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The No Backswing Golf Swing. What the heck? I thought the Stack and Tilt Golf Swing was the new, whiz bang golf method taking the golf community by storm. Is golf now getting like dieting? There’s a “new way” every week.

This no backswing approach is one that’s been used as a golf drill by golf instruction professionals for years, so it’s kind of comical this is the new craze in golf swing improvement.

It has a lot of merits to consider. The short backswing makes your transition and sequence of motion in the downswing much easier. It enhances solid ball contact which maximizes distance; so what you think you might lose from backswing coil, you gain in ball/clubface contact.

Unfortunately the negative is the golf swing requires a take-away. This no backswing golf swing removes that, so you might have a difficult time carrying over from the drill to can actual swing from address.

This may or may not be an issue, but I think doing the No Backswing Golf Swing is worth a shot. Who knows…you may dramatically improve your golf swing consistency and mechanics.

I’ve been watching the series on the Golf Channel Tee It Up With Tiger. Tiger and Anthony Kim talk about golf swing technique and how they approach the game. It was kind of fun to see Tiger so casual and how Anthony Kim doesn’t put too much thought into his game, but has so much talent.

Tiger was very humble and impressed with Anthony’s golf swing. Hitting all kinds of golf shots “on call” from Tiger was pretty impressive. Here’s a guy who chokes up on every club he swings, and still hits it a TON.

Tiger was mentioning how pure Anthony hits his irons and even driver. When you can make solid contact with the ball into a square clubface, the ball will go a long ways. Goes to show you it’s not always how fast you swing the club, but how solidly you hit the ball.