Fundamentals obviously are basic to every golf swing. If you have good fundamentals, you probably hit some pretty good golf shots. If you hit a lot of bad shots your golf swing fundamentals are probably not so good. Fundamentals start with a good grip, and continue with good alignment, good posture and a good setup. These are pre-swing fundamentals.
In swing fundamentals are moves that you use in your golf swing that occur, or should occur, during the course of every swing action. As described on the homepage, for example, a setup Target Side Strong, with much weight starting on the left side, will lead to a one plane golf swing where the club is set in a good backswing position, and then released into impact kind of automatically from that good backswing position. that is what we are all striving for, a golf swing that happens automatically once we have completed our pre-swing fundamentals. You want to be able to start your torso turning away from the target, and then let the club swing through the ball without having to think about it.
Another modern in-swing fundamental is called staying connected, or connection. Connection happens when your arms and torso swing at the same relative speed, where your golf club stays in front of you, in front of your chest throughout the entire swing. The arms and hands do not race through the swing. You don’t force a swing with timing by using small muscles. On the contrary, you swing your arms and the club with your torso, and in essence, you are delivering the club head into the impact zone, and hitting the ball and getting your club head speed and power and control from “hitting it with your chest.” You turn your torso and arms and club at the same time and at the same speed, you do not swing the club with your arms and hands. this is old school and virtually ineffective in terms of todays golf game and equipment. If you want to be consistent, learn to use the large muscles, and the core muscles to swing the golf club.
Another in-swing fundamental involves moving into a strong target side as you swing the club down into and through impact and into the follow through. Your target side cannot break down, or move past where it was at setup. Meaning you cannot sway, in a sense, toward your target and expect to hit solid golf shots. If you do, you change the plane of your swing, and you change the angle that the club face enter into impact with the ball, resulting in a not so good golf shot. In essence, your head must remain an anchor in order to swing the club effectively and ht solid shots. You must rotate your torso and your body around and underneath your head and stay target side solid. The basis for a connected solid golf swing.
