Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro
You know there are a lot of so-called positions in the golf swing, but if we didn't have cameras we probably wouldn't know most of them exist. So when golf first started all golfers were doing was swinging a club in a circle and hitting a ball and that still holds true today but obviously the circle is going to be the right shape and the ball's going to get in the way of it. So when the Scots invented golf clubs remember they got the design right 1st time it's like a hammer. Hasn't changed a lot in a 1000 years so when we had established our just position and I just used a cane here you can stick in the practice area or a basket of balls or whatever just to mirror the angle of the club be using so that's giving you a clue of the angle you'd like to swing the golf club down on. From here if we were to talk notional positions or points in motion I'd prefer to call it. When you swing back we're trying to get initially level here. Now this is a common position where people in books talk about getting it parallel, but generally often golfers will get that wrong they'll try and put it there, and in doing so move the club way too far behind them too early.
So I'd much prefer you to think about what I call the 8 o'clock position if this was 6 o'clock on the clock face just go to about 8. So if you're keeping the club head outside your hands at 8 o'clock it still conforming to the plane then hold it up at chest height, but notice now how my left wrist is quite flat my right wrist is bent back. I have to fold that back to allow the club to get on the correct angle again think about this logically I like baseball if you are going to hit something you'd fold and get your leaver so your trail arm would fold and rotate. So it's folding and rotating and this position now if you want to call it that as I rotate it just gets nicely on plane. So notice how my lead arm is mirroring the plane and my right wrist is folded back we call that the waiter's tray. From here now I'm in position to be able to start the downswing correctly now as Ben Hogan said this is the crossroads in the golf swing you can make a lovely back swing and then waste it by coming over the top. So what you're really trying to do is pass through that position again notice how my right wrist is still folded back the club still on play and if I turn my body I'm now in a position where that club going to find the ball, and deliver it nicely on plane. So think of them as points in motion that you're passing through join the dots will hit those positions anyway and hit great shots.
2018-11-29 Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro
You know there are a lot of so-called positions in the golf swing, but if we didn't have cameras we probably wouldn't know most of them exist. So when golf first started all golfers were doing was swinging a club in a circle and hitting a ball and that still holds true today but obviously the circle is going to be the right shape and the ball's going to get in the way of it. So when the Scots invented golf clubs remember they got the design right 1st time it's like a hammer. Hasn't changed a lot in a 1000 years so when we had established our just position and I just used a cane here you can stick in the practice area or a basket of balls or whatever just to mirror the angle of the club be using so that's giving you a clue of the angle you'd like to swing the golf club down on. From here if we were to talk notional positions or points in motion I'd prefer to call it. When you swing back we're trying to get initially level here. Now this is a common position where people in books talk about getting it parallel, but generally often golfers will get that wrong they'll try and put it there, and in doing so move the club way too far behind them too early.
So I'd much prefer you to think about what I call the 8 o'clock position if this was 6 o'clock on the clock face just go to about 8. So if you're keeping the club head outside your hands at 8 o'clock it still conforming to the plane then hold it up at chest height, but notice now how my left wrist is quite flat my right wrist is bent back. I have to fold that back to allow the club to get on the correct angle again think about this logically I like baseball if you are going to hit something you'd fold and get your leaver so your trail arm would fold and rotate. So it's folding and rotating and this position now if you want to call it that as I rotate it just gets nicely on plane. So notice how my lead arm is mirroring the plane and my right wrist is folded back we call that the waiter's tray. From here now I'm in position to be able to start the downswing correctly now as Ben Hogan said this is the crossroads in the golf swing you can make a lovely back swing and then waste it by coming over the top. So what you're really trying to do is pass through that position again notice how my right wrist is still folded back the club still on play and if I turn my body I'm now in a position where that club going to find the ball, and deliver it nicely on plane. So think of them as points in motion that you're passing through join the dots will hit those positions anyway and hit great shots.
