What Does Across The Line Mean In The Golf Swing And How Can I Stop It (Video) - by PGA Instructor Peter Finch
What Does Across The Line Mean In The Golf Swing And How Can I Stop It (Video) - by PGA Instructor Peter Finch

What does across the line mean in the goal swing and how can I stop it? Now across the lime refers to a position that your club gets into at the top of the back swing. Across the line is when the club travels up and as it reaches its pinnacle at the top of the swing, it points off to the right hand side like this. Now as you get into the across the line position, what it actually refers to is the club moving across your target line. So you have your target line from the ball down to where you want it to go. The body alignment line and as the club moves up, if it goes across the line, it’s pointing out in that direction and going across the target line.

Now there’re many different reasons why you would get into this position and there’re a few real check points that you need to actually kind of go through. The first of all is the wrist position at the top of the swing. If you’re going to a cupped position, which means the wrist actually move in this direction here, and you get an angle in between especially the left wrist in the arm, the club will normally follow and get into an across the line position. So the first checkpoint you need to make is to make sure the back of the left wrist is level and is in parallel to the back of the left arm. And if you get into this position, you shouldn’t go across the line. Another reason is for the right hand to become too dominant and to actually take control especially with the lower part of the right hand. A good way to stop, this is to practice swinging back and actually to effectively get the club pointing out behind you. If you can practice swinging back and getting the club pointing out behind you, then this will actually eliminate, the across the line movement. So those are two checkpoints that you can use. If you are swinging across the line, there are number of different faults that can actually occur; you can swing down on an inside path, but most normally, it’s in big re-route of the club. And a lot of people actually start to cut across the ball. So if you are cutting across the line at the top, first of all check the wrist position, make sure you’re not cupped, you’re on the back o the left hand, the back of the left wrist to be flat against the back of the left arm. And then make sure, the right hand isn’t becoming too dominant. If you are cutting across the line, use those checkpoints practice, and hopefully, you’ll see some better golf shots. 2014-10-16

What does across the line mean in the goal swing and how can I stop it? Now across the lime refers to a position that your club gets into at the top of the back swing. Across the line is when the club travels up and as it reaches its pinnacle at the top of the swing, it points off to the right hand side like this. Now as you get into the across the line position, what it actually refers to is the club moving across your target line. So you have your target line from the ball down to where you want it to go. The body alignment line and as the club moves up, if it goes across the line, it’s pointing out in that direction and going across the target line.

Now there’re many different reasons why you would get into this position and there’re a few real check points that you need to actually kind of go through. The first of all is the wrist position at the top of the swing. If you’re going to a cupped position, which means the wrist actually move in this direction here, and you get an angle in between especially the left wrist in the arm, the club will normally follow and get into an across the line position. So the first checkpoint you need to make is to make sure the back of the left wrist is level and is in parallel to the back of the left arm. And if you get into this position, you shouldn’t go across the line. Another reason is for the right hand to become too dominant and to actually take control especially with the lower part of the right hand.

A good way to stop, this is to practice swinging back and actually to effectively get the club pointing out behind you. If you can practice swinging back and getting the club pointing out behind you, then this will actually eliminate, the across the line movement. So those are two checkpoints that you can use. If you are swinging across the line, there are number of different faults that can actually occur; you can swing down on an inside path, but most normally, it’s in big re-route of the club. And a lot of people actually start to cut across the ball. So if you are cutting across the line at the top, first of all check the wrist position, make sure you’re not cupped, you’re on the back o the left hand, the back of the left wrist to be flat against the back of the left arm. And then make sure, the right hand isn’t becoming too dominant. If you are cutting across the line, use those checkpoints practice, and hopefully, you’ll see some better golf shots.