Your Head Can Move in 10 Different Directions During Your Golf Swing and Eight Movements Are Faulty



It is no wonder that Teaching Pro Jack Grout said that young Jack Nicklaus at age 10 had a "bobbing head." It is possible for golfers to "bob" or move their heads in as many as 10 different ways during a full golf swing. Grout corrected Nicklaus' head movement by grabbing Jack tightly by his curly hair and having Jack hit balls for three hours until he cried. Jack got the message and he was able to keep what he called a "rock, solid head" with no movement throughout most of his swing.

A current and thorough video analysis of top tour players' head movements reveals that only a handful, to include Jack, Adam Scott, Phil, Ricky Fowler, Payne Stewart and Lexi Thompson, keep a" rock, solid head." Most others move their heads from 1" to 3" but in directions that are NOT harmful to their swings. Timing and coordination enable today's top players to get the clubhead back to square at impact, thereby minimizing any negative effect of their head movement. For perhaps as many as 95% of the non-tour players out there, a steady head is still the most important aspect of the swing that will lead to lower scores. http://www.headusnext.com

To help you actually feel these head movements, as you read them, envision that you are addressing a golf ball with your normal posture, feet about shoulder width, knees bent slightly, with your arms hanging loosely in front of you as if you were holding a club. You can place a ball on the floor, in tee off position, next to the wall. You are in your set up posture and ready to hit the ball. Your head is slightly behind the ball. You do NOT have a club however because it would hit the wall. Your forward tilt enables you to rest your upper forehead against an imaginary spot on a wall. The target line is to your left (for a right handed golfer).

Here are the 10 directions you can move your head during your swing. Only the first 2 movements are permissible. The other 8 will result in missed shots.

1. Moving your head straight downward and below the imaginary spot but with your head still on the wall. You probably recognized that many of today's top golfers move their heads in this direction during their backswings and to the point of impact. Tiger Woods and Rory McElroy are two. They also squat their legs slightly at impact. Sean Foley, a recent Tiger swing coach, refers to this movement as a "power squat." But with their timing, their coordination, their heads still behind the ball, and arms in full extension, they are able to make solid contact at impact.

2. Sliding your head to the right, away from the spot but with your head on the wall. If you closely watch Pro swings on TV, you will notice that many pros do move their heads from 1" to 3" to their right (right handed golfers), on their backswings. Arnie, Gary, Greg Norman and Nick Faldo are examples of this movement. But all good golfers will return their heads close to the address position and will have their heads BEHIND the ball at impact. If the golfer does NOT return his head to the address position or does not keep his head behind the ball at impact, he is probably hitting off his back foot, coming over the top and slicing the ball with little power.

3. Moving your head upward and above the spot but with your head still on the wall. Few, if any top golfers, move their heads in an upward direction. Unless the golfer can return his head back to where it was at the address position, this head movement will usually result in an errant shot or even a "whiff."

4. Sliding your head to the left, away from the spot but with your head on the wall. This movement is a serious flaw. The golfer's weight probably does not shift to his right side during the backswing so that most power is lost. More often than not, this movement will cause a slice or a push to the right or a pull to the left as the golfer tries to get back to address position.

5. Moving your head backward and away from the wall so it no longer touches the imaginary spot or the wall. Depending on how much of this movement occurs during the backswing and/or downswing, this movement will cause a hit off the toe of the clubhead leading to the "worm burner" or a slice or push to the right. Good golfers rarely move their heads back and away from the ball.

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