Exercise 5 - Two Arm Swing
Now let’s put everything together and practice a regular full swing.

• Set a golf club on the ground and position it in a 15-25 degree inside-out swing plane path. Take a normal square stance.
• If you have an outside-in swing problem, pull your right foot back about 2-5 inches.
• Hold the ImpactStik with a normal two-handed golf grip.
• Start by holding it near the bottom end of the grip. Holding the ImpactStik in this position moves the center of gravity closer to the hands and wrists, giving the body the sensation of the stick being lighter. This makes it easier to hinge your wrists.
• Start with easy, smooth half swings. Half swings will teach you the bare, essential movements and muscle-firing sequence to make good ball contact. The half swing is the core motion module of the golf swing. Try to deliberately slow down your movement and swing in a slower tempo.

The purpose of the ImpactStik is to groove a swing that is efficient in motion and energy. If you can click the ImpactStik with the least amount of effort and economy of movement, you will develop a more stable and repeatable swing. If you start to swing hard in the beginning, you will continue to reinforce bad habits. A good golf swing is always relaxed and seemingly effortless.
If you have bad swing habits, slowing down your swing tempo helps to re-groove new muscle memory.

• Make sure you are swinging on an inside-out swing path. Always lead the downswing by laterally moving your left hip first. Then tuck your butt in as your arms and hands start to pull down. You will notice that you have to use more wrists to successfully click the stick. Make sure your hands are in the region of your left thigh when “impact” occurs. Your hands should be 1-2 inches ahead of the end of the stick when it impacts.
• Swing through the impact point. The momentum of the sliding weight should pull your whole body into a full follow through and finish.
• Make sure your lower body is firmly planted throughout the swing. If you experience lower body float, bend your knees more and maintain flexion throughout the swing.
• Try and relax your body as the stick pulls your arms and body into the follow through position. Find your balance at the finish of your swing and hold yourself in that position for 3-5 seconds. Swing 10-20 times.
• Swing in front of a mirror and check to see if you are swinging correctly. If you are not sure of what a good swing is, consult a teaching professional.

Once you can easily make half swings and clicking the ImpactStik feels effortless, focus on swinging with control and authority.

• Squeeze the grip firmly as you approach impact. Try to be very firm and deliberate with the motion of your hands and wrists through and beyond impact. Gripping firmly as you impact the ImpactStik triggers and grooves subcortical muscle firing patterns for the hands and wrists. This is one of the most valuable features of the ImpactStik. Most amateurs relax their hand-grip pressure during impact, thereby, losing up to 30 percent of clubhead acceleration power. This results in poor power transference of clubhead to ball.

You can now progress to making fuller swings.

• Grip the ImpactStik a little bit longer. You will notice the stick will feel heavier. Start incrementally extending more of your backswing. If you feel your body kinesthetic linkage break down (losing your groove), then go back to your shorter core motion module swing.
• Continue to swing smoothly and with authority. Grip the ImpactStik longer and longer. You will use a little bit less wrist motion as you hold it longer. You will also notice that you engage more of the lower body muscles

.Your swing should feel compact and efficient. After 10-15 vigorous full swings holding the ImpactStik at full length, grip the handle short again and finish off by swinging easy 10-15 times.

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