Tips on Golfing – Excessive Head Movement Part One

This article is part of a series of tips on golfing focusing on helping golfers to develop a good basic golf swing.

The majority of club golfers suffer from a lack of consistency within the game, by developing a good basic golf swing they can eliminate a number of symptoms of faults which affect high and made handicap golfers.

You may have noticed this fault of video, seeing it in your shadow, will be made aware of it by your fellow golfer. Whatever, trying to fix excessive head movement by consciously keeping your head rigid only results in tension, anxiety and the golf game that only gets worse.

It is important to remember that excessive head movement is generally the effect of poor body rotation, any discussion about head movement in the golf swing must also take into account the movement of the spine. The two, after all, are attached. If the spine angle you establish at address should change appreciably during the swing, you head position will obviously move in tandem with it, resulting in compensations having to be made in order to hit the ball solidly.

Head movement can be classified in any one, or any combination, of the following ways.

• From side to side,
• Up and down, and
• Towards and away from the ball to target line.

In a good swing you usually see a bit of side to side movement and, occasionally, a little evidence of up and down movement. A small amount of movement is, in fact, perfectly acceptable. Too much, however, can lead to fat or thin shots. Movement towards and away from the ball to target line is by far the most dangerous, whether that movement be forward them back or vice versa. Either way, your weight is rocking excessively towards your toes or heels, which affects your balance and can result in shots being struck off the toe or heel of the club.