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The Minimalist Golf Swing’s pre-shot routine

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All recent lessons have indicated that applying the MGS pre-shot routine in very deliberate steps ensures that all positions are correct. Three lessons over the past 5 days come to mind – a female Tour player, an 80-year-old, and an 11 year old.

The first was a bit embarrassed to twist and unconsciously got out of the ‘twist’ just prior to the start of the backswing, or over-did it, and allowed the head to droop to far to the right. The second kept forgetting the steps so needed them reinforced, one at a time. The third always made the set-up and swing in a hurry and did not get into MGS positions all the time, and was rather upset.

So, make a note of each one of the individual steps you use in your set-up routine, and then practice making each one deliberately, almost pausing between steps. The deliberateness of it all not only ensures nothing is forgotten, but also helps to slow the mind down.

It is also important to only have meaningful steps during the routine. A step such as looking at the target (especially after an MGS twist!) is not particularly useful for the full-swing, as no hand-eye co-ordination for distance-judgment is required.

3 replies on “The Minimalist Golf Swing’s pre-shot routine”

  1. Kiran – one of the things I find students doing after they make the twist, is that the right shoulder gets pulled back forward as the attempt is made to address the ball. This includes me LOL, and I am wondering since you want a straight line between the left arm and the club shaft as much as possible, if it would not be better to set the club in its natural position behind the ball ala Moe Norman instead of all the way up by the ball.

    Kevin

    1. Kevin. Great to hear from you. Yes, a lot of students tend to ‘unwind’ a part of the twist before the actual start of their backswings. Some do it while loosening up/waggling/making other small movements between end of twist and start of backswing. For others, it just happens, much like a coiled spring which uncoils a
      bit. They should either make more of a twist to start with or consciously feel that the twist they have during set-up remains. More twist is better than less, will post an explanation soon.

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