Jack Nicklaus once said the one constant in a good golf swing is a steady head, and that’s true across the spectrum of golf shots, from the full swing to the shortest putt.
So what is going to happen when your head moves? For a right handed golfer, the tendency is to move left toward the target. Even a movement left of just a few inches can ruin the shot.
You remember that kids song? It went the leg bone is connected to the ankle bone, and so on. As a golfer, if you move your head the spine is going to move with it. This is going to change the direction the club head returns to the ball.
What happens when this move occurs is a bunch of bad or poor shots. Some shots could be topped shots, sliced or hooked shots, you could even pull the ball or just even smother it. What is happening that causes this is called the outside in swing or the over the top swing.
Sometimes people who watch this move in the golf swing will say that you are lunging at the golf ball.
In the short game, this move will be less magnified, but you are still going to hit poor shots. Not the one that you intended to hit. When you swing that outside to in golf swing when you are pitching or chipping, you are going to most likely going to blade the ball. What happens with the outside to in golf swing most times is that you have a tendency to hit the ball right in the middle (above the equator or in the belly of the ball). This is all caused by that head moving just a little.
There are so many different things or shots that could happen when the head is moving. Some are, those little shanks or hosel rockets to the right or even a skulled or line drive shot.
This poor swing path of the outside to in can also effect your putting. Maybe you’ve stroked a putt and as soon as it’s on its way you know you yanked it left. There is nothing worse than knowing you missed the putt before the ball is even half way to the hole. That is another point about moving your head. Usually when you move your head or even look up when moving your head, all you end up doing is watching a bad shot. It is not what you usually want to see.
Moving the head and changing the spine angle is the cause of most pulled putts and not loose hands or getting wristy as most people think.
Take a look at Tiger Woods. Tiger is a machine. His head never moves. It does not matter if he is killing a tee shot or draining a 5 footer. When he is putting a 10 footer, his head does not move until the ball is almost in the hole. Want a good shot, keep the head still, this is what Jack said and he is right.
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