Fred {Couples} is famous for his easy swing.
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There are few gamers within the recreation with a smoother swing than Fred {Couples}. It seems to be as if he’s not even making an attempt, but the ball at all times explodes off the clubface. When he’s hitting balls on the vary, you may’t assist however cease and admire.
The means {Couples} swings the membership makes golf appear simple. He merely takes the membership again and lets it rip. It’s the proper mixture of steadiness and energy. If there’s a swing to mannequin your individual after, {Couples}’ is an efficient place to start out.
{Couples}’ swing keys
When {Couples} makes his backswing, he’s solely fascinated by one factor: finishing a full shoulder flip to the highest.
“I feel each good participant or each good newbie desires to try this,” he says. “And as soon as I get the shoulder flip again, I don’t take into consideration the change in course, it simply occurs.”
On the downswing, {Couples} feels his hips open up previous influence — however he doesn’t permit the clubhead to comply with. As a substitute, he desires the clubhead to launch down the goal line after he makes contact with the ball.
If he have been to let the clubhead begin following his hips after influence, he’d be swinging severely from out to in, which might make it troublesome to generate energy. So as a substitute, he desires to deal with releasing the clubhead down the goal line.
“I launch the membership taking place the road,” {Couples} says. “So study to clear your hips and let the membership go down the road and launch it.”
When {Couples} does that, it makes it simple for him to generate easy energy.
