If your right elbow touches your right side during your downswing it indicates that your swing path will align with your goal line when you hit the ball.
The best tip for downswing is making sure that your right elbow meets your right siderib cage.
One of the most important golf swing tips you can use is to make sure your right elbow touches your right siderib cage when your downswing is complete. This will indicate your ability to strike a golf club straight.
But, it’s very hard to make your elbow touch your right side during your downswing.
You should instead focus your attention on having your clubface face an on-line swing path after your back swing, so your right elbow will automatically brush against your right siderib cage when you downswing.
This is one way to make your game better.
The question is: How can you make sure your clubface stays on a straight path after your backswing?
The answer is to make sure that you have an internet swing path set up for your clubface at the beginning of your set-up process.
In addition, if your set up includes an on-line swing path to your clubface, it will correspondingly create a square alignment for your clubface.
The combination of the clubface’s on-line swing path and locked-in alignment will guarantee a straight-ball flight alignment.
After you’ve established a straight alignment it is time to take a comfortable position to your ball. Next, align your shoulders with the target line and center your sweet spot on your clubface.
You can then perform a non-manipulative swing by making sure your clubface does not move off of its pre-swinging path. Your right elbow will brush against your right rib cage while you downswing, and your clubface will touch your ball when it hits the ground on a line that is consistent with your target line.
Your ball must fly straight to the target. This takes into account any wind conditions or elevation changes between you and your ball.
Most golfers don’t know how to set up a straight swing and an alignment for their clubface in the pre-shot procedure.
You can find more than 100 methods in DVDS, books and Special Reports. These instructions will show you how to align your clubface squarely and how to swing the club head on the line during pre-shot procedures. A display of one the DVDs is also available at the site appearing below.
After learning any one of these methods and following the instructions above to set it up, you can rest assured that a non-manipulative swing will result in your right elbow touching your right ribcage during your down swing. You will then hit your ball straight to your target.
This will help you understand why your left elbow should touch your right rib cage when your down swing is completed.
Copyright © 2012 by Gordon Jackson, How Golf Works.