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Lee certainly has a wonderful understanding of the golf swing. Lee's swing is a bit unorthodox as he reroutes the club on the downswing...not a conventional golf swing to say t...

I adore to listen to Lee Trevino speak about the golf swing. If there ever was a self-created man, Lee is certainly it! The Merry-Mex discovered golf the tough way, sneaking onto golf courses and caddying when he was young. He practiced lengthy and tough when he was a young man in Mexico diligently honing his craft.

Lee surely has a wonderful understanding of the golf swing. Lee's swing is a bit unorthodox as he reroutes the club on the downswing...not a typical golf swing to say the least. One thing Lee Trevino understands very well is how the golf ball responds to the club face at influence....which is the only thing the golf ball cares about. Do you believe the golf ball cares about how your swing looks? All it knows is what is taking place at effect.

When I lastly figured out what Lee Trevino was talking about it made a tremendous effect on how solidly I began to strike the ball. I know this is a clich and you possibly have heard it a million occasions, you must hit down on the golf ball to make it go up! Do you know what is actually taking place when a golf ball is nicely struck at effect? It took me eight years prior to I figured this out...and it was Lee who lastly explained it to me.

Most golfers "flip" the club face at the ball in a futile try to make the ball go up...if there ever was a move in the golf swing that robs you of energy, this is it. Lee likes to think about the back of his left hand is the club face while he is swinging. On the down swing he imagines "trapping" the back of his left hand into the back of the ball...an incredibly potent move that keeps the golf club at a proper angle with the left arm deep into the downswing. "Hit the back of the ball with the back of the left hand" is Lee's mantra. Globe popular golf swing guru Butch Harmon says he likes to really feel like he has Bethlehem Steel in his left wrist at impact.

So what happens to the golf ball at impact when it is struck appropriately? When you swing down on the ball at influence the golf ball in fact spins up the club face to the leading grooves. This is what the grooves in the club face are for...this is what offers the golf ball spin. How do you think pro golfers quit the ball on a dime on the green? They are using much more of the grooves on the club face than amateurs. Golfers who flip the club face at effect are only using the bottom grooves on the club face...the result a weak, flat trajectory with tiny spin...Their left wrist has entirely broken down at effect.

Watch the golf pros left wrist at influence...most of them have a bowed left wrist at influence...the opposite of the golfers who flip at the ball where the left wrist has broken down. This bowed left wrist enables a late strong release into the golf ball...the secret to tremendous energy off the tee.

Next time you go to the range, feel "Back of Left Wrist Into Back of Ball" as you start your downswing. This mental image forces you to swing from the inside and retain the release deep into the downswing. The ball will start sounding various coming off your club face due to the fact you will now be hitting the golf ball the way the club was created to strike a golf ball. Your golf ball will have a greater trajectory and it will go a lot further.

Try it...it functions!

Hit 'em Long and Straight!

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