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Your Own Personal Backswing Length

By Jim Wagner
Spring Hollow G.C. - Spring City, PA

How far back is your backswing supposed to go? Many think that getting the shaft parallel to the ground is correct, but that’s not necessarily the case. A lot depends on how flexible you are. Since everybody is different, we have different degrees of flexibility. Other factors affecting your backswing length are temperature, and how long you have to warm up.

To start, let’s remember that the backswing is just that - a swing. You don’t want to force the club to a certain spot. To determine your own length, here’s a simple drill to try.

Take your normal stance and swing a club repeatedly back and forth, a little farther each time. Let the club’s momentum carry your swing further, without forcing it. You will feel how far back the club can comfortably go. Your maximum range is where momentum takes it, while you stay in balance.

Once you determine your own personal backswing length, go out and play within that range of motion.

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Jim Wagner is the Golf Professional at the Spring Hollow Golf Club in Spring City, PA. He is a graduate of the PGA Professional Golf Management program at Ferris State University located in Michigan. He has also worked at various courses in Naples, Fla., Morgantown, W.V., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and Ambler, Pa. For individual lessons, call Jim at (610) 948-5566.

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