What is the secret of the golf swing?

[Rainmaker]

What is the secret of the golf swing and how can I learn it? 
 

This is a serious question, lol . .I know I'm (probably) not going to get the "secret"  . .I want to know what people think it is or if they even think there is one.

 

edit - I actually mean the secret of the golf swing . .not actually the game of golf. 

Edited May 11, 2016 by Rainmaker

[tshapiro]

Body coil is the key driver, relaxed left handed grip is the main focal point. 

Committ to these principles. The ignition golf youtube videos do a good job explaining.  

Edited May 11, 2016 by tshapiro

[Ernest Jones]

42

[nevets88]

There's no secret. Since forever, people propagate the "fact" there's a secret to make money for golf and everything else.

[Marty2019]

Grip stance posture coil relax uncoil relax keep head still get lessons. 

That's the executive summary. 

 

[saevel25]

  On 5/11/2016 at 7:01 AM, Rainmaker said:

edit - I actually mean the secret of the golf swing . .not actually the game of golf.

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Hit the ball with your weight forward at impact, maintain a head steady, get the hands inline with the club and your lead shoulder at impact with a relatively neutral swing path, and have clubface control to know how the ball is going to curve.

  On 5/11/2016 at 7:12 AM, tshapiro said:

Body coil is the key driver, relaxed left handed grip is the main focal point.

Committ to these principles. The ignition golf youtube videos do a good job explaining. 

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Not for everyone, so not a key

 

 

[boogielicious]

  On 5/11/2016 at 10:42 AM, Ernest Jones said:

42

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Except on a leap year. Then it is 43.

[Valleygolfer]

If I was to give one "secret" after learning the knowledge of the swing, it would be knowing your personal tempo. Your ability to apply the mechanics of the swing at the correct moment for your personal swing.

I found that although I know how to swing the club correctly for the most part, timing is the final frontier of applying it correctly. Example: The faster my tempo gets, the more difficult it is to maintain key elements like still head or weight on my left foot during impact and a few others. I have tried to fix these knowing the problem but could not until I slowed my tempo.

 

Other than all this....it's actually 24, @Ernest Jones is dyslexic.

Edited May 11, 2016 by Valleygolfer

[RandallT]

My vote: no secret. 

I think there are commonalities in people that play very well. A good idea is to find some sound resources who have analyzed those successful swings and tried to document those commonalities, filtering out myth from objective analysis. Better yet, you can even have someone else analyze your swing and tell you where you are most "out of whack" with those commonalities.

So that's not really a secret: decide on the area you are doing something differently than must successful golfers, and treat the root cause of that. Rinse, repeat. We're all different, and even with this approach, we'll all still have unique swings. But the best of us will still likely have a few specific commonalities (with an outlier or two).

 

 

[nevets88]

There's no secret, but there's an unknowable. Can I get X good given my abilities?

You can't answer that definitively, just a best guess. In that case, is the journey the fun part or is it attaining the goal or a little of both? It depends. 

The shorter the question, the longer the answer, major inversely proportional going on here.

[Patch]

There is no secret to the golf swing. Anyone who uses the term "secret" to sell some golf related info is probably a fraud. 

You swing the club head and hit the ball. That's the easy part. The tougher, more important part is getting the club head in the proper position at impact to send the ball on the chosen aim line. There are more than few ways to get to that correct impact position. It's up to the individual to figure out what best works for them. 

That figuring out part is what drives individuals to play the game. 

[RH31]

It's no secret, there are no secrets in golf, but the idea is to square the clubface at impact on the line that your trying to hit the ball on, for a standard, fairly straight shot.

I have no idea how to learn it. I've been playing golf on and off for 30 plus years and it still comes and goes.

[Rainmaker]

  On 5/11/2016 at 1:07 PM, Patch said:

There is no secret to the golf swing. Anyone who uses the term "secret" to sell some golf related info is probably a fraud. 

You swing the club head and hit the ball. That's the easy part. The tougher, more important part is getting the club head in the proper position at impact to send the ball on the chosen aim line. There are more than few ways to get to that correct impact position. It's up to the individual to figure out what best works for them. 

That figuring out part is what drives individuals to play the game. 

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You mean like this guy . . .

 

See . .there you go, that's how it works, lol

Edited May 11, 2016 by Rainmaker

[9wood]

  On 5/11/2016 at 7:01 AM, Rainmaker said:

What is the secret of the golf swing and how can I learn it? 

 

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Fluid motion learned by practice and more practice

[Patch]

If he is using the word secret then yep, like him. 

[Rainmaker]

  On 5/11/2016 at 1:39 PM, Patch said:

If he is using the word secret then yep, like him. 

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Not only does he (AJ Bonar) use the word "secret" but his "magic move" is the "secret in golf that you've never been told".   Not to pick on AJ exclusively. 

 

[Jeremie Boop]

The secret to the golf swing?

Dedication to improving.

[70sSanO]

Over 40 years ago my brother made a statement... golf is easy, all you have to do is return the club back to where it started.  He also said it doesn't really matter what you in between as long as you take it away straight an bring it back straight.

He stopped playing golf a long time ago, and I really don't put that much stock in what he said, but I have carried that around with me since then and I do bring it to mind when there is just too much unnecessary swing clutter going on in my brain.

I really do believe that most people cause the greatest harm to themselves because they approach the golf swing the same way Bob Hope approached the gunfight in The Paleface.

John