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By Karl Fischer
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This is an often-used instruction with some merit, but let's look at it for a
moment.
Any time there is a "direction change on a single plane" (such as a pendulum
changing direction at the top of its swing), the clubhead speed is zero. It is
stopped at the top. Stopped is certainly a pause.
We think that the discipline sought here is not to pause but to "recognize
the top of the swing" so that we actually get there and make a "full swing" as
opposed to the often ineffective "abbreviated" version.
Teachers at the IRGO Golf Academy have often observed swing's being critiqued
as "too fast" ... "slow it down." I do not agree with this generally as such
guidance has the real tendency to cause clubhead deceleration, which can be
worse than what is already in use. Even swing balance can be compromised.
An abbreviated swing naturally appears to be "too fast" but primarily because
the "duration" is short ... the swing does not take very long. Why? Because it
did not swing to a comfortable top. When we make "half a trip," it usually takes
half as long. Certainly it's fast!
A directly beneficial "duration" improvement is to simply say "and" when you
feel the comfortable top of your personal swing. Make sure you get to the top in
all "full swings."
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