Like any other sport it takes time to perfect the golf swing. If you want to be a professional golfer, you need to master the sequence of the swing. If you know how to perform this sequence correctly, your shots and placements of your hits will be uniform. Six stages are important to know. You can group these six stages into only three. These are the most critical of the six. The address, backswing and follow-through are the three stages.
This is the beginning of the sequence. This is the first stage of the sequence. Pay attention to where you are standing and how your body moves before you swing your club. These two factors play an important role in the placement of the ball and its trajectory. You can now begin to work your backswing after you have addressed the ball. You will now lift the club in your backwards to get ready for your strike. You must also do it correctly, as a bad backswing could send your ball flying off target.
You would be in the transitional phase between your backswing and your follow through. Your weight will shift when you swing your club. You do this to get ready for the down swing. You would be creating force and torque as you execute the down swing. This happens just milliseconds after your club contacts your ball.
The shortest portion of the sequence is Contact. It takes less than one millisecond. Although many individuals put their best effort in hitting the ball with their hands, they should not let this be the main focus of their attention. Focusing on the backswing and follow-through is far more important than making contact with the ball. Focusing on hitting the ball will cause you to grip your club too tight, which could lead you to cutting your ball.
Follow through refers to decelerating your swing and the release of torque. It is important to avoid injury. You could get hurt when you don’t follow up after you drive your ball onto the green.