This implies, rightly, that the completion of the back-swing and the start of the downswing must be the slowest section of the whole movement to permit the hand and wrist action to develop and in turn give the left arm time to generate its power in readiness for the transition from the backswing into the downswing.

  To think yourself into this slowing down of the movement at the top you may develop the feeling of a definite pause in the movement before the downswing commences.  This is all to the good although to an observer the pause is barely perceptible.  But if you have difficulty at this stage of the movement, train yourself to feel this "pause".  That way you will achieve the essential slowing down of the action at this crucial stage of the operation. The shaft at the top of the swing will be pointing along a line parallel with the line of flight or the line of the feet in the square stance.

Three vital stages in the backswing.  The backswing almost completed, club shaft slightly laid off from the feet line, the back of the left hand and club face correctly aligned. Note the significance of the handerchief half out of the trouser pocket.  This gives the clue to the full movement of the right hip which has been drawn back but not raised.  It has moved back freely on the platform set up by the still flexed right knee.

  A great deal of importance attaches to the pointing of the shaft at the top of the swing, for it provides the key to the correct start of the downswing and will help considerably to give you the right position as the hands enter the hitting area.

  I have said that at the top of the swing the shaft of the driver will be parallel with the line of the feet in the square stance.  The same applies to the other wooden clubs and the longer irons, depending on how full the swing is with the respective clubs.  What I want to warn you against is a tendency to point the club head at the top of the swing towards or across the line of the feet.  This tends to put the club-shaft in front of the hands as you move into the downswing, one of the main causes of shoulder-roll and the consequent throwing out of the club head.  So many sliced and smothered shots can be traced to this faulty technique.

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