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PUSHING

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Rotation of the hips opposite to a slice causing an in to out swing path. The club face is square but your hips are rotating to the right so you will push the ball to the right. If the hips can't turn due to poor posture you will turn the hips too late in the downswing causing a hook or slice. Your hips and shoulders will not turn together so you will not be square at impact. You will also tend to compensate by either closing or opening the club face too much.

The diagram (left) shows the typical pushing posture at impact with the red lines indicating the shoulder and hip relationship and the green line indicates the centre of gravity.

Note: The centre of gravity (COG) refers to the line in the midline from your forehead to the centre of your stance. Changes in the centre of gravity, as indicated by the green line, will alter your centre of balance (COB).

The diagram, (right), shows the typical pushing posture with the centre of balance indicated by the yellow line. The swing arc is indicated by the blue line which also travels in and out of a flat swing plane. Point your mouse over the image to see the golfer dressed in blue which is the correct posture (red lines indicate the centre of balance) and a straight and correct swing arc is indicated by the purple line which also travels along the ideal swing plane. The correct posture should have a spine angle of 30 degrees, or as demonstrated in the diagram by the red lines (red lines also indicate the centre of balance), at 11 o'clock or 1 o'clock depending if you are right or left handed.

Swing Summary: The hips slide and move into an open position. The hands get in front of the ball and the weight is on the left side, pushing ball to the right.

Note: The clock diagram indicates a general swing arc for pushing and both diagrams illustrate the posture at the point of impact.

To see the definitions of swing plane, swing arc and swing path please CLICK HERE

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