Golf instruction - Maintaining good posture

How to maintain good posture throughout the golf swing to ensure consistently good ball flight.

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• golf
• instruction
• mysmartgolf
• josh zander

[8under72]

You're a fantastic teacher Josh. Everything makes sense, thank you for this!

[johnclark237]

why is only required to maintain your posture in a one plane swing? dont most tour players one plane or two keep there butt on that line?

[clarkyboy63]

im a teaching pro myself, and i have to say that this video is hands down the most crystal clear instruction i have seen in a long time. well done!

[GolfForeSjov]

Awesome rail!.......Early hip extension, give us some more pearls!

[golfaddictprostyle]

If you look in a mirror trying rehearse one plane swings, you will never get results and never get the proper feels. I think this swing style is great, but you certainly need to know the pitfalls or you will never understand it and will never hit the ball at all. You really need to understand how it all works. It's an aggressive move with body and doing slow motion or looking in mirrors will kill the swing. If this is the style you choose, you must commit to the steep shoulder turn and lowering.

[golfaddictprostyle]

The bottom line with this swing is getting over the "feel" changes. You will feel like you're popping up if you are not used to it. You will feel like you are straigtening your left leg too quickly, but it has to in order for the rest of the swing to happen. You will not got results from this swing if you look back in a mirror and practice takeaway and turn because you will ultimately end up moving right and turning too flat with the shoulders as you look back in the mirror.

[golfaddictprostyle]

The ground being used as leverage is imperative in this swing. It's imperative in all golf swing styles, but in the 1 plane, it seems like it's even more important. If you get that bend in the knee and shoulder down, the only thing that can allow you to rotate properly is the ground. I'd also like your opinion on takeaway and hinge. It seems like these 2 things can only happen correctly if you get the knee and shoulder working correctly thus preventing you from losing the centeredness we seek.

[golfaddictprostyle]

Josh, thanks for the help. Can you give me your opinion on the feels involved? For one thing, I know you say that you don't feel any pulling. You like to think of it as keeping the hands moving the grip to the impact position. I'd like to know what your opinion is regarding the importance of getting that left knee bend and shoulder in the zone. It seems to me the ONLY way this swing works is if you get that shoulder down by by getting that knee flex and really using the ground on both B/S & D/S.

[golfaddictprostyle]

The biggest challenge to overcome in this swing is the "feel." When you make a big lowering move on the backswing with a lot of left knee bend, it tends to feel like you must pop up ( straightening of the left leg) as you rotate in the forward swing. It also feels like the body is coming up, but apparently if you lower the body with the steep shoulder turn and big left knee bend, it will keep you from moving off the left side thus allowing the straightening of the left leg to happen quickly.