How long should your backswing be?
Golf Monthly Top 25 Coach Gary Alliss asks how long should your backswing be in golf and offers some simple advice on mistakes to avoid.
Golf Monthly Top 25 Coach Gary Alliss asks how long should your backswing be in golf and offers some simple advice on mistakes to avoid.
How long should your backswing be?
There are as many backswing techniques as there are golfers and the length is something that some players get very pre-occupied with. However, there are no technical rules related to the exact length itself – you can have a short backswing or a John Daly-esque overswing and as long as your mechanics are good, you’re fine. Having said that, there are some common faults that can make your backswing seem either very short or very long and without question, they all make it very hard to co-ordinate the downswing move. Here are the three most common backswing faults that lead to it either being very long or short – all are worth knowing and all are worth avoiding!
Obviously, we all have different physical attributes and some of us aren’t able to rotate as much as we’d like. So don’t get too preoccupied with your top of backswing position – just make sure you don’t fall foul of these errors.