Side Strong-setup and swing
 
 

Notice the weight is already set on the left sided, the left hip being the focal point. The left knee is slightly bent to make room for the extra weight on the left side at address, and the right leg is straighter (because it has to stay attached to your body)  but slightly relaxed. Notice the arms are straight but relaxed and the grip of the club is centered with the middle of the body. From there, with most of the weight still on the target side leg and centered on the left hip, the shoulders initiate the backswing move s the club rises, seemingly automatically to the finish of the backswing (using a 7 iron). Once the body reaches the finish of the backswing the torso begins to uncoil in unison with the arms and hands. Everything moves together (staying connected) dropping the club face into the impact area, delivering the club on plane, and releasing the face and golf ball straight at the target. The left side (target side here) stays straight as the weight moves through the shot,posting onto the left leg. The head remains steady and basically in the same place through the swing, allowing a full, balanced follow through


From the back view or the second swing in this sequence, notice the power and club head speed that is generated by releasing the club with little effort down and through impact. Also notice the turning or rotation (not moving or swaying) of the left hip, and the “posting up” (in modern terms, of the left side, like hitting against the left side as the body rotates through impact and again into a relaxed and balanced follow through position.


 
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NOTE:

If you notice a slight breaking or cupping of the left wrist just after impact, it is due to a severely broken wrist as a result of an accident many years ago. I have trained myself (when I am swinging well and when the pain is not too great) to keep the left wrist flat at impact so the club face stays square to my target. After the ball is gone, it does not matter. The weight strong on the target side aids in keeping a square club face and a full release of the club head on line and the club on plane through impact. The left wrist thing is native to my swing, and through extensive practice and experimentation, I have taught myself, and have found, the path of least resistance to swinging well and hitting good shots. My right side actually takes over and keeps the club head moving down the line with a full extension of the right arm.


I get into trouble when my left elbow breaks at impact which results in a “flinching” of the left shoulder, causing the club face to open or close, depending on the compensations introduced by the hands trying to “rescue or save” the swing. that is what happens when injury and pain get introduced into the process. Your body will not do what you need it to do or want it to do, and bad golf shots are the result. these two swing, in the video are actually representative of my normal swing these days when I am hitting good shots and playing well.


Then again, it all comes down to putting and chipping and putting the ball in the hole.