I have taken a real-speed driver swing of mine back in 2015 when I was swinging regularly and in much better shape than I am currently, to illustrate something with regards to piece-work swinging.

You’ll notice that, when you watch Modern Golf Swing instruction, you will get someone spending five minutes on describing in minute detail all of the various moves you must make for the down swing from the transition to the post-impact finish.

The innovation of slow-motion replay probably has a lot to do with this, but if you have to have more than one swing thought at any point in the down swing, you are never going to be able to swing purely and fluidly.

Now, I would ask you to watch the driver swing below in real-time, as many times as you wish, and ask yourself how much time you have to think about the swing once you’re in motion, let alone on the down swing itself:

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That’s correct – from beginning to the club hitting the back of my shoulder, this swing took exactly 1.84 seconds in that clip.

Roughly 0.83 seconds for the back pivot, 0.30 seconds from the top to impact, and around 0.70 second from there to the finish.

If there is anything you need to think about except for one thing, you’re in trouble.

If you ever wonder why the wheels come off when players get into real high-stress situations, it’s because they now have to execute a shot under pressure and everything happens too quickly to really think about it.

Personally, I could take an hour to explain every single thing that occurs in the down swing, but as far as telling people what to be doing during the down swing, I would only say, “transfer the weight back to the leading foot and swing down and through.”

Everything that occurs within that simple statement, should already have been trained and set up by building the proper address over the ball.

So, if you’re trying build a swing piece-by-piece, or if you’re performing a compensatory move and you run into a pressure situation, good luck with that.

Here’s the breakdown of the MCS Golf Swing motion:

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That’s about it – the setup would like slightly different from the above gif. as that’s from 2016 and I have refined the setup since then, but that pivot action is about all you need to focus on when you actually swing the club.

If:

• your grip is proper so that you don’t have to manipulate the club face coming into impact,
• your posture is proper so that you don’t have to stand up or sit down during the down swing,
• your ball position is proper, so that your club impacts it in the correct phase of the swing bottom…

… then you really have little else to worry about when you actually swing.

As I say, much does happen during the swing motion, enough to fill books with descriptions and minutiae, but you can’t be trying to swing in pieces.

One motion from address to finish, perhaps two if you break it down into the two swing pivots (back and down), but that’s it.

So many times, people have asked me, “does your arm supinate and when,” or other nit-picking issues with the swing, and most of the time, I have no clue – I simply get over the ball, build my stance and swing the club.

Most of what happens between the start of the back pivot and the finish is unconscious motion.

How much do you think about each part of motion when you are jogging, climbing stairs, even walking?

Do you even think about it, or do you just do it?

It’s the same with the golf swing.  You learn the motions, train them, and then get out there and swing away.

But at no point of said swings should you really be thinking about a bunch of sequential motions.