Don’t Quit the Swing
Also Known As: “Complete your follow through” or “Finish the swing”. This swing thought reminds you to perform a complete … Read More
This section provides a wide variety of helpful swing thoughts – or swing keys – to fill your golfing head with. They are fully illustrated and a detailed description along with tips are provided to make sure they are correctly incorporated into your game or practice sessions.
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Entire Swing
Address | Takeaway | Backswing | Top of the Swing | Downswing | Impact | Follow Through
What are swing thoughts?
A swing thought highlights a very specific element of the swing that a golfer tries to focus on when hitting a golf shot. They often take the form of metaphors that lead your brain (and muscles) into executing specific actions.
Why are they useful?
They are best used whenever you are trying to correct something in particular or whenever you need to bring your golf swing back to the basics, or to one of its core elements. Over the course of a long enough stretch of time a golf swing will gradually and incrementally change and it will do so often without the golfer realizing it. In trying to hit better shots golfers will incorporate minor adjustments which when combined will result in a dramatically different golf swing. Focusing on key swing thoughts will allow a golfer to bring his swing back to where it was, or to where it needs to be.
Alternatively, focusing on an entirely new swing key can help any golfer who is struggling with a particular aspect of his game fix that problematic area.
How many should I have in my head at one time?
While very useful individually, filling one’s head with too many thoughts can be disorienting and will lead to a lack of focus, which negates the key objective being pursued.
Golfers that play at their best will usually carry no swing thoughts at all during a round and instead will swing instinctively at the ball. Indeed, a study found 75 of PGA Professionals have no swing thoughts at all. At most, a typical golfer should refrain from having more than one swing thought at a time when playing a round of golf. However, whenever practicing and trying to groove a swing it can be helpful to experiment with various swing thoughts. Still, it is important to remember that swing keys steer your brain into focusing on a specific aspect of your swing. And filling one’s head with too many at a time will negatively crowd your brain and will not allow it to focus properly.
Also Known As: “Complete your follow through” or “Finish the swing”. This swing thought reminds you to perform a complete … Read More
Also Known As: “Throw your belt buckle at the target”. This swing thought encourages you to adopt a position at … Read More
Also Known As: “Point your elbows at the target”. This swing thought encourages you to adopt a specific position at … Read More
Also Known as: “Keep spine angle constant”. This swing thought has you focusing on keeping your upper body forward tilt … Read More
Also Known As: “Ball is in the way of the swing; it’s not the target”. This swing thought gets your … Read More
Also Known As: “Don’t release too quickly”. This swing thought encourages you to try and keep the wrist hinge that … Read More
Also Known As: “Hit down on the ball”. This swing thought encourages you think of the ball as an object … Read More
This swing thought encourages you to keep looking down at the ball, even after making contact and up to the … Read More
This swing thought encourages you to aggressively swing at the ball. This is in contrast to tentatively proceeding with your … Read More
Also Known As: “Smooth swing”. This swing thought instructs you to perform your golf swing almost effortlessly. This is in … Read More
This swing thought reminds you to position your wrists at a fully hinged position at the top of your swing. … Read More
This swing thought has you focusing on making sure your wrists don’t cup or bow when you are executing your … Read More
Also Known As: “Square takeaway” or “Point the shaft towards the target”. This swing thought has you focusing on bringing … Read More
Also Known As: “Inside takeaway”. This swing thought has you focusing on bringing the clubhead back and towards you during … Read More
Also Known As: “Outside takeaway”. This swing thought has you focusing on bringing the clubhead back and away from you … Read More
Also Known As: “Keep the Triangle” or “Keep the Y”. This swing thought has you focusing on keeping the ‘Y’ … Read More
This swing thought has you focusing on taking the club back so that the leading edge of the clubface is … Read More
This swing thought has you focusing on keeping the clubhead low to the ground during the early stages of the … Read More
This swing thought has you focusing on keeping your wrists from becoming too active early in the takeaway and backswing. … Read More
This swing thought has you concentrating on moving the left knee straight forward during the backswing. This is in contrast … Read More