• THE HEAD has remained in its original position throughout.  It has not 'gone' and must not be allowed to 'go' with the lateral shift of the lower part of the body.

At impact, the right arm 'inside' the left and the shoulders now parallel with the line of flight.

• THE SHOULDERS have squared up parallel to the intended line of flight, the left shoulder, remember, still up.
• THE RIGHT ELBOW has quietly slipped into its groove close to the body, "inside" the left elbow (as we had it at address). The right arm has still not entirely straightened at the elbow and no strain should be felt in this limb.

A view of the impact position from a different angle shows the firm but not rigid left side and the right knee comng into the stroke.  Left arm control is apparent.

• THE STOMACH, as it should have been throughout the backswing and downswing, is still retracted, and this control of the stomach has been the more easily retained if you have stayed down to the ball on flexed knees.
• THE LEFT ARM still extended is in line with the shaft which means that,
• THE HANDS are slightly ahead of the ball with the back of the left hand and the palm of the right square to the line of flight.
• THE LEFT KNEE has commenced to straighten, not stiffen.  (Nothing is stiff in golf.)  I prefer to describe it as a "firming up" of the left leg.  The outside of the left knee, consequent on the lateral weight-shift, will ideally have gone a fraction beyond a vertical line drawn up from the outside of the left foot.

Immediately after impact, note the solid alignment of the left arm through the wrist to the club head.  The head has remained back.  The left hip has moved out of the way to allow unimpeded passage of the arms and hands.

• THE RIGHT HEEL has left the ground and such weight as remains on the foot is along the inside of the sole.
• THE LEFT FOOT has now taken the major part of the weight which is concentrated on the outside of this foot, again as a result of the lateral shift which has taken place.  And finally,
• THE CLUB HEAD has, without any manipulation this way or that, been returned SQUARE to the back of the ball from the inside and is about to be driven through along the line of flight under the build-up of power.

  All this has taken place without the body being thrown off balance.  In fact you should be solidly balanced with a sense of firmness running right up the left side from the foot to the shoulder.

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