What’s the Golf Swing Engine? What truly drives it?
The answer depends on the swing system you follow. In the FMM Swing—rooted in the timeless motion of the old greats—the golf swing engine is a combination of the club, hands, and arms, along with the intentional tasks you give them.
You actively train your ability to handle the dynamic feel of the club, developing a natural connection that fuels the swing. If you utilize the swing arc as your main power source the body moves as a reaction to the engine’s intention. While you can enhance it with specific body rotation cues, most of the movement happens naturally as a byproduct. For me, the way I’m built, my intentions for dynamic force produce a slight push draw. What will it be for you?
Can you lead with the body?
In my experience something along the lines of 9/10 have more reactive bodies responding to arms, hands and club intentions, but this doesn’t mean that you can’t actively train your body to make it move more efficiently.
Starting out with the engine and getting that in order is my first priority in swing change and after that I drill my body to respond better to the engine commands.
If you are into understanding more about different power styles check out this article here.
Check out the Forgotten Master Moves homepage here.
The FMM Swing System – the swing style that I teach – has it’s overview page here.