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I've spent a lot of hours sitting in my favourite cafe watching people teeing off from a mixture of greens on the course it serves. There is a good viewpoint of people driving off up the first and an even enhanced view of the drive from the 8th tee, which includes the view right down to the green. It is an first-rate way to spend a lazy lunchtime, watching other people playing the game I wish I may perhaps give more time to. Now I am not going to claim to have the best or purest swing out there. It positively has room for development and needs a lot more consistency. But watching others take their tee shot, I can definitely spot the good swing from the bad swing before the ball is struck. Usually the practice swings will show what sort of swing is coming up. Now and then, just the backswing will show the faults. The thing is, I know if I could stand 20 feet away from myself and watch my swing I might be able to point out corrections. Now, this might not be achievable, but down on the driving range it is viable to get my wife to video my swing on the camera video phone. The very first time she did that for me I straight away corrected my swing and lost the worst of my slice in an instant. My swing, like many of the people I watch down in the cafe, was far too flat. By bringing the top of the backswing higher the path to the ball was corrected, the spin was lessened and the ball flew straighter. Why is getting the basic swing correct so important? Golf is a intricate game at the best of times. Striking at a static ball leaves fear in most people's hearts. It might be easy, but look at the distance a goal keeper kicks a spot ball opposed to the distance of a dropped ball. We, as humans, find a moving ball easier to strike. So when it comes to the time to hit the 1.68 inch golf ball with a swiftly moving club head at the far end of a golf club, held at arm's lenth, the odds are severely against us. How often when you were beginning did you top and even just take a fresh air shot? Maybe more than you care to admit? By reproducing an 'authentic' golf swing, one that is the customary shape, we are benefitting from the countless years of playing experience of those who have gone before us have put into finding the perfect swing. The model swing shape puts the clubhead on the straightest line for the longest length of time, which in actual fact is a meager fraction of a second. For this brief moment, for that split second immediately before the club strikes the ball to the fraction of a second afterward when the ball has left the tee, the clubhead is travelling directly to the target and at a level height. Getting the perfect swing is not effortless. But we can try!
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Keith Lunt writes for Golfing Equipment, where you can get involved with golfing conversation and a lot more.
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