Coil in Body

If my body is constructed by rubber or synthetic like material, I think driving a ball so far that I will lose sight of it will be a simple task. Unlike rubber, it is very difficult for me to store sufficient “kinetic energy” in my body so I could release them forcefully onto the ball. Like rubber, when I intend to store too much energy, it will snap and all stored energy is released unintentionally.

Always hear that keep the head down, keep the ankle bent, keep swing smooth, keep it simple…. I think the main point behind all these is to maintain a motion that is not over extending any parts of the body so the energy stored is preserved. Keeping the spine angle allows me to maintain proper swing path, thus chance of producing a clean hit is easier. Keeping the ankle bend allow me to transfer weight easier, keeping the swing smooth means no over-swing that will cause unintended lost of force or avoid additional force on downswing that introduce unnecessary club manipulation.

Properly coiling the body is the fundamental step to build energy, keeping limbs bend is “storing” the energy. Releasing energy is uncoiling the body, fully extending limbs and weight transferring from back to front at the moment of impact. Capturing the correct rhythm to exert all this motion in the right time will efficiently launch the ball, without any regret holding back.

Keeping the rubber extended to the right amount of tension is all swing energy storing is about. Any part of the body that is doing any movement that is leaking this energy is just causing difficulty in the motion of launching the little white ball.