How many times have you heard “swing down the line”? What does someone mean when they say that? Should you swing the golf club around your body and then down the line towards the target ? Humm..now that sounds a little unclear to me and probably for you as well. Let’s address this topic.

Think of the golf swing and how your arms and club rotate around a fixed point, which would be your spine, or torso. If we use the analogy of a tetherball pole I believe the point will be very clear. Imagine the pole represents your body, and  rope attaching the pole and ball is your arms. If we rotate the pole and place an object in the path of the ball, it will strike the object as it approaches from AROUND not on a straight line. Upon contact, the ball, assuming the pole maintains constant position, will then travel back AROUND not in a straight line in the direction of where the ball went. You can certainly see how much velocity would be lost if we were to push or pull the golf club out of it’s natural orbit around the body.

The next time you practice, feel as is the golf club moves around your body on both sides of the swing. I believe you will find your impact alignments will become much stronger and consistent.