PULLING

Pulling is due to poor alignment and not being square. Your hips are rotated to the left, your biomechanics faulty, you have an out to in swing plane caused by the body rotating too far left and if your centre of balance is too far left you will close the club face causing the hook.

If you are just rotating too far left with a square club face you will pull because of your poor posture. You think you are square but your shoulders will align left and overcompensate with your hip. If you try to square the hips on the downswing you will create a pull or push hook rotating the shoulder. Rotating more to the left will cause an open club face.

The diagram (left) shows the typical pulling 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 pulling 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 the upright 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 indicated by the purple line, that 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 downswing comes across the ball (towards the body), then swings up to create an exaggerated ‘outside to in’ swing path.

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

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