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Date Posted: 01:56:00 04/27/09 Mon
Author: JOHN HYNDMAN
Subject: LATEST SWING TIP (XVI)

Excellent advice from David Lake regarding a compact swing with in-to-out swing path.

I have found the best way to achieve a similar result is to ask pupils to keep their ELBOWS AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT SWING. This forces a body generated swing and the right elbow stays close to the right hip.

David's advice about avoiding lateral swaying (the spine acts like a fixed post and everything rotates around it) is a great swing thought.

Pupils who adopt this advice immediately notice cleaner crisper contact and a draw. Once this compact swing is grooved, distance is noticably greater.

My old golf instructor taught me the importance of keeping the elbows close together many years ago. He made me wear an old inner tube from a golf cart just above both elbows. It felt wierd and restrictive to start with but the improved contact. accuracy and distance convinced me he was correct. I believe Ben Hogan used this idea to good effect when proatising.

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[> Re: LATEST SWING TIP (XVI) -- David Lake, 19:41:29 04/29/09 Wed

John,

You have hit on a very important point which I had already decided to make the subject of our next newsletter. As you mentioned, Ben Hogan stressed the benefits of keeping the elbows together throughout the golf swing. The reason, although he did not realize it, was the concept of opposing arm muscles and the disastrous affect that it can have on achieving maximum swing-speed.

I believe that you will look forward to our next newsletter and the results of our testing on the concept of opposing arm muscles in the golf swing.

David Lake


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