Hitting a baseball is an exact duplicate of hitting a golf ball with only a few minor exceptions. When you hit a baseball, it is in front of your lead foot by about 6 inches. In golf, the ball is more in the center of your body. The ball is also lower than in baseball. The transition of the body and how your lead leg stops the forward motion and becomes a stabilizer before it pushes back and away from the forward motion of the bat is what causes acceleration. It also keeps your head looking like it stays still or moves backward through impact. The other difference is that the shaft of the club is not the bat. The bat is the face of the golf club.
Take a ball and throw it overhand. That action is the same action your trail arm does in a golf swing. It is a universal action in sports. Whether you are throwing a ball or shooting a basketball, the wrist and hand react the same. Throw sidearm then underhanded. You start to feel how your hand a...
Practice working on swinging the club with the lead arm. This drill helps you keep your shoulders level, not slide your body, stop the up and down motion in your wrists, and get your hips out of the way as you pivot through the ball.
Practice working on swinging the club with the trail arm. This drill helps you keep your shoulders level, not slide your body, stop the up and down motion in your wrists, and get your hips out of the way as you pivot through the ball.
