Golf Swing Path
How to Figure Out the Issues
If you are unaware of what a golf swing path is, it’s simply the route your club travels before eventually hitting through the ball. While everyone has a different golf swing path, on an individual note you should have the same one throughout each swing. If you don’t, your ball could reach every part of the course and leave you as irritated as can be.
The Backswing
Your first part of the golf swing path is having the proper backswing. To be honest, we can’t give you a specific backswing to use because it may not be your best option. Instead, we can tell you that you do need to have one that is fluent and doesn’t require thought. Your backswing should become second nature and if it isn’t, then you know it is part of the problem.
A couple things to look at while dealing with this area is your shift in weight, your elbow, and your chin tuck. Each particular area or just one of them may be causing your golf swing path to be all out of whack. So whatever you’ve been taught about each one to this point should be looked at thoroughly.
Check to this if your ball is going left, right, it’s too short, or anything else. Any of these could be a sign on how to properly adjust one particular area. For instance if you are continually pushing the ball to the left, your elbow probably isn’t staying tucked into place. If your ball has no control whatsoever, the shift in weight is probably a huge issue.
The Downswing
Again, this area of your golf swing path revolves around shifting your weight, the pause at the top of your swing right before, and your elbow. There are other variables as well, but we want to keep focusing on these three today. However, that pause which everyone talks about can be just as bad.
What do you think about when you’re in your pause? Hopefully nothing, but when you’re practicing we recommend completely stopping there. Look to see how your body is aligned before the downswing. Does anything look different? Utilizing this little tip can give you an inside look at something you may have missed before.
In fact, we recommend going through your golf swing path in slow motion. Except when you do this, make sure it’s the right way. Don’t be afraid to even knock the ball off the mat or tee in the process. The next time around, speed up your tempo a bit.
Are you able to keep the same form? Then try to make a normal swing and see if your form is the same. Not only will this allow you to find the problem, it will also help you make the right adjustment for your golf swing path.
