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Mastering the golf backswing has brought you to the point where you are ready to move onto the next phase. This would be the downswing. You now know the movement leading you here and now you can work on your downswing to perfect it.

In the downswing you will see the value of trained hands and developed upper-arm leverage.

The left foot controls a full lateral movement of the whole lower body, from the left foot up to the hips in the downswing. As you know, there is not any lateral movement during the backswing, but it is essential to the downswing. Keep in mind, though, that this lateral movement should only involved the lower body and the upper body, including the head should stay out of it.

The triple combination to learn for the downswing involves the lateral shift, the driving downwards with the hands and left arm at the start of the downswing, and the club being brought down BEHIND the hands and not being allowed to climb over them.

You are now set for a professional movement into the ball and accelerating through the hitting area.

This triple combination makes the movement into the golf ball. It is an important tool that requires work to master which can easily be done through these three moves.

It is unmistakable when you do master the feel of the combination. Once you reach this point you should have no issues retaining it. Once you have the feel you can do nothing but improve.

This power build up will be sustained as you go to the hitting area.

Throughout the movements the elbow stays in proper alignment. It should not disrupt the action and holding correctly ensures that. It also helps the left arm to follow its correct path. The factors that created the movement in the backswing will now help to complete the downswing.

The combination will also help ensure the shoulders are properly held and moved in the turn on the downswing. The shoulders often cause issues because players fail to hold them back. The shoulder turn is delayed so they can be inline at impact, which you now know.

The hips, as well, are going along with the general movement. The left hip moves to allow the arms to come in.

There should not be a reason to focus on hip movement, but shorter and older players may end up focusing in on them. In this case it helps to understand the workings of the move.

The hips moved back in the backswing and now are part of the lateral movement in the downswing. You have to stay alert about the tendency to move the right hip out. Just envision how the hips moved on the backswing and follow that path back.

The shoulders, hands and club head and all coming into the movement and you are positioned right to let the power go freely without force. The triple combination lets you build the momentum so you can get the required direction to the back of the ball and along the line of flight.

This critical part of the swing is mastered through regular practice which ensures an improvement in the new golf swing.

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