My High Percentage Golf method focuses on the motion of the swing.  The golf swing is about using the arms and hands to swing the club away from the target and then swing the club in a circular and continuous motion up to the finish.  An analogy for the golf swing is to watch a person swinging on a swing to see how to efficiently build and release energy using a swinging motion.  The following video shows people swinging on a swing.

When the upper body reaches the end of the back swing, the upper body stretches band and the hands stretch up.  The motion of the upper body and the hands allows the person on the swing’s seat to swing down and up to the finish.

Notice the patience at the end of the back swing to allow the tension in the upper body and the hands build more energy that is released to swing the person to the highest finish.  There is no thought of stopping the body at the bottom of the swing.  The focus is on the finish.

Mapping the Golf Swing to a Person on a Swing

Since golf is not played by sitting on a swing, the way energy is built up and released using the swing analogy needs to be mapped to the golfer’s body.

• The upper body = the upper body
• The point on the right index finger = the hands
• The palm pad of the right index finger = swing seat

How Swinging on a Swing Correlates to the Golf Swing Motion

The analogy will focus on what to feel in the golf swing and how it relates to swinging on a swing.  The feelings described in my golf blogs, “Feel an Efficient Swing,” “How to Use the Fingers,” and “How to Feel Rhythm” documents what to feel to create an efficient golf swing.

The upper body (the upper body) coils up and point at the outside of the crease of the base of the right index finger (the hands) stretches up to finish the back swing.  During the down swing, the upper body continues to coil as the pint at the outside of the crease at the base of the right index finger “flicks” up to release the energy to swing the palm pad of the right index finger (swing seat) down and up to the finish. Unfortunately, most golfers slow the swing by trying to use the hands and arms to hit or help the ball at the bottom of the swing.

Have patience to wait to feel the action of the upper body and the hands to cause the club to swing down and up to the finish.  This is counter-intuitive because it has nothing to do with hitting the golf ball, but the swinging on the swing video clearly shows this action is essential to creating an efficient swing motion.

Advocates of focusing on swinging the club to the finish:

• Dr. Kwon: “let the back swing mature and then let it go”Dr.
• Manuel de la Torre and Moe Norman: “swing the entire club to the end of the swing in one uninterrupted motion”
• Count Yogi: “continuously going upward”
• Others are Ernest Jones and Jim Flick