Lee Trevino, in a sweet slow-motion video, rockets a tee shot down a fairway. He laughs.
“Now there’s a perfect backswing,” he says.
Indeed. There’s a bigger point here, though. Moments earlier, the legendary ball-striker, all-time talker and six-time major winner had dished on a trio of “bad habits” players commit on their backswing.
And Trevino talked about how to make the “correct” one.
The insight came via a recent post on the Golf Teachers App Instagram page, unfortunately the video has been removed but below we break it down.
3 ‘bad habits’ players commit on the backswing, according to Lee Trevino
1. Wrists ‘break too soon’
“One of the bad habits that you have is that you break too soon away from the ball,” Trevino said. On the video, in demonstrating the point, he cocked his wrists before any other backswing movement.
2. Club goes ‘too far outside’
“The other one,” Trevino said, “is that you pick the club up and you take it too far outside.” On the video, with the camera facing him, Trevino lifted the club, and it pointed at about a 7 o’clock angle.
3. The elbow breaks
“The third one,” Trevino said, “is you break the right elbow and pull the club back way inside.” On the video, the right-handed Trevino pulled his right arm backward.
So what was Trevino’s thought on the “correct” backswing?
He advised to match a righty’s left shoulder with the clubhead and to be cognizant of hip movement.
“The correct backswing is actually it works from the left shoulder to the clubhead,” Trevino said on the video. “It works away from the ball all in one motion.
“Now, if you want to take the club back inside, you have to close your hips because the club will only follow the alignment of the hips, so it’ll come inside. If you want to go straight down the line, you square up your stance and you go straight back. If you want to go a little outside the line on the way back, you open up your stance and you go a little outside.”
From there, Trevino hit his tee ball and laughed.
Article originally appeared on: Golf.com