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The unending search as we are looking for the flawless golf swing

By: Keith R Lunt

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I've spent countless hours sitting in my favourite cafe watching people teeing off from assorted greens on the course it serves. There is a good point of view of people driving off up the first and an still better view of the drive from the 8th tee, which includes the view right down to the green. It is an tremendous way to squander a lazy lunchtime, watching other people playing the game I wish I could give more time to.

Now I am not going to claim to have the greatest or purest swing out there. It definitely has room for progress 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. Typically the practice swings will show what sort of swing is coming up. Occasionally, 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 may not be achievable, but down on the driving range it is feasible to get my wife to video my swing on the camera video phone. The very first time she did that for me I at once 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 right so significant? Golf is a tough game at the best of times. Striking at a static ball leaves fear in most people's hearts. It ought to be easy, but look at the distance a goal keeper kicks a spot ball in contrast to the distance of a dropped ball. We, as humans, find a moving ball more simple to strike.

So when it comes to the time to hit the 1.68 inch golf ball with a hastily moving club head at the far end of a golf club, held at arm's lenth, the odds are hugely against us. How often when you were beginning did you top and even just take a fresh air shot? Possibly more than you care to admit?

By reproducing an 'authentic' golf swing, one that is the customary shape, we are benefitting from the numerous years of playing experience of those who have gone before us have put into finding the perfect swing. The ideal swing shape puts the clubhead on the straightest line for the longest length of time, which in actual fact is a measly fraction of a second.

For this brief instance, 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 straight to the target and at a level height.

Getting the ideal swing is not unproblematic. But we can try!

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Keith Lunt writes for Golf Equipment, where you can get involved with golfing chatter and lots more.

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