Golf Downswing: Shoulder Turn AccelerationA common golf swing tip is to start the golf downswing with a slow shoulder turn with your left and right shoulder. But the important word in that sentence is “start”. As the downswing continues on the shoulders' rotation speeds up as you approach impact and continue to follow through.
What you want to experience is a gradual acceleration of the shoulders to the point where they reach and maintain maximum speed through impact. A lot of good things happen when you take this advice. It’s almost feels like magic. Let me explain. The first benefit you will experience is a proper uncoiling sequence. If you uncoil the shoulders at an accelerating (slow to fast) pace, you will naturally power your swing with a powerful initial hip turn and forward thrust from the back foot. Why? It is because you will have no other way to get the club swinging. Second, you will experience swinging the club through with the shoulders and arms once the hips have cleared. Remember, you will naturally start with a powerful hip turn so your hips will out race the shoulders in the beginning clearing the way for the shoulders and arms. Third, you will avoid that classic decelerating swing fault. I know you have heard it at some point from your friends or golf coach. You are stopping your swing. You are slowing down before you hit the ball. These are nothing but different ways of telling you that you are decelerating. And deceleration is caused by starting your shoulder off too fast and then having to slow them down. So remember that slow starting and gradually accelerating shoulder rotation means a powerful finish with your shoulders down the line and through the target.
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