. When you set up to the ball, you have 1 top to an axis (your head) and 2 bottoms (your legs and feet) to an axis.
Basically, your head should lead the way by moving 5-7 inches to the right as you start your backswing. Swing your head to the right, stay in that position as you come down, and move yoru head forward only after the ball has been hit. Watch any touring pro closely and you'll notice moving your head is the proper backswing technique. In fact, if a ballerina or figure skater didn't move their head first, they would be unable to start their spin at all. Likewise with your backswing. Don't move your head and you never create the two-point axis needed to get proper a proper circular motion.
So the top of the backswing axis is not stationary. It's floating. Your head floats right to left to create the perfect backswing axis. But this does not mean your swing will be a perfect 360 degree circle. It's more egg-shaped. Which is why even a solid backswing technique will never be completely perfect.
Only a one-legged golfer will naturally keep their head still during a backswing. The reason is if you only had one leg you would only have two beginning axis points... your head and one leg. So if you moved your head, ever so slightly, you would effectively elimate the axis completely and, ultimately, lose all the power in your swing.
Most people trying to learn a better backswing techique try to move their head back when I tell them to but they have a hard time actually doing it because it feels so uncomfortable for them to move their head.
To get the proper feeling, you must feel like your head is moving about 1 foot to the right. If you feel like your head is moving 1 foot to the right on the way back, it will actually only move a few inches. One good tip is to try swinging regularly towards a mirror.
Using a mirror for feedback, you can notice if you are moving your head or holding it still. Try it both ways. Now notice how your weight shifts and loads to your right leg as you move your head
when you start the backswing. Do you feel it? If so, know that you have just created the top axis - a fundamental requirement to create the backswing. In fact, the only way to effectively load your right leg is to move your head to the right as you swing back. Don't move your head and you'll lose power.
Another technique you can use to practice your backswing is to wear a hat. Then as you start your swing, check to see if you keep the brim or bill of the hat level to the ground. If so, this means you ARE moving your head. When you notice the brim of your hat tilting to the left, you'll know you didn't move your head and didn't create the first backswing axis.
As a final check just ask a friend to watch your head to see if it moves back a few inches or use a video camera to see for yourself. If your head is too still then constantly remind yourself to move it back or have someone constantly remind you to move your head.
There is one caveat, however. When you move your head to the right this may cause you to hit behind the ball. This is a good clue you are moving your head back properly but what's happening is you are loading your leg too much during impact. To remedy this situation just shift a little more weight off your right leg as you complete your swing and follow through. Pull it off and you'll not only create the perfect backswing axis, you'll hit the ball on the sweet spot every time and with much more power and speed off the face than ever before.
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