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How
To Do The One Piece Takeaway
Using
One Conscious Move
One
conscious move for your backswing? Wow! Do you mean that a main part of
my backswing can be done with one simple movement? Read on to learn
some needed understanding of how this can be achieved.
For
your
short iron hits your backswing is not as long as it is for your longer
irons and woods. One conscious move, done correctly, is all you need to
get your golf club far enough away from the ball from where you can
apply the desired hitting force. However, there is an important
“but”.
Oh
yes! Along with the “one conscious move” there is a whole bunch of
“don’t move this and that”. But, don’t think you have to remember all
the “don’t moves”. They are remembered by the thought of “controlled
body movement”.
By
following the instructions of control and movement in my upcoming
putting and swing modules, you will automatically be doing a ‘one-piece
takeaway’. In fact, I have designed a putting method which uses the
first inch or two of the takeaway movement of your basic chipping,
pitching, and full swing skills.
Amazing!
You can practice the early part of your ‘one-piece takeaway’ by
learning and using my putting technique.
The
instructions which teach the one piece takeaway are in Part 2. But,
first….
Some
Body Awareness Stuff
When
you
stand at ease in your attention position your body, arms, legs, and
head have a beginning, natural position to each other. There are basic
movements which you can do which will maintain most of your natural
body position. Three of these movements are:
1. Bending
forward at your hips
2. Bending
your knees evenly
3. Reaching
your arms forward from your shoulders
(Hmmm!
Do these 3 movements or positions remind you of something you do when
you golf? Or when you see other people golf?)
When
you swing your golf club you will do one or more movements which cause
part of you to move away from your natural body position. If you keep
these unnatural movements to a minimum you will have far less trouble
with your golf swing.
It
is easy to recognize unnatural movements. Think of how comfortable you
are in a standing position without being rigid. When you make any
movement from this position you will use some muscles. You will feel
less comfortable, even though some movements are done within an
acceptable range of comfort.
As
you read this try a variety of bending or turning movements in various
parts of your body. You will find some which are harder to do and which
feel quite uncomfortable.
Hold
both comfortable movements and uncomfortable movements at a position
away from your starting position. You will become aware that within
seconds it becomes harder to hold these positions.
Now,
make a comfortable movement to a comfortable position and hold it.
While in this position try a second movement. Think about how hard it
is to maintain the first position while you do the second movement.
Repeat this idea by firstly moving into an uncomfortable position to
begin this test.
The
final test is to hold your left thumb with your right hand and then try
a variety of movements. It does not matter if they are golf related
movements or not. Your hands and arms will be in the same position as
they are when you hold a golf club. As you experiment with a variety of
movements ask yourself:
Does
this feel comfortable?
Does
this feel uncomfortable?
For
how long does a test movement feel comfortable?
When
does a test movement begin to feel uncomfortable?
Does
a test movement change the pressure of how you hold your
thumb?
Does
one part of your body begin to feel uncomfortable as you move another
part of your body?
Let
your thoughts wander around trying different variations of this test to
find positions and movements which feel comfortable or
uncomfortable.
This
test will help you to learn more about movements related to your
putting and golf swing. When you begin to follow my instructions
involving basic body movements and control you will be more aware of
your positions and movements which are comfortable or not.
The
goal is to guide your golf movements towards total comfort and control.
This includes being comfortable during and at the end of the movement
you are doing. Incredibly, you will find that you will be establishing
takeaway motions which will give you a feeling of weakness but which
set you up for explosive and accurate power in the return part of your
golf swing.
Do
You Get Tired While You Golf? Here’s What Might Be Happening!
No
matter what your physical strengths are you will experience some level
of tiredness as you play the last few holes of your round of golf. You
may not notice this tiredness if you are fairly strong. But, it will
occur in the “small” muscles used to control your swing
movements.
You
will be using one or more movements which take part of your body, arms,
or hands out of their natural alignment. Tired muscles will make it
more difficult to either maintain unnatural positions or make it more
difficult to do the adjustments built into your swing which control
unnatural body positions.
The
first collapse in this scenario will be that your timing of 2 or more
movements will fail. You will feel awkward or weak during a golf shot.
Often, you will blame some technical part of your swing such as your
grip or weight shift or whatever. As you become more tired you will
have problems doing one or more of your takeaway movements. The result
is a poor golf swing.
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