Springtime. New life sprouts from the earth. Time to awaken your dormant potential and watch your game bloom! In this season of growth, let’s dig into the core of your swing and redefine that first move of your backswing to get you MORE distance. What should it feel like? Here’s a way to zoom in on a new feeling that will knock your socks off with results.
That’s right, start by raiding your sock drawer, seeking the biggest pair! You can even bundle multiple socks together to make a big, round clump! You’re going to press that clump of socks into your gut, right above your belly button. Use your hands to keep the clump of socks in place while you get in golf posture. Take a firm stance and focus on the spot where the socks are connected to your body. Allow the socks to turn to the right (RH) while maintaining connection to the front of your body. Repeat this feeling of pure turning while keeping BOTH feet on the ground. Don’t complicate this by introducing weight shift! This is the secret starting sauce to a powerful swing that will give you that extra distance you are searching for. Move the connected socks first! Watch the move in a mirror so you can connect the feeling of “socks first” to the picture of you moving your core where the socks are pressing.
Your backswing from last year probably started with arms first and had multiple verbal triggers for moves you had to try to memorize and sequence. That’s cumbersome and ineffective! With the sock turn as your “first domino,” you’ll get other necessary body movements for free! Did you notice what else moved for free without you needing a verbal trigger? Move the socks and the Shoulders turn automatically.
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Move the socks and the Shoulders turn automatically. |
Notice they turn on a tilted angle, with the lead shoulder (left for RH) moving downward, not parallel to the ground. Aha, that contributes to more degrees of shoulder rotation which produces power! Hips move automatically. Aha, notice how they follow the lead of the socks, achieving more rotating than you’ve ever had before. Legs move automatically. Notice how your movement is more centered on the ball and swaying is minimized, resulting in more consistent hits. Remember to watch all your new parts move in a mirror so you have a picture in your mind’s eye that matches that new feel. Repeat until it’s second nature…then go hit balls on the range!
Letting your “sock” core initiate your backswing ensures increased rotation, system wide, for the power you’ve always wished for. Your accuracy will improve, too! Your gut was always telling you to pay attention…imagine a neon sign on that part of your body that reminds you of your new backswing feeling…move it, move it move it! Sock it to me!
