Once you have coiled correctly, you are poised to release your pent-up power. This release at impact is related to three separations that occur as you start back to the ball:
In the accompanying photos, PGA Tour pro John Callahan is demonstrating all three of these separations, highlighted by the separation of the legs using a beach ball. Failure to make this separation usually leads to the club being pulled across the golf ball, resulting in a weak slice.
In the first photo, John is fully coiled. His shoulders have turned twice as much as his hips over a braced right leg. Swinging in this manner, he can easily hold the beach ball between his knees.
In the second photo, he has achieved the so-called “sit-down” position caused by his knees separating. Note that he has maintained the 90-degree angle between the shaft and his left arm.
The stop-action photo allows us to check out this sit-down action with regard to his hips, too. A club shaft placed across his thighs would point parallel left of the target, indicating that while there has been a shift of weight to his front hip, the hips have only slightly rotated, with most of the motion being a shuttle toward the target. From here he is ready to rotate through the hitting area and deliver a powerful blow from inside the target line.
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