Rant: Keep you head down is still a popular tip

I don't think I understand.  So when someone lifts their head prior to impact the correct thing to say is?

maybe this tip helps than.

you should try to hit the ground under the ball.

Most likely your lifting your body up at impact.

if you try to hit the ground under the ball you keep

your body in the same position and make better contact with the ball.

its about moving your head, not lifting. When you take it back your head moves when you start the downswing your head moves, watch the top pro's their head stays perfectly still. You need to keep your eye focused on the spot you want to hit during the entire swing.

Moving your head leads to chunks, skulls, etc

Then why is it called "keeping your head down"?

No, pro's don't keep their heads "perfectly still". The best players to ever play the game lowered their head several inches.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. How much do you think Tiger moves his head? How about Ben Hogan?

Is what I was quoting. I don't MEAN anything by it. You said it. I referenced the general 'pros' that YOU were discussing. Should be pretty clear. If not, (you seem dense to me) A) Plenty of great players, e.g. 'Pros' like Hogan and Woods, move their heads during the swing to a small degree. B) They can control their head movement because they don't move it a whole lot, overall, they have excellent body control, etc. In other words, they keep it 'Steady, not still'. C) All of their heads point/look DOWN. D) A simple 'keep your head down' is a sound piece of advice for most amateurs, since that thought or feel will inevitably keep the head more steady overall. Easy?

lifting the head through impact (anticipating the ball flight) ...or maybe better yet - taking your eye off the ball is unquestionably, and undeniably the greatest single fault poor golfers commit which 100.0% of the time leads to bad contact.    I dare the OP to dispute that ... what a silly trollish thread

I alway got told that the "keeping the head down" was part of keeping control throughout the swing, this is, as a novice, when your head moves, other things move in response, like wise, if other things move, then, your head moves.

I can see why it may be less important as a mid->low handicapper, but for high ones like myself, my head shows control of my body, once my swing is more advanced, then, I could get away with moving it, until now, my head, and eyes are locked firmly to the ball, even after Ive hit it!

Dabz

I would hit thin shots occasionally and then someone watching me swing commented that I was lifting my head (and consequently my upper body) to see see the ball fly.  I made a conscious effort to do less of that and I seem to hit fewer thin shots.  /shrug  Maybe there are some golfers out there who's head is detached from their body and they can wave it around like a sparkler and not have it mess up their shot.  Sadly, I am not one of them.

He's not.