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By Rick Bradshaw This is not a „see-saw&rdquo story or an attempt to delve into your deep emotions that may go unstable during your round of golf! It is however the crucial feeling in the golf swing that will deliver consistency, power, and lower scores. In Golf Illustrated, May 2005 issue, the top 100 golf instructors selected a list of the all time golf instructors. At the top of the list ranked number 1 was Percy Boomer from the Isle of Jersey in Great Britain. In his masterpiece golf instruction book, On Learning Golf, Boomer talks about a down feeling at the top of your backswing. This down feeling is one of the most crucial feels in the advanced players golf swing and can be established easily in your address position through a triangular brace of both arms stretching full down to the ball. Boomer also stated that your wrists should not be held down but up in a line with your club shaft. This position gives you the feeling of the club head pointing down to the ball. This address position will make you assume a more upright posture as both arms stretch together in a fairly straight line down to the ball. Standing like this you will feel as though your arms are linked together enabling your shoulders and hips to reactively work together in a connected manner. It is extremely important to retain this connection, non lift or picking of the club up, or down feeling on the carry back or take away. This will give you increased width and perimeter in your swing arc, take up any unwanted loose slack in your swing, and enable you to swing through the ball with power from the feet legs and lower body. This is not a feeling of hitting down, but one of hitting squarely into and through the back of the golf ball. My partner, Jim Dent, 12 time winner on the Champions Tour and holder of 8 World Driving Distance Titles, including 6 on the PGA Tour, describes this down feeling as swinging through the ball from low to high creating less spin on tee shots resulting in long drives. Oddly enough, this feeling is easy to teach and anyone can learn this down feeling! Be assured it will truly lift you up during your next round of golf! Rick Bradshaw 2004/2006 PGA Teacher of the Year (North Florida Section) www.tourexperience.com 813-220-8099 Can You Really Get Better at Golf? Is The Golf Swing Centrifugal or Centripetal? Is Your Golf Swing Lost in Space? P.O.W.E.R. Is your Golf Swing Generator Fully Charged? Distance by Resistance Get A Grip on Your Golf Game The Worst Words in Golf … Guide and Steer 10 ways to look like a player … when you're not! 10 ways to tell you're not a "real golfer" Do You Feel Down Or Up In Golf?