Years ago, I learned an excellent analogy for swinging the golf club. I then added another analogy.
At the time I was working with a well-known instructor here in Maryland, Jim Estes. He compared swinging a golf club to an underhand throwing motion.
At one time or another, many of us have stood along a creek, pond or river, pick up a flat rock, and tried to skip it across the water.
That is the same as the underhand throwing motion Jim compared to the golf swing.
I thought this was really good because it helps to simplify in our mind how to swing a golf club with a motion that is somewhat similar to what many of us learn as a child.
We often make the swing so complicated, and this is why many people struggle. Yes, it is a complex athletic movement, but so is throwing a baseball, overhand or underhand.
Since you will skip a stone with your strong throwing arm, I thought I would pair that up with throwing a frisbee with your weak arm.
When we do that, we wind up as we would in the golf swing, then start the throw by turning the hips first, and we simply unwind and release the frisbee toward the target with an extended arm.
The only major difference between doing that and the golf swing is that we are bent over when swinging a golf club.
The result was a video I put together years ago titled “The Golf Swing is like Skipping Stones and Throwing Frisbees.”
Another thing I will add about these analogies… think of how relaxed you are when you perform these other movements.
Take that thought the next time you head out to the golf course.
Stay relaxed, wind up and unwind. I think this will help you pick up some extra yards off the tee.
You can watch the video below. The quality isn’t great, but you’ll get the gist!
