I recently was asked by one of my students how far should they rotate the shoulders on the backswing. This question comes up often with students, especially when they try hitting the golf ball with drivers.

Ideally you should maximize your turn. What this means is your shoulders will be 90 degrees to the target which places the center of your back towards the target. One thing many golfers do is swing the arms and not move the upper body(shoulders) correctly during the backswing. What you should look for is keeping the hands in front of the chest and not allowing the arms to continue swinging back when backswing rotation stops. This lack of support from the body will lead to the arms working independently throughout the golf swing. Try to imagine the arms will not move back unless the turn engages and I think you will find it much easier to blend the arm swing with the body pivot.

Golfers must understand where to look when searching for “what is wrong with my swing.” I recently read an article from Bobby Eldridge, the self- proclaimed internet golf guru. I am sure he has helped some folks out and maybe even can break 80 himself. I can assure you that when you understand the impact alignments and the swing patttern to produce them time and time again,  all other information you are bombarded with from these guys is irrelevant! It drives me crazy seeing so much fluff going on when teaching golfers.  Any questions feel free to ask!!