Simple Golf Swing Instruction From Ben Hogan and Harvey Penick

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, just for a moment. How many of you have ever read Harvey Penick’s “The Small Red Book” or how many have ever read Ben Hogan’s “Five Lessons The Modern Fundementals of Golf”?

If there ever were golf swing information that struck the nail on the head , these two books did the trick. Now, don’t get me incorrect here, I am not promotion these books, but you can still get them if you want at nearly any book store.

But for golf swing lessons these gave some insight as to what really works.

Here is an example of how to get a visual of the proper club head path and nearly automatically get on the assess plane.

In Hogan’s book he talks about swinging under the plane. The Plane is a sheet of glass with a hole cut into it so that your head can go into the hole. The glass then extends down to the target line, the bottom of the glass sits on the target line while the other end sits on your shoulders with you head through the hole.

This visual gives you the exact plane you should have based on how you are set up, that is your spine angle that will eventually set the swing plane angle.

Now you must swing under the glass so that you don’t break it.

This simple thought and visual coupled with knowing that proper club head path leads to brilliant attack angles to the and through the golf ball.

A further brilliant thought is the spot of the right elbow both on the backswing and on the downswing. On the backswing the right elbow should point just so down to the ground, this puts the right forearm in a at a 90 degree angle spot to the ground and at a right angle to your bicep. Your upper arm or bicep should be parallel to the ground.

While this is happening you have to make sure that you are being paid a excellent shoulder turn. It won’t help to have the right arm in a exact spot and not have a excellent shoulder turn.

Now the downswing – start the downswing be factually slamming your right elbow frankly into your right hip. Honest down and do this hard and quick. Push with the right hand or pull with the left hand , either will work. While you are slamming your right elbow into your right hip , you will be bumping forward with your left hip. This is a lateral go and is one of Harvey Penicks ” Magic Moves” He suggests that you really start the swing with this bump to the left and that this go will help bring your right elbow into it’s proper spot.

Try it both ways… see what kind of results you get. And use what works for you.

If you do it right your swing plane and path will improve straight away as you will hit the ball crisply and very very solid.

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Author: Paul Macleod
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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