Magic Golf Move - The Early Backward Wrist Break

Magic Golf Move - The Early Backward Wrist Break

A couple years back my brother in law Steve told me how one magic golf move he employed early in his back swing totally changed his golf game. He went on to say this one "magic move" is so suttle, he couldn't believe what a difference it made in his golf swing.

Steve told me he had been sitting at an 8 handicap for about 4 years and was getting very frustrated at his lack of improvement. He practiced diligently however he had reached a plateau in his golf game.

He went through about four golf pros during this time, and every one of them told him there was nothing wrong with his golf swing. Eventually he started playing less and less golf and was about ready to quit.

Then while we were on vacation my brother in law was looking through an old book store in Boston, Massachusetts when he found an old copy of Joe Dante's "Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf" written in 1972. He found himself so caught up in the book an hour had passed before he realized it...so he bought it.

Steve showed me the book and as I leafed through it I was amazed at all the beautifully drawn illustrations showing how to swing a golf club properly

Andy Brown has since revised this book for the 21st century and offers many media formats to read or listen to the book.

Steve turned to the chapter that explains "the early backward wrist break" and told me this one magic move has totally transformed his golf game! "You know John", Steve said, "golf teachers don't tell you anything about how to break the wrists early in the backswing". Steve believes the first 18 inches of the back swing are the most critical.

Most golfers fan the club face open early in the back swing causing them to swing the club way too much to the inside...This fatal move immediately puts your golf swing off the proper plane. Golfers then usually spend the rest of the golf swing trying to adjust so they can just make contact with the ball...not a good recipe for success!

This book explains how the club head should move in the early part of the back swing...if you correctly perform the early backward wrist break your swing will be on plane early in the swing...Steve says he feels like the club is swinging itself...a truly effortless swing!

I am happy to say that my brother in law Steve is now a scratch golfer thanks to this one magic move that has transformed his golf game!

When you make the backward wrist break perfectly - only one knuckle of your left hand (right handed golfers) and two knuckles of your right hand should be visible and the golf club should be parallel to your target line.

(Photo courtesy of The New Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf by Andy Brown and Joe Dante.)

You pay a lot of money to play this great game of golf...so why not enjoy it more by playing the golf you are capable of?

Try this golf swing takeaway tip and build the early backward wrist break into your golf swing and I promise you will halve your handicap in 2 weeks!

Hit 'em Long and Straight!

John Lynch

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Golf Swing Tip - Hogan's Pane of Glass

 Hogan's Pane of Glass explained in detail.

The best mental image ever devised to keep your golf swing on plane is "Ben Hogan's Pane of Glass". Hogan spends a whole chapter in his book "Five Lessons" on the swing plane using this "pane of glass" imagery. This tells you how important he felt swinging the club on plane is to becoming a great golfer.

Look at the drawing above and burn it into your psyche! This large pane of glass is angled from the ball all the way through the golfer's shoulders and beyond. The angle of the pane is dictated by the golfer's stance. Imagine a hole in the center of this large pane of glass just big enough for the golfer's head to poke through.

Hogan liked to imagine this pane of glass when he swung because it allowed him to swing the club under this imaginary "pane of glass" in the back swing as well as down into impact and into his finish - without breaking the glass!

The truth is Hogan's golf swing was always on plane and he is considered by most to be "the best ball striker who ever lived"!

This image alone has helped me tremendously in learning how to attack the ball from the all powerful inside. When you learn how to swing down from the inside, you develop that all important "lag" in your golf swing - and lag is the secret to effortless power in your golf swing!

If you have an "over the top" swing (aka casting), you can see how you would break this pane of glass at the start of your down swing. By being aware of the pane of glass your hands will drop down to your side during the down swing, maintaining your lag (aka the slot - illustrated beautifully by Hogan in the photo on the right).

You will be attacking the inside quadrant of the golf ball - a very powerful image to have for your golf swing.

The "pane of glass" image also helps your backswing. If you swing the club too much to the outside during the initial part of your back swing, you will break the pane of glass. By keeping Hogan's image in your mind as you start your backswing your arms will stay connected to your body - you are almost forced to swing the club on plane! The wrists will cock by themselves without you giving them any thought.

The other nice thing about using the Hogan "pane of glass" image is it will help with your alignment. As you settle into your stance, imagine Hogan's pane of glass being perpendicular to your target line. This will help you align your feet, your hips, and your shoulders to the target line - all crucial components for proper alignment.

Hogan's pane of glass image also keeps you centered and stacked during the golf swing because your head movement will be minimal - remember your head is poking through the hole in the glass.

So work Hogan's "pane of glass" image into your regular golf routine and learn to become a great striker of the golf ball - just like Ben Hogan!

Hit 'em Long and Straight!

--John

To learn more about "The New Four Magic Moves To Winning Golf" and the early backward wrist break, John recommends you visit: TheNewFourMagicMovestoWinningGolf.com

Golf And The Four Horses

In the "Shime" chapter of the Shobogenzo, Zen Master Dogen Zenj discusses the "four horses," which is a metaphor used by the Buddha in the Samyuta-Agama sutra. This metaphor of the four horses speaks about how we are when we practice the game of golf; four, one could say, classes of students.

The first horse, the superior class, is like a horse that runs fastest by merely feeling the whip's shadow. The second horse, the good class, runs fastest when the whip brushes its hair, the hair of its mane. The third horse, the poor class, runs fastest where the whip has actually touched its flesh. And the fourth, the lowest kind of horse, is the one who runs fastest only when the whip can be felt to the marrow of its bones.

At first glance we all want to be like the first horse in the superior class. These are the fast learners...the ones who seem to be a natural. Dogen Zenji says this may not be so desirable. A study of master golfers has shown that it is not the students with innate natural abilities who have achieved golf mastery. The golfers who have achieved mastery are mostly the students with average to below average natural abilities...the ones who have practiced their craft diligently. This is very interesting...why is this so?

The road to mastery for all students has many plateaus in skill levels interrupted by brief spikes in improvements. When the first class of student takes up golf they see an immediate spike in improvement in their skill level and are very motivated. When they reach that ultimate first plateau where they do not improve despite hard practice, most gifted students get discouraged.

Gifted students are used to seeing fast progress, so they may blame the instructor or something else just so they don't have to put in the hard work that is needed to attain mastery. Many superior students will then give up the game due to frustration.

Superior athletes who never make it big are seen in ALL sports. We all have heard countless stories about gifted athletes who never made it big because they weren't willing to put the time in needed to reach their innate potential.

The fourth class of student will see slow improvements, much time spent on plateaus in their skill level. If the fourth class of golf student stays with it and practices hard they will learn the golf to the marrow of their bones, like the fourth horse.

Before you can master ANY skill, you need to learn the skill to the marrow of your bones. To learn golf to the marrow of your bones you need to stay at each skill level for however long it takes. Most first class students never learn the skill to the marrow of their bones because it comes easy to them. The time spent on plateaus for students who learn fast are shorter than the ones who learn slower.

The paradox of the four horses parable is we must practice like the fourth class of horse to become like the first class of horse.

Hit 'em Long and Straight!

John Lynch

About The Author

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Magic Golf Swing Move: Golf And The Four Horses

Magic Golf Swing Move: Golf And The Four Horses: In the "Shime" chapter of the Shobogenzo, Zen Master Dogen Zenj discusses the "four horses," which is a metaphor used ...

How to become a scratch golfer with the early backward wrist break

How to become a scratch golfer with the early backward wrist break

The game of golf used to be hard for me to enjoy. No matter what I did I couldn't get any better than a bogey golfer(18 handicap).

I watch the Golf Channel and read Golf Digest religiously - there was something missing in my golf swing and I could not put my finger on it.

I was your typical bogey golfer - if I started my round of golf on a good note I usually did pretty well and would shoot mid to high 80's. If the wheels on my golf swing began to wobble I would find myself tinkering with my golf swing on the golf course - a recipe for disaster!

My golf swing was not perfect however I got by. I had incorporated an early move in my back swing that allowed me to swing the club more to the inside and at the same time fan the club face open. I learned this move because if I timed my impact just right, I seemed to hit the golf ball farther. 

However this move in my golf swing was hit or miss - sometimes I smoked the golf ball down the middle of the fairway - and sometimes I snap hooked it into the woods.

So ended my 2006 golf season and still no progress - handicap 18 and holding steady.

The 2006-07 winter here in New England had been unusually cold, snowy, and LONG! - It was now spring and my golf swing still rusty from the long winter layoff.

Needless to say, I was anxious to start my 2007 golf season with high hopes of really making an impact on lowering my golf handicap from the 18 I had been sitting at for so long.

Then in early May 2007 my brother in law told me about this golf swing move he learned from an old dusty golf book that had done wonders for him - a move he said puts his golf swing on plane early in the swing.

What is this move you ask??

Read on...

The early backward wrist break!

As I began to practice the early backward wrist break my golf swing felt very weird. I thought "this can't be right". However I stayed with it and continued practicing this early backward wrist break.

I gradually began to notice the golf club felt much lighter as I swung...I also began to find it easier to drop the golf club into the "slot" during my downswing allowing me to really attack the golf ball from the inside.

Then I suddenly realized, "I've been yanking the golf club way too far to the inside at the start of my back swing, and now my golf swing is on plane!"

"This is why the golf club feels so much lighter; I am now swinging the golf club on plane!"

I noticed a more penetrating ball flight with my irons AND my woods...

The golf ball was now exploding of my club face! Also, I noticed the golf ball was sounding different coming off my club face - it sounded like - "click".

And this story gets even better...

Five days after learning the early backward wrist break I carded my first ever hole-in-one!

I quickly developed much more confidence in my golf swing - I now knew where the golf ball was going. This confidence transferred to my short game and I began to score on the golf course.

I was now thoroughly enjoying the game of golf!

I was no longer happy with pars; I now wanted birdies and eagles!

In three short months my handicap had already dropped to a 10 - that's 8 strokes!

My dream came true in May 2008 when my handicap dropped to 0 - scratch golf!!

All because of this one move early in my back swing!

I can truly say without a shadow of a doubt the early backward wrist break has totally transformed my golf game and I want to shout this out to the world!!

One year ago I was an 18 handicap, I am now a scratch golfer!!

Hit 'em Long and Straight!

John Lynch

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The Real Secret to the Ben Hogan Golf Swing

Dr. Bob Rotella (Doc) the sports psychologist stated in his book "Golf is Not a Game of Perfect" he interviewed Ben Hogan shortly before Hogan's death in 1997. Rotella asked Hogan what the real secret to his golf swing was?

Hogan replied he always told people his "secret" was the cupping of his left wrist at the top of his backswing which eliminated the nasty hook he had early in his career. Hogan then told Rotella the reason he said this was because people wanted to hear something mechanical about the swing - so he gave them what they wanted to hear...

Which was a lie!

Hogan went on to say it wasn't until 1946 when he was 34 that he won his first major - the PGA Championship. He said he started winning major championships because he stopped being so mechanically minded on the course and began playing by "feel" and trusting his golf swing.

Since the Ben Hogan golf swing at this point in his life was already fundamentally sound because of all those years of tireless practice, there was no need for him to think about his swing while under the extreme pressures of major championship golf. Hogan started to trust his golf swing out on the golf course and eliminated all those mechanical thoughts preventing him from entering the winner's circle more often.

Hogan learned how to take his golf swing from the practice range to the course. He said this was like lifting a ton of bricks off of him, freeing him to use his imagination and instinct rather than his ego driven intellect.

Once Hogan began playing by feel on the course his golf game took a quantum leap! He began to score, and score often...

The result, 9 major championships!

Everyone always thought (and still do) Hogan's golf swing secret was the cupping of his left wrist at the top of the backswing which prevented him from hooking the ball - a demon he struggled with for a decade.

Hogan said you need to trust whatever golf swing you bring to the course and simply react to your target. The time to tinker with your golf swing is NOT out on the course but on the practice range...

This is the "real" secret to the Ben Hogan Golf Swing!

Now you know the real secret to the Ben Hogan Golf Swing!

By John Lynch

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Early backward wrist break in the golf swing - what is it?

What is the early backward wrist break in the golf swing?

Dear Golfer,

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Lemme explain...

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It is a simple matter when one cuts through all the smoke of misinformation.

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The truth is the average amateur's handicap has stayed the same in the past 30 years even with all the advances in golf equipment technology.

Why is this so???...

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